Here he is on night one: SO BIG!!
Owen Vance Brown - Birth and Death Record
2 weeks ago
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The camping trip that was not meant to be
We planned a camping trip.
We've been wanting to go camping ALL summer, but the summer booked up really fast. The earliest available weekend was the middle of July. July 17-18 to be exact. We then went on a hunt to find someone to come with us that had kids our same age.
We decided on the Craigs! Stephen works with Tyler, and I am just getting to know Aimee at my book club. They have four kids: girl 6, boy 4, boy 2, boy 10 months. Perfect. Right?!
Wednesday night we went to Costco to get some stuff for our adventure and I thought that Oliver felt a little warm. We checked him when we got home and he was at 99.5. Not bad, but I gave him some medicine, just in case. To blow off whatever was coming.
Thursday night Oliver woke up at around 1am and would not go back to sleep. I was up with him for hours, then just decided to sleep on the floor next to him because he seemed to be ok with that. I also learned that night that Cooper talks in his sleep. I woke up every time he spoke and it always creeped me out. Curse those scary movies I watched in my single-hood-stupidity that had little kids in them.
Friday I was a walking zombie. Definitely not used to getting up with kids in the middle of the night. Thank heavens!!
We finally got on the road for our camping trip at 4:30. We made it to our camping spot a little before 6. Our friends had arrived around 2. (I slept the entire way so that I could be sociable :)) As we pulled into our parking spot, Stephen got out of the car and started to pull Ollie out of his car seat. He noticed a ton of little red spots on his feet. I came over to examine, horrified. We immediately began to think of hand, foot, mouth disease. I didn't let any of the kids out of the car because I was terrified of giving it to another child. (As a side note, Maycee got hand, foot, mouth disease three years ago from her cousin. We gave it to a new little boy in our ward that left with his parents on a week long Alaskan cruise. When I heard the whole story, I was beyond apologetic.)
Anyway, after an hour and a half of driving to get in range of phone service and checking the internet, we were certain of the illness. We apologized to our friends and turned around and came back home. Before leaving Maycee met the Craig's little girl, Talie. The two girls were quite distraught that they were not allowed to play together. On the drive home, Ollie's illness seemed to hit him with force. He became a screaming mess of pain. He just screamed and grabbed his mouth and feet. "Wowee!! Wowee!!" he would say. Poor kid.
Since we were not given the opportunity to have our typical camping treats while camping, we made them on Sunday night. Banana boats. In the oven.
Monday was, I think, Oliver's worst day. His poor feet and toes were so red and swollen and covered with spots. The spots just crawled up his legs. His hands and fingers were also covered with them. Today it looks like he is on the mend. The disease is said to stay in the body almost two weeks. So we are in quarantine for at least another week.
My house is looking a lot cleaner. That is the positive.
We've been wanting to go camping ALL summer, but the summer booked up really fast. The earliest available weekend was the middle of July. July 17-18 to be exact. We then went on a hunt to find someone to come with us that had kids our same age.
We decided on the Craigs! Stephen works with Tyler, and I am just getting to know Aimee at my book club. They have four kids: girl 6, boy 4, boy 2, boy 10 months. Perfect. Right?!
Wednesday night we went to Costco to get some stuff for our adventure and I thought that Oliver felt a little warm. We checked him when we got home and he was at 99.5. Not bad, but I gave him some medicine, just in case. To blow off whatever was coming.
Thursday night Oliver woke up at around 1am and would not go back to sleep. I was up with him for hours, then just decided to sleep on the floor next to him because he seemed to be ok with that. I also learned that night that Cooper talks in his sleep. I woke up every time he spoke and it always creeped me out. Curse those scary movies I watched in my single-hood-stupidity that had little kids in them.
Friday I was a walking zombie. Definitely not used to getting up with kids in the middle of the night. Thank heavens!!
We finally got on the road for our camping trip at 4:30. We made it to our camping spot a little before 6. Our friends had arrived around 2. (I slept the entire way so that I could be sociable :)) As we pulled into our parking spot, Stephen got out of the car and started to pull Ollie out of his car seat. He noticed a ton of little red spots on his feet. I came over to examine, horrified. We immediately began to think of hand, foot, mouth disease. I didn't let any of the kids out of the car because I was terrified of giving it to another child. (As a side note, Maycee got hand, foot, mouth disease three years ago from her cousin. We gave it to a new little boy in our ward that left with his parents on a week long Alaskan cruise. When I heard the whole story, I was beyond apologetic.)
Anyway, after an hour and a half of driving to get in range of phone service and checking the internet, we were certain of the illness. We apologized to our friends and turned around and came back home. Before leaving Maycee met the Craig's little girl, Talie. The two girls were quite distraught that they were not allowed to play together. On the drive home, Ollie's illness seemed to hit him with force. He became a screaming mess of pain. He just screamed and grabbed his mouth and feet. "Wowee!! Wowee!!" he would say. Poor kid.
Since we were not given the opportunity to have our typical camping treats while camping, we made them on Sunday night. Banana boats. In the oven.
Monday was, I think, Oliver's worst day. His poor feet and toes were so red and swollen and covered with spots. The spots just crawled up his legs. His hands and fingers were also covered with them. Today it looks like he is on the mend. The disease is said to stay in the body almost two weeks. So we are in quarantine for at least another week.
My house is looking a lot cleaner. That is the positive.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Swimming Lessons 2015
These are pictures from our last day of swimming lessons.
Here is Cooper squirting his swim teacher with a squirt gun.
Swim teacher giving it back.
