Easter 2009

We had a wonderful family day at the base golf course. The kids enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, lots of fishing and hot dogs. Jayce caught his first BASS. He has told us about it at least 20 times. Lakyn caught a few fish with her Mommy's help. She didn't want to touch the fish, but she was excited just the same. We all caught lots of brim and a few bass. Lakyn wasn't quite sure what to do at the Easter egg hunt, but it didn't take her long to figure it out. Brad and I were proud as we watched our kids having a good time hunting for eggs and catching fish. They are 2 very beautiful children inside and out.

Tidbits Thursday

Lakyn:
Udate: Lakyn has developed Thrush, so we went back to the doctor yesterday. They also did a ton of tests to check out her immune system. Most of those tests came back yesterday and were within the normal range. We are still waiting results on several more tests. She seems to be doing better. She is eating and drinking a little. She is still very fussy, but better.

Pacify (what she calls it) went bye-bye today. I figure it may as well go since she is fussy anyway.


Jayce:
Played another good game of tball last night even though he had a tummy ache during the whole thing. This virus seems to come and go. He is feeling great today and ready for his picnic and Easter egg hunt at school.

Sick Baby...Sweet Daddy!

What a sweet Daddy Lakyn has been given!

Lakyn has been sick almost an entire week. She has been throwing up on and off, having fever on and off, lots of gas, diarreah, little to no appetite, cranky and just plain tired. Yesterday, we found out she has an UTI probably combined with a virus. UTIs are not common for kids her age. We will have to go into the city for some additional testing to see if and how much damage it has done. For now, she is on an antibiotic. I just hate that she is sick. I miss seeing her up running around and laughing. Please pray my baby girl gets to feeling better soon. Please pray the test results come out ok. Thank you!

Jayce played his first tball game last night for this season. When he found out his number would be #1, he was more than thrilled. He looked at his Moma and Daddy with excited, sparkling eyes and exclaimed, "Well, it looks like I'm the quarterback!" Brad and I got so tickled. We just looked at each other smiling knowing Jayce would learn and gain a lot from playing.

We are really impressed with Jayce's progress since last year. He only played a few games last year due to all the rain in Nebraska. Last night, he made at least 5 outs and hit the ball well. He really had fun out there. The excitement that spilled out of him last night was just priceless. We are so proud of him. He will always be our little "quarterback!"

Another trip to the ER

Brad took Lakyn to the ER last night because she was still vomiting and had a fever of 103.6. I stayed behind because Jayce and I have another illness in which we have sore throats and coughing. Anyway, the hospital did lots of test like RSV and strep. At the end of the night, they really couldn't come up with anything. I think they did some more tests and will let us know those results soon. Brad and Lakyn got home around 1:30 am.

For now, Lakyn is taking an antibiotic. This morning she woke up with 103.1 fever. By 9am she was asking for something to eat and drink. She had 1/2 piece of toast and some 7up. So far, she has been able to keep that down for 2 hours. Currently, she is sitting on the coach eating ice and watching Mickey. I think she is feeling better. She will go to her doctor on Monday for a follow up.

Please keep her in your prayers.

Tidbits Thursday

Jayce:

Will start tball on Monday. He is super excited.

Told us yesterday that he doesn't want to be in this family anymore. Brad said ok then he wouldn't be the one to take him to tball. He changed his tune very quickly.

Read Clifford Has the Hiccups to us on the way to school this morning.

Just now started to eat cold things. He will now eat Popsicle and take a few licks of an ice cream cone.

Lakyn:

Loves to sit and eat crushed ice. She loves to eat cold things. I figure it is because she was born on a snowy morning.

Getting pretty good at riding her scooter. She is keeping up with Jayce. See the picture above.

Has her Daddy wrapped around her finger! This little girl can do no wrong in his eyes.

Sometimes her eyes look green and other times they look brown.

She doesn't have a dimple on each cheek (the face) like the rest of us. She has one dimple higher up on her left cheek (still the face). She can also raise one eyebrow at a time.

A Head Start

Lakyn is getting a head start with preparing for baby brother. She has to "buckle up" baby several times a day. Not included are the pictures of Lakyn sitting in the car seat. Yes, I do dress Lakyn, but she is going through a phase.