Let's try this again.

Last night or very early this morning I should say, I was down. Yesterday, we had a great day with the kids. The doctor appt was scary and a tad bit on the negative side but now we know what to expect.

Last time we seen Dr. Julie, she was happy with the weight gain Rylee was having. However, she walked into exam room #7 with a somber face and hello. She looked at Rylee and talked to me about our routine, our system. Right now, and pretty much since she was born, Rylee has had problems having bowel movements. There are special things, TMI to discuss on here, that I have to do on a daily basis to help her move things along. Rylee is also taking the same amount of high calorie formula, which 30 is the highest they can go, as she was the day we brought her home. Since coming home, 7 weeks ago, she has only gained 1.5 lbs. We have to go see the eye clinic for her ROP on June 29 so we will see Dr. Julie again that day.

The game plan right now is to pretty much wait and see what she does. If her weight continues at it's current rate than most likely by the end of summer a G-tube will be inserted in her belly to supplement the rest of the feedings that she doesn't take through her mouth.

Dr. Julie is also concerned with the GI problems, stagnate weight gain and respiratory issues. So on June 29, Rylee will have sweat test to see if she has Cystic Fibrosis. Dr. Julie thinks that this is unlikely but wants us to know that it is a possibility.

That pretty much sums up our 2+ hour visit.

After that, we went to the Williamsburg outlet mall. Carter's was having a big sale and I had a 20% off coupon and our kids, mainly Troy, needs clothes really really bad. I did spend $151 but got $476 worth of clothes (I add up the price tags). Plus for every $25 I spent, I got a $10 gift card. So I now have $60 in gift cards to use later. I got TONS of clothes for them. It was a good buy!

We went to Texas Roadhouse, our favorite restaurant. I ate way too many of their rolls!! We went to the mall to let Troy run and burn off some energy before going home. We had never been to the mall before but my sisters told me about a carousel they had there. As it turns out, this was the most kid friendly mall I have ever been to. There was the coolest Children's museum in there. Troy loved that! Troy and I rode the carousel twice. Then Kris and Troy ran around in the kids play area. It was really neat. He had so much fun.

At 9:45 pm, just after we crossed the Dubuque bridge and entered Wisconsin, we hit a deer. We went and cleaned the car out this morning and assessed the damage in the daylight. I just want to vomit when I see that car. Kris's parents rushed down the 45 minute drive and met us at the "scene" last night. They brought us their car to borrow. We are eternally grateful of those two. They've done a lot for us in the last 6 months.

The police officer said he found part of the antler from the deer. Kris's dad said, "Well at least you got another buck!"

The red stuff is the deer blood.

Enjoy the rest of the dreary, cold, wet weekend.

This day, 3 years ago...

was the most gorgeous day of the summer! It was full of sunshine, warmth and love!

This day, 3 years ago took 51 weeks worth of planning. It took the help of many and love of even more. It was a day I had been dreaming about since I was little.

This day, 3 years ago, I married my best friend. I became his wife and he my husband.

Let me take you back to when it all began...

It was May 2002. I went to my school invitational track meet. All the area schools were there! I was chatting with my friends and a boy named Robert from Cassville, a neighboring school. Then he came over. The most handsome, quiet, shy man I have met! His name was Kristopher. A few weeks later, our paths crossed again. This time we were smitten for each other. We went on a few dates before making it "official"!

We were at each others graduation. I was his date
to his junior prom. We helped each other move off to college.

I was never quite sure about having children. After returning home from a short vacation to California in January 2005, we found out that I was pregnant. This was a shock to us as we were only 19 years old. We weren't prepared. Our parents, for the most part, were supportive. We started to plan. Then on February 14th, I miscarried our love child.

This is when we grew and bonded together.


Kristopher decided that we should get married. He proposed me on June 11, 2005, our 3 year dating anniversary. We had plans to go out to eat. I asked him what time he wanted to go out. He said, 4:30...for supper. I simply said we can not eat dinner at 4:30!! He had decided that he would do it before we went and I think he was a tad bit nervous. I had come out of the bathroom from getting ready and he just popped the question, on 1 knee of course! I was super surprised. I had a feeling something was going on but not THAT! That morning he left to unknown destination. I found out later, it was took talk to my dad.

So for 51 weeks, we planned like crazy and had the best of the best wedding possible. I wouldn't change it for the world. It was amazing. Other than a few bumps, we got through the day and had a ball!!

In September 2006, we bought our house. A small 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house with a 20 minute commute to work and school. The price was right!




