The Maughan-sters

We Need Help

2009-11-18T15:21:00.000-08:00

Cecilia and I are starting a little buisness making baby wraps (similar to a baby bjorn carrier) PLEASE vote on what name is best for our buisness!! THANKS!

where to even begin?

2009-11-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

Sorry that it's taken so long for me to update the blog. I'll recap on the last two months. Sorry that this is soo long.
My dad died in the early morning of Sept. 18th this year. He was 62, so it came as a shock. Tyrell and I got tickets that day and flew out on the 19th. Yep, we took all 4 kids with us and stayed in NY for a little over a week. My dad and I weren't really close, but I loved him for the man he had become in my eyes, these last few years. It was great to see my brothers and sister (my half sister Niki was there also). It had been over 3 years since I last saw most of my family. It was an interesting trip and Tyrell said he would like to move in that direction (because of all the green!) The kids were FANTASTIC! I don't remember any screaming or fits on any of the 5 planes we were on! What a bunch of troopers. The kids fell in love with their aunts and uncles in all shapes and forms (I have alot of step-siblings, fiance's, girlfriends, half-sibling in the fam) They were sad to come home. On the last plane, we got into SLC at 11pm and Noah screamed after we got off that he wanted to get on another one.

The day after the funeral, Noah, decided to drink ALL of Laurens seizure medicine. So Tyrell and I rushed him to a small hospital near my moms home. By that point he had become lathargic, and then we had to make him drink over a cup of charcoal....that was disgusting....we would get some down and then he would throw it up (which is a good thing to get the meds out) Then after they tried 3 times to get an IV in, they sent us in an ambulence to Rochester, NY (a hospital similar to primary childrens) It was too bad he slept the whole drive b/c he would have loved to see the ambulence. At the hospital in Rochester they rushed us put to the PICU and got him hooked up to a ton of monitors. By the way, the times that Noah was awake all he wanted was his Daddy. For the first few hours we were there he would stop breathing and we would have to wake him up over and over. Needless to say after sleeping the rest of the night he was back to himself in the morning, only now knowing "don't drink LOLO's medicine!) A lesson I hope he will always remember. The total bill for this adventure was somewhere in the $9,000 catagory (bless UPS and their insurance because we didnt pay a dime!)

We then had a few birthdays to celebrate. Lauren had turned 2 on the 17th of Sept. Noah turned 3 on the 30th of Sept., and Tyrell turned 28 on the 19th of Oct. Im really all caked out! But the kids had a great time (they had a party at home, a party with grandma/pa Gilmore in NY, and another party with my siblings and step-mom in a different house in NY)

On October 8th we had found out that we were going to get another little boy! I have to admitt I was hoping for a girl - mostly because I miss baby dresses and my little girls are so laid back and easy. We will go in for a second ultrasound on Nov. 19th to make sure there is no cleft lip/palate but other than that we are doing good and the baby is very active.

We were starting to get back into the swing of things at home and then realized that Halloween was coming up. Anyone who has kids knows that the kids ask to wear their costumes almost every day! Needless to say, the day finally came and they had a blast. Noah made off the best at the trunk or treat - he dressed as a fireman (the only one at the party) and so the city firefighters loaded up his bag with candy. Now the kids are asking when we are going to Grandma Maughans for Thanksgiving.

One of the best things to happen recently was that Tyrell and I found and bought a piano!!! I have always wanted to learn, and now I get to! Although I have to say that so far, my mind and hands are preferring the Flute (that maybe because I have played flute since 4th grade!) The kids have been playing it constantly and Emma will start learning after I get better at it.

So many things have happened that have strengthened me and blessed my life. I am so grateful for the family I have, whether it is in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, and especially Idaho. We love all our friends out there, that are spread throughout the country now! Thanks for the support after the passing of my father!

Our New Baby Boy!

2009-10-13T18:17:00.000-07:00

Well the kids had it right....Its another boy! Now we are just fighting about names...(always a problem when we have a boy) I want an Ethan or Levi and he wants a Devearl or an earl!!!

A Few Busy Months

2009-08-12T13:54:00.000-07:00

The biggest news that we have is that we are pregnant (I know - its more just expected than anything) and are due in February! We sure had a great visit from Grandma & Grandpa Gilmore for July! The kids had so much fun talking and playing with them, that now I am constantly being asked when they are coming back! I think that they have been spoiled.

These pictures are first of Lauren in a toy stroller! She climbed in by herself and wouldn't get out. Then Of Josh in the yard.

