Chloe Dawn Wolfley (Ta-Da)

Our life has been upside down now for 6 days but we received the greatest gift out of all of it. Many of you have asked for the story, so...bare with me becausse it's a long one.

I have been having gall bladder problems for about a month and a half now. They determined that I had "gall sludge" and that the best thing was to be careful of what I ate and then after the baby came, get it out. I haven't had any major pains from my gall bladder since then until last week. The first time I went in, they hooked me up to a fetal monitor to watch the baby as well, gave me a GI cocktail and when things were ok, sent me home. Last week, I had major pain again at about 9 at night. I went to the emergency room, got a GI cocktail again but wasn't hooked up to a monitor and was sent home, feeling better.

Monday, December 19th, I woke up at 2 a.m. with horrible pain. Not the worst I've had but not good either. I couldn't lay down, I couldn't lean on anything, nothing could touch my back...everything just hurt. At the time I wasn't sure if I was making a stupid decision or not but I decided to wait until 8 to go to my own doctor who knew my history and all about my pregnancy and who I trusted most with mine and the baby's care. So it just meant a few hours of pain, but do-able.

I went in to Dr. Morgan's and found out one of my problems was I was dehydrated. They hooked me up to an IV, took blood samples, and eventually hooked me up to a fetal monitor. As Dr. Morgan checked the printout, he said it wasn't a very good reading. The baby wasn't keeping her heart rate at the level it needs to be and there weren't as many peaks and valleys as there should be. They have a tool that shocks or vibrates my belly and the baby hardly moved at all and her heart rate really didn't do anything! He had concerns about this and about my blood test showing signs of blood not getting to my liver (or something like that, I don't fully understand the billy rubin deal they talked about) and sent me down to the radiologist for an ultrasound to check on the baby. By this time, my hubby was there with me and our worries were getting...unbearable!

Apparently they watch the baby for 30 minutes on this ultrasound and measure all movements on a point system. She has been very active but in that 30 minutes, the only movement we saw was her bend her wrist. The highest score they can get is 10...the baby got a 2. I walked from the ultrasound room, to the restroom, to my dad's office for about 1 minute, turned to head back to Dr. Morgan's office because he wanted to talk with us once the results of the ultrasound came back and I was stopped in the hall by a nurse saying, "Dr. Morgan just called and said I'm to check you in." WHAT???? I was hoping someone would explain this, and soon!

By the time I got into a gown, Dr. Morgan came in and said that the problems with the baby were severe, and that we needed to do an emergency c-section...within the hour! GULP!! They would have a NICU team from EIRMC (hospital in Idaho Falls) headed that way for the baby. They were going to put me completely out so as not to waste time with an epidural. All of this was thrown at us so fast that we just stood there in shock. Once it sank in, my hubby and I reduced ourselves to tears. Fear for the baby, fear for me, what was happening, what was wrong, why wasn't she getting more time to grow and become strong. I know that my hubby was reliving some horrible memories and my heart ached to hold me and quiet those fears but those fears were my own and no one was quieting mine...how could I calm his?

I received a blessing and I'll be honest, some calm came from it. Not entirely were my fears pushed aside but I did feel a bit better knowing that I had the priesthood watching over me as well. Surgery, dignity out the window, and at 12:36 Chloe Dawn Wolfley was born weighing 4 pounds, 11 ounces and 17 inches long. Her uncle Chris gave her the nickname of Ta-Da...so fits!

Now I will kind of paraphrase the next few days after that. I stayed in the hospital in SV until Wednesday while my hubby went to Idaho Falls to be with Ta-Da. I felt that she needed to have one of her parents there and since I couldn't do it, I asked my hubby to and like the good man that he is, he went despite his desire to be there with me. I was FINALLY able to rejoin my hubby and my baby girl on Wednesday afternoon and as you can see...

It was a bit emotional for me. Finally she was real to me. I had only been able to see her through an incubator just before she was life-flighted out, and I was still a bit drugged up. But now she was in my arms and so beautiful and perfect, I just smiled and cried over that little girl. The rest is...history!

Daddy's and Mommy's wedding rings on her feet.

I was able to give her her first bath. She squirmed a little through it but for the most part she slept through it all. Please don't mind my outfit. I was admitted to have the gall bladder issues taken care of. Problem was that my duct had been clogged by MANY gall stones and sludge that the blood wasn't flowing through my liver and so I was turning yellow and all the poison bile stuff was going into the baby. VERY SERIOUS!

After I finished washing her body.

I was too nervous to scrub her head so I let the nurse do it.

Daddy holding her for the first time!! He was SOOO excited. She's so tiny next to him.

