Mom Moment

Mom moment:

So the other day Wyatt brings me a ball with poop stuck on it. Now this is pretty normal around here wether it's human or dog poop Wyatt likes to smash things in it, maybe I need to make that kid some play dough. Any way he's very proud of his poop on the ball so I tell him, "show me where you pooped buddy", assuming it is some where on the floor, which again is a pretty normal event around here, us being in the middle of potty training, plus literally having to duct tape the kids to keep their clothes on.... My little nudists :) he runs over to the potty and there in the bowl is his poopoo!!!! Yaaayyy! This was the very first time. It actually made it in the bowl! Go Wyatt! Jumping up and down, clapping, singing "Wyatt poopooed in the pott-eeee",  everyone joined in.  I went to the kitchen to get a treat, looked up and there's Sadie dog, face in the bowl, chewing.  Yup, she ate the whole thing, ALL OF IT!  I about gaged. :/ A fitting end around here lol 

I'm getting more and more excited to move in to our new home :) pinteresting rental proof decorating ideas and looking for hens to stock up our coop on craigslist. The remodel is taking a bit longer than expected, but for the right home we don't mind the wait. It's going to be awesome to unpack and decorate the way I want right away this time, lol! When we moved to Colorado I was prego and on bed rest so mom, Andy and Emily did all the decor. Then a few months later right before the babies came home for the hospital we moved again, this time we were a little too pre occupied to worry much about decorating. This time I'm completly mobile and even have my own personal interior decorator,with access to her decorating stash to help me :) Andy and I have a shop to do projects together and he finally has the room to build me all my demands hehe, love my handy man!  And to finally have a big yard for our kiddos to play :)

Moving Forward

5:03, I love getting up early for some mommy time :) having my coffee and warming up my brain before I start the day. I love mornings. Starting off a new day. What will God show me today? The given: patience, we practice this every day, but I'm still a work in progress. ;) O we found a new church! It's a great fit for us and they may have a opening on the praise team for Andy. They are very welcoming and remind us of the family feeling we had at our church back at Buckley. We have finally found a house!!! It's a rental in town on a acre, in the middle of a onion field, just remolded, Already has chicken coops, storage sheds and a big garage! The home is a perfect fit for us and there's even a play room that we will gate off and use as a safe room for the kids to stay in so I can tend to Andy during a seizure.

 Andy had more seizures last night. His meds which he normally uses before a seizure (if he feels it coming on) normally stop them, or bring him back after one, did not work last night. Hopefully that was just a fluke and it continues to work. At least he didn't fall down or hit his head. 

Sadie dog is going to start class soon. We have registered her as a service dog. She already assists the kids and I when we are out by not letting the kids run off and bringing them back if they do but now we are training her to be a seizure alert dog:) did you know 15% of dogs can naturally predict seizures? How cool is that? It would be great if she had that ability but Sadie will be doing a different job. She will bark and alert us if Andy is having a seizure. She will come get me if he sends her or find him if I ask. She will lay on him as he is having a seizure to keep his body safe so he can't injure himself. It's amazing to see how quick she is learning! She is starting to pick up on Andy's attitude and If he needs comfort. She is doing great sticking by his side and is noticing the difference with "normal dad" and "seizure dad". Dogs are just so smart! We are looking forward to starting her class. it's almost a year of training by a local organization that trains veterans dogs specifically for the veterans disability or will give the vet a trained service dog. 

I'm looking forward to having our own home and finally be able to settle in so far it feels like we are just on a long vacation. I feel like this will take some stress off our shoulders. I'm ready to just focus on the kids again, even though they are right here I miss them. It's like Iv been here, but haven't really been here with everything that has been going on. This has been tough on them and I'm sure they are confused. Having our own home again will help us get back out our normal routine and make life more comfortable for all of us. Hehe I can't wait for them to get to play with the chickens and help mama get the eggs. There's plenty of room to build a big playground, we are just going to have a blast playing out side there! I know YaYa, Em and Grandpa Rick will miss us dearly but I'm sure they are ready to get their house back from us and our little tornadoes. Hehe Andy and I were joking, our new slogan ," your house wasn't vandalized, the Adams were just here" I'm just so excited! Let me tell you... We have been looking for the right home since we moved here. And here this house is, perfect for us, the lease is even less than a year just in case we do get a house built for us and need to get out early. We move in next week if all goes well, please pray that this is smooth transition! 

Bye bye Army

What have we been up to lately? Well...

