Little Tays with RSV...

  

 Our kids had been sick with Colds for two weeks. Finally on Sunday we decided to take them all in to the Instacare. Well Cole actually was the only one who hadn't been sick. But we packed everyone up and thought we would get the three kids looked at. Tayson had his cold only for a few days. He got it later on from the other kids touching him. Guess he knows he is loved.

The girls checked out ok with no ear infections and their lungs were clear. Tayson however the doctor said he had bronchitis and gave us a written order where we could go anytime to have him suctioned out to get all the snot out of him. We decided to stay on top of it and have him suctioned twice a day.
Kev was heading out of town (Brigham City) for an audit where he stays up their for three days.

So I took him twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. I had great Family step in and watch the kids while I would run to the Hospital.

Kevin left Tuesday and I felt like that was Tayson's worst day. He was miserable but seemed better after the suctions. Than on Wednesday morning I took Tays in and the girl said his oxygen level was low. She sat and we monitored him for awhile. She said she had already sent four babies to the ER that morning, I kept praying oh please not us. Let his level go up. But it didn't she sent us to the ER. We were at Jordan Valley. So we hung out and they suctioned him more and gave him a breathing treatment. I was so sad my poor baby. I called Kevin and let him know what was going on.

They did a chest x-ray on him and were worried about phenomena also. Than the doctor came in and said they thought they better monitor him in the hospital. But they wanted him at primary children's.

They said he would need to be taken by ambulance. I was pretty scared at this point and I was alone.
But I had so much help. My Mom who was watching my kids at my house traded with Rachel who than went to my house so that my Mom could come and meet me.

I called Kevin and he wrapped up a few things and went to check out of his hotel and come meet me too.
We had so much help from family and friends. Kevin's Mom came out and stayed with the kids through the afternoon and into the late evening.

We were really blessed with so much help from everyone and a few dinners were even brought it too.
Tayson was a good baby. He hated getting suctioned and it was difficult to watch that but he is a strong little guy!

Valentine's Dinner

Haircut...

I always said I would cut my hair in my mid thirties. Not sure why. Just thought that might be a good time for the hair style I was thinking of. I finally did it. But Man short hair is a lot of work. I have to try and get it all to go under and not flip out in certain areas like it is in this photo.
But I do like it! Just not sure if I can upkeep it with haircuts and all. I like low maintenance hair! Short Hair does not equal low maintenance. Ha. ha.

Snow Ice Cream...

Date Night aka Hang out night with Cole...

Cole and I got to go to the Jazz game last Monday night where they played the Kings.
Kevin's brother got tickets,  the week before Kevin and him went to a game and than he text Kev and said he had tickets for that night.
So Kevin said he thought I should take Cole. Well I told him I thought he should take Cole. I didn't think I should leave Tayson that long and the girls being sick I just didn't really want to go. Not that I didn't want to go hang out with Cole but the day was crazy and I needed to go grocery shopping and get things ready for Cole's field trip the next morning.
I gave all my excuses and Kev said your going. He went grocery shopping for me and than I met him at his work. We switched cars and he took the kids home and fed them dinner. He is so great!

Cole and I took off downtown. We bought food at the game since we didn't want to be to late. As we all know stadium food is a rip off but the russell's ice cream we shared at half time was delicious.
Cole was so much fun to hang out with just one on one. He told me how much fun he was having. I know he needs that one on one time as do I.
He is such a fun and good kid and I know he was enjoying having his Mom all to himself.

By the fourth quarter Cole was getting tired. I wanted to stay and told him just a little longer than it went into OT. So we left early.

As we were walking out we passed a homeless man. Cole held my hand. He didn't want to hold my hand when we went in so I figured he was a little afraid.
We were standing at the cross walk with this other man who hit the button so that the light would change. The light did and the little bird chirped for us to walk. We were half way through the street and the man was a few steps in front of us. I saw this lady in the turn lane. I thought she saw us and than she kept driving. She hit the man who was a few steps in front of us. It was dark and I don't think she saw him. He spun around but didn't fall down. I stopped and asked if he was ok and he said he was and the lady unrolled her window asked if he was ok and than drove off. I didn't know what to do. I said oh  I think you should pull over but I don't think she heard me.  It knocked her side mirror off her car but I don't think she even knew.
Cole and I were really scared. Cole was on that side of the street. I felt bad but I am so glad that it wasn't Cole.
Cole and I were pretty shaken and so was the guy and I am sure the poor lady driving!
 Later Cole said that was so crazy Mom!
I was so glad to be safe in our car and heading home.
Cole said Mom we read a story about that guy. I thought he meant about the guy getting hit, but he said it was about a guy with no home or money.
We talked a bit and even though things were a little crazy it was nice to have a date night with Cole when I called it a date night Cole laughed and said let's call it a hang out! But I kept calling it a date night just to get the reaction out of him.
I sure love that boy!

Sickness..

We have had coughs and colds around our house for what seems like a very long time. Really we haven't gone anywhere. We have hung at home for about two weeks straight trying to get rid of the junk we have. (Cole has done amazing and has not gotten it hardly at all. But has suffered since we haven't been able to invite any of his little friends over to play.)

It seemed like it was going away but than as a new week begun it felt like our coughs were going to stay for the long haul.

Kevin has been working quite a bit and so it has made it pretty bleak around here but with sleep things aren't as bad as they seem right!

Kev worked all day and night Saturday and so on Sunday we decided to take all the kids in to the instacare.

The doctor there was very professional and very nice, he shook all of our hands and really listened and checked out each kid except Cole.
He said the girls lungs sounded clear and that it was just a bad cold and that their ears looked good too.

Tayson had a bad cough and so he watched his breathing and they even suctioned his nose out and told us to really watch him so that his cold doesn't go into rsv.

Hopefully we can get him feeling better!

Read a thon...

Cole's school is doing a contest against other schools to see who can read the most. We have been keeping track of how much we read. We do pretty good during the week but struggle on the weekends. 

So one day we did a little read a thon. At first Cole was against the idea until I told him there were treats involved. We popped some popcorn and sat down and I read to them. Cole read a few books too. 

He is doing really well with learning to read. If he would put some more effort into it he could really be way ahead for his age but he hates to just sit there. He is on level C and is going to move to D soon his teacher says.