A Plane Family Story

It has been over a month since I have found time to post.  Working the graveyard shift full time and taking care of three young children keeps a mommy very busy. 

So much has happened this month that I would like to give you all just a quick overview.  Mike lost his job at the beginning of September and things have been very stressful at home, both emotionally and financially.  He has been applying for a lot of different jobs and has had a few really good interviews.  Last week he was offered a job in Twin Falls, Id with a small company called Best Notes.  It was an interview that came by word of mouth from a very close friend of ours.  It was Tuesday night when Jared called Mike and told him that his Home Teacher had mentioned that the company he worked for was looking for a computer guy.  So Mike took down the phone number and called the next day.  After talking to them briefly about his qualifications they asked him to send his resume.  About an hour later Mike was called for an interview that evening.  I knew the minute Mike walked in from the interview that this was the job he wanted, the job he had been waiting for.  Oh No I thought!  I knew the job didn't pay as much as some of the others he had interviewed for, and really didn't want him to get his heart set on this one job.  After 12 hours of giving Mike every reason I could think of not to take this job if it was offered to him, it was my turn to meet the guys and wives at Best Notes.  They called on Thursday and asked if they could take Mike and I to dinner.  I have to say after about 15 mins I knew this was the job.  So here we are, moving back to Twin Falls, ID.  Coming home in a way.  We are so excited and just can't make the move fast enough.  Mike will be starting work on Tuesday, November 1st and hopefully we will be moving into a home here on November 5th.  I am currently looking for a job and I'm very hopeful that my interview with St Luke's hospital will go well tomorrow.  I will also be starting school at CSI, College of Southern Idaho here in Twin in January.  Finally after 10 years, I'm going back to school and I'm going to get my RN. 

As you can see so much has been happening.  In about two weeks time everything will finally be slowing down and I will be able to get back to blogging.  I have a lot to catch up on so get ready for a posting over load. 

See you soon,

The Plane's

Izabella's favorite thing in the world is to climb, and climb, and climb...She's my little monkey!!

She also likes to hang on the bars at the top of the slides just before she goes down.

Abigail is not to sure of the slide yet.  She usually needs a little push to go down!!

Just a picture of my smiling "Big Girl"

There is this row of "swinging mushroom", according to Izabella, and getting across them is quite a feet for her.

Abigail loves to try her hand at it too, she just hasn't quite mastered it like her big sissy has.

My beautiful little girls!!

Even Miles gets to enjoy the park!!

Smiling for the camera!!

Man how time flies when you are really enjoying life!!

I have to admit that it's pretty darn cute!!

Love ya,

The Plane's 

This was Izabella just after we got to Lagoon.  She rode one of the small roller coasters just after we got to the park and didn't like it at all.  It took us about an hour to talk her into riding another ride.  Even then she wasn't a big fan.  Mommy and Izzy took the train ride around the park to look at some of the animals and she fell in love.  
After lunch we went on the wet rides and she was so happy.  It wasn't until after we came back from picking up the younger two for our evening as a family that Izabella really got excited about the rides.  So excited in fact that she road every ride in the kid part or the park, twice!!
Izzy couldn't wait to ride the boats and really wanted the purple boat.  Mike and I told her she would have to take what they gave her.  That made her very unhappy until she was given the purple boat to ride in  :)!!
Even though I wasn't really sure about the big faris wheel (I'm a little afraid of hights) Izabella loved it.  She loved being able to see everything

Izabella Arrow Plane in a plane!!
Abigail was so excited to come spend the evening with our family.  She loved the dip and dots we ate just after we got back and she loved all the rides.  Next year will be so much fun when the girls can ride together.  Greatfully Abi was very happy just watching Bella and having daddy's full attention!!

Izzy driving a car...What a scary thought!!
Having sooooo much fun!!

Thank you Grandma Char and Nicole!  We had such a wonderful day and it was so good to see you all.  Erin, Chris and the boys, we were so glad to see you and and glad you could meet Miles.  We really can't wait to make this a yearly family trip!!

Love you all,

The Plane's

For family home evening last night Mike wanted to Make sugar cookies.  So I went to work and made some cookie dough.  Then after dinner we let the girls roll our the dough, cut out shapes, and decorate them.  Talk about a huge mess; it was even more fun though.

 This is Miles enjoying the evening from his little high chair.  He talked and drooled the entire time.

 Abigail made her own cookie by making a ball and squashing it into a sort of circle.  Then she picked this pretty yellow frosting to decorate it.

 Izabella decorating her pink butterfly!!

 The family decorating cookies!!

 So hard at work!! Thanks Aunt Jessica for the cute aprons...We love them!!

 Enjoying her cookies...or rather the frosting off her cookies!!

 Izzy loves doing things like this.  I think she really enjoyed herself.