In October we left our home in Colorado and our life in the army to move to my home town in California. What a drive that was ;) 2 dogs, a cat, 2 lizards, 4 two year olds and two very tired parents. Thank God for the tv in our mini van, Elmo and the Lorax kept them pretty occupied. Our 3 day trip over the mountains and through the woods landed us at Yayas house, and there we stay. Our plans have changed a bit since we got here. Some of you already know but Andy has a seizure disorder. Well actually he has a anxiety disorder that causes his seizures, so they are non epileptic so technically he has a anxiety disorder, or so they think. Any way this condition started a little over a year ago, only lasted a few months, and the seizures hadn't returned. we thought he was free of these seizures so we put it out of our heads and moved on. On Halloween Andy's seizures returned and he has been having them almost daily since. It hit full force with a 10 min seizure. His normal seizures are under 2 mins. Recently He has started having several in a row, so far the most he has had is 5. Since he blacks out and becomes unconscious during a seizure, and has them randomly, he has fallen and his his head many times. His biggest fall was having a seizure at top of the stairs and landing on his head. Poor guy was trapped, head first, behind the baby gate on the stairs unconscious having a seizure.  It took us a while to get the gate down and him safely on the floor. That landed him in a ambulance (again) and a two day stay in the hospital. Thankfully from falling down 13 stairs and landing on his head, no fractures :)  During this time we are trying to figure out more about and how to stop the seizures Andy is not able to work. We came here ready for him to start at the police academy, but those plans have changed.  We are taking things day by day.  looking for a rental so we can move out of moms. There's a organization we have found that builds homes for disabled veterans adapted to their disability. For us that would mean as seizure proof as possible, a one story home, no stairs at all, rounded edges around the home where possible, wide spaces/walkways and so on. We are in the early stages of working with them to get things moving. First step, finding builders to work with this company. Our real estate agent works with veterans has taken the reins on this project to contact builders and work with this company. :) we are so thankful to have this help!!! Right now we really need your prayers that they will be able to build us a home. That Andy's seizures stop. For our family and friends who are helping and supporting us. I'm just so tired. Times like this I really miss having a thyroid and not always being exhausted. Please pray for my strength, that this foggy brain and fatigue go away. Please pray that no matter how stressed and tired we are we can still be the best parents that we can possibly be to our critters.  So that's the situation that we are in with moving forward, some of it sounds a little negative so here's the positive :) it's AWESOME to finally be back home and around family! Finally!!! The kiddos love to go to Auntie Ccs to play in the dirt, dig for worms then take a bath. Braelynn has actually refused to come home with us several times while we were at Auntie Rianes. Wyatt is potty training! He doesn't wear diapers durning the day, only when he is napping :) he has figured out how to pee standing up and likes to pee on everything outside. I can't get this boy to wear pants or undies, he just wants to be free to pee on what ever tree or plant he can find lol it's progress right? Brae also peepees in the potty from time to time. She is becoming quite the sassy pants. She is not afraid to share her opinion and tell any one around her what she "really thinks" although most of it is in gibberish, she gets the message across strongly. I think she has a future as a drill sergeant.   :) Rylie has been putting things up her nose. Her favorite things to put up there are rubber band hair ties and little balls of wipes. The other day she even put some mashed potatoes up there. She thinks it's so funny when I have to basically preform minor surgery in her nose to get her treasure out.  Sammy is still having trouble eating, so we have been giving her lots of yummy shakes. She has become the biggest chatter box out of the litter. This girl... Every night when we are laying down going to sleep Sammy is just chatting away. All the other kiddos are quiet and half asleep, and Sammy is still talking our ears off! It is just the cutest thing :)  she also likes to pretend she is a puppy or kitty, she meows and even barks hehe.  

They are just doing so great. They are growing, talking, and just so smart. They amaze me every day. Guys I'm not going to sugar coat it, having quadruplets it tough. It's sooo tough. I'm always exhausted, I'm always praying for strength and patience. But you know what? It's also amazing. The love they bring! Their cuteness! The joy of being their mama, that God chose us to be their parents, out of every one He chose us, it just makes me think, all of this, every thing that we have been through, its happening for a reason. I mean come on, normal people don't have this much craziness right?  God need us to be strong, strong as individuals, strong in marriage, and strong in faith. So I guess we will just keep going, praying, and taking it day by day, because some day we will get through this. We will be healthy. We will be strong like He made us to be. 

