Summer Fun

We have been very busy this summer...having tonz of fun!

Camping in the backyard...

Pinatas...

Playing in the Sand and Water at Bear Lake...

Family Reunions...

Riding the 4 wheelers...

Going to Parades...

Playing in the sprinklers...

Putting the swimming pool together...

and of course, Swimming in the pool!

Good thing summer isn't over yet...we still have so much left to do!

Benjaminisms

Benjamin is so funny sometimes. I wanted to write down some of the funny things he has said lately so enjoy!

1- While talking to his cousin PoJo: "Hey PoJo, or should I call you Root beer Head."

2- My mom and I were talking in the car and Benjamin and I had the following conversation:

Benjamin: "Mom, are you frustrated?"

Me: "no, why?"

B: "I want you to be."

M: "Do you know what happens to mommies when they are frustrated?"

B: "no"

M: "They yell, scream, and cry a lot"

B: "oh, nevermind then"

3- Getting ready to run a race: "I'll be a rotten egg after you!"

4- While going to the bathroom: "It's okay to say bum in the bathroom but not in the living room. I can talk about the bathroom pee in here too but in the living room I can only talk about the letter p."

5- "Mom, it's only okay to call things 'stupid and dumb' not people."

We're having a...!

So this past week has been very interesting but I went to the doctor today and had the ultrasound. We are having a GIRL! 100% positive, the doctor and the ultrasound tech said so. We will also be dealing with a kidney infection, kidney stones, and gall stones. I actually found this all out after going to the ER in Pocatello. We were at Taun's family reunion at my family's cabin and I was in alot of pain so I made Taun take me to the ER at 3:30 in the morning. I spent 2 days in the hospital and then went back for 1 day to the reunion. Hopefully we can just make it through the next 4 1/2 months before anything else happens. I will have to have surgery for the gall stones after the baby is born. We are just praying that everything else goes well and we get our baby girl here healthy and well.

Alexander is 2!

Alexander had a birthday, shout hooray! My baby is 2! (I guess that is okay since I will be having another baby in 5 months.) We had a party on Saturday with my family and then another party on Sunday with Taun's family. He got some really great presents and we all had a really great time at both parties. Thanks to everyone for the toys, clothes, sleeping bag, and swimming pool. Since his bithday he has slept in his BIG BOY BED everynight and today he wanted me to put underwear over his diaper. I think he will grow up before I know it.

here are some pictures from the party with Taun's family.

The grandkids kept grandpa very busy on the swingset. We kept hearing, "Grandpa, come push us!, Okay, now it's our turn!" Grandpa was pushing all the kids on the swing and they loved it!

Alexander eating his birthday cupcake.

Here are the pictures from the party with my family.

We celebrated the 3 June birthdays in my family. Taylor - 17 (my sister's oldest), Alex - 2, and Emma - 2 (my brother's 5th).

Taylor with Alex. All the kids love Taylor and he is so good to play with them.

Alex got some really cool trucks.

Another cool truck.

Now comes the fun part...the eating of the cake! He did pretty good at first...

He got a little messy...

Whoa! Give the kid a bath!

Seizure update:

He has not had any seizures since coming home from Primary Children's in May. He is still on medication and the rage comes and goes. It is so hard to know what to do when he rages because he cannot control it but I don't want to have him think that it is okay. We are so grateful that we were able to figure some things out but wish we could know the reasons he has seizures.

FISHING

Grandpa Davis took the kids fishing and we all had a blast. We only caught 2 fish but the fishermen were the 2 kids who really needed to catch a fish. Pam cast Cougar's line and within seconds he was reeling in a nice size fish. Then just as we were getting packed up to go, Pam cast another line and within seconds a fish was on the line so she handed it to Benjamin. He was so excited until it moved and then he wanted nothing to do with it.

Grandma Davis helping Alex fish.
Benjamin fishing.

Alex kissing the fish that Cougar caught.

The 2 Great Fishermen. Benjamin and Cougar with Mark.

Pictures of Alex

Taun just emailed these pictures to me. They are the only pictures we have from Alex's hospital stay. All we had with us was Taun's cell phone. His head is wrapped to help the EEG leads attached to his head for the 24 hours. He was heavily sedated in one or more of the pictures and I wondered if he would ever be normal again. He is doing much better now and he is adjusting very well to being on medication. The Keppra-rage is mostly gone and we are so relieved to have our happy little Alex back. Thanks to all of you for your phone calls, prayers and support. We love you all and hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

We're Home!

Don't have much time but I still wanted to update and Taun is not home to check for grammar so bear with me. We came home on Tuesday and Alex is making huge progress every day. When we came home he could still not walk or talk. He was still so drugged and wiped out. I am staying home the rest of this week to be with him and watch his improvement. As of today, he is walking and signing some things. I will know that he is 100% normal when he starts getting into mischief (ex: drinking from the toilet, smaking his brother, etc...)

He is on an anti-seizure medication called Keppra. They say that sometimes people who are on Keppra can get Keppra-rage. We have seen it and we don't like it. Hopefully his body will adjust to the medication and the rage will go away. He will be on Keppra for a year and then they usually taiper them off of the medication and see how they do. They also gave us Diastat to give him incase of a breakthru seizure. Without insurance, 2 doses cost $700. Thank goodness once again for insurance. I pray we never have to use it but I am glad we have it on hand incase it does happen.

Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers on Alex's behalf. I am so grateful for the Priesthood and all of it's many blessings.

I will post more of the details later.