This next picture is of Lauren after church on a Sunday. We little pig tails for the first time and this is what they looked like after she took out the rubber bands. What little hair she has was hard to get into the pig tails in the first place and then when she took them out - we couldn't get her hair to lie down.
We had a CRAZY July. While my parents were here, we also played host for the following:

Aunt Kathy & Isaac (her grandson)
Megan & Nate + 4 kids
Marcus & Rachelle
Catherine & Wade (Emily & Jonathan)

This is a picture of a typical day for the kids. They often go out side to pick what rasberries are left and to see if they can hunt up any strawberries. They really enjoy picking their own fruit. Yesturday I found that Lauren had picked a green bell pepper and was eating it like an apple.

The Maughan Family Camping Trip! 2009

We had a great time with the family camping near Lava this year. My favorite was the incredibly rain storm that we got only 2 hours after arriving. There was no pavilion to hide under so we had to build a make-shift one.

Here are the pictures of Josh with a Mohawk. I thought he looked adorable, but Tyrell did not seem to approve of this particular hair do!

This is a picture of early morning meals. It was pretty cool in the morning.

This is a picture of the second day. To stay cool we put up a portable-pavilion that Dallas & Cecilia had and sat under there. The woods were awesome with a great creek for the kids - but the flies seemed to be MUCH worse in the woods than in the sun.

Anyway sorry I haven't been better about keeping this updated. Hopefully now that things are slowing down again I will do better!

The cutting of the hair!

2009-06-23T16:13:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to cutting Noah's hair, trimming Emma's bangs, and trimming the back of Lauren's mullet.

New Rooms!

2009-06-22T16:34:00.000-07:00

Well here are our recent happenings. Today, Lauren, had a visit with her neurologist- the diagnosis is that she will be on meds for 2 more years and then a new EEG and if there have been no seizures, they will take her off her meds.

Josh is rolling and mad he still can't keep up with his siblings!

Tyrell and I finally put up the old bed frame from tyrell's parents. It looks pretty good!

Here's Laurens room with Emma's old toddler bed. (soon to be Laurens Toddler bed!) Lauren's room is the smallest upstairs and is starting to look a little packed!

Here is Emma's New Room! She is so excited as well as Noah! This is the bed set that my Dad and Stepmom got for her for christmas! She is pretty excited about being a big girl! Now Noah wants a big boy bed:)

Noah wouldn't leave Emma's room for almost 3 hours. Either way the kids were having a ball!

Catching up with life...or trying to.

2009-06-19T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well, sorry it has been so long since I have had time to update this. Here's the run down:

Tyrell-Has been working hard, and rarely gets home before 9pm unless he has scouts. Which he is now the New Scout Master as well as the Cub Scout Master....poor man! He is still working for UPS and Picture Perfect Landscaping..(which he likes most of the time) and he is also thinking about getting some lawns to mow....(as if he wasn't working long enough hours already) BUT we do love him and apprechiate all the work he puts in to pay for our lifestyle!
Emma- Is now getting ready for kindergarten-in 2011- by learning to read and write her letters. She loves to learn and knows A, B, C, and a little of D. She is a crack up and has become the mommy of the kids.
Noah- Well Noah is a stud with his new glasses and he LOVES to wear them. He can see so much better now, and is running and no tripping. Also he did have an asthma attack this last weekend so Tyrell was good enough to take him to the doctor on Monday. Apparently he has a little bronchitis to go with it. He now takes an antibiotic 3x a day and uses his nebulizer 3x a day! Oh happy day for me!
Lauren- She seems to be doing great on her meds for siezures, which I get to give her 3x a day. Last friday she had an MRI and we will find out the results of that on this coming Monday! She started teething again and is FINALLY getting in her last 4 teeth!
Josh- He has become a rolling fool! He wants to keep up with the big kids so he started rolling suddenly, and now gets frustrated that he still cannot keep up with their running. He is running a temp. and hopefully its just growing pains or teething. So he gets pain reliever every 4 hrs.

I AM SO SICK OF MEDICINE! I feel like that is all I've been doing. I'm sure the saying- "When it rains it pours" goes into effect here----which also reminds me-- here in Idaho we have been recieving constant rain for almost 2 1/2 weeks! CRAZY!

In other news I have finally got the 72 hr kits for the family done. I just need to add in the clothes, diapers, formula, and important papers/money. IM SO EXCITED! Next is to expand our basic 1 year food storage! Hopefully we have a good garden and I can learn to can everything!

I have started running too! My exersize plan will hopefully go well, but at least I'm getting all my old energy back! My mom and her husband will be coming out to Idaho for about a month and I am so so so excited! It will be so nice to have my family here.

Well anyway I will attempt to add pictures later! The kids don't understand why I spend time doing this so I'm not sure when I will be able to! We love you all!

