Looking like a little boy!

It's amazing how a hat can change the way Connor looks, it makes him look like such a little boy!

My Mother's Day, Day Out!

What a Mother's Day, I slept in later than I have in years!! Got breakfast delivered to me by the girls and didn't have to do any cleaning! Later we made our way out the door with a picnic lunch. We went up Catherine Creek, ate, walked around some and then went down to the park and let the kids run loose! It was relaxing and a great way to spend Mother's Day!

Feeling Yucky

Every child gets a cold, but over the last month Connor has been dealing with colds and ear infections non-stop. This time his cough sounded different from any cough I have ever heard and I could hear wheezing sounds when he was breathing! The weird thing, no fever. So the big question, do I take him in or wait it out? On Wednesday I decided to take him in...


And then I was told he had pneumonia! The doctor heard crackling and wheezing in his left lung! The big debate was whether Connor was going to be admitted to the hospital, after some minor convincing the doctor let me take him home, but not before he gave an injection of a heavy antibiotic, a prescription for nebulizer treatments and an order for a chest x-ray!


It took two of us to hold my poor little man down on the x-ray table and within 30 minutes the doctor called and said the x-rays showed no definite signs of pneumonia! WHEW! However, I was still to give nebulizer treatments every 4 hours and we were to go back to the doctor the next day!


Day 2 of chaos... we are BACK at the doctor's and low and behold his lungs are clear! No wheezing or crackling! We were both blown away, how could it be? Apparently the congestion forced fluid to build up in his lung, which then mimiced the sounds of pneumonia, which explained the clear x-ray! I still have to give him treatments every 6 hours through the weekend and he handles okay for the most part, we even got a cute mask from the hospital! Thanks for everyone who shared in my worries, but like everything else we'll get through this in no time!
My little trooper!

Lantz Gets Married!

Lantz was only 12 years old when I met Eric and yesterday we were there as he got married! It was hard to imagine anything but the teenager who would come after school to babysit McKenna and who was and still is a great uncle, he loves our kids! We wish him and Amanda all the best in their new life together and I thank them both for wanting me to take portraits at the lake, I hope you like them! Be safe in Iraq Lantz, we'll miss you!!! And congratulations!

Spring has FINALLY arrived!

Surprisingly enough I took these portraits on the hill at the hospital where I work! Too beautiful to pass up, why didn't I think of it earlier!

Easter at Great Grandma Rynearson's

After baskets were done in the morning we headed up to Enterprise to spend day. The kids had lots of fun looking for more eggs, over and over! They got baskets from Great Grandma and lots of energy burned off running around outside. Connor wasn't too sure of the grass and tended to stay in one place. But by the end of the day Connor was exhausted, didn't even make it into the truck before he conked out!

Morgan is very careful not to step on Grandma's flowers!

Easter Sunday

Easter morning are spent at home with the kids and their baskets, the Easter Bunn always hides plastic eggs in the house and yard for the girls to discover. Next year Connor will get what this egg thing is all about and will probably give his sisters a run for the money!

Happy Easter!

Connor was more interested in what was in the girls' baskets than his own and now that he is mobile, it's harder to keep him out of things!

Morgan on an egg hunt after the Easter Bunny's visit, I think she overlooked a few!

We lucked out with a beautiful morning, Morgan decided eggs were more important than shoes!

Even Connor found one, with some help from Dad!