Kaleb's little crisis!!

Okay so in Kaleb's short life he has been to the ER 3 times! Two of them being in just the last couple of months!! My gosh!! What is up with him!! The people there are starting to recognize me! You see just a couple of months ago, Kaleb stuck his hand into the back of the treadmill and it sucked his little fingers right in! It was awful! He had so much skin taken off that he didn't even bleed, just a whole bunch of fluid was leaking out! About a month later he was doing much better! (And several doses of gauge and ointment!) Then just last Friday he got a little bit sick. We were down in SLC and went inside a res truant. I noticed he seemed a bit warm so when we left we gave him some Tylenol and he slept the whole way home. He seemed just fine at that point. Then Nate drops me off at PT and took the boys to run some errands. Nate was about 10 or 15 minutes late picking me up. I was tempted to call him, but he called me first. He told me to have Sue pick me up and meet him at this gas station because he was going to have Kaleb ride in the ambulance up to the hospital. That is all he would say!! I'm majorly freaking out, having no idea what is going on!! I called Sue three times and with no answer, I frantically walked up to some guy standing by his truck and asked him to give me a ride to a gas station down the road so I could meet up with my baby that was going to the ER. He just looked at me like "what the hell?! So I started to cry and begged, "PLEASE!!" he nodded and I jumped in. A few blocks later Sue calls, I tell her where I am and jump out of the guys truck! He yells "good luck!" and I darted down Washington blvd running towards Sue! Yes I am sure I looked like a crazy lady! But all I can think of is how desperate I was to get to my baby!

On the other end, Nate was on the freeway coming to get me, he looked over his shoulder and saw Kaleb having a seizure. He wasn't even sure if Kaleb was breathing or not. He jumps off the freeway and turned into a gas station where some of his trooper friends were. He ran Kaleb inside where his friends radioed dispatch and he just held his neck to make sure Kaleb was getting air. Once Kaleb stopped the siezure he was out cold for about 15 minutes! During this time, I called and asked if everything was fine. I really thought Nate would say yes. But Nate simply said "No". Oh that was such an awful feeling. Finally when I arrived at the hospital Kaleb was being unloaded and had woken up just barely so I got to see him crying. That was such a HUGE relief! I was fearing the worst.

So all in all Kaleb got a blessing, we had were there for about 5 hours. Kaleb's blood and urine was tested. He was administered oxygen and fluids. He had a chest x-ray. But everything came back fine. The scary part was that we had to make sure that he didn't fever again. Since they believe that a sudden spike in temp. was too blame. His fever was close to 103 but he has had higher fevers that before. Its just because he went from normal to almost 103 way too fast! So they said that it won't be such a big deal if it doesn't occur in the next 24 hours. We have been sleep deprived this weekend, but most grateful for a healthy baby and a very supportive family!

The night before Easter Kaleb was wearing this striped shirt. A week or so later he was wearing it again on the day he was taken to the ER. Look at the before and after pictures of his shirt. We call this his super man shirt!!

Easter bunny left a few eggs with a dollar in them. The kids found all but one (we suppose! I mean why would he leave an odd amount?) Nate and I helped them search for just one more, but we had no such luck!

Easter Egg Hunt

Skyler and Brayden are WAY into collecting cards. Skyler is mostly interested into basketball and football cards. Brayden is so into WWE! His favorite guy is John Sena (is that how you spell it?!) Kaleb loves pretty much everything but he especially loves to have a soft stuffed animal to keep him warm at night. He carries that bunny around with him (and definitely his Elmo blanky!) The last month or so our family has been really trying to cut back on sugary stuff, and the Bunny knew this. Skyler pointed out that this year The Easter bunny didn't bring hardly any candy! (He had a look in his eye...he keeps insisting he knows there is really no Easter bunny!)

Easter!

The Boys had so much fun coloring Easter eggs this year! Kaleb was too impatient to use the tongs so he just dipped his egg in out of the colors with his fingers!

We get in for free at North Ogden's splash park/pool. The boys had a blast!

Family fun times!

Skyler hanging out in the tube in the boat!