Loving on my baby.

We decided to get some good pictures with her to share with people when we came home for Christmas. What we didn't know is she had a surprise for us too...

That was the day she decided to open up her eyes for the first time. They are dark blue, like her Daddy's!

From then on she has been wide awake quite often.

On Christmas Eve we went to see her for a short time before we headed home and Daddy held her first this time. He was so excited that he was going to get her first! And I'll tell you what, that girl LOVES the sound of her Daddy's voice. Every time he would talk to her, she'd look around for him and try to focus on him. He started to sing to her and she just cued like crazy at him. I have to admit, it melted my heart.

One proud Daddy!

Now Ta-Da is completely off of oxygen, has drank her full feeding from a bottle and has gotten back to her birth weight. She progresses so much every single day and we are so grateful for that. Sorry if this was long, but there was quite a story to tell of how Chloe Dawn Wolfley joined The Wolfpack!

Our Journey

It has been an amazing year! We have been so blessed in so many ways. Our family is growing strong and we're very happy to be where we are at this time in our lives.

This is where our story began...

Scab asked me to join the family in October of 2010. On December 10, 2010, I did just that. I gained not only a best friend, but a family of 4 great kids that bring me more happiness than I ever thought possible. I have my moments of weakness, but they truly are such blessings in my life and I would hate life without them in it.

As I said before, I got to marry my best friend...and that is exactly what Scab is to me. He is my best friend, the one that I want to share everything with. I didn't really think there was someone out there just for you, but I sure do now. He's the one for me and I love him with all of my heart.

And this is what our family looks like today. They all are growing and changing all the time. We have run in to a few bumps in the road but nothing that we can't handle...with help from our Heavenly Father.

Actually, this is a better description of where we are today...we are a sealed family for time and ALL eternity!! Scab and I were able to go through the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple on our one year anniversary and be sealed as man and wife for all eternity. The kids are not directly sealed to me because that would break their sealing to their mom...but by them being sealed to their Daddy and me being sealed to him as well, it connects us in the big picture. What a blessing!

So, that's where our little family has traveled this past year. We are sealed in our Heavenly Father's eyes and it brings such joy and comfort to me to know that I have them ALL forever! No losing them and no getting rid of me! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Hope you all have had great/safe holidays! We were able to stay home for the entire day and just enjoy it as a family. We have LOTS of leftovers, but it was so enjoyable!! None of us got dressed for the day or anything. We hung out in pjs, enjoyed dinner together and then took naps. It has been a wonderful day!

I'm so thankful for these wonderful faces in this picture. I have to be the luckiest woman in the entire world. They are 4 of the greatest blessings in my life. They each make me laugh and cry, they bring such a sparkle into our home, each one a different sparkle that we sure would miss and notice if it wasn't here.

I'm also the proudest wife of the greatest husband. He is my best friend and I think I'm the lucky one in this deal. Many people comment that they are the lucky ones, but I think everyone else is crazy. I'm the lucky one and I look forward to SOOOO many more days like today that I get to just enjoy with my family.

I'm also so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the difference it has made in my life. I'm grateful for the knowledge I have of a loving Heavenly Father who knew me so well that he knew this family was for me. Only 17 more days until I get to keep this wonderful family of mine for All Eternity. What a great blessing. I'm so grateful for Temples that bring that blessing to us. We are so blessed and I'm so grateful for that!

Love you all and Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy 11th Birthday Boo!

Yep, she's getting old!! :) Or I feel old, one of the two! We were able to celebrate Boo's 11th birthday this year. We asked her if we could postpone cake, ice cream and presents to Sunday so that Daddy could be there and not feel too rushed on his hunting. She was fine with that. But, since it was her actual birthday, and the day before Sunday (which you'll understand once you know the gift) we let her open just one present.

As you can see from her facial expression, she was excited. We got her a combination set of scriptures with her name embossed on the front. She had been asking for them and even though they were a little spendy, we didn't mind getting her these because she'll use them for a LONG time. She was a bit excited to take those to church the next day and show them off!
We invited grandparents and a few aunts and uncles over for cake and ice cream. She had a yellow cake with orange frosting. Don't know where the orange came from, but that's what she wanted. Then I put gum drops and sprinkles all over.

She got her new camping chair. Her other one is so old and falling apart, we thought it was time!

She was spoiled. She got some kits to make bracelets and purses. She loves it. She's used them both to make a Christmas gift for Buggy and then she made me a few bracelets. They're pretty cute! She did great on them.

Dad got her the Whoopi Cushion and I'll tell you what, it was the hit of the party. Boo didn't even know what it did so when she sat on it for the first time and the farting started, she turned bright red and then EVERYONE started to giggle...thus creating the next picture!!

