It's been a while...

I am so sorry to our friends and family who check the blog regularly only to see that I haven't updated in ages! Life has been hectic and crazy and I guess I just forgot!

I'll give you a brief rundown of what we've been up to. I went back to work in January, that same week Casey got the stomach flu and graciously shared it with Erik and I so I missed a day my first week of work. Since then Casey has been pretty consistantly sick with a cold, ear infection, fever. One week she's fine, the next she's sick. So we are hoping that we are past all of that and can move on with our lives.

Casey is walking now and really good at it. She says alot of words, this week her favorites are "Uh, Oh," "Happy," "Apple," "Nana(Banana)," and my favorite... "No NO."

She is loving her daycare but looks forward to coming home to see her Daddy each night. I know this because the whole ride home she says "Dada?" "Dada?" "Dada?" It's a never ending cycle but I love every minute of it. Especially when I look back in my rearview mirror to see her blow me a kiss. She's so sweet!

Anyway, that is a quick update. This month Erik and I celebrate 5 years of marriage! Can you believe he put up with me this long? He's a good man!

What a Character!

I got an email today from my Dad saying he missed seeing pictures fo Casey on the blog! I had lost my camera charger for what felt like a million years so I've really been bad about taking pictures. But we found it over the weekend in my laptop case. So here is Casey today in all of her cuteness. She loves to sit on this first step and look at books or go poop.

Today, when I went in her room after her nap, this is what I found. Shirt around her head and pants off. HAHAHA. She never ceases to amaze me. We both got a good laugh out of this and then I ran downstairs to get the camera. She cracks me up. You can also see the damage she has done to her blinds on the window. She's completely ruined them and we have decided to rearrange her room, hopefully this weekend.

Hope you got as big of a kick out of these as I did!

So far so good 2010!

Well we are only in to a few weeks of 2010 and already it has shown to be pretty good. In my last blog I talked about losing my job at Purcell Murray in the beginning of 2009. Well the beginning of 2010 brought my job at Purcell Murray back to me. Although now I will be doing a different job and working in the corporate office up her in Northern California, I dont care! I am so super excited about it.

Last Monday, my old boss emailed me and told me that there was an opening up here and if I was interested she thought I'd be great for it. So I immediatly sent my resume over, got an email back the next morning and met with them last Friday. I heard from them yesterday that they would love to have me back so almost a year to the date of getting laid off... I'm going back! It's like I took a years sabatical!

I have to say that as heartbreaking as it was to lose my job with them, it really was a blessing in disguise to be home with my amazing little girl for the first 15 months of her life. We've had so much fun together and watching her grow and do new things has been one of my greatest joys in life.

But I am VERY excited to go back to work. We have found a daycare and Casey already test played and loved the kids. She was mad when we made her leave!

Anyway, Casey and I will be flying down to So Cal next week for her 15 month appointment and to visit with family and our friends before Momma goes back to work. Because who knows when we'll be able to come back down after I start back!

Goodbye 2009... Good Riddance!

Tomorrow is New Years Eve and I couldn't be happier to say goodbye to this year! In January 09 I went back to my beloved job after having Casey, only to get laid off that same day due to cut backs. 1 month later, my sister passed away, we moved out of our house across from my parents and into Grandmas house. Erik started traveling alot for work and the end result was us moving to Northern California. The move was great for us, just the traveling was stressful and hard before hand. Casey and I missed our man! But we are all together and have alot to be thankful for!

We are so thankful for our Family and friends support and love through all of the changes that we have gone through this year. I can't wait to see what 2010 has in store for us. It can only get better I hope!

Love to all of you! Happy New Year!

Jayme, Erik and Lil C

As we go through the Holidays...

I can't help but miss my little sister Casey. The week leading up to Thanksgiving was hard for me. Having this be the first holiday without her since 1983. I can't help but thank God for blessing my life with her. Even more, I can't help but thank him for letting her stick around to meet her neice, my daughter and Casey's namesake. Luckily, Thanksgiving came and went. It was a fantastic day.