The Diagnosis

2009-05-21T17:17:00.000-07:00

Epilepsy. That is what is causing the seizures. Epilepsy. The seizures are happening on the right side of her brain and then "spreading" to the rest of her brain. She is now medicated and hopefully will either grow out of this (a 70% chance) or the medication will stop her from ever having one again. The other news.....I have to give her the medicine3 times a day!! I am doing well at remembering for now. She has her motor skills back and is not off balance anymore. She will go in for an MRI on June 12th but other than that, she is doing well. This is Laurens very first bike ride with daddy!

Josh is rolling over occasionally (he has realized that he can't roll back onto his back) and Noah is still loving his glasses. (he is far sighted). Emma gave another talk in her nursery class and is giving us "lessons" daily about how Jesus doesn't want us to yell. We love you all and are gratefull for your support! A special thanks to Dallas and Cecilia (mostly Cecilia) for taking the other kiddies when I was running Lauren to the doctors a ton and Noah to the Eye Doctor!!!

New Glasses, Seizures, and Rolling

2009-05-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

Lauren

2009-04-30T11:04:00.001-07:00

Well, it happened again. Lauren, our sweet little 19 month old baby, had another seizure on Tuesday. I will admitt that this is probably the scariest thing that I have every gone through. I had feeling so powerless and holding her while her body convuses. We took her to the pediatrition and because there was no fever before or after the seizure they are sending her to the pediatric neurologist on May 12. We are praying that everything is ok and that we will find out why shes having the seizures. I'll try and update the blog on everyone else soon.

A WHOLE LOT OF PICTURES AND INFORMATION! February-March

2009-04-04T11:15:00.000-07:00

I am sorry that it has taken so long to get a new posting up. It seems as though some days I have less time to do what I want than others. Also it seems that time is pass far faster that it did after Josh was born. So here is an extremely long post to make the grandparents and aunts and uncles happy!

This is the bedroom set that Tyrell got me for Valentines day, Mother's Day, Birthday, St. Patricks Day, Christmas, and anyother holiday for the next 10-20 years! He does have romantic bones (just buried deep)

We had some good weather so Tyrell and the Kids went outside to clean up the yard. Here Emma is trying to help Lauren walk across they front yard. This was probably in the beginning of March!

These are just some more pictures of the kids helping daddy in the back yard. They were in charge of picking up all the sticks and pinecones.....however they were easily distracted and started making a kind of "soup" out of all the yard trash. They had a good time that day. Tyrell also built Emma a swing out of rope and a board...and tied it to the large pine tree in the back yard. She loves it...or rather loved it until Tyrell put up my hammock swing.

Here is a picture of lauren having a great time finding different "treasures" in the yard. She would have to fight Noah for it though!
On March 23, 2009 Emma offically turned 4!! It's hard for me to believe that she's been with us for so long. I made her a pink cake of cupcakes.....when she saw it she turned to me and said.." Mom, it's supposed to be GREEN!" Which I though funny because she is always asking for pink presents from EVERYONE! Anyway we had a good time and had the Dallas Maughan Family to help celebrate! We thought that you would enjoy these pictures and videos that we took of the celebration!

Here is a great shot of Lauren. This was the first time that I can remember her WANTING me to take her picture. She had just finished eating her cupcake and was having a great time! Below: Emma had gotten a new dress from Mommy and Daddy!

Well here is the "reunion" at the Maughan family homestead in Paul, Idaho. It was a blast although very loud and occasionally smell from the abundance of diapers. The grand total of attendee's staying:

11-Adults

15-kids under the age of 5

5- kids over the age of 5

Here are some of our "super heros" One the left is Noah and the right is Hyrum!

Noah just got is new Jammies and he was pretty excited about them! I hope that everyone notices that there is actually a CAPE on the back of these pajamas! Oh COOL HUH?!

This was an Ice Cream Party! This kids loved it, especially because of the ice cream cones.

Emma is such a cheezer! She had so much fun and her grandparents house...especially because of the trampoline and all the playmates! Emma had hitched a ride down to Paul a day earlier with her Aunt Sharlyn. She didn't have any problems with her mom and dad not being there to tuck her in. She told me before she left that she would be ok because Grandma Maughan was going to be there to tuck her in at night.

We had to feed the kids first and then feed the adults because of all the confusion and chaos of feeding 20 kiddies! Most of whom do not understand the word patience! It was unbelieveable to see them all together. There are only 4 grandkids that were not here for the weekend (Nate, Tyler, Sakina, and Nick)

Lauren was living it up at her Grandparents. She would barely make a noise and someone would bring her food or drink. She is still continues to drool however.
No trip to the In-laws would be complete without Tyrell falling asleep on his favorite couch. He had spent alot of ihs time cleaning up his moms yard (which he just love doing) and spending time with his dad. The minute he pulled in the drive way he got out and started helping his Dad fix a tractor.

