County Fair

On March 20th Bobby, Richie, Kamry and I decided to go to the Pinal County Fair. We walked around the exhibits and saw many neat things the 4-H kids did as projects. One of the coolest was about electricity and had a cool model that they showed. Richie got to see lots of birds, ducks, chickens, and even a huge turkey. He got really excited and called them all "chichens".

Richie and the chickens



We went to where the livestock was being auctioned off and saw goats, pigs, sheep, and cows. We mostly walked around since everything was really expensive, but Richie rode a couple fair rides: a train, carousel, and a car. He really enjoyed riding the rides, especially driving the car.


Richie driving

Kamry slept the whole time, so I only got a picture of her in the carseat.

Celebrate! St. Patricks Day

Well, this year I actually thought about St. Patrick's Day and decided to celebrate it more than I have previously. I got a St. Patrick's Day shirt for my husband, kids, and myself. Bobby, I forgot to remind him, didn't wear his shirt, so it will hang in his closet until next year. The rest of us wore our green shirts to McDonald's where we have play-group. I, also, bought corned beef and cabbage and cooked it myself. I didn't even call my mom for help on how to cook it, instead I looked recipes up on google. We didn't do anything terribly exciting, but I did share my dinner with a friend in my ward and her family. I only eat cabbage on St. Patrick's Day and boy it was good. I am grateful for my Reid heritage and love being Irish!!!

My beautiful kids in their green clothes!


Things going on in the busy Bennett household? Well I am on Spring Break this week and haven't done a lot, but last week I sprained my wrist. It is taking a long time to heal the sprain because I've been exercising (push-ups) and twisting my wrist while taking care of Kamry. I don't remember how I sprained it, I just remember driving and realizing that my wrist hurt. Kamry had a follow-up visit from her hospital stay, she is looking very healthy and weighs 8lbs. 13oz., about what Richie weighed when he was born. I get comments all the time on how cute and little she is. I'm glad that she is growing well, but will miss this stage when she gets bigger. Her newborn sized clothes are finally fitting her well and I'm sure in no time she'll be in 0-3 month clothes. Richie is talking more all the time and thinks he is so big he can carry Kamry around; obviously a no,no. Bobby has been getting Saturday off, which has been nice to have some family time because it looks like work is getting into the busy season. We are hoping he will get this Saturday off so we can go to the county fair this week.

Hospital Run

Well, I've had kids sick with stuffy noses and a cough. Kamry's stuffy nose was causing her problems, so I took her to the pediatrician on Monday, March 1st. At the pediatricians office her oxygen levels were low, so they gave her a breathing treatment to help get her oxygen up. It helped, but her oxygen levels dropped too quickly for the doctor to feel like she was okay. He advised us to go to the emergency room at a children's hospital in the area. At 4 weeks Kamry has gained 1lb., she now weighs 7lbs. 5oz. At the emergency room her oxygen levels were so low that we immediately were put in an emergency room. There she got oxygen, a breathing treatment, tested her for RSV, and a deep cleaning of her stuffy nose.

Poor baby, had to have the oxygen taped to her face so it would stay in place.


Kamry had such thick mucus that when they were suctioning her nose the nurse would have to run liquid to get the mucus thin enough to go through the tube. This is apparently why her oxygen levels were so low, the mucus was so thick she was having trouble breathing. The good news is she didn't have a fever and the RSV test came back negative. We were told that because she was so little she would be admitted to the hospital, even without her having RSV. We spent 4 hours in the ER waiting for a room to become available in the hospital. Due to flu season Richie was not allowed to come to Kamry's room, so my Bishop picked Richie up on his way home from work. Once in her hospital room Kamry was kept on oxygen and seen by a respiratory specialist a couple times. Since I was breastfeeding her the hospital fed me during her stay, which helped with the cost of food. Bobby took work off on Tuesday and Wednesday to take care of Richie and to allow me to go to school on Wednesday. Wednesday night Kamry was taken off oxygen and we were allowed to go home Thursday around noon. She is feeling much better, but still has a little bit of a stuffy nose and a cough which should go away in the next week the pediatrician at the hospital told us. We are very glad to be home and not hooked up to machines.

Kamry kept kicking off her heartrate and oxygen sensor, so they put a sock on over it. The sock kept falling off because it was too big, so they put a band around the sock to keep it on. The other bands were her hospital admittance band and a band to make sure no one kidnapped her.