Swimming

Yesterday did not go exactly as planned, but nothing ever does in our household. The boys always seem to have different plans than we do. When we got up in the morning Zak had a fever. He was still drinking and seemed to be in a decent mood so we went ahead with our plans for the day. We got the car packed for the day, gave Zak some Motrin, and headed into Annapolis. By the time we got to my grandparent's house Zak was acting fine and ready to swim. We spent some time in the pool which the boys enjoyed as always. After that we got dressed and had some lunch with my grandparents and my aunt. While eating Zak started to get sleepy and just really out of it and then he got really warm again. So we packed up and left. We were on our way to Ben's parents house to let their dogs out and Zak started to throw up everywhere. Luckily it didn't get on Piper (she was with us while my mom went to the hospital to see Mum Mum). We stopped at Tracy's house to get him cleaned up and make sure he was done throwing up. We then turned around and went downtown to Mum Mum's house and by the time we got there Zak was back to normal again. We gave him more Motrin around 4pm since he was hot again. We had Chinese for dinner and then my mom and I went to see Mum Mum at the hospital. As we were leaving I got a call from Ben saying Zak had started to throw up again, 4 hours after having Motrin which was the same as last time he was throwing up. We got back to the house and he was just burning up so we used wet rags to try and cool him off. Once we thought he was done throwing up we got in the car and made the drive home. He slept through the night and woke up this morning with no fever and he seems to be fine.

A quick update on Mum Mum, she is medically able to be discharged from the hospital but she is unable to stand up and walk now. This is pretty common for older people who have been laying in bed for a week at the hospital. So she is going to be transferred to a rehab center in Annapolis sometime this weekend (maybe not until Monday) so that she can receive daily PT to try and regain her strength. Once she is back to walking (with a walker) she will be able to go home.

Picture time...

Ryder laying on Bandit's bed

Videos

Here are the videos....

Videos and Pictures

Today Ben spent the day at home alone while the boys and I went into Annapolis for the day. I watched Piper for a while so my mom could go to the hospital to be with Mum Mum. We went to the mall for lunch, went to the indoor play area, walked around, and then went to Target. Once we got home I brought out the camera and Piper performed for me. Josephine decided to do a few acts for me as well so we have lots of funny videos. We then went to Fudruckers for dinner and took up a large portion of the place because we had a big group (Lisa & Tommy, Chelley & John & Maddie, Natalie, Mom & Piper, Josephine & Jamison, Myself and the boys).



Sorry, I lied. I have been trying for a while to get the videos on here and it just isn't working for me. I will try again tomorrow at some point because the videos are really cute! I did get them onto Facebook so take a look there is you have an account...

Sickies

Our week has not gone as planned, but when does it ever. Monday Mum Mum had a doctors appointment which my mom and Piper took her to. Things did not go well and they ended up in the ER. After a long day sitting in the ER she was admitted into the hospital for pneumonia. This caused out plans for Tuesday to change, but we still spent the day in Annapolis. We did have lunch with Mya, but after that my mom and I went to the hospital to see Mum Mum. Ben and Natalie kept the boys and Piper at the mall.

Thing 1 & Thing 2 shirts my mom bought the boys

Elevator was broken so Ben took

the stroller down the stairs

(the boys were strapped in!)

This morning we spent about an hour searching for Batman because both dogs got out of the backyard. Robin was just playing on the other side of our fence so she was easy to get. Finally after walking around and driving around Batman came back to the front door. He had me so scared! Once that was over I noticed Ryder was burning up so I took his temperature and it was 101.7 so I got him an appointment with the pediatrician. At the office his temp had gone up to 104! She said he has a virus and the fever will come and go while it runs its course. His lungs and ears are clear so it might be Hand, Foot & Mouth disease because that has really been going around she said. We are giving him Motrin and trying to get him to drink so he doesn't get dehydrated. If the fever doesn't start to go down tomorrow we might end up at the ER with him, but hopefully that won't happen. He is very clingy and lethargic...here is a picture

Blood Work Results

I just received a call from the pediatrician to let me know the blood work results have come in. He said that all of the results were within normal range which is great. This means their immune systems have developed to a normal range. He said for now we don't need to go see an immunologist since the levels all seem good, but if they do develop another rare infection it might be a good idea to go see one for more in-depth testing. He said this doesn't mean we can become more lenient with precautions for illnesses, but we don't have to worry about their overall immunity.

I have to say that I loved that the actual pediatrician called me and not a nurse!

Natalie's Graduation Party & Family Cook-out

First, I want to post a few pictures of our back porch. On Saturday my mom took us shopping and we got a few things for the porch....

Picnic table for the boys

(it is their b-day present from her, sand/water table under green lid)

Storage bench

Table & Chairs

This afternoon we went into Annapolis to have a family cook-out to celebrate Natalie's graduation from college. We had lots of fun and of course I took a ton of pictures. Enjoy!

The boys wearing Magic jerseys from my mom

Hallie & Jamison playing in the sand

Josephine and the boys

Nathan in Maddie's stroller

Ryder enjoying his turn in the swing

Zak pushing Ryder in the swing

Eating crabs!

Ryder with the balloon

Nathan making sure the beer bottles are empty

Piper eating cake

Jamison in the swing

Ryder in the swing and Robin chasing Piper

Zak playing Splash Out

John & Maddie

Chelley & Maddie

(Maddie with her first Pebbles hair do)

Ryder finishing Jamison's chocolate milk

Natalie & Piper

Zak asleep in the car on the way home

Ryder sleeping in the car on the way home

Sleepy Robin

Pictures

I have been taking lots of pictures with Piper and the boys. Here are some of them from the last few days....

Piper learned who the ice cream man is Piper ate some bubbles

Zak pushing Ryder & Piper

Ryder with his shades & cross necklace

Zak with his shades and necklace

Crocodile shoes

Lightning bug shoes

Ryder with his b-day present from my mom

Zak & Ryder at their new table

Robin

This afternoon we are going into Annapolis for a family cook-out with crabs. I am sure I will have pictures to put up once we get home.