Wellness Challenge: Day4

So far we have kept all our points every day! My body is so sore, im exhausted and I want some chocolate cake sooo bad! Its only day 4 and 86 days left to go! I'm glad I have had a busy schedule this week to keep my mind busy and so I have not given in on anything!
It has been nice being able to set aside time to either blog, write in my journal or Macy's journal. I have been wanting to keep up with it forever, but have had no motivation to. I got the idea to start a journal for Macy from my cousin in law, Gina. I write in it how she is growing, things we have been doing etc. I think she will enjoy reading it one day. :)
I have sort of been busy lately taking photographs for people. Its been nice to have something to do that I love and keep me busy and also make a little extra money. I got a phone call from the office I used to work at asking me if I would like to come back to work. I had to decline even part time because I am having such a good time being with my little Macy bug every day. I am grateful that I have this opportunity.

The Wellness Challenge: Day 1

Nick and I have decided to participate in a wellness challenge that starts today and goes on for 12 weeks. I was a little hesitant at first, but I figured what do I have to lose? I have been wanting to get back in shape for a while now and I have just had nothing to motivate me. I want to make a good habit out of exercise and eating right before we try for baby #2. I found out about this challenge through a friend and after some thought, I decided to do it. I even got Nick to join in with me. There are certain things you have to do/not do every day and you get points for them. All participants put in $10 and the winner at the end takes it all. I figure Its a win/win situation. I win money and am healthier or I am just healthier! One of the things we have to do everyday is to make a new good habit. I chose mine to journal or blog daily, so you will be seeing more going on on our blog! I look forward to seeing how we do! Here's to a better, healthier Vadney family :)


This is what we have to do on a daily basis:
7 hours of sleep (not necessarily consecutive – nap counts too!)
48 oz water
30 minutes of excersice (not necessarily consecutive)
2 servings of veggies
2 servings of fruits
No soda or other unhealthy drinks (high sugar juices)
No bad fast food or unhealthy snacks
No sweets (desserts, pastries or sugary snacks)
No eating after 8:00pm
15 minutes of scripture reading (or spiritual text/uplifting messages if you don’t do scriptures)
Stop a bad habit
Start a new habit

Our Rather Eventful Week...

 