A picture says more than words...I think Abigail really enjoyed herself!!

It was such a fun night and I think the girls learned a lot of good skills.  I love being able to spend a relaxing evening with my family, laughing and enjoying each other completely.  However, if you ever get sugar cookies from the Plane family, you may want to check each one for little tongue marks.  I can only see so much!!

Love you all,

 The Plane's

I can't believe how quickly my babies are growing up.  I have gone back to work for a couple of months, and I'm working graveyards so we don't have to find a sitter for the kids.  I am so tired some days that we are spending a lot of time cuddled up in Mommy and Daddy's bed.  But when they're this cute it really is ok!!

So I was told by my cousin that she needed to know what was going on and why I was having surgery so here it is (the short version):

 About three months ago Izzy decided she was going to color on the walls.  Not just one wall, no, not her, but on every wall and door of the upstairs in our apartment.  After making her scrub by her self for about a half and hour I decided if it was going to get done, I was going to have to help.  Three hours later my walls where white again and my doors brown.  Talk about a work out.  The next day my left elbow was killing me.  I figured it was something that would go away eventually.  However, two weeks later the pain was even worse.  I decided I should probably go in and have it looked at.  The doctor diagnosed me with Tendinitis of the elbow, and sent me to physical therapy for six weeks of therapy three days a week and six cortisone patches and no improvement I had to move to the next step, cortisone shots.  After my first shot I felt great, for the next two days and then the pain was back and even worse than before.  I was told I could try three or four more shots and another 6 weeks of therapy to see if I had any changes, and I was not up for that.  So I called on a family, adopted family, of ours who just happened to be an orthopedic surgeon, thanks Fred.   He said with all that I had already done for it he would suggest surgery to take care of the problem because it sounded like one of those rare situations.  So I said set it up.  And believe me for anyone who doesn't have a strong stomach you don't want to explain what this surgery entails.

Come to find out it was a very good thing we decided to go through with the surgery.  I had a few injuries to my elbow years ago playing softball in high school.  And through out the years my tendon had started to stretch and tear slowly where it attached to the elbow bone.  Cleaning Izzy's arts of the wall was just enough to bring all the problems from over the years to the surface.

I spent one week in a splint, which is really a half cast, from my wrist to my arm pit, keeping my arm at a 90 degree angle.  Then wore a splint to keep it against my torso.  You could imagine that taking care of 3 young children was impossible.  So I have spent the last week and a half in Nampa, ID with my in-laws who have helped see to my own and my children's every need.  They have been GREAT!  Thanks mom and dad!! So just Wednesday I had the cast removed and I have my arm back.  Even though I still have a lot of limitations with what I can and cannot do, to pain is already so much better, as long as Abi doesn't poke at my incision.  It will be another 2 to 3 months till I will be able to do most normal activities, and another 2 to 3 months after that before I can do anything really strenuous, but I am healing.  They gave me an electro stimulating machine to bring home. It's so cool. I have to do 4 40 min sessions a day for pain and 3 20 min sessions for strengthening.  It's nice I can do my physical therapy in the comforts of my own home.

So that's my story.  Surgery on my elbow to repair a torn tendon.  I'm on the mend and feel better then I did before so I would say that's a great outlook for my future.  

Love you all,

Stefanie Plane

I am so impressed by all all of you who can keep up with your blogs, by making posts every week or even a couple times a week.  You all amaze me!  I really thought I would be better when I was a stay at home mom with nothing to do but take care of my kids and type spend time on my computer Blogging. WRONG!! Kids are a lot of work, especially when you have three, Three and under.

Anyway,  I know it's not January, however, I need to set myself a new goal to write on my blog at least once a week to post updates and pictures of my wonderful family.  So my goal has been set and I promise that starting next week (this will have to count for this week since I'm having surgery tomorrow and will need some time to recooperate) I will be posting weekly, religiously, without fail. 

I love to blog, and it is my time, so I'm just going to take that time and do it!!

Here's a picture of my three beautiful babies.....

Stay tooned for so much more Plane Family Stories!!

Love,

Stefanie Plane

This was a beautiful theatrical art to High on the Mountain Top and it was so elegant.  Shannon is pictured here on the right side.

This was a great Cha cha danced by both Shannon and Shane.  

Shannon is in the middle in yellow while the company performed the Lindy!

You are so beautiful Shannon!!

This is a picture of Izabella's favorite dress the girls whore.  She loved the rainbow colors.

This was an amazing tribute dance to America.  It was so beautiful and I love the way the flag was incorporated into the dresses.

This is a picture of Shane performing a amazing lift. "GO Shane!"  Bella thought you were so strong and keeps asking her daddy to lift her up so she can pose.

