Happenings with the Calls

Just wanted to do a quick update on what our family has been up to!

Thanksgiving! I ended up hosting for Brian and Michelle and their family, Michelles brother, and Sarah and Felipe and their family. In September Kory told me that since his parents were going on a vacay during Thanksgiving I should start putting some feelers out with my family so we could go to their house. After putting it off for awhile I had it known from a good source Brian and Michelle weren't going anywhere so I decided to put it out there and graciously accept their invitation and offer to make a jello salad. HA! That backfired, before I knew what was going on we were hosting! I was terrified. I carefully went over a menu with my mom and talked about how to make all the things I have never made before. Deep down I was super excited to try to cook all these new things and host a dinner. It ended up being a lot of fun and I totally enjoyed making it! Thanks Brian for the opportunity. Hee hee hee. (Sorry, no pictures!)


We had our ward Christmas party and were excited to see how Boston would react to Santa Claus. He got caught up in the hype of it all when he walked in and everyone was cheering, then he was over it. Its okay, I forced him to stand in line and sit on his lap, which he did extremely willingly.

From walking through the mall a couple times I knew that they had a really realistic looking Santa so after Kory got off work one evening we went over to see him. They were super stingy about where we could take pictures so they aren't the best. Boston did great with this Santa. He ran right up to him and told him he was two and talked to him about some car. It was super cute.

The first Saturday in November our nephew Adin was getting baptized in Manti and since most the family would be there we decided to do the Marchant Christmas party too. To try and break up the drive a little bit we stopped at Temple square. Boston LOVED it. He was soooo fascinated by the lights and people. It was a great start to a wonderful weekend!!!

Next post: update on our house! WooWoo!!!

Scariest Moment of my life!

Back at the end of November Kory had a 4 day business trip to Boise. I had known about it for a couple months and was soooo dreading it! I live for when he gets home at the end of every day!

The second day he was gone Boston woke up a couple hours early to excitedly show me a pile of vomit on his bed that he was so proud to tell me came from his mouth. I cleaned it all up and observed him closely. He acted completely normal! He was running, playing, picking on Ferb-totally normal! I decided it was a fluke. After his nap he was groggy again and just wanted to sit on the couch and watch Curious George. That was fine. I figured he had a stomach bug and pantomimed for him how to throw up in a bowl if he needed to.

 I sat on the floor in front of the couch to let Bridger practice his sitting skills. All of a sudden I hear gagging behind me. I turned around to see what was going on and there was my little 2 year old in full seizure mode! He was gagging on his spit so I quickly rolled him over and held him while his little body shook all over and his eyes rolled around and around. It felt like 5 minutes! (The paramedics assured me it was probably 30 seconds at most). When he was done he just went limp and closed his eyes. I quickly checked to see if  he was breathing and then panicked! I had no idea what to do. I knew I didn't want an ambulance to come because they are so expensive. I didn't think I could get them both in the car and over to the hospital and into the ER. I didn't even think about having someone come get Bridger. My mind wasn't working. Finally I called 911. All I remember is I had to repeat our stupid address like 4 times for her and she wanted me to lock the dog up. Then we waited. It took them FOREVER!! By this time I was doubting what I had done. I called Kory in a panic and he immediately started for home. The paramedics got there and his temperature was at 104.2. They convinced me we needed to go to the ER and we were off. The ER gave him doses of Ibuprofen and Tylenol and made us wait it out.

Boston was so unaware of who anyone was. He was so disoriented and kept feeling like he was falling. He was terrified. Luckily Kory had called his parents and they came to take Bridger and Kory's dad gave Boston a blessing. Apparently he had a seizure that happens when a child under the age of 6 has a fever that spikes super fast, super high. It is common and kids are given one freebie seizure before they begin to worry.

By the time Kory arrived Boston was drugged and sooooo happy. He was playing games on the iPad and watching TV. They wanted to get a urine sample before we left so we were there for almost 5 hours from the time I arrived with the kids to the time we were discharged.

Pre-seizure, when I thought he just had a stomach bug.

In the ambulance.

Post meds. No longer scared.

Seriously worst day of my life! Thank heavens for the priesthood, supportive family, modern medicine, insurance, and the fact that our deductible was already hit. Ha Ha.

Bridgers Court Date

Sorry these posts are backwards! We had to go to court to make Bridger legally ours before we could take him through the temple. Idaho has this awesome law that only requires one post placement visit and then you can finalize! We were able to finalize Bridgers adoption when he was 2 1/2 months old whereas Bostons we had to wait till he was with us 6 months. I soooo prefer Idaho's laws. We got to the court house a little early and were not told where to go so we started wandering. We ended up on the top floor in a hall of people in orange jumpsuits and all handcuffed. There was a few cops scattered throughout. Boston, the boy with no fear, just walked right over to them. They all thought he was the cutest little guy in his suit and said he looked just like a lawyer. Ha. We got out of there really fast!!! We finally found our court room and made it inside. Very similarly to Boston's we had to sit at some microphones and answer lots of questions about our abilities to raise Bridger, our marriage, and our responsibilities. At one point the judge said "You do realize from this day forward he will be your responsibility, that means even when he drives through your neighbors window you still are his parents and must take responsibility."  We laughed and said of course but Kory's dad looked mighty worried, seeing as how we are soon to be his neighbors! Bwa ha ha ha ha. The judge gave Bridger an adorable teddy bear after and after seeing that it might make Boston jealous found him a miniature stuffed orange bear. Boston was thrilled. We were lucky enough to get another awesome judge who was willing to take some pictures afterwards! (We have heard there are those that don't!)
 It was such a relief to have him be ours legally and not have to report all kinds of little things to the adoption agency anymore. It was such a great day and we are so lucky to have Bridger be ours!!!

