Hospital: Our New Home

My 1st trip to the hospital was a day trip with Joshua.

He had his 3rd surgery on his nose Apr 21st. They did a septoplasty and removed a bunch of scar tissue. He said it was the most painful of the 3.

My 2nd trip to the hospital was with Versii on April 24th. He got sick on Friday morning with vomiting and diarrhea. I'll just say that Friday I changed 20 diapers and he vomited 17 times. Saturday he wasn't drinking much and was still really sick. So, I took him to the ER. They hooked him up to an IV and he hated it, of course. He kept waking up every 10 minutes, saying, "Get it off, I want to go home." While I was there, I changed 7 diapers. And right before they were about to release us, Si pooped again and when I went to change it, the doctor was in the room. And when he saw the volume and consistency, he said, "We're going to have to admit him. You won't be able to keep up with hydrating him yourself." ---So we got a room and ended up staying in the hospital until Monday night at 7pm. They confirmed that Versii had Rotavirus. Which is the most common cause of hospitalization from diarrhea. He seemed a little better on Tuesday morning, but by evening he had gone downhill again. I couldn't get him to drink and then I changed a diaper that was so full it literally flooded out the back and the legs when I laid him down. ---I had a little meltdown and cried. Then we went back to the ER and were admitted for our 2nd stay. This time we stayed until Thursday morning. At first Versii hated the hospital, but after a few days, I think he kind of liked having 24 hour attention from Mommy. By the end, he didn't even want to go home. But we told him, that everyone at home missed him. And he said, "They is sad without me."

His fleece blanket was a gift from "Project Linus" - They are a non-profit organization that provide security blankets to kids going through illnesses. I can't thank them enough. The blanket was waiting for us when we got up to his room. Versii loves his new blanket and it made him as comfortable as he could be in a hospital.

We could see the helipad from our room. And Versii got to see the Life Flight come in.

We came home from the hospital on Thursday and by Monday he seemed to be all better.

Happy Easter!

Easter morning 2010!

"Look, a chocolate squirrel!"

Somebaby had too much chocolate.

"Wow, an alien. I never had an alien guy before! Awesome!"

Dad's Birthday!

March 3rd - Happy 69th Birthday Dad!

Here's the whole family...

Well all 6 of us kids, at least.

We are missing 4 grandkids.

But this is probably the most complete family picture we'll ever get.

Just more cute pics of the boys...

Taken March 12th.

St. Patrick's Day

The 'Lil guys go green!

The Great Train Expo

March 20 -

We went to the Great Train Expo. The add promised hundreds of model trains, lots of fun for the kids and an all around great time. To start: The keys were locked in the car, along with our cell phones, wallets and diaper bag! I won't bore you with the details of how, but at any rate, when the staff at the Expo couldn't help, even though the place was crawling with cops (Due to the gun show also going on that day.) Josh decided to break in!

It all worked out, since when we bought the car, the back window was tinted and they gave us a regular window to replace it with. Which just happened to still be in the trunk. And with the help of our car kit, Josh was able to replace the window, right there in the parking lot. What a handy hubby I have.

Here are the boys, making the most of the situation, playing and snacking!

When we got inside, we soon realized it wasn't really that great of an event for the kids. It was almost entirely just booths to buy model trains and they only had about 5 trains set up. The highlight, of course, being Thomas the Train.

...And the kid-fun, well, it was a few bouncy houses and the funny train pictured below. It was basically a riding lawnmower and some trailers built up with plywood to look like a train. Josh and I thought it was pretty hoke, but the kids did love it!

Coming home and admiring the new spring blossoms was actually the highlight of the day, for me at least!

Outing at OMSI

March 26 th

Versii loves to play in the sandbox!

He could stay in there for hours.

Paxton had a great time too!

Kaden loves OMSI too, but this time we went while he was at school. Mom got a membership, so now we can go whenever we want. Which is great, since it rains a lot in Portland and the kids just love their indoor play park!