5 Years and Family Photos

On our anniversary Chris and I took Liam out to dinner and ice cream with us.  He has been acting out since  Colin was in the hospital and needed some one on one time.  Grandma Casson stayed with Colin and Amelia and Liam chose El Palacio for dinner.  It was the happiest we had seen him recently and we really did have a great time.  Unfortunately Liam is still acting out but I am hoping it will pass soon.  

Liam and Daddy.

The next day my grandma came to town to watch Liam's t-ball game and stay the night so we could get some family pictures before she left for Ohio.  We went back to my mom and dad's house and hung out after Liam's game.  The boys had a great time brushing and petting the cat.

Amelia enjoyed her time playing in the grass.

Uncle Matt hanging with Amelia

Colin crashing through the punching bags

When we were in the house Colin really wanted me to put Amelia in this box.  She thought it was awesome!

And lastly here are our family photos.  Liam was not cooperative initially.

This was one of my main reasons for wanting to get photos done.  I really wanted one with the kids and their great grandma, (Grandma Bradley, I am coming for you next!)  I was very pleased with how this one turned out!

Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddos

Sibling photo

My grandma wanted a generation photo.  Also Colin's facial expression is amazing!

Our clan

Baby girl

Colin decided he was done, ha!

Liam

Colin

Boys

My hubby and me

Love this one.  It shows each kiddo's personality.

After photos, Sadie watched the kids and Chris and I had a date in Bullhead to watch the Avengers.  We had a lovely time.  Hard to believe it has been five years!  It has been a great five years with my wonderful husband and awesome growing our family together!

And They're Back

Thursday after Colin's stay in the hospital and Liam's night of throwing up both boys woke up feeling pretty good!  It was such a relief.  We are still having inconsistencies with Colin's bowels but nothing to worry about at this time.  This gal was super happy to eat her breakfast.  She is so fun to feed and really enjoys trying new things.

The weather was so nice the boys and I decided to set up the pool outside, since we were not going anywhere just in case they weren't 100%.  They had a ton of fun swimming around and spraying each other with the hose.

Boys having fun

Amelia got to try out her pool when she woke up from her nap and of course the boys took turns checking it out.

She was a happy girl

Sweet, sweet baby

Colin and Amelia

Amelia checking out her pool

The boys did a lot of swimming and splashing.  They finally pooped out and sat in the sun with their batman towels.  It was a precious moment.

Last week we got Liam's school picture.  Gotta love the fake smile, love my boy!

Hospitalization

When I came home Monday Colin had diarrhea and his little tummy was distended.  He looked like a pregnant two year old.  His lips were chapped and his mouth still a little dry.  At this point I told Chris we should just take him in.  (We made an attempt to get into the pediatrician on Friday and Monday morning but she went on unexpected maternity leave and no doc was in her office)  So we tried urgent care first, they said they couldn't do anything for him and he would need to go to ER.  So off we went.  When we finally got placed in a room a nurse quickly assessed Colin and we never saw another person except admitting for an hour and fifty minutes! When the PA finally came in he looked in his ears, throat, said it looked a little red and they's swab him for strep and get a urine sample.  He didn't even look at the rest of my child.  I asked "what about his belly?"  He then looked at it and said oh ya well we'll get an x-ray.  Then I asked about IV fluids, he said no he doesn't need them, he's not dehydrated.  I just said okay and we waited.

Laying on daddy

I went with him to get his x-rays and I don't know how to see a blockage but I knew what gas looked like and poor Colin was FULL of it.  When the doc came back in the room.  He said "well he fooled me he came in here looking healthy but he may have a blockage". WHAT!?  The healthy comment really irked me.  Anyway then he said they would keep him overnight and have a surgery consult and may need to ship him to Vegas.  The minute he left I turned to Chris and said "No one is touching our baby and if we need we will drive to Phoenix Children's ourselves"  Then came the IV, labs, etc.  Poor Colin handled it like a champ.  They called Dr. Khan and he started Colin on IV fluids with potassium because it was low from the vomiting and diarrhea.  The next morning the doc came in said he didn't think it was a blockage, they were going to keep fluids going, and let him have clear liquids. 

Colin had to have labs drawn again to see if they were improving.  The minute the girl came in I knew she was going to miss on the first attempt.  She said how she hated sticking kids and Colin reminded her of her little boy.  When they put the tourniquet on his little arm Colin looked up at me and said "Mama, is she gonna poke me?"  It broke me heart.  Then she didn't get it on the first try she was shaking like a leaf and had to stick him again.  The lab tech felt terrible.  I felt terrible but we all survived and the sweet lab tech brought Colin a balloon, car, and coloring book later in the day.  She really was very sweet.

We spent the day in the playroom, walking around, and watching movies.

He really was a trooper.

He definitely became frustrated with his IV but he did great for a two year old.

My baby

I came home Tuesday morning to feed Amelia and say Hi to Liam.  They were doing great hanging with Grandpa for the day.

When I got back to the hospital.  I met up with one of the docs I work with and had him go over the x-ray with me (he is a radiologist after all).  He was great and assured me that there was no blockage, just lots of gas, and his colon was a little larger than it should be due to the gas.