To be honest, swimming lessons were a bit of a flop this year. The class was geared more for kids who could already swim.
Well. We learned!
Thursday, July 16, 2015
I have to write this down.
Stephen (to Kami): I found your keys to my car.
Kami: Wait, you found my keys to your car that I just drove home in?
Stephen: Yes. They were wrapped up in the blanket downstairs.
Kami: What?! I totally put those away.
Stephen: Right. Your idea of putting keys away is by walking them in the door, closing your eyes, spinning in a circle, and throwing them.
I burst out laughing at that comment.
Because it is kinda true.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
FINALLY!!!
I finished Cooper's quilt.
Finally.
It has been an almost two year project.
Basically, I bought the fabric then let it sit for a year and a half, pulled it out sewed it together, quilted it, let it sit for three months and then finally binded it together. Honestly, I don't know why it took me so long to do. It was a little unlike me, but I am SO happy with the end results. And it was a lot of fun to put together as well!
It has now officially been used. Cooper peed on it in his sleep, so it is officially his blanket.
Well, here is the result:
Finally.
It has been an almost two year project.
Basically, I bought the fabric then let it sit for a year and a half, pulled it out sewed it together, quilted it, let it sit for three months and then finally binded it together. Honestly, I don't know why it took me so long to do. It was a little unlike me, but I am SO happy with the end results. And it was a lot of fun to put together as well!
It has now officially been used. Cooper peed on it in his sleep, so it is officially his blanket.
Well, here is the result:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Monday, July 6, 2015
House Update
Slowly, but surely, the house is coming along. Projected move in date for today only. Definitely subject to change, is October 3rd.
Sunday morning we went for a walk before church. Halfway through our walk, the kids crouched over something on the sidewalk. Maycee stood up and said, "Cooper, you are incessed with rollie pollies!"
Bwaaahahaha!!! I love that she is learning new words and trying to use them. Even if she says them incorrectly.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Independence Day
I read something that said that we are celebrating Independence Day, not the Fourth of July. When I read that, I thought, 'I totally agree!' So we are celebrating Independence Day.
We had a lot of fun on the fourth. Heck, our fun started on the third.
We went down Banks, near Boise, on Friday. I was terrified leading up to the day. I had actually blocked the even from my mind because I didn't want to think about it. We really had a blast!! Thanks guys, for the fun float!!
On Saturday we were prepared.
We rode our bikes to Middleton Road and sat and waited for the parade. Even though it was over a hundred degrees we really enjoyed ourselves.
I just have to put a little plug in...Maycee designed the shirt she is wearing. I just did what she told me to. I think she did an awesome job! She designed it after looking at our flag.
That evening we met up with Rustin and Nicole and their family, with Marc and Kenna and their family, and with Mom and Dad Post. We went swimming, had dinner, and swam, and ate some more, and swam some more. I love that Maycee loves to swim. It is really fun. Cooper loves to squirt people with the squirt guns. Ollie just wandered about the pool in his swim suit until someone gave him more food to eat.
I love this picture of Maycee!...AND the next one!!
Here's Evie!!
Check out that dive! I was pretty impressed with myself.
It was really funny to watch Maycee and Conner play together.
That evening we found a new location for fireworks. Star! Only 7 minutes away from our house!!!
Maycee and Cooper wanted me to take pictures of them running. All I got was blurs...they were that fast ;)
Family selfie session!! I love the goofy faces of the kiddos!
Dancing to the music
The kiddos after the fireworks. They were dead tired. I love them all squished in the double stroller.
I LOVE Independence Day!! The fireworks that we went to in Star were AMAZING!! I saw fireworks that I had never seen before. And I have seen a lot of firework shows. Great firework shows. My favorite part about the show in Star was how patriotic the whole thing was. We weren't just going to a firework show, they showed us fireworks to all of the most patriotic songs. They even told really awesome stories about our nation's beginnings.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
We had a lot of fun on the fourth. Heck, our fun started on the third.
We went down Banks, near Boise, on Friday. I was terrified leading up to the day. I had actually blocked the even from my mind because I didn't want to think about it. We really had a blast!! Thanks guys, for the fun float!!
On Saturday we were prepared.
We rode our bikes to Middleton Road and sat and waited for the parade. Even though it was over a hundred degrees we really enjoyed ourselves.
I just have to put a little plug in...Maycee designed the shirt she is wearing. I just did what she told me to. I think she did an awesome job! She designed it after looking at our flag.
That evening we met up with Rustin and Nicole and their family, with Marc and Kenna and their family, and with Mom and Dad Post. We went swimming, had dinner, and swam, and ate some more, and swam some more. I love that Maycee loves to swim. It is really fun. Cooper loves to squirt people with the squirt guns. Ollie just wandered about the pool in his swim suit until someone gave him more food to eat.
I love this picture of Maycee!...AND the next one!!
Here's Evie!!
Check out that dive! I was pretty impressed with myself.
It was really funny to watch Maycee and Conner play together.
That evening we found a new location for fireworks. Star! Only 7 minutes away from our house!!!
Family selfie session!! I love the goofy faces of the kiddos!
Dancing to the music
The kiddos after the fireworks. They were dead tired. I love them all squished in the double stroller.
I LOVE Independence Day!! The fireworks that we went to in Star were AMAZING!! I saw fireworks that I had never seen before. And I have seen a lot of firework shows. Great firework shows. My favorite part about the show in Star was how patriotic the whole thing was. We weren't just going to a firework show, they showed us fireworks to all of the most patriotic songs. They even told really awesome stories about our nation's beginnings.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
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