Suzanne had rallied the kids and got them all to sing for us.....I guess it was really only the older kids that were singing.

Then we had singing time with Uncle Dustin and his Guitar! Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes was a popular song as was Scripture power and Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

Well I do believe this is the proof that I needed to say that Noah is "blessed" with an eye that turns in just like his mommy! I hope he doesn't have to have the thick bottle coke glasses that I had to have.

At the end of the weekend, we were all exhausted. This is a great example of how most of us felt. This is Oliver, one of my nephews. He had been upset about not having M&M's and finally just slumped to the kitchen floor and fell asleep! How he slept on the kitchen floor with all the cleaning and kids running around and screaming is beyond me!

Crazy March storm! We got around 4 to 5 inches! It was pretty depressing to go from the grass turning green to a blizzard!

Here is a picture of our happy little Joshua from today. He loves his jumper and is offically 4 months old. He loves to smile and is not happy unless hes sitting up straight or standing up. He has a great personality thus far! Also a VERY powerful set of lungs! Down below are pictures of Lauren and Noah playing in my shoes. They were haveing so much fun and laughing up a storm. Im so grateful for the children that I've been blessed to have in my life.

Just some random pictures!

2009-02-08T19:20:00.000-08:00

Tyrell is a wonderful man...he converted our baby swing from battery powered to a plug in!!!!

A TON OF PICS AND MOVIES FOR THE GRANDPARENTS!

2009-02-04T19:48:00.000-08:00

Here is a great shot of how much Noah love to play with hats! He thought he was so cute!

Lauren has found the perfect chair for herself here, and loves to read like mommy!

This is the stuffed grizzly bear that my brother Bryce got Lauren for Christmas. She loves to lay on that huge, soft bear! I think it reminds her of her favorite uncle!

These are Noahs favorite pajamas that his Aunt Annie got him when she came to visit. When we ask him where he got the jammies he shouts "ANNIE"

Emma apparently decided that her bear needed some panties....the video below explains it all I think!

Here is a picture of Noah a couple of mornings ago. I was a bit worried because his lips were so purple....then at second glance I noticed how dry and chapped under his lip was and all I could think about was my little sister annie and how she used to get the same thing.

These two pictures are of Josh's first few smiles. The bottom picture is about a week old and the one above is from tonight! I can't believe how fast he is growing. We are still not sure who he looks like....not even with his brother or sisters. He offically was two months old on Feb. 3!

Emma has such a great imagination and we try to catch as much on video as we can. We conducted and interview so that everyone could enjoy her brilliance. She is adorable and we are so grateful that the Lord blessed us to be her parents.

Here, we tried to get Noah to talk about his bear and moose named Trouble and Spankin'. He has quite the imagination himself.

Welcome to our new site!

2009-01-30T18:12:00.000-08:00

Well we got a new blog due to the length of the title of the last.... ANYWAY.... we have been great. I have finally got a new schedule worked out with the kids..mostly so I don't go crazy. Here is the update on our family... -Emma is doing great and loving life. She has three stuffed animals that she calls her "kids". We are starting to work on teaching her letters and numbers. I have to admit I am anti-preschool (but that’s another story). Emma is now in primary and LOVING it. She can't wait to go to church ever week. She spends as much time as possible outside in the snow. She and Noah have become the best of friends, especially when they play in the snow. -Noah is doing much better since he started taking a steroid for his asthma. He repeats everything anyone says but also comes up with is own material. Tyrell asks him every night what he named his stuffed bear and stuffed moose...Noah finally replied two nights ago and said that his bear was named trouble and his moose was named spankin'. We got a kick out of that one. We are hoping to start potty training in another two months when he will be 2 1/2 years old. -Lauren is just the happiest little girl. No matter what mood I'm in, one look at her smile and I can't help but laugh. She is officially walking and starting to talk. Tyrell takes the three outside almost every day and Lauren loves it...but mostly because she gets to eat the snow. -Joshua is doing great. He is putting on weight like crazy and will officially be two months old next week. We found out that he as what is called a "micro-formed cleft" which means that he had a cleft in the womb, but it healed by itself. So he has what looks like a scar that runs from his left nostril down to his lip, a small cleft in his gum line, a low soft palate, and a few hearing issues. We are SO grateful that it healed itself before he was born. He goes to see the plastic surgeon at the end of Feb to make sure everything is good in his nose area. We are all doing amazing and we hope you enjoy these pictures and videos!!!