This is the kids all playing and being silly. Just had to share it!

Happy Birthday Boo! Sure do love you bunches!!

Grey's River Loop

We decide to take a little drive the first weekend in October. Thanks to Grandpa & Grandma Wolfley and Sandi and Ryder for joining us. We had a great day. (Thanks Grandpa & Grandma Hepworth for letting us borrow your truck...I don't think ours would have made it the whole way!)

This was a really pretty waterfall that Boo loved. We had to get pictures of it.
Boo balancing on a log...having fun playing.

Bubba & Buggy exploring.

Hammy didn't want to go exploring so he hung out with Daddy and Mommy on the tailgate.

Daddy brought his fishing pole to see if he could get lucky...sadly he was not.

On the other side from Daddy, the kids were throwing in rocks with Grandpa Wolfley. Look at Bubba, he had this MAJOR wind up that he would do before he would throw the rock. You can see his leg is up and that arm is back...it was funny watching him.

Helping the kids make some lunch.

In the morning before we met up with Grandpa & Grandma, we pulled up to the side of the road and this is what we found...a group of baby ducks heading up stream. They were so cute and little.

Had to post a few pictures of the BEAUTIFUL colors everywhere.

See, my hubby does love me!! You can find this tree if you go from the South End side, pull off the side to the right...you'll eventually find it. Or not but we officially have a tree up there with our initials on it! Love you babe!

Cute family picture we took right at the beginning of the Greys River. Funny thing with this picture, you had to go up this hill to get to this sign. We were trying to take this picture before we met up with Grandpa & Grandma so Daddy was setting the timer and then running up this little hill to stand next to us...it was funny watching him worry about getting in the picture in time.

This is a closer picture of the sign.

Wolfleys

Watch Us Grow!

Bucking Bronco

Bubba has officially broken his first horse at the age of 4. We have a colt that was born in April. Bubba is the first and only one to have successfully ridden him around. He was so proud of himself, but not as proud as I think Daddy was!!

Here's the story. We had Moose out to give rides to the kids and to Uncle Josh and Aunt Carrie who were up for a visit. Bubba asked if he could ride Dan (our colt). Daddy went and grabbed the kids saddle, cinched it up, put Bubba in a bike helmet and threw him on.

Dan wasn't so sure about the saddle, let alone the extra weight that all of a sudden was there. He did a few quick turns around Daddy, and yet Bubba just held on for his life...squealing at the top of his lungs. At one point, he held one hand in the air and held on to the horn of the saddle with the other. Scares me a bit, I have a feeling this is only the beginning of these "activities."

When we went to the rodeo this last summer, Bubba started to cry when we left. When we asked him why he was upset he said, "Because I haven't gotten to ride the bull yet!" Ever had your heart drop out of your chest, I did!!

That's my little cowboy!

Halloween 2011

I don't know how it happened but October slipped right by me. I have gotten so far behind on these posts...so if the computer cooperates and I don't get too overwhelmed, I'm going to try and catch you up on the last month of our lives. First off, I'll show you a bit of our Halloween and then we'll work backwards! :)

We were able to get pumpkins at a great price, so we bought 4 and then after Daddy opened the tops, he let the kids go to town on digging out the guts. Hammy wasn't so sure of it all. He kept making faces every now and then. Boo, Buggy & Bubba all dug in and were ready to get dirty! This wasn't their first "rodeo!"

The boys digging.
The girlies.

Daddy using his awesome carving abilities!

The result: cyclops, buck-tooth boy, a deer, and a pirate.

We didn't do much trick-or-treating. They had a trunk-or-treat over here at the Old Rock Church and so we joined in on that. It was lots of fun. Then we visited some family and called it a night. ALL of us were exhausted.

Hammy was about the cutest little giraffe you'll ever see in your life! :) It was very poofy around the belly and the bum and then it had a tiny little tail. It was so cute.

Boo was a Hawaiian girl. Thanks Grandma Hepworth for having more costumes for her to look through. She was glad she found something!

So Bubba was suppose to be Iron Man, as you can see from the costume...but we didn't have a mask and I couldn't afford to buy him one. So his Dad helped him come up with another option...so Bubba went as Iron Sheriff! :)

Buggy was a fairy. We had the costume in our Halloween bin and of course the minute she saw the dress, she just HAD to wear it. It was funny though, she said she was a "Berry" because she doesn't pronounce her F's very well yet. It was so cute. She was the cutest "berry" on the block! :)

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you all enjoyed yours as much as we enjoyed ours!