Max-Man turns 7!

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This year it is really hitting me as the kids each celebrate a birthday how fast the time flies. I really truly can't believe that Max is now 7! I can remember when he was born. He was such a long labor and didn't really want to come out. Then all of the sudden we had a sweet 9 lb 12 oz little sweetheart. I wish I had a newborn picture of Max but....we used film way back when. So no digital picture to upload. At least his scrapbook has some.

He was a great baby. With Ryanne 2 and Zachary only 15 months when he was born life was pretty much a blur. He did find a partner in crime in Zachary early on.

Max was such a great teacher. He taught his older brother how to do everything from standing, walking and stealing muffins.

He was always very curious and got into everything!!! Just as a baby should I suppose.

Now he is an amazing 7 year old. He is doing great in school, loves video games, playing, swimming and football. We love you Max-man and are so grateful you are our son.

Humpty Dumpty!

Michaels Hospital Adventure!

I can call it an adventure now, but then it was devastating. On August 3rd (Matts birthday) the kids were outside in the backyard playing. The 2 major rules are no touching the pool gate and no standing on top of the playhouse. Well Michael was standing on top of the playhouse blowing bubbles and fell off and hit his head. I asked him to stand up and walk to me and he couldn't. He was really wobbly on his feet and was in alot of pain. I thought it was just a bump so I put ice on his head. Then his nose started dripping blood. Just the right side. That wasn't right so we took him into the ER. After a couple of hours and a CT scan we found out that he had a large skull fracture and concussion.

Because they were worried about swelling and bleeding in the brain they transferred him to Cardons Childrens Hospital PICU for overnight observation. He was so tired, poor little guy. They had to wake him every hour to make sure he was responding. The IV was tramatic for us both. But he braved it all.

After the next mornings CT scan showed no bleeding or swelling we got to take him home. After all the poking and tests Michael went home with lots of toys. The nurses and doctors who treated him were wonderful. They really helped to ease our worries as much as they could.

Then the day after we brought him home we ended up in the ER again because Michael fell off the bed and hit his head again right on the fracture. We seriously thought of strapping him to a chair. For days following the hospital it seemed that he kept having head accidents. We are so blessed that he is healing great and doesn't seem to have any complications.

Ryanne Swim Team

Ryanne 2010 Swim Team

Ryanne did swim team for the second time this year. She had a blast. 8am practive monday to thursday. She did really great at the meets. She is a bullet with the freestyle and breaststroke. We are really proud of her. She is an upcoming athlete. A couple of days before the last meet we got a great camera and were able to take some great pictures of her. How fun to get these pictures in sequence.

Done. Looking for the results! She did awesome.

We told her to pull up her swim cap so she didn't have the mad smile from the cap. What an awesome girl she is. I am often in wonder on how blessed we are to have these wonderful children.