When we found out I was pregnant, we knew that if we were having a baby girl her name would be Casey. No doubt in our minds. Truthfully I thought I was having a boy. So much so, that when she said it was a girl in the ultra sound, I thought she was wrong. But I was defintely having a girl! :) Shortly after, Big Casey went into the hospital and really wasnt suppose to make it. Like, this time there was no way she could come out of it. One day, they called us all in to the hospital to say our goodbyes. Shayna happened to be at a church retreat 9 hours away. I knew if big C passed while Shay was gone, it would have been devastating for Shayna. Casey's blood pressure dropped super low and I happened to be the first one to the hospital. I wrapped my arms around her and said, "Casey, if you have anything left in you, you have to wait until Shayna comes home. I love you." Her blood pressure rose up. And leveled out shortly after that. So later, after witnessing that miracle, I whispered in her ear "I know this is alot to ask, but if there is anyway, you could make it 4 more months to meet your neice, it would mean the world to me. "

And this picture is the outcome of that wish. This was their first meeting and they were instantly friends. Big C adored little C and everytime we laid Lil C next to her she lit up. She lived 4 more months after Lil Casey was born and I am soooo very thankful for that.

So this holiday season, I will miss my sister. But I know she fought with all she had to stay with our family as long as she could. 25 years when you weren't suppose to make it past 5 is pretty darn amazing. I vowed to big C that my daughter would always know the endless love and fight that her Auntie had in her.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!

I realize I haven't blogged about her birthday party yet but I will! Today Erik is taking a test for work that he had to miss for Casey's party. This morning Casey and I will be going to our local library for Story time and then hopefully Erik will be off work and we can trick or treat down town at the local shops.

One year ago today Casey was still in the hospital in an incubator. I can remember leaving the hospital to come home and pass out candy and feeling so sad and horrible that I had to leave my baby girl there. But she's home today and causing a raukus. (sp?)

She started standing the other night on her own so I'm thinking walking is days away. Our little girl is a Lady Bug this year... of course. Here is a picture of her in her costume last week. But I will take more today when we are out and about.

Love and hugs to all!

Happy Birthday to my precious Angell!

Well when I said comfortable night sleep I was being sarcastic. Actually that night was the worst night sleep I'd ever had in my whole life. At 3:00am my alarm went off that my blood pressure was way to high I think it was 173/114. My back was absolutely killing me and kept cramping up. The nurse called the Dr and then came in and said she needed to check my cervix. Turns out, I was already dialated to 1 cm! I wasn't due for another 6 weeks! I then asked "should I call my husband now?" She replied with yes, your Dr is on his way in and we are going to do an emergency C-Section.

I called and woke Erik up. He rushed the Dog over to my parents house and jumped in the car to come to the hospital. That morning had to be the foggiest morning ever and it turned out that the 405 was closed at Euclid so he had to end up taking side streets to the hospital. Can you imagine how nerve-racking that would be?

They were prepping me for the C-Section and I just kept saying "we can't do this until Erik gets here." Then I heard his voice, "I'm here babe, everythings going to be fine, I love you." Ahhhh yes, he's here! My blood pressure then went up to 200/140 and they rushed to get Casey out.

I didn't feel anything during the surgery except for the initial tug to get her out. Which must have been hard on my Dr as it caused him to cut the cheese. I looked at Erik and said "was that you?" He looked at me as if I were crazy thinking he would do that in front of all of those nurses and the Dr. LOL

Then, I heard it. The cry of my beautiful little girl, and I started crying as well. She was born at 4:44am and was 4lbs, 4 oz, 17.5 inches long. Her being 6 weeks early made me nervous but to hear her cry, I knew she'd be alright. They handed her to me for a quick minute before they rushed her off to the NICU and she was beautiful and little. She had the biggest Angelina Jolie lips and looked just like Erik. She was amazing. After that, I went to recovery. My blood pressure dropped down to 144/74 which was great since it had been so high just an hour before.

After I got admitted into my room and the drugs started wearing off, I started feeling more lousy. I desperatly wanted to see Casey but everytime I tried to get up, I threw up. :( I felt so thirsty too and all they'd give me were ice chips. I con'd Erik into buying me a sprite because that would make my stomach feel better. Boy did he learn his lesson on not to listen to me, when it all came back up onto his shirt and shoes. :) I finally got to get out of bed without throwing up and got to see Casey at 10:00 pm. You can see the picture below. Not beautiful of me, but it was a rough day.

Anyway, this last year with Casey A. has been amazing. She's grown and is so beautiful. She's tall and lean. She still looks like Mini Erik. She loves the park, Willie, Daddy, Mommy, music, books and cartoons. She has 7 teeth so far and is not walking but really wants to. Will update the blog after her birthday party. :)