My hansomd little man.  This was his blessing outfit made by my Aunt Debbie. It was made out of the last whilte church shirt my grandfather ever ware.  This was very sentimental expecially because Miles was given my grandfathers middle name.  This is Miles Delano Pane!! 

Well if you ask me, Labor and Delivery are still the easiest part about being pregnant.  I'm not sure why I get so nervous about it.  I was expecting for things to go very quickly again this time like they did with Abigail.  So much that both the Doctor and I were worried about me getting to the hospital on time to deliver, let alone to be able to get the antibiotic I needed for being Strep B Positive.  However, this was the longest Labor I have had so far.....

At about midnight Wednesday Night, Thursday Morning I woke up and thought my water had broke.  I know what you're thinking.  This is your third, shouldn't you know if your water has broken.  Well, I thought it had, so we called Mike's brother Jeff to come over and stay with the girls.  We made it to the hospital about 12:45am and everything was very relaxed.  I was having minor contractions about every 15 mins, so thinks were fine.  The labor and delivery ward was backed up with a couple of emergencies so we waited patiently.  After a couple of tests it was confirmed that my water had in fact not broken, yet it was leaking and I was dilated to 6 cm plus.   So it was decided that I would be admitted and that antibiotics would be started.  Since I am highly allergic to Sulfa, doctors are very weary of giving me penicillin, so I was given a different antibiotic that takes four long hours to get into your system to stop the transfer on the Strep B infection to the baby.  I was dreading this...good things my contractions almost completely stopped at this point.  I was able to get a few hours of sleep while I waited. 

My doctor came in at about 7:00 am to check on me.  He was very surprised to hear that my water had not been broken yet, so he broke it and ordered Patoisen to be started.  Almost immediately contractions started.  Within an hour I was ready for my spinal block (this is what I had had with Izabella). It took almost another 45 mins for the doctor to come to administer and epidural.  This was an interesting experience. The little "Zing" from the epidural going into my spinal column was by far the most painful part of all my Labor. 

By 10:00 am I was fully dilated and ready to deliver.  It only took moments for them to prepare the room, and before I knew it we were ready to push.  Two very short pushes later, our new little baby boy was born at 10:18 am!

The hospital has found that if they place the baby directly on the mothers chest just after birth that this helps with baby's that have had a lot of distress or problems during delivery.  It also helps with warming the body and the bonding of mother and child.  So now they offer this to every mother who delivers.  I have to say this was a wonderful experience.  With both girls, they were born and immediately whisked off to be inspected.  It was about four hours after delivery that I even got to see Abigail. 

Mike finally got the opportunity to cut the umbilical cord, and said he was surprised at how think and tough it was to cut.  Then the nurses laid our little man on my chest and covered us with a warm blanket.  This was so awesome, to be able to hold him so close and know that he was here, and everything was ok.  It was also amazing to look up at my wonderful husband and see him smiling down at me and his new son. 

Even though I was technically in Labor for 10 hours, it was such an amazing experience and I was grateful to no longer be pregnant anymore.  Mike was quite tired since he was still awake when we left to go to the hospital and the couch was miserably uncomfortable for sleeping.  But he was quite the trooper and didn't leave my side until after we were settled in the recovery room and had eaten lunch.  I love him and appreciate him so much. 

That night the girls came in to visit mommy and Baby brother.  Izabella couldn't wait to see him and hold him and kiss him.  Abigail could have cared less about baby brother, she just wanted to see mommy and eat mommy's dinner.  It was great that they were able to come to the hospital to visit.  When Abigail was born they were having the H1N2 scare in Twin Falls, and wouldn't let anyone under the age of 18 into the hospital to visit.  Izabella had to wait four days to see mommy, and five days to see sister.  I thought it was going to kill her.

I need to thank Mike for giving up his birthday to stay with me in the hospital.  I know that was NOT what he wanted to do.  In fact he had threatened to "put the baby back" if I thought about having him on March 10th.  I knew from day one that was the day we would be born.  I mean its kind of a family tradition now.  I share a birthday with my sister Kira (one Year apart), Izabella and Abigail share a birthday (two Years apart), and even the dog shares Mike and My anniversary (she was born the day we were married.  Mike was the only one left out.  Well, not any more!!

Love you all,

Stefanie Plane

 Miles first picture!

 I can't believe that one of my children has hair!! It's blond not red though Brandis.

 All of my children have had this expression...I wonder what they are thinking?!

 So bright eyed only hours after he came into this world.

 Mile's two older sisters couldn't be more excited that he is finally here.  They love to hold and kiss him all day long.  Abi likes to poke him in the nose, but I guess that's the way a 15 month old shows her love.

He looks just like his Daddy...So handsome.

We love you all and thank you all for your love in return,

Mikey, Stefi, Izabella, Abigail, and Baby Miles