Update on Steven's eye

Steven went back to the ER yesterday morning. The pain intensity was so high, he was waking all through the night with cold sweats and vomited multiple times. The eye is healing, but the light sensitivity is very high.

He is to take it easy all weekend, and stay in darkened quarters while applying 5 separate medicinal eye drops every hour. This is what his eye looks like now -- 2 days after the initial injury.

Illianna has been very sweet this whole time. She gives me all his different eye drops and holds his hand every time. She likes to have mommy pretend to put some in her eyes after Daddy gets some. We go back to the doctor on Monday to see if it is still improving. The eye itself is whiter instead of pink so that is great! 

Steven's eyes

Last night Steven was playing with Illianna and he was laying on the floor. She got up and grabbed his phone. (Which he didn't see) She then threw it at him. Hitting him directly in the left eye. He didn't have time to even close his eyes because he didn't know what was happening.

We decided to go to Insta-care because his tears were red from blood. We took Illianna to the neighbors and left. When we got there Steven was shaking so bad from the pain. The Insta-care doctor could not open his eye so he told us we needed to go to the ER.

So we went to the ER. They put us a darker room which was good. The ER doctor was able to open Steven's eye with much pressure and put in lots of different eye drops and run some tests. He determined that Steven had some lacerations on his eye, I asked if I could look at it and saw that he had cuts on the upper inner eyelid.

Steven was given many pain relievers and sent us home with an appointment a optometrist. We got home around 11pm. Illianna thankfully went right to bed and so did Steven.

We went to the doctor this morning and determined that the lacerations was on the upper white part of his eye. He told us with eyes it normally gets worse before it gets better. So we have to met with him again tomorrow morning. Steven is not allowed to drive and the doctor doesn't think Steven can test for West Jordan on Saturday.

Illianna talk

Nothing new going on. Just thought I would just give you some Silly Illianna stories.

We are trying to teach Illianna her vowels. And she is great at repeating Daddy, it goes like this.
D - Illianna say A
I - a
D - E
I - ee
D - I
I - i
D - O
I - ou
D - U
I - ME!

She says many words that don't make sense. For example, Momma and Grandma sound like "ma-ma." However, when she wants me she signs "ma-ma" but she doesn't sign for grandma.

I love you sounds like "ah-kou."  Which is really funny when we know she is telling someone "I love you" and they have no idea that is what she is saying.

She is 100% crazy about Curious George! She is always happy when George is on and she signs the word "monkey" every time she sees him.

She prefers to wear swim diapers because they are blue and that is the best color name she can say.

Mini update on the times

There is not much I can say. But I haven't updated for a while so... Ya....
Steven is still job hunting. We now know we will no longer be living in Washington County. Which is hear breaking. Yet at the same time I feel it is time to move on. I just hate this limbo feeling of we are moving we just don't know when or where but we are. He is trying to hard to find a job. He applied for two jobs in Colorado and has looked for employment in Arizona as well.
Illianna is trying to potty train. She is not doing very good. We tried to just put her in underwear but she just peed in it and went on with life. :( I don't know what to do especially  since I am not home during the day. She hates eating as well. Which is also hard. I just feel like a bad mom right now. I am tired of giving her pop tarts and what not because she will not eat anything we are eating. I can't just put her to bed without dinner.
I am just working at Dixie State College as a Secretary for the Heating Plant. I love it still. School started again and I am doing online classes. English 2010 and Communication 1010. So far I am just tired. Lol. Steven is doing full time classes.
Yep. That is what is going on. 

Jobs, work, and fun things to make money

Let me start with my job story.
I worked at Synegry which was a telemarketing place that had some really nice people working there and I enjoyed them. However hours on the phone all day not making my sales quota was really hard on me. So I quit because I had an interview at Call Caption that afternoon and knew I would be late if I didn't get off early. Before I went to my interview I found out that Dixie College was hiring for a secretary at the Heating Planet. I filled out an application with them and went to my interview.
I passed my interview and got offered a part time job. Then I went to Dixie to give them my application and they hired me on the spot! I felt amazing! Both jobs paid much better then my original job.
I am currently at Dixie working my four hours a day. While C. C. is working on setting my orientation. :)

Now for Steven.
He got the job at C.C. which inspired me to apply. He is loving it and works 40 hrs a week plus he gets full benefits! Thank goodness!
He did the physical test for the Utah Highway Patrol and passed with flying colors! I am so proud of him! He also passed the written test and now he has his first oral interview on the 29th of this month.
We also went to Salina Kansas for him to interview for the police department down there. It was such a long drive!!! But it was nice to see Chelsea and Mark. He seems to have passed that interview since they asked him to fill out the personal history paperwork and mail it back.
He graduated the academy on July 14. I am so proud of my honey! I can't wait for him to be Officer Harlow. :)

Sick

I am sick today and Illianna is on the mend. Steven gets to take care of both of us. :( I finally woke up in time for church but Steven didn't let me go since I sound so horrible. Illianna woke up cold and cuddled him this morning and fell back to sleep on his tummy for an hour. It would have been sweet if she wasn't covered in boogers. So ya... I am miserable. Just thought you should know. :)

Fastest, Easiest Nap!

Today I came home for class to find Illianna brushing Steven's hair. I laid down on the floor and Illianna jumped off the couch and laid on my tummy. Steven asked if she wanted to go night-night and she said no. I told her to go get her blankie if she wanted to lay on me. She got up and went and pulled her blankie out of her crib. Came back and laid on top of me again. I stroked her hair sang Jesus wants me for a sunbeam and she was out! This is officially the shortest easiest nap of the year!!! WHAOO!!!!