Ok little rant there^ but now back to it... We love the va care we are getting! We were a little afraid about va care just from rumors that we have heard but our care has been excellent! The staff at the hospitals/clinics are great, our docs are wonderful, they handle things in a timely manner, we are very pleased with our care :)

I got a new horse and She is awesome! She's a 6 year old spotted saddle horse. Iv never been into gaited horses but let me tell you, she is the perfect for my back. Her gaits are wonderful and she is very smooth. She's pretty green which I like so I can take her in the direction I want. It's been about 7 years since Iv worked with horses but it's slowly coming back to me. It's just nice to ride again and to have that project work on. The girls like to ride, Wyatt not so much hehe. Rylie is going to be my little rider, she is completely fearless, very comfortable around them and loves horses. she just lights up around them and I love seeing that in her.

ItWorks independent Distributor

I love my new job!!! I have recently became a ItWorks Independent Distributor! I get to assist people to make healthier choices and improve their physical appearance!  I love my the company, I love helping people and I love their products! I fell in love with ItWorks and their most poplar product the Ultimate Body Applicator the very first time I used it.
It was in September when we went home to California to go to Rianes wedding. I was her maid of honer and ordered my dress with out trying it on. Well.... Once we got home and I was able to put it on I found out it didn't fit!! The wedding was in less than two weeks and I had to loose several inches to make that dress zip up! After freaking out for a bit I remembered those wrap things I had been hearing about. I asked around and found a distributor so I went for it! I was very skeptical, hoping I was not about to waste my money.  Before the woman wrapped me she asked me for my phone, told me I would want before and after pics and snapped a few shots. I'm so happy she took those pics because the next day I could easily see a huge difference! Not only did it tighten and lift my flabby left over quad belly skin but I lost several inches and rocked that dress!!!! That how easy it is folks!!! Seriously! Wrap, tighten and tone all in as little as 45 minutes! I knew right there that I needed to sell these products! I needed to share the awesomeness!!! Apparently it's a great way to earn extra income! What a awesome perk! Ha, I just wanted to share these amazing products! I'm just so excited!! I finally have a way to contribute financially to our family while still being a full time mom! I have been using our ItWorks defining gel on my belly and it is really helping with my swelling. I have been wrapping Andy and are looking forward to posting his before and after results. With using the wraps, defining gel, greens and fat fighters he has lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks! So awesome! What's the catch? You have to drink water and stay away from salty foods while your wrapping. Doesn't sound too bad huh? How long do the results last? As long as you let them! If you take care of your body, your results are there to stay. Like any weight loss if you eat junk and don't take care of yourself you will gain the weight right back!  If you would like to try some of these amazing products and get them at loyal customer pricing or would like more info click on the ItWorks link on the top right side of my blog to go to my webpage. If you would like to become a distributor  please email me check my webpage for more info! Get started on a healthier you!!!

Almost 4 Weeks post op

Well... What have we been up to?? So remember my nasty drain? Well it was infected and landed me in the hospital for a few days last week. The infection was near my incision and was causing pain, redness and swelling. It sucked. I had no idea I felt so bad until I started feeling better. While i was in the hospital I did what seems like round after round of antibiotics, and I'm still taking them in pill form! Ugh not fun! I started feeling better after a few days and would say I'm pretty much back to normal now.

It's strange how random events, good or bad bring people into your life. The hospital put me in a two person room up on the surgery recovery floor. The first night I was there my roommate kept me up. She was moaning and crying, and no pain meds seemed to help. The bathroom was on her side of the room, so when I got up to use it I tried to keep my eyes forward not looking at her, to give her privacy. Instead if feeling compassion for this woman who was obviously in pain, I was mad and annoyed.  The next day she got her pain under control, and we started to chat. I got up to use the bathroom and really looked at her for the first time. Instantly I just wanted to hug her. This woman who I was annoyed with for keeping me awake, was someone's mom, grandma, sister and wife. How selfish I was! Not having compassion for some one in horrible pain. Just thinking of myself and getting my sleep. What if that was my mom or grandma? Once we got to talking we just hit it off and her husband was as sweet as she was. This really helped me open my eyes. Every person is somebody's someone. They are loved as you love your own. People, even strangers should be treated with compassion, kindness and respect. Thank you Miss Wanda for showing me this. I can show my children and hand this gift down to them. 

