Sunday, October 19, 2008
Cayden's Baptism
Cayden was Baptized at our church on October 12th. We were happy to have lots of family in attendence as his aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and even great-aunt and great-uncle joined us to celebrate.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Weekend getaway
April and I were able to get away last weekend to the Hyatt Hill Country resort in Bastrop for a few days of R&R. I won a three day weekend trip through work, so it fit my budget! FREE! We were able to just relax and enjoy a great resort. Hiking along the Colorado river, floating in the pool/lazy river, and just hanging out!
Saturday afternoon we went to Georgetown to meet Kyle and Melanie and their beautiful little girl, Julia. They invited us to the Taste of Georgetown where we sampled food and wine from local restaurants and wineries. 
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Nature Fest
Last weekend we had a great opportunity to hang out as a family at Nature Fest. The kids got to go to a petting zoo, learn about animals, watch dogs catch frisbees, and enjoy a great day together.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Ike - Part deux
Well, it is time for clean up! We survived Ike. No major damage, although we had lots of limbs and leaves fall and 1/3rd of our fence is down. The kids were great troopers. Alyssa loved sleeping in the closet during the storm. Cayden is feeling significantly better although he was quite confused at all the commotion!
Alyssa liked listening to headphones to help pass the time without power!!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Not so great weekend...Part 1
Go away Ike. Seriously. I could do without you and your winds.
So after busting my tail organizing the garage so that I could fit all of our backyard stuff, I come inside around 10pm to relax. About 11 or so we realize that Cayden's coughing and breathing aren't normal. He starts fussing and April and I take turns trying to soothe him. Around 1am we gave up. He was coughing violently, wheezing like crazy and having trouble getting his breath. With Ike on his way, we made the decision to take him to the ER, figuring (correctly) that doctors' offices would not be available today and Monday would be WAY too long to wait for him to breath!
So Cayden and I headed up to the local ER. Nothing like a trip to the ER when a major storm is approaching to make you realize how good you have it! There was one lady who was suicidal and psychotic who kept yelling and cursing at everyone. Another guy who nearly chopped his hand off cutting plywood for the storm. There was a grandma who had been beaten up (not sure by whom), and sadly there were several people who had been dropped off at the hospital because they figured it would be safe during the storm.
Anyhow...back to the important part of the story. Cayden's blood/oxygen levels were 88% when we got there and he was running a slight fever. Not horrible, but considering that he was showing no symptoms until early yesterday afternoon, it could have gotten much worse. After hearing him cough a few times the nurse identified his ailment as croup. Cayden got four breathing treatments and a dose of steriods before his lungs were clear enough for the doc to send us home. We made it to the house around 4:45 this morning. It was actually a pretty quick trip to the ER by most standards, but holding down a screaming baby while trying to administer breathing treatments somehow makes for a REALLY long night!
Thankfully we're doing much better today. The drugs seem to be helping and the pharmacy was open to let us get more!! Hopefully daddy and mommy can find some time to sleep today as we're a bit worn out.
So after busting my tail organizing the garage so that I could fit all of our backyard stuff, I come inside around 10pm to relax. About 11 or so we realize that Cayden's coughing and breathing aren't normal. He starts fussing and April and I take turns trying to soothe him. Around 1am we gave up. He was coughing violently, wheezing like crazy and having trouble getting his breath. With Ike on his way, we made the decision to take him to the ER, figuring (correctly) that doctors' offices would not be available today and Monday would be WAY too long to wait for him to breath!
So Cayden and I headed up to the local ER. Nothing like a trip to the ER when a major storm is approaching to make you realize how good you have it! There was one lady who was suicidal and psychotic who kept yelling and cursing at everyone. Another guy who nearly chopped his hand off cutting plywood for the storm. There was a grandma who had been beaten up (not sure by whom), and sadly there were several people who had been dropped off at the hospital because they figured it would be safe during the storm.
Anyhow...back to the important part of the story. Cayden's blood/oxygen levels were 88% when we got there and he was running a slight fever. Not horrible, but considering that he was showing no symptoms until early yesterday afternoon, it could have gotten much worse. After hearing him cough a few times the nurse identified his ailment as croup. Cayden got four breathing treatments and a dose of steriods before his lungs were clear enough for the doc to send us home. We made it to the house around 4:45 this morning. It was actually a pretty quick trip to the ER by most standards, but holding down a screaming baby while trying to administer breathing treatments somehow makes for a REALLY long night!
Thankfully we're doing much better today. The drugs seem to be helping and the pharmacy was open to let us get more!! Hopefully daddy and mommy can find some time to sleep today as we're a bit worn out.
Here's the kids playing while Mommy and Daddy get ready for Ike. (obviously Cayden is feeling a bit better!)
Cayden is trying to help board up some windows!
We put Cayden in here so that we could get dressed and get ready for everyone to take a nap. Looks like he couldn't wait!
Good luck to anyone in the path of IKE! Be safe.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Great weekend
This was a great weekend!!
After breakfast Saturday morning, we loaded up the new Tahoe (bought for April on Monday!!) and headed to the park. We packed lunch and enjoyed several hours of low 80's temperatures and low humidity!! After lunch, we came home and napped to store up energy for the evening! We went to our friends, the Cavazos' house for a birthday party for two of their children. After that, we went to another friends house to hang out, play with the kids, and watch football.
Sunday was spent at church, doing yard work and hanging out with the kids. Weekends like this make it hard to get back to work on Monday!
After breakfast Saturday morning, we loaded up the new Tahoe (bought for April on Monday!!) and headed to the park. We packed lunch and enjoyed several hours of low 80's temperatures and low humidity!! After lunch, we came home and napped to store up energy for the evening! We went to our friends, the Cavazos' house for a birthday party for two of their children. After that, we went to another friends house to hang out, play with the kids, and watch football.
Sunday was spent at church, doing yard work and hanging out with the kids. Weekends like this make it hard to get back to work on Monday!
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