Carbon Monoxide adventure...

 

We had a fun little adventure a couple weekends ago!

Ty was cutting the concrete for our basement window with a gas powered saw for so long that all the carbon monoxide alarms starting going off like crazy and our house reaked of gas! Not to mention i could hardly see from one end of the house to the other becuase of all the crazy dust and dirt flying everywhere...IT WAS A MESS!!!!

 

Sooo off to the hotel we went... we spent one night there and swam at night and swam again in the morning.  The kids were in heaven and we had a blast. It was a fun little stay-cation.  They ask to go back to the hotel all the time now...

 

 

Fever Seizure

First scary ER trip for this family.  My poor Max had a seizure a couple weeks ago because his fever sky rocketed so fast.  It was the worst day ever to have a sickly baby as I was in charge of keeping my friend out of her house so her kids could decorate for her surprise party that evening.                  

That afternoon I put Max down for a nap and he was totally healthy... when he woke up he had a fever of 104.2. I had to pick up Brit in 45 minutes so I gave him some meds and took him with me to dinner with Brit and Kim. (Ty was working the entire day on a big project).  At dinner he started acting normal and having a little fun...sitting on the floor reading a book and running around our table. The meds kicked in and all was gooooooood.

We took Brit to her party and he just sat on my lap on the couch.  He started doing some weird twitches and would shake a little when I was holding him but he'd just stop and then be ok for awhile again.  Then Ty got there around 9 pm and grabbed him up to say hello and see how he was doing!  Next thing I knew Ty had a super funny look on his face (I hadn't even had time to tell Ty about the weird stuff he was doing) so i ran over and grabbed him becuase i thought he was going to throw up and his lips were turning blue.  We ran to the bathroom and he stood there with his eyes rolling back in his head and then he just passed out. It had been 4 hours since his meds and his fever was back up to 104.2.  We raced to the hospital and we couldn't get him to wake up for 30 minutes! He was so out of it.

The good news is that my sweet baby is just fine and i'm soooo grateful it all happened right when Ty walked in the door! I definately needed him at that moment...it was pretty scary. I think we both held it together quite well though :). With an exception to Ty's psycho driving... I was afraid for our lives.

I got so many snuggles for 3 days and even had a sleepover with him the night of the seizure.

I was ready to see him happy and healthy again! 

awwwwww these kids of mine are such a blessing!!!

Max is 2!

Our little one turned 2... He had a great birthday full of well... not that much :).  Big parties don't happen over here until they actually care...so dinner/cake/ice cream, balloons and presents it was! He loved it! All the attention was on him and he enjoyed ripping open his presents and loved everything he found underneath that wrapping paper.  He's just so dang cute.

 

This kid is all boy...ALLLLL boy. He loves being outside, loves shooting hoops, playing catch, going fishing, taking Bear for walks, playing with "guys" and "animals," making us fake food, having races, throwing rocks. The list could go on for days... he's a busy little fart. 

He is so much more friendly now but still thinks people can't see him if he turns his head and doesn't look at them.

His finger is always up his nose when people look at him..it's an awesome nervous habit.

He says what seems like a million words. My favorite phrase being, "Thank you mama," which he says after I hand him anything. And he just started to say, "I love you mama." Melts my heart.

He also loves to tell on Bridger for hitting (even if Bridger is no where near him). He says in a very loud voice, "HE HIT BRIDGER."

He is so helpful and is always cleaning up everyones wrappers or anything he finds that needs to go in the trash...he is quick to clean up the toys when its time for bed...and tattles on the other kiddos if they get up from eating or don't clear their plates. The older boys just love that.

Max has also hit a phase where he wants to be totally independent.  No more booster chair for meals, likes to drink out of the big boy cups, he tries to spit when we brush his teeth...he's growing up so fast and would love to be able to keep up with his brothers.

That being said...HE LOVES HIS BROTHERS... I should say HE LOVES HIS FAMILY.  He LIGHTS UP when anyone comes home....and he must have a hug and kiss if anyone leaves.  It's the cutest thing in the world when Ty comes home from work...his little legs are going a mile a minute with excitement and he runs so fast to get him as soon as the door opens.

WE LOVE THIS BOY... We can't get enough of his craziness. 

 

STATS:

Height: 35.25 inches 79%

Weight: 28.14 lbs 61%

 

Daddy left him a cute birthday note when he went to work...

 

Dad and mom snuck into the cake a little early...whoops. Max doesn't really like cake anyway :). He's all about the ice cream.

 

Trying to get him to put 2 fingers up... no luck!

 

Some random pics of Max around his 2nd birthday... 

 

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