Primary Children's Hospital-An Eventful Weekend

So, we had quite an eventful five days this past weekend. On Thursday night Presli started acting weird and was having difficulty breathing. She would cough so hard she would dry heave and throw up. Finally after three hours of non-stop crying, we took her to St. George Hospital. The doctor looked at her and told us she just had a bad cold, and sent us home. Well, we headed up to Salt Lake on Friday for a family Christmas party. On Friday night, she started again. She was wheezing horribly, couldn't breath and just kept crying. I woke up my mom at about 1:00 in the morning and asked her what we should do. She thought we should take her to the Hospital. Since we were in Salt Lake I called my friend Michelle and asked her where we should take her. She said Primary Children's because if it was RSV or something like that, they would transfer us there anyway. So we headed to Primary's. Yep, Bronchiolitis/RSV. She gradually got worse and worse. She looked horrible. It was so sad. After a few tests, a breathing treatment, a nose suction and a chest x-ray, we were admitted at 4:30 A.M. She wouldn't sleep so that meant Joe and I couldn't sleep. We were exhausted. Well, we missed our family party and spent our weekend in the Hospital. We got there Friday night and were not released until Christmas Eve morning. We actually had planned on spending Christmas in the Hospital by the way the Doctors sounded. It was horrible seeing your little child so helpless and sick. She was hooked up to monitors, had an IV (which she didn't even flinch when she got), and had oxygen tubes up her nose. She could not even hold her head up she was so weak. She was called the "Pretty Baby" and the "Model Baby" by all of the nurses. They loved her. (Although with all of the poking and prodding, she was not too fond of them.) She is doing so much better and now only has a really bad cold. As horrible as this experience was, we are so grateful it was what it was, we saw so many children that were so sick, and did have to spend Christmas in the hospital. We are lucky to have her home, especially for Christmas!! Here are a few pictures of our sick little Presli...

Presli getting a breathing treatment.

Presli with hooked up to oxygen.

Hooked up to machines.

Doesn't she look so sick??

Asleep in Grandma's arms!

CRAWLING!!!

Crawling for the remote!

Crawling for the tile! (She loves the tile???)

Well, Sunday Presli took her first real crawls. She was sitting by me while I was getting ready and she took 4 crawls!!! We are so excited ( I am not sure why, now I will constantly be pulling her away from things!) She doesn't have it down all the way, but she is getting closer.

Cinderella Baby...

So, a while back we were told that Presli needed to enter this Cinderella Baby Pageant. So, we decided to do it just for fun. I am not sure it was all it was cracked up to be. It mostly just seemed like a free for all. 34 babies all under two??? Ya, a little chaotic and not too far into it, I would say more than half of them were past naptime! But, Joe took Presli back stage for a close up with the judges and then walked her on stage to music. She performed great considering SHE was thirty minutes past naptime. She smiled a little and waved alot. She looked darling though, atleast we thought so. There were 34 contestants, (including some boys). She won prettiest eyes and cutest personality. I am not sure what all of the awards were, (it wasn't too organized!) But we were happy with the outcome...she did great! Anyways, we thought we would share a couple of pictures from the big day! Dad, Presli and Mom with Presli's trophies and crown!

Presli and Mom after her on stage walk with Dad!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I could not get Presli to smile. but I just had to take a picture of her in her outfit

Grandma gave her! She got called a "GQ Baby" all day.

My friend Michelle and her husband James came to town so we hung out

and played games. It was great to see them. We hadn't seen them since

Presli was a month and a half.

Presli on Thanksgiving Day!

Dad, Presli and Mom on Thanksgiving. Presli smiled
in every single picture!!

Well, we hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our Holiday was great and we had a lot of fun. My mom and dad got all of us a Wii to share, so we spent most of the Holiday bowling, boxing, golfing and playing guitar hero. Talk about a blast. We all woke up the day after Thanksgiving like we had just come from some massive work out. So that's how we spent most of our Holiday. We did a little shopping and went to Santa's Workshop. Wouldn't you think Santa's Workshop would have Santa there??? Ya that's what we thought. So excited for Presli to see Santa for the first time, and we get there...NO SANTA??? We were bumbed. Anyways, our Thanksgiving was great. We hope yours was as wonderful!

Christmas At The Rieck's

Presli sitting by her Christmas Tree!!

Well, I love Christmas...it's by far my favorite Holiday. So, the day after Halloween, I put up my Christmas decorations. We will wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put up lights outside, but the inside had to be done. I like to leave Christmas up for like three months. So, here is a picture of Presli sitting by her tree in her room.

Halloween Pics!

Presli was such a stink on Halloween. We got her all dressed up, went to see Grandma, Grandpa, Lacy and Nate, and once we headed for our Halloween party, she screamed the entire way. We turned around and spent Halloween at home!! Fun first Halloween for Presli...

Presli and her friend Skye!

Presli in her Halloween costume!

THRILLER!!!!!

We went to Thriller as a family and Presli loved it. She bounced up and down every time dancers would come on the stage and she loved all of the "Zombie Girls."

(We know, Christmas jammies at a Halloween event!!)

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