My tummy tuck is healing very well. I still can't stand up completely straight or lay down completely flat but I'm getting there! I have gone from what seemed like 50 pillows to just 2. I can sleep on my sides and move around with out pain. As soon as the infection started to go away I didn't really need the pain meds any more. The swelling has gone down a lot! I'm seeing my hips and waist again! I do have little dog ears on the ends of my incision but my doc said he can just snip them off if they don't go down. Still can't lift kids ;( miss picking up my babies!

Last Friday Samantha started getting a temp and didn't feel good. She quickly broke out in a rash from head to foot. Guess what? Hand foot and mouth virus had found our quadlings. We tried to keep her separate from the other three but it was too late, they were all infected. Brae, Rylie and Wyatt broke out in the rash and got a fever. The girls just had little dots all over their body, Wyatt however had huge blisters. We took him to the er because his rash was so severe and he couldn't stop crying. Poor boy. The doc said he has a very severe case we just have to ride this out. They couldn't do much more for him other than what we already had been doing. This is such a nasty virus!!!! So we have been taking a lot of oatmeal baths, lots of Benadryl, and Iv lost count of how many bottles of infants Advil and acetaminophen we have gone through. Luckily every one is back to normal now. Us adults are just pooped out over here.

 I have started selling ItWorks products and I'm so excited to get my business going. I realized awesome the wraps were when we were home in California and I couldn't fit in my maid of honor dress for Rianes wedding. I did two wraps, got amazing results and lost several inches in less that two weeks and kept them off. Awesome product guys! Ill post more about it later! im the mean time you can check out my webpage at quadmama.myitworks.com

Week 1 post tummy tuck

Today is my post op appt, I'm 6 days out from surgery. I so ready to get these drains out, honestly they are the worst part of all this! They snag easy, any time you move they hurt. now mine are leaking at the drain site, it's just nasty. I haven't had much drainage lately so hopefully they will remove them today. Over the past few days I have been able to layback further and walk around more, just a overall better range of movement. Yesterday was my best day so far, my pain was pretty low. I even went down stairs! ...I also discovered almost all my tadpoles were dead because my care takers weren't feeding them... The swelling on the incision has gone down a bit but my abdominal area is generally swollen. So awesome looking at my before and after pics! Lol my recent pics make me look so tan, pretty sure it's a mixture of the lighting and left over iodine. Makes me want to go out and lay in huge sun after I'm all healed up though!



The kiddos are doing pretty good. It's so hard not being a mama right now. Emotionally this is the hardest part of recovery. Just sitting down watching other people care for your children while you are in bed. They cry and you can't go to them. They open their arms to you and you can't hold them. It's just temporary, I know, a few weeks and everything will be back to normal. But while your down and hurting what else makes you feel better than a warm hug form your little baby! Or just to sit and cuddle!  It breaks my heart, but really only a few more weeks and I'll be back to normal! Poor Wyatt is getting his bottom molars and is just miserable.

My post op appt went well. Doc cleared me to start walking around more. I had the bandage and drains removed. Those things were causing most of my pain! I'm so happy to have them out and feel like a new woman! My belly is still very swollen. My thighs are even swollen! Every day I am able to sleep a little better by getting closer to laying flat on my back. The first few days I sat up almost exactly like sleeping in a upright chair. I would wake up with horrible headaches from being upright for so long. Now I'm down to just a few pillows. Why do I need to sleep this way? They removed so much skin and stretched it so tight that it needs to stretch out a little more to allow me to stand up straight or lay down completely flat. Sounds crazy, but it's normal.

Yuck! My nasty drain! TMI Alert!

I Andy and I stayed up a little late to watch a redbox movie. I went to use the bathroom and noticed (TMI Alert) pus like goop ozing from my drain site! I had my drain out 4 days ago and it had been scabed over. The drain area and up to my incision had been hard and painful for days, not nearly as painful as when the drain was in but close. My doc told me it was not infected and I had nothing to worry about. Any way me being me I squeezed the area and more came out. So I drained as much as I possibly could from the area. Yuck! There was a ton, it just kept coming! The color and texture changed to a more normal looking fluid and we covered it with gauz. The pain and hard/swollen areas are gone! What the heck was all that about?  Major fluid build up that needed to be drained? Pus? Infection?? I'm freaking out a little hoping it's not infected. We probably didn't need to do this but we called the plastic surgeon on call at our hospital. I feel bed now because we are going to wake up some poor doc to tell him about my oozing drain site, just so he can tell me to call my doc in the morning. I can't believe that was what was causing all that pain for the past few days.