Sealed for Eternity!

On November 8, 2014 we had the opportunity to seal Bridger to our family forever! We chose the Brigham City temple since it was central to both our families and we figure we live so close to so many temples we might as well let each kid have their own temple. We have been blessed with awesome sealers for both me and Kory's sealing and Bostons sealing and it was no different for Bridgers. He spoke a lot about love from our Heavenly Father and the love we have for our children. What a special experience. I nabbed some picures from Bridgers amazing Birth grandma Ellan. (I was blogging on the iPad and couldn't get rid of my selfie I took on the way to the temple, soooo enjoy. Ha!)

After the sealing we all gathered at Sarah's church for yummy food and a blessing on Bridger. Sorry no pictures! We had so much support from family on both sides! It was truly an amazing day. I didn't know how much Bridger not being sealed to us was weighing on me until it was over. Such a weight lifted from my shoulders. He is truly ours forever now. What a blessing!!!

Just a note for Bridger of everyone that was at his special day. Great Grandma Call, Grandma and Grandpa Marchant, Grandpa and Grandma Call, Grandpa and Grandma Smart. Uncles Andy, Brian M. Brian D. Felipe, Stephen and Nathan. Aunts Natalie, Michelle, Heather, Sarah, Kami, Krystal, and Kelsey. Uncle Kelly and Aunt Becky. Aunt Suzanne and Kaitlyn. Jonathan and Lori, Kyla, and Grady. Uncle Dan and Aunt Kristin. Birthmom Tiffany. Uncle Ryan. Cousins Brian, Kallie, Camden, Nate, McKay, Meg, Adin, Gracie, McKenna, Cheyenne, Lily, Keegan.  

Halloween Night!

All Hallows Eve! I LOVE Halloween. I had the hardest time deciding on costumes for the kidlets. I wanted to try a dalmatian for Bridger again since that is what I wanted Boston to be for his first Halloween but couldn't find the supplies to make it. I decided Boston should be Curious George since that is his all time favorite show. I looked all over Pocatello for supplies and was able to find an almost white sleeper for Bridger! Woo Woo! No luck finding anything for Boston so I headed over to the big city, Idaho Falls, to their secondhand kids clothing store. After I found something that would work to make a monkey suit out of I saw a wall of Halloween costumes. I figured it was worth a look and found a costume for 5 dollars! You can't beat 5 dollars even with how frugal I was being so we said so long to the monkey idea!

We went to the ward trunk or treat and it only took Boston 2 cars to get the hang of things. He did start walking up to anyone he could see and holding his bag out to them. He got a lot of strange looks from other kids before we would direct him to a trunk. We thought we would just do our closest neighbors for the actual trick or treat but he was getting such a kick out of it we ended up doing a whole street. Overall it was a huge success!

We have broken ground!

One of me and Kory's dream is coming to fruition! We are building a home! Legitimately building a home. I feel like I have been planning and talking about it forever but it never felt like it was really going to happen. However, we have a building permit and they have dug the hole. There is no turning back now!!!! We were able to purchase land from the farm that Kory has dreamed of building a home on his whole life! I LOVE it. The view is amazing and it is out in the middle of nowhere. We are soooo excited! They are starting cement on Monday so we are moving right along!

Disaster!

Today I got both the kids fed and situated in what should have been a happy circumstance. Boston was set in front of his favorite show on tv with a bowl of snacks. Bridger was happily chilling in the swing. I then snuck downstairs to do a workout. 24 minutes into my workout Boston joined me downstairs as happy as could be. I thought nothing of it until I came back upstairs. There was shampoo smeared ALL OVER the couch, a humongous pile in the middle of the living room and drops throughout the entire upstairs. As if that wasn't enough he had gotten a package of craisins outside of the pantry and emptied the entire bag all over the house. Oh wait, I'm not done. He had shredded the decorative mesh that was on the halloween decorations I had just finished making! AND the silverware drawer was emptied everywhere! 24 minutes! AAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Will we make it through his toddler years? It is truly, truly debatable!

Poor little Bridger boy!

Bridger has never been what one would call a "happy" baby. He has always been extremely fussy. A couple weeks ago Kory noticed some bulging in the groin area when he was changing Bridgers diaper. Of course it was a Saturday, these things never happen to us on normal business hour weekdays. We called the on-call pediatrician and they thought we better bring him in for a look. Inguinal hernia. Surgery needed. Blah!
 Apparently he had a little hole inside him that didn't seal up like it was supposed to and now whenever he cried his bowel would push through the hole and cause a bulging in his groin. They don't like to operate on such little guys unless it is absolutely necessary so they showed me how to push it back in and scheduled surgery for late October.
We carried on our merry way but it seemed to be causing  him more pain every time I pushed it in and he just kept getting fussier. We figured we could persevere. This past Tuesday he was fussier than ever! Kory held him and tried to calm him down while I tried to push the bowel back where it belonged. It was not going back in and Bridgers cries were becoming more and more pained. I finally got it back in and...Bridger passed out. He turned white as a ghost, I now totally understand that saying, and went totally limp. Scariest thing ever!! They moved his surgery up to the 29th of September.

Pre-surgery

Ahhh. What're a cute gown!

Still sleeping it off

Chilling at the hospital

Bridger was a total champ for surgery. They were shocked by how good he was for all of it! Since they had to move it up we had to spend the night but now we are home and Bridger is doing amazing! I don't want to speak too soon but he already seems much more content and that is with pain from surgery! Good job Bridger! You're a trooper!!!

Just because...

Can't a girl ever just blog because her boys are seriously so stinking adorable? I just keep gawking over these pictures and thought I should share the cuteness!