My Husband Rocks!

A couple of weeks ago, Ed did a 

100 mile bike race! 

I can't even imagine how hard it was.  And it wasn't just 100 miles on nice paved roads (not that that would have been easy either).  But it was 100 miles up and down mountains in Colorado - it even snowed and hailed on them part of the time.  It is called the Leadville 100.  It is such a huge race that even Lance Armstrong races in it (and of course wins).  Ed did fabulous!  His goal was to do it in under 12 hours (the max in order for your time to be counted and get the cool sweat shirt with your name and time on it and the belt buckle - yes, I said belt buckle).  He ended up doing it in 

10 hours and 36 minutes! 

I can't even imagine being on a bike for over 10 hours!  Way to go!  You are amazing!

Of course, I was home with all the kids so I wasn't there to take any pictures so I don't have anything to scrapbook or show.  But here is a little video you can watch (about 5 minutes) that shows some of the race - it is absolutely beautiful and crazy.  Apparently, it is going to be a movie that will be in theatres in October.  Take a few minutes and check the video out - it is fun to see some of the trail and how hard it was.  Click here and enjoy!  Maybe when he does it again next year I will be able to go (then again, I might have to wait 2 years before I can go - but that is okay).

Rodeo with Daddy

Way back in June, Ed took the big 3 boys to the rodeo (our friend Jared also went with his cute girl Bailee).  They had a great time - even though it POURED while they were there.  It didn't start until 8:00 pm (which is very late for my boys) so Gavin fell asleep on Ed during it.  The boys' favorite part had nothing to do with an actual rodeo.  Their favorite part was the motorcycles jumping off of ramps.  I'm just glad they had fun!

10-weeks old

The twins are now 11-weeks old (as of 2 days ago) - but these pictures are from when they were 10-weeks old.  I just can't believe how big they are getting and how fast they are growing up.  They will laugh and smile when you look at them and they love to be tickled.  Cameron is already growing out of his 6-month sized clothes.  Kesley is almost out of her 3-month sized clothes.  Last night Kesley slept for 7 hours before getting up and Cameron slept for 9 hours - I love these babies!  

mini-golf with Daddy

Monday night was Xactware's annual mini-golf tournament.  The boys look forward to this every year - they LOVE getting to "golf" with their daddy!  This was the first year that Gavin could really golf (he was sick last year) and boy was he fun to watch.  He didn't want to "golf" the way his daddy told him to - he wanted to do it his own way!  On every hole he would tell me that he got a hole in 2 or a hole in 90!  Dallin and Matthew were much more serious "golfers".

2-month Check-up

Yesterday the twins finally had their 2-month check-up (just over 2 weeks late).  But, with them having been so sick right when they turned 2-months old, they couldn't have had their "well" child check-up anyways.  Dr. Johnson was very happy with how big they are and how healthy they are.  He said they are perfect - I would have to agree.  Dr. Johnson was happy to hear that Cameron can sleep 9 hours straight at night (and does pretty regularly) and that Kesley sleeps about 6 hours straight almost every night.  Now if I could just get Kesley to sleep as long as Cameron - but she is still doing great so I am not complaining.  Hopefully I can start to get them on some kind of schedule (ha ha).  The pictures above aren't very good - let's just say they weren't very happy the rest of the day after getting 3 shots each (use to be 5 shots but 3 got combined).  I couldn't get either one of them to smile or even really look happy (which is not normal for them).  They are fabulous babies!  Here are their stats (in case it is hard to read above):

Cameron

Length:  25 1/4" (above 97%)

Weight:  16 lbs 1 oz (above 97% - but still smaller than Dallin & Brecken at this age)

Head Cirm:  40.6 cm (above 50% - his head seems bigger than that to me)

Kesley

Length:  23 3/4" (95%)

Weight:  13 lbs 11 oz (above 97% - more than 2 lbs lighter than Cameron but still big compared to other girls)

Head Cirm:  40.3 cm (above 75%)

Finally - Matthew lost a tooth!

Matthew lost his first tooth of the 4th of July but didn't realize it - so are best guess is that he swallowed it.  So, we didn't get to make a big deal of it - so we did on tooth #2 last Sunday.  Matthew was so happy when he realized it was really wiggly.  Luckily, my friend Carol was over and offered to pull it out (I'm sure Ed would have).   The tooth fairy even remembered to come that night and give him 4 quarters.  Matthew was so sad that he didn't lose any teeth when he was in kindergarten - I think he thought he would never lose any teeth and never get any money from the tooth fairy.

