Sugar Bowl Fever!

Cassie and her mom Lorna surprised Chris and Dan (Cassie's Dad) with tickets to the Sugar Bowl this year for their Christmas present! They are so excited. Cassie will post pictures when Chris & her dad gets back on Sunday!


GO UTES!

Santa Baby!

We received this outfit for Kylee after she was born from Janine & Lisa. (Cassie's co-workers at the SLC Dept. of Airports) Cassie couldn't WAIT to put Kylee in it! Thanks Janine & Lisa! Here she is!


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Cassie's Health Update

I have received quite a few emails asking how I am doing and asking for updates so here it is... after giving birth to Kylee on Sunday I came home on Tuesday. I wasn't feeling well by Thursday and was swelling pretty bad so my mom and dad watched the girls while I went into the hospital per my OB's instructions. It was then I found out I had congestive heart failure (same thing I had with Courtney) and my heart was having a hard time pumping. So I was admitted and the doctors ran some tests. I went from an OB doctor's care to an internal specialist to a cardiologist. Finally the cardiologist told me that my heart was pumping 20% and a normal heart pumped 45% to 60%.

I had a cardio cath (a small camera was placed in a vein in my leg and ran up thru my heart) to see what was causing the problems. It turns out my mitral valve (between the left top and left bottom of my heart) was damaged. When my heart pumps, blood that is suppose to pump out to my body from the bottom left chamber leaks back into the top left chamber. I was put on some lasik pills to get the excess blood/water off my body from being pregnant, and given some heart medications and sent home on Sunday (a week after having Kylee).

A few weeks later, and after some more tests, the doctor concluded that the damage to my valve was a stage 3 (moderate to severe). At stage 4 I would need a valve replacement. I will eventually need a heart valve replacement but will find out in 6 months at my next appointment (after another heart ultrasound) just when it will be done. It could be a year, it could be 5 years. It will be an open heart surgery and I'll get a mechanical valve (and be on blood thinner for the rest of my life) or a pig's valve (tissue valve that has to be replaced in 10 years). Until then I take my blood pressure morning and night. If it is too high I have to call the cardiologist. I also continue taking two different heart medicines to help my heart stay strong.

The cardiologist seems to think that the lining around my heart was damaged when I had radiation to my chest 10 years ago while battling Hodgkin's Disease (lymphmatic cancer) and my heart couldn't expand like a normal pregnant lady's heart does for the extra blood while carrying a baby.

We feel very blessed to have our too little girls, but unfortunately if we would like more kids we will have to adopt or have a serogate mother. We are very blessed that having Kylee didn't end my life and I have been given yet another chance to live. I have a long road ahead of me but I am determined to be here to raise my little girls and take care of my husband. :) He needs me to keep him in line! :)

Smiley Kylee!

Kylee is just learning how to smile and her precious smile says it all....

I am so dang cute!

Christmas Castle

It has become a new family tradition to decorate a gingerbread house every Christmas season and display it on our dining room table. Last year Courtney ate more icing (age 2 1/2) than ended up on the gingerbread house but we thought this year might be different. Well she spotted a Princess Castle Gingerbread house and that was the only one she wanted. So, we had a pink gingerbread house this year and she still eats more frosting and candy then she puts on the house, errr I mean castle!


Applying Princess Candy Portraits


Courtney eating Hot Chocolate while dad frosts the castle.


Ta da! One Princess Gingerbread Castle!

O Christmas Tree!

Courtney was so excited to decorate the Christmas tree! Needless to say...all the bulbs are at the bottom of the tree! :) Good thing they are unbreakable! Quite a few went rolling around on the hardwood floor!

Chris's Utes Shirt

Okay, Chris went shopping for Cassie at the mall. Well he walked by a Fazz shop and spotted this t-shirt and decided to buy it for himself. He goes to the register just as the announce there is a guest in the house and it was Matt Asiata from the Utes team! Chris was stoked! He asked if Asiata could sign his shirt and he did. SWEET! Courtney has said "Go Utes!" since she could talk! We are definately a Utes household!

P.S. He did manage to buy something for Cassie for Christmas even though he got a little distracted! :)

More Blessing Day Pictures

Uncle Jason & Kylee


Aunt Haunani, Uncle Craig & Baby Kylee



Kylee Rose Fairbourn 7 weeks old

Kylee's Blessing Day

On December 7th, 2008, Chris blessed Kylee at our church in Draper. Both set of Grandparents were there as well as Chris's sisters Jenny, Rochelle, Caroline and Rozanne with their families. My aunt Haunani and her family also attended along with my brother Jason. Our friends the Garcias also came with thier three beautiful girls! We had so much fun visiting with everyone!

Kylee is such a sweet blessing! We are so glad she is here and we love our two girls! These pictures below are from Grandpa Dan's (Cassie's dad) camera. I'll download my pictures and post them later! :)

It's SANTA!

Courtney and Kylee with Santa

Christmas 2008