Early Birthday Present

The boys birthdays are approaching quickly, Carter will be 3 in about 2 weeks and Riley will be 6 in May, so we decided to get them a trampoline as a combined b-day presents from us and grandpa and grandma V.R. My mom and I decided to set it up since John was gone working and did not know when he would return and the boys could not wait for it to be up. It took us like 4 hours to set it up and I was very sore the next day, but they absolutely love it (and so do the neighbor kids :) Lets hope we dont have to many serious injuries this summer! Here are a few picture of them enjoying it.


Daddy got on the tramp and bounced them really high

They like to have the balls on there, I don't know why, but they play a game with them, that their older cousins taught them.

Ultrasound & Belly Pics

On a much lighter note than the beginning of the week ( Riley is doing better- still battling a cold though) I had another ultrasound today to check over somethings that they did not get a good look at last time. Everything looks great and he gave me a really good profile picture. He looks so cute. I already cant wait to meet him. I think he looks alot like Carter in the ultrasound pic, but we will have to wait and see what/whom he looks like...16 weeks to go. I also wanted a better shot of his boy parts, but he had his legs crossed and curled up!! Being shy I guess :) I have also posted some preggo belly pics of me at 24 weeks and a pic of baby boys profile and my other 2 favorite little men.


Some belly pics at 24 weeks...Riley was my picture taker. I thought he did a pretty good job

My baby boy

Me and my other boys

CRAZY SCARY DAY

Well yesterday started off like most days, I had my neices and nephews for the day b/c they did not have school and later in the afternoon we were going to Crazy Bounce. Riley was not feeling 100% and he seemed to have what Carter had a few days before, which was a bad cold and usually at night become really warm and not look so good, but by morning ready to go again looking fine. Riley was acting in the same way and he really wanted to go to Crazy Bounce with his cousins. So, we arrived around 12:30, I paid to be there for 2 hours. Riley played a little bit for the first 20 minutes or so and then wanted to sit on my lap. After about an hour he said he was tired and was really looking sick. Now here comes the worst part of the day.... He dozed off for a few minutes and then opened his eyes and I was trying to talk to him and he was just staring and not responding to me, so I stood up still trying to call his name..NOTHING!!! I took him up to the front and by this point his lips were turing slightly blue, so the guy called 911 and then I had about 10 other moms around me one coming later that was a nurse, but by then he kinda gasped and sat up but was really out of it. It all happened in a matter of minutes and the ambulance was there in less than five, but to me it felt like an eternity. It was the worst feeling in the world and I felt so helpless watching him go through that. I never what to see my child like that again. He was awake and breathing when they left in the ambulance and I had to gather up the rest of the kids and drive there b/c I was by myself, so I could not be with him. My mom ended up meeting me there and my sister works at the hospital so they took the other kids while we found out what was going on. They determined that he had a very high fever + the playing at Crazy Bounce making it worse, that caused him to loose consiousness and act the way he did. At the hospital it was 103 and possibly higher when he had the episode. They also discovered that he had an ear infection in one ear and they also took x-rays to see if he had pneumonia, which he does not. So hes on antibiotic and fever reducers and doing fine at the moment. He slept alot yesterday afternoon and was pretty out of it and does not remember much of anything that happened. Docotor say that it may be something that does or doesnt ever happen again, lets hope for the NEVER again. Its something I wish to never go through again, but makes merealize to be thankful and appreciate and cherish the days that I do have with my children, b/c you never know when it will be the last.