In October 2006, after returning home from another short vacation to Texas, we found out that we were expecting again. This came as to no surprise to us. On October 27th, I miscarried our planned baby. After this we knew something wasn't right so we went and seen Dr. B! He would forever change our lives!

In February 2007, I had some blood work done for infertility tests. My blood showed a very small amount of HCG levels. Thus meaning, that a week or two before I had miscarried for the third time unknowingly. My heart was broken!

In March 2007, we started our first round of infertility drugs. We had decided to do 3 rounds and then stop. We would revisit having children later on in life. Well round 1 worked!!

On December 28, 2007, Troy Thomas was born. I can't even imagine what life was like without him. We love that little boy so much!


In August 2008, after our lives were completely adjusted to having a little one around, I discovered I was pregnant again. I honestly thought we were going to have to infertility treatments again and go through all that hubble and bubble again. To our complete surprise, that wasn't the case.


Rylee Marie joined us, 64 days early, on January 29, 2009. Now we are all home. Life with 2 children isn't near as scary as I once thought it would be. It is certainly a challenge but none the less interesting.

The last 7 years, have been awesome! We've had great times and we've definitely had down times. All the heartbreak, tears of sadness has brought us together and made us closer as a couple. I am looking forward to the next 50+ years together. I am excited to raise our children together and experience life together.

He makes me smile! He's my one and only. He's my best friend!

Sick and tired!

Well Rylee has been sick and the rest of us have been tired. The last few days have been a blur to say the least.

On Saturday night, Rylee started getting really stuffy to the point she was having labored breathing. For bedtime, we put her in bed with us and propped her up on her Boppy pillow so help her breathe. By 3 am, she wasn't doing any better so I decided to turn her oxygen up to 3/4 L. That seemed to help out a lot but she was still pretty fussy.

Throughout Sunday, I kept taking her temp because I thought that she felt warm. But her temps were always fine and normal. At 4:30, while snoozing in her Boppy right next to me while I folded some laundry, she had a 21 second apnea spell. It was small and she fixed it herself, so I didn't get to concerned about it. After dinner, we took her temp again. This time she was 100.8°F. I decided that some Tylenol was in order and call the help nurse to find out what the dosage would be.

The nurse told me half a dropper and said she was going to call Dr. C who was on call because she thought it sounded like phenomena. Within, 10 minutes she called back with the news. Dr. C is no longer comfortable about her state and well being since she has been sick since we brought her home. He wanted her to go to the ER at Mercy and have a pediatrician look at her.

We decided that since the last time we were sent home right away, that I would take her and Kris would stay home with T. I kissed them both and said "we'll see you later!" But later never came. Rylee was taken right in (they knew she was en route and were waiting for her), hooked up to machines for her pulseox and respirations. I answered the exact same questions over and over again. (next time I'll just wear them on my shirt!) The did another chest xray in the Gauntlet type, inhumane thingy. (I absolutely hate that thing if you can't tell!)

Since she had an apnea spell earlier and they were having a hard time looking in tiny tiny tiny ears, they decided to admit her for observation. Dr. R (the very old, rough pediatrician) cleaned out her ears with a little funny looked utensil thingy. Her left ear showed inflammation. So at 4 months (really only almost 2 months) she has her first ear infection. I feel like we needed to have an induction ceremony for her entering the club of ear infections that has overtook all 4 of the Klauer grandkids.

We were suppose to see Dr. C yesterday for 4 month shots but we were alittle detained so that had to be rescheduled. Dr. R decided to keep her another night. She was weaned from 3/4 L to 1/2 L. Then overnight, they weaned her down to 1/4 L. I have been afraid to do that myself and no one has me to do otherwise so I have left her at 1/2 L pretty much since the first week she was home. This a plus!

I had to come home last night with T since he couldn't stay overnight there and DadD was at work. DadD got home, showered and he decided he would go back to the hospital. He is more talented than me because he actually got some sleep while the night before I got none.

I thought I would sleep like a rock last night, but woke up in the middle of the night with the worst migraine ever. I think it was an allergy induced migraine. All these flowers blooming and grass being mowed is started to take its toll on my sinuses. So now I am the one with a stuffy nose, watery eyes, and throbbing head.

This morning, I packed T up and off we went back to the hospital. On the way, Kris texted me that Rylee would be discharged soon. She is back on Omnicef and nasal saline drops to accompany the suctioning. She looks a million times better than she did on Sunday.

We're glad to be back at home. Everyone, for the most part, is healthy or on the upside! I never expected that calling for a dose of Tylenol would lead to a 2 day stint in the hospital.

Tomorrow, though only a normal Wednesday, is a special day at our house. Stay tuned for a special post tomorrow!!