We hung out all day trying to keep Colin entertained and he had lots of visitors,  Great grandma Bradley, G&G Casson, G&G Snay, and his big bro.  Later that evening Dr. Khan came by to see how he was doing and decided to give him one more night on the IV fluids and let him go in AM.

Sweet guy getting some rest.

Chris and I decided that I would go home and stay with Liam and Amelia and hopefully get some rest.

Liam and I hung out watching a movie and eating some Chipotle.

We made a video for Colin

Amelia played with her toys

She made a video too.

Once Amelia went to bed.  I gave Liam a bath.

We had fun making crazy hair.

He was being super silly.

My mom came by so I could run back to the hospital to grab some stuff I left and drop Chris off some things.  When I got home Liam really wanted to sleep in my bed since daddy was gone.  I let him and my mom and I visited for a bit.  I finally went to bed about 10:30.  I was struggling to fall asleep and then around 11:00 Liam started moaning and tossing around.  I asked what was wrong but he said nothing. He did this for an hour! Finally at midnight I was exhausted and asked him again but made him wake up enough to answer.  He told me his chest hurt.  I was baffled.  I listened to him with my stethoscope and he sounded fine.  I then asked him if he fell or hurt himself earlier in the day.  I also asked if he was sure it wasn't his tummy.  He insisted it was his chest so I decided to give him some Motrin and see if that helped.  Welp, it sure did it helped induce vomiting.  Liam threw up all over our bed.  Once he finished I put him in the shower, sheets in the laundry, and scrubbed our mattress.  Liam continued to throw up every 30 minutes until 4:00am.  Between him and getting up with Amelia my night of rest did not happen.  Amelia was up at 6:30 and I was at the hospital by 8:00 to get Chris and Colin.  Mollie came over and hung with Liam and Amelia while I did the pick up.  Luckily, Liam seemed fine the rest of the day and has been good ever since!  It was a rough week for all of us and I am glad it is over!

Krazy 8

I'm so far behind and it takes so much more motivation to blog when I fall behind, ha!  

1. Back when we took the boys fishing I was informing them of how the weekend was going to go.  That on Saturday we were going to Lake Havasu to see Great Grandma and then Sunday would be fishing.  Liam looked at me and said "you always wear me out"

2. We have been looking around to buy a house for a while now.  Starting to get the feeling we don't belong here.  We really have no intention of staying permanently but we are thinking maybe another three years.  This way kids are older and we can watch Sadie play ball until she graduates.  Anyway, Chuck took us to a house and I'm not sure why but he said "Oh Shit"  then Colin instantly repeated it!  I had to turn and walk away to keep from laughing.  Luckily he has never said it again, ha!

3.  Liam was searching for a book he wanted to read for bedtime and couldn't find it.  He then said "I really want you to help me find that book, it's keeping my mind on" Ha!

We have had some crazy days around here so here are a few of my favorite pics.

Boys being goofy with laundry baskets

Amelia riding in the big stroller!

Kiddos all playing together.  It makes my heart happy!

Superhero smoothie drinkers

Pigtails and her little tongue sticking out

Amelia tries out bootcamp

Liam wanted a picture with her

Amelia got to drive in the car for the first time.  She thought she was big stuff!

Also I can't believe how big she looks!

Our trip to the mail box

Colin

Riding his scooter

The mailbox had a package daddy ordered.  It contained flying squealing monkeys.  The boys had a good time launching them

Here it is

When last Thursday came around (4/23) Colin was running around feeling great and then right before bed he said his tummy hurt and ten minutes later he threw up all over himself and daddy.  He was miserable and was throwing up every 15-30 minutes until about 2:00AM.  We ended up putting his mattress in our room and Chris laid next to him on the floor.  He mainly dealt with him since I had a class in the morning.  He felt miserable but looked so peaceful when he finally fell asleep.

This girl sported her pony tail on Saturday.

Colin threw up a few more times on Friday but seemed to be doing pretty well on Saturday. He was hungry and wanted to eat so we let him and he did fine with it.  Then that evening we gave him dinner and he was good.  Then he stood up and puked EVERYWHERE.  When he finished he looked up at Chris and said "That was a funny one!" Ha!  Poor kid.  Then he continued to run around like nothing happened.

Sunday was the Krazy 8 race.  We signed up to do the 1 mile run with the kids.  Colin seemed to be doing fine just a little tired but had bursts of energy.

Me and my boys

Chris and the boys

Amelia hung back with Aunt Sadie and both her grandmas

Liam wanted to run with his daddy.

I stayed back with Colin.  We ran about 20 feet before he wanted in the stroller, ha!  It was a good time.  Liam did pretty well and ran about half of it.  He was excited to get his medal and a cupcake at the end.

Grandma and Amelia

Afterwards we went to IHOP with Grandma Casson.  Then later I went to the store and bought this gal some puffs.  She seemed to like them but made a horrible sour looking face when she first tasted them but kept wanting more,

Kiddos after nap time.

Sunday I thought Colin was on the mend.  He hadn't thrown up and was drinking water but his lips and mouth were still dry and he kept making a smacking noise to try and moisten his mouth.  Poor kid he never seems to have an easy run of any virus he gets.