My cute Grandma, my cute aunt Robin and my cute mom! It was so fun to be around family!

This is at my cousin Tamberliegh's wedding in Richfield. Kaleb was unwilling to cooperate! He didn't care that all of you wanted him in the picture too! My mom was trying to pull him back in time but we were unsuccessful!

Our Life

It's been a while since I've updated! I wish I had more time in my day, then I could accomplish so much more!

Nate is almost done with his probation period. I am looking forward to that because then I can go on a ride a long with him and see what his work day is like. (If only he could go a on a ride a long with me ((a stay at home mother!!) When he was hired with North Ogden back in late October, they had planned on hiring two people. But just hired Nate. Then they had budget problems and never hired that second person. We have felt so grateful to even have a job. Just tonight Nate came home and said they are finally hiring that another person. I guess that must be a good sign! Nathan totally loves his job and is very dedicated to it. He is very liked and respected there. His co workers also appreciate his corny sense of humor! LOL! But he is also very professional and he even received a copy of a letter that was sent to the chief by a woman he had dealt with. She expressed her appreciation for Nate's excellent professionalism and kindness etc... It was pretty cool to see him making a difference in someone Else's life!

I started an awesome job back in Jan. I worked with kids that are Skyler's age. I really liked it but after two months I had to quit. It was way to stressful on the rest of the family and didn't even help out financially with the expense of daycare these days! (Although it sucked, I knew it was better for me to be at home raising my family) Now that life has slowed down just a little for me, I am trying to get back into school (it has been two semesters now). But for some reason I am seriously considering changing my major from elm. ed. to nursing. I am 99.5% positive I would absolutely enjoy working in labor and delivery! I just have to get past all those hard classes!! Wish me luck! I will try my best to update everyone! I am extremely grateful for all of my awesome friends and family. I am sorry i don't express that enough!

Skyler is doing well in school. He is even above average in reading! YAY!! He just had tubes put in his ears (for the second time) He missed a whole week of school. He was in a lot of pain but is doing much better now! He is really a great kid. Sometimes driving me crazy as he has developed his dad sarcasm! He is quite the little jokester! I see Nate in him so much, but other days I see myself in him a lot too. He is awesome with Kaleb and most of the time fights with Brayden! LOL they love each other but they do love to fight too!! Oh the joys of motherhood!

Brayden just turned 3! He is so funny! He will say the most off the wall things! One time we were driving and he was pointing out EVERYTHING in sight!! Then he starts freaking out screaming "Geico! Geico! Geico!" We were thinking he was a little weirdo, then we look up and see the dollars with eyes. (The money you could be saving with Geico) Me and Nate just busted up laughing! It was the funniest thing coming from Brayden. He is the sweetest little boys at times and other times a little devil child! But he is quick to say sorry and quick to forgive. I really see this kid growing up to be a sweetheart!

Kaleb is growing up way too fast. (so are Skyler and Brayden) but he is hardly a baby anymore and I kind of miss the baby in him. He is saying quite a few words now. My favorite is his attempt at "I love you"! My second favorite was when he looked outside and saw it snowing he got excited and started yelling, "bubble! Bubble!" So funny! He is such a happy go lucky little boy! Everyone ever babysitting him just loves him. He is really a big hit at the nursery at the gym!

I am so thankful for my awesome family (It is much easier to realize this at the end of the day when the kids are in bed and it is finally quiet!) But I really do have an awesome family and actually rejoice in the fact that we have all boys! I love it!

Isn't he just cute!

Thank you Aunt Pat!

Aunt Pat is always so thoughtful of the boys! She gave them each a Utah Jazz hat, and some skittles. They were so excited!

More Snow!!

Talk about being sick of the snow!! Brayden and Kaleb didnt seem to mind the snow, but me and Nate are ready for 70 degree weather!

Cute little boys

Skyler, Brayden and Kaleb are talking to grandma and grandpa after returning from Chuck e cheese to celebrate Brayden's 3rd birthday!






Kaleb and Brayden enjoy soaking the bathroom floors!