This last week has been very eventful so to say. Starting last week, Macy had come down with a fever of 100-103 degrees which kept on throughout the remainder of the week. We went to the Dr on Thursday and everything seemed fine, but they wanted to do a urine test just to make sure she didn't have a UTI. The results from the office showed trace amounts of blood so they wanted to send it off to the lab just to make sure and the Dr would call me back as soon as the results came in. In the mean time the Dr gave us an antibiotic to start on if she didn't seem like she was improving. Later that night I went ahead and started her on it because I figured it would only help since she was feeling pretty miserable. The next day (Friday) I had packed up everything and was getting ready to go on our trip to Anaheim to go to a Mariners game. Of course Macy poops just before we are to leave and when I opened up the diaper all I saw was RED...A full diaper of blood... I was freaking out a little thinking thats quite a lot of blood for a little girl to lose. Nick came home right away, I was busy calling the Dr's office (which you have to leave a message and they will call you back whenever they feel like it) and I also called the nurse hotline for our insurance. I described everything to her and what medications she was on and she told me to go to the ER right away. We loaded up and were off to the hospital when we figured that we might stop by the Drs office since it was right across the street. I explained to them that I had left a message and we were just wondering if we could see a Dr about the situation before going to ER. The nurse practitioner was the only one there and she came out to the waiting room, we showed her the dirty diaper and immediately she said to go to the ER. She didn't ask us any questions or anything.
So, off we go to the ER...We explain to them the story, the medications, etc... They check her out, take XRays of her stomach and tell us that she is just fine and that sometimes children with high fevers can have bloody stools, and that we should just keep an eye on her. Ooookkk....So, 4 hours later and $125+ spent we decide that even though we werent going to make the game that night that we should still go have some fun in CA.
While driving I finally get the phone call from the Dr saying that he just go the message to call me...ER drs and I were trying to get a hold of him... The results from the urine test were not ready yet and he tells me that a side effect from the antibiotic is that it might turn your poop a reddish color. SO, youre saying that it probably wasn't even blood that I saw?!?? Not one Dr knew that that was a side effect of the antibiotic, NOR, did they test to see if it was blood. At this point Im a little irritated that we just spent all that money and wasted time, but I was relieved that Macy was ok.
We made it to Anaheim that night just in time to watch the Disneyland fireworks from Grandma Moonpies house. We figured that we would go to the game the next night instead. That night Nick was craving Thrifty ice cream so he drove all over trying to find a RiteAid that was open. And was successful.
The next day we took Dakota to the dog beach at Huntington Beach where she just loved it. She actually went in the water this time...followed Nick all the way in. Macy and I kept warm on the shore and watched all the other doggies run around. Nick wasn't feeling too hot so we decided to go back to grandmas and relax. Scratch the idea of going to this game too.
Later that night, Macy and I headed over to Downtown Disney to go walk around and return a sweatshirt for Aunti McKenna. Macy just loved and I mean LOVED all that there was to see. She was smiling and clapping the whole time. I can't wait to take her to Disneyland! So later that night Macy woke up around 2 crying and I picked her up and she was cold and sweaty. I took her temp and it had dropped down to 95. She was totally acting weird and not taking a bottle at all. She was trying to squirm out of my arms one minute, then acted like she was asleep the next. I again, was worried so I called the Dr on his cell phone at 2 in the morning. Turns out he had no idea what to think about it. I stayed up with her for 2 hours trying to warm her up and calm her down until she finally went to sleep. :( By the way, the lab test showed no sign if a UTI, so really there was no need to antibiotics anyway......
On Sunday, My Dad flew into CA from Seattle for work so he was able to meet up with us for lunch. It was nice to see him again, and I know that Macy loved seeing her Grandpa. :)
We made the trek home that evening, which was pretty uneventful until the freeway came to a hault! We slowly got around other cars to make it off the freeway to see the freeway closed ahead and a big fire burning off the side in some trees. We got off and starting driving on a highway, not knowing where we were going. Turned out we were on Route66 and it took us right around the mountain and back to the freeway. Thanks Route66!
On Monday I had my dreaded dermatology appt. I have had this wart on my foot for almost 2 years now, and its starting to hurt to walk on it. I decided that it was finally time to give in and let a professional at it. I had freaked myself out watching a video of a surgery to remove it. Turns out that the dr I went to doesn't believe in surgically removing it because it leaves a scar that you are walking on forever. Instead he freezes it off with liquid nitrogen. Whew! what a relief for me! I had 2 other little tiny warts on my hands so I had him freeze those too. And since I was there...I had him check some moles on my back. Turns out one looked abnormal and needed to be removed too. I just went ahead and had everything done at once. It wasnt so bad once it was over, but a few hours after my hands had 2 HUGE blisters on them and were killing me! I look like a mutant! Its been hard doing stuff with my hands so hopefully they will go away soon! Everything else is just fine. I just have to go back every month and refreeze my foot until that one is gone. Pretty Gross, I know......
Anyways, then yesterday my car died in the Kohls parking lot and we were stranded for a little while until Nick got there. I was thinking for sure it was going to be something big, but turns out it just needed a new battery. All fixed.
Whew! That was our past week. Im hoping that I can get the rest of my house in order and get back to normal here soon.

Swim Swim Swim

Las weekend we stayed at Nick's brothers house to house-sit/dog-sit/Dom-sit. It was fun to "get away" for a few days and nice to have a pool to hang out at! Macy just loved it! Nick's cousin Jim and wife Kristin and baby Cole came to swim with us one day. We had lots of fun soaking up some sun! Macy just loves her little boat and Cole loved his little pretzel! :) Dakota even likes to cool off now! We finished the night off with a delicious dinner at Olive Garden where Macy fell in love with their breadsticks.

 

Bountiful Basket

We just recently decided to try out a Bountiful Basket and just LOVE it! (www.bountifulbaskets.org) Every Saturday people volunteer at different sites and we get great baskets of fresh fruit and veggies all for just $15. You never know what you are going to get to its always a surprise, but we love having different healthy foods that we can experiment with. Macy went with me on the last trip and we took the wagon. She just loved when I loaded up with all the yummy fruits and veggies. She decided she wanted to try a plum and now that she has teeth, she was able to really bite into that thing. She absolutely loved it! When I took it away to take the sticker off she screamed bloody murder! Don't mess with that girl and her plums!