1st Day of School

Dallin and Matthew went back to school on Thursday.  They were sad that summer was over but still happy that school was starting.  I felt the same.  I am going to miss my WONDERFUL helpers!  Dallin really loves school and Matthew will - he always has a hard time the first few days and then he loves it.  He said the first day of school was very boring - hopefully that will change - I'm sure it will.

Blessing Day

We blessed the twins in our home on August 1, after Dallin's baptism.  He was very happy to share such a special day with the twins.  It was a wonderful and busy day.  Luckily, when Amanda was at our house early this summer, she took FABULOUS pictures of the twins in their blessing outfits.  My mom made the blessing dress that Kesley has on (I think she even made it before we knew that Dallin was going to be a boy).  Anyway, I just wanted to share some of the beautiful pictures from a special day.  Thanks for taking such great pictures Amanda, we love you!  (click here to check out Amanda's website)  And thanks to all those that participated in blessing the twins!

It's Great to be 8!

Dallin was baptized on August 1.  Here are the pictures my cute cousin Amanda (click here to check out her website - she takes fabulous pictures!) took when she was here right before his baptism.  I can't believe how grown-up Dallin is.  He is such a wonderful boy.  We are so happy he is part of our family!  

There are also pictures from the luncheon we had afterwards at our house.  It was really yummy and easy.  I got a lot of the food from Costa Vida (pork, chicken, beans, rice, tortillas) and then had some appetizers, fruit, and yummy desserts (thanks to those that helped with everything that day!).  We also blessed the twins that day at our house so there is a lot of pink & blue at the luncheon along with pictures of the twins.  I will post pictures from their blessing soon.  It turned out to be a great day!

2-months Old

My sweet little (well maybe not so little) babies are 2-months old (as of Wednesday, August 12).  They were still sick then (that was the worst day for Cameron) - but with so many visits to the doctor, I know exactly how much they weigh.  Here are their weights:

Cameron

14 lbs 12 oz

Kesley

12 lbs 8 oz

These pictures were taken the day after their 2-month birthday but they were a little happier then - but still not great.  They are doing much better now.  I was able to scrapbook/blog some while they were sick - I got good at typing and using Memory Mixers with my left hand while holding a baby.

Cameron's Sick Too

What a long and tiring week so far.  Late Monday night (maybe it was Tuesday morning) I could tell Cameron was getting sick and a fever.  At first I didn't worry about taking him to the doctor since the doctor said that he would get what Kesley had in a few days.  But, then I just got worried (since everyone at the hospital and doctor's office were very worried about Kesley with her high fever).  So, when I called the doctor and said that Cameron had a fever of 102 they had me bring him right in.   By the time we got in to the doctor, his fever was 103.9.  So, they tried to get a urine sample from him with a catheter (but his bladder was basically dry) and then sent us to the hospital for blood work.

At the hospital, they couldn't find a vein in his hands, arms, or feet.  They tried once but couldn't get any blood.  So, they called in a lady that could always find a vein.  And they were right, she found one.  When the blood work came back, something looked suspicious so they had us hurry over and gave him a shot (an anti-biotic).  The next day we went back to the doctor for a follow up (3rd visit).  He still had a high fever and was very irritable (he cried every time you touched him or picked him up) so after thinking about what to do, they decided to do a spinal tap (they almost admitted him to the hospital).  That was not fun to watch at all.  Then they gave him another shot - what a rough day!

Luckily, the results of the spinal tap were all good so he didn't have to go to the hospital.  We did have to go back again today to have him checked and he is definitely better.  So, no more shots - we just have to wait it out and hope the fever doesn't come back.  

I think we will be staying home for a while!

Kesley's Visit to the ER

Kesley has had a rough couple of days.  Sunday she wasn't feeling well and slept most of the day.  I finally took her temperature that night and it was 102.5 - way to high for an 8 week old baby.  I called the pediatrician and they said that I needed to take her to the ER right away - they didn't want to wait until the next morning to see her.  

At the ER, they took chest x-rays, put a catheter in to get a urine sample, and put an IV in to get blood.  All her lab work came back fine but they left the IV in over night in case they needed to take more blood or give her fluids, etc.  So, in the pictures what looks like a cast is just her IV wrapped so she didn't get it caught on anything and hurt her.  It was really sad to watch they do all that to her - she was really sad. 

The next morning I had to take her to her pediatrician.  She seemed to be doing okay - still had a fever but her labs were still okay.  So, now we just have to get through the next couple of days of her with a fever.  Poor little girl!

P.S.  Kesley is only wearing that awesome orange shirt with a zebra on it (Brecken's pjs) and the purple pants because I couldn't get her cute sleeper over her big pink arm thingy.  Trust me, I don't normally dress my little girl like that.