Colorado Springs

I packed up the kids and we flew out to Colorado to visit my Mom. We had the best time! It was hard leaving Kyle and we missed him terribly but Grandma had so many fun things planned we couldn't help but have some fun.

Other than playing with Grandma we visited a beautiful park, swam at a super fun kid pool, shopped, went to the zoo, hiked around Garden of the Gods, hiked to "Pride Rock" and went to my Mom's favorite yoga class a few times. It was nice to not have any chores and focus all my attention on the kids.

Back to the doctor we go...

When I said I had some posts brewing this isn't exactly what I had in mind, but it happened, so I will document it. I'm sorry if these pictures are disturbing to you. They are very disturbing to me, but Kyle said I must share them.


Poor Kyra split her chin open yesterday after her loving sister bumped (shoved) her off the stool in the bathroom. She was very brave and is dancing around as usual today.


After they glued it shut.


Since we are discussing doctor visits, we might as well throw in an update on Ryder's allergies. We saw an allergist and they did a skin test. He tested for all kinds of different allergens. It didn't surprise us to find out he is severely allergic to cow's milk and moderately allergic to eggs (yolk and whites). However, we were surprised to find out that the aspiring equine veterinarian's son (Ryder) is severely allergic to horses! That is going to be a problem. He is just going to have to grow out of it, right?


So that is the latest medical report for us! Here's to no more new allergies or injuries for us for a great while!

Easter

I'm glad Kyle has been posting some things recently because I just haven't been interested in blogging lately. I feel a few posts brewing in my mind though so maybe that will change soon. Or maybe not. Only time will tell. For now here is the late but necessary Easter photo.

Drake the dog

Every kid needs a dog. This is our dog named Drake. We've had him longer than any of our kids. As you can see, he's adjusted well to having 3 curious kids tugging and pulling him from both ends. He's a good dog.

Crikey!

Kyle here, just wanted to show how fearless Dana Lee is. This is from this summer in Colorado, that's right, that is a 4 foot long snake that she's playing with.

Twinners

So, I've had zero desire (or time) for blogging lately but I had to post this because I think it's so cool. Check out these little chicas. Don't they share a remarkable resemblance? I literally could not stop staring at these two.





I think they are 2nd cousins. The weird thing is I don't really think her parents and us look alike much at all. Does anyone else see the resemblance?

Dream a little dream

When it rains...

it pours! In the last 6 days we've found ourselves in the ER twice, doctor visits 3 times, and one 4 hour afternoon in the Urgent Care clinic.

The scoop on Ryder: He is allergic to milk and eggs. Because of the severity of the reaction and his young age we will go see an allergist to understand better what is going on. In the meantime, he has discovered the cords.


Kyra has been one sick little girl. She's had a rough bout of the flu and has had to go in to get fluids twice due to dehydration. Today she turned a corner and appears to finally be feeling better!

This is what Kyra has been doing the past several days. (Minus the vomit and diarrhea. Your welcome.)


The brave little patient.


The crazy little fan club.

Allergic reaction for Ryder, panic attack for me

Tuesday night I put Ryder to bed just like normal. He was tired and went down without a complaint. Kyle had been gone all day so when he got home a few minutes later he was able to say goodnight to the girls before I was finished putting them to bed. I decided to to get Ryder up to say hi to his Daddy since he hadn't seen him all day and he was probably still awake.

I'm so glad I did. I found him sitting up quietly trying to itch his hive covered body. Then I noticed his swollen face. Mostly in his eyes and his lips. HUGE! It looked so wrong. I hurried to show Kyle who is good at staying calm in these types of situations where I am SO not. I was ready to run out the door with him to get him to the hospital but Kyle called the nurse. When she asked if there was any swelling and Kyle said yes, she said, "there IS!? Hang up and call 911!" So with that Kyle was out the door with poor Ryder who had started vomiting. He was getting worse fast. They took him into the ER (thankfully only minutes away) and immediately injected him with epinephrine and some other drugs. He came home a few hours later after the medicine had taken effect. So now we are waiting on some tests to figure out what triggered this. In the meantime we are paranoid about feeding him and armed with epiPens. Dairy is our main suspicion. Remember this post? Hopefully we will figure it out soon!

Spiders in the bathtub

Bath crayons are a wonderful thing. I don't know where my two silly girls came up with the idea but they went on a spider drawing kick one morning during bathtime.
My favorite is that each spider has a different facial expression. Here we have the happy go lucky.

Watch out for this one, he looks a little crazy.

Here is a flirty, sly little vixen.

This poor little guy is lost, sad or confused.

This girl looks friendly. I know it is a girl because only girl spiders have eyelashes. That is what Breckyn taught me.

Definitely worried, or maybe confused.

My kids make me laugh. A lot.