 

Macy 9 months

Its hard to believe that Macy has been here with us for as long as I carried her inside of me! She is just growing up so fast and I am loving each day of it. Although she is not crawling yet, she is very close and loves to stand up and hold onto things. Its only a matter of time before she will be ALL over the place (and not just rolling everywhere). Macy HATES baby food and only wants what we are eating...and I can't blame her. She's been loving summer time because that means swimming time! She could spend all day in the pool if she could. :)
Here is Macy's 9 month stats: weight: 16.7lbs (10-25%) height: 27.25in (25-50%) head: 43.5cm (25-50%)..she's our little petite girlie girl!

 

4th of July

We had another great 4th of July with the family! Although there wasn't as many people able to make it this year, we still made the most of it. Macy had a great time and really enjoyed all the lights! Macy entered the synchronized swimming contest with Daddy and won 1st place (but Daddy won 3rd). Nick and I won 1st place in the balloon toss! We also had another 4th of July "Rave" which everybody loves! Macy wasn't too keen on the loud fireworks...she'd rather play with her glow sticks. :)

 

Washington/Oregon Trip

A couple weeks ago, Macy and I were able to go spend some time with my family in Washington. We had lots of fun spending time at "Grandma and Grandpa"'s house. We played around, made hairbows, I went on my first motorcycle ride on my Dad's new bike, went swimming in the hot tub, and lots of other fun stuff! We were also able to go down to Oregon for my cousin, Janessa's wedding. Nick was able to join us for the beautiful weekend we had there. I miss not having my family closer!

 

Tooth #2

Well, shortly after the debut of tooth #1, tooth #2 decided to poke through a week later. Macy is funny about anyone touching them. She likes to put her tongue over them so you can't see them. You can kind of see them in the picture if you look closely. My little girl is 8 months now and growing up so fast!

 

Macy Cakes

 

Memorial Day Weekend

This Memorial Day weekend, our lil family decided to take a trip down to California to chill. We had no plans on going anywhere but the beach and just lots of relaxing time. We are glad to have my Grandma (Moonpie) living in Anaheim so we always have a place to stay. Saturday morning we woke up to find that Macy had her first tooth pop up on the bottom right side. She had been so cranky for days before and now I know why. She loves biting everything now...especially me when she's nursing. I heard that you should flick them in the nose when they do it, so I tried...Macy looked up at me and made the most sad face I have ever seen!
Anyways, Saturday was spent going to lunch with Grandma and then we took Dakota to the dog beach. Surprisingly she got in the water with Nick and had a grand ol time! Macy loved the ocean air and watching all the doggies run around. After the beach, we came back to Grandma's and swam in the pool. Macy loved her new floatie and she just LOVES to go swimming and kick those feet!
Sunday we went to church with Grandma and she wanted to show off Macy to anyone who would pay attention to her...it was kind of funny. Uncle Pat and Aunt Jennifer came up from Palm Springs to come visit and have a yummy lamb chop dinner by Uncle Pat.
Monday we did a little shopping with Grandma and then went to San Clemente for lunch at the Fishermans Restaraunt on the pier. It was some delicious food and Nick got to try shark for the first time. He thought it tasted like steak.
We had a great time on our mini vacation... It was nice to get away from Las Vegas for a little while!

6 months!

Our little girl is 6months old and on her way to getting into EVERYTHING! she can't crawl yet, but she just learned to sit on her own and anything she sees she wants to touch it! Macy is now 26 inches long and weighs 14.8lbs. :)

4 Months Already

Our little girl is already 4 months old! We just went in to the Dr and everything checked out great! She is now 12 lbs 11 oz, and 24 inches long. She's just like her parents...long and skinny! haha.
Macy now LOVES to look at herself in the mirror, laugh, grab her toes, make spit bubbles with Mommy, and she has even started eating her rice cereal...still working on figuring out how to eat it the right way :)

Here is her 4 month photo shoot!

Macy 3 Months

Today is Macy's 3 month Birthday. Its hard to believe how time just flies by. She is growing up so fast! She can now hold up her head and is enjoying all her new toys that she is able to use now! I've decided that I am going to take Macy's pictures every month, so here is month 3!

Macy at 2 Months

Macy Mikiko at 2 months
10 lbs 1 oz
22 inches