Visit to the Children's Museum of Phoenix

During the kids' fall break we planned to take the kids to this museum. Cloee and I were both terribly sick so since Will already had the day off he went ahead and still took Carlee and Cade. I'm sure they had fun.
(A group of girls from my ward were going as well and I asked Will if he talked to any of them. He told me he said "hi" but that was about it. I asked why he didn't sit around and talk to any of them. I was acting serious but was really joking with him. He says, "Cari, I'm not a girl. I don't just sit around and chat." It was the funniest thing ever. It's not like I really expected him to hang around all the moms, geez. )





These pictures totally portray the personalities of Carlee and Cade. Carlee is carefree and smile-y. Cade is more serious and VERY into what he's doing when he's doing it- even if it is his school work. I think he's kind of a perfectionist where as Carlee just wants to have fun and get things done as quickly as she can.

I was tagged a while ago but couldn't fill in all the blanks. I guess I will just post it like it is.

Thanks Marcie Mae- I think this is the first time I have ever been tagged.

8 things I am passionate about?

1. Reading
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8 words or phrases I use all the time?

1. Oh Crap
2. hey Tweety Tweet (talked to Cloee)
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8 things I want to do before I die?

1. Go to New York (especially now that my best friend lives there)
2. Travel around the US with Will but without the kids- maybe when we grow up- I mean when the kids grow up and move out :)
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8 things I currently want or need?

1. back massage
2. new bedroom furniture
3. a tropical (sand and sun) vacation with my family
4. to finish painting the inside of my house
5. a dining room table for the formal dining room- I wish I knew how to do a strike-through because Will got me a new dining table a few weeks ago
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8 places I want to visit?

1. New York- before Ang moves away!
2. Spain
3. Canada
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8 favorite restaurants?

1. Outback
2. Olive Garden
3. Chic-fil-a
4. Kona Grill
5. mexican food- is my favorite but I can't think of my favorite mexican food restaurant
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8 TV shows I watch

1. FOX news
2. CNN
3. Food Network
4. Nothing on a regular basis- an occasional reality show
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8 people I tag?

1. Jennie
2. Shanen
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8. anyone who thinks this looks fun--careful it's harder than it seems!

Another update on Cloee's breathing

Here's a post I never posted and just realized it. Looks like it's from Dec. 1st. I'm not gonna change the date to today.

I meant to put all these posts on Cloee's blog but due to my spaciness they ended up here. I may move them to their proper place someday...
Anyhow, this is just an update on Cloee. We saw the pulmonologist last Monday, but it wasn't the regular doc it was one of his partners and she was from China or somewhere and it was hard to understand her, on top of that I had Cade with me who wanted constant attention and Cloee was burning with a fever and ready for a nap. It was disastrous to say the least. I basically didn't receive good news. Cloee will probably require daily (possibly multiple times each day) breathing treatments for a LONG time. They won't even really talk about whether or not she will 'grow out of it' until she is around 5 years old. The doctor made comments about allergies and to watch out for things that trigger her breathing problems- but she showed me some marks on Cloee's back (she has extremely sensitive skin- it gets red just by a small touch) and she showed me something around her lips and said that it was caused by allergies. I dunno what she was talking about but maybe one day I will know. For now I worry about the things I can really do something about. She told me, which isn't new news, that Cloee's lungs are all 'diseased'. There is a name for what Cloee has but I can't think of it- actually she has two things- bronchial pulmonary disease I think is one of them and I can't remember the other one (I should have written it down but with the chaos I just didn't do it).
Each day is a new day. Last week there were days when she was having treatments every 30 minutes for hours. Yesterday she did really well with breathing- only needing a few, but today she had quite a bit of trouble.