Ayden Playing Tee-Ball

Ayden has had a great time this summer playing Tee-Ball. He loves running the bases and batting. Learning how to catch the ball is a goal for the summer, we will see if he makes it.

Ben at the Water Park

So Ben had a great time at the water park and wasn't afraid of any of the parts and often was a little frustrated by our slowness. So we allowed him to venture on his own for a little while. He seemed to like this, but always came back to play. His favorite part of the water park was the obstacle course! Here are his pictures...

Ayden at the Water Park

Here are the pictures of Ayden at the water park. He was very apprehensive of the obstacle course at first, but then with some help he became much braver and then tried on his own. He also enjoyed the Vortex. This was a place that was a circular part of the pool where the jets were pushing the water in a whirlpool way. He loved this part of the pool and fighting with Al in it.

Cousins at the Zoo

Here are a few pictures of the three cousins having fun at the MN Zoo. It is so fun to have Haley and Matt near by so we can just go off and do things together!

Ayden's Broken Arm Part 1

Ayden's Big Day...

Here are our pictures of the beginning of our day. At first Ayden was not okay, we knew something big was wrong because he was crying so much, which is weird for him. Once he said that he couldn't feel his arm and we looked we could see right away that something was wrong. So off we went to the ER. Of corse we thought we should be seen right away, it is our son, but the nurses have their own plan. We were concerned because he was so tired and only wanted to go to sleep, but that wore off while we were waiting. So after waiting about 2 and a half hours we were seen for x-rays. Once they came on the screen we could see the broken radius and ulna. He broke them about an inch away from his wrist. After the doctors saw that they knew they had to put him under and push the bones back together. So the rest of this part are the pictures of him getting ready for that procedure. We were in a fully stocked ER room because there was a slight chance of breathing problems while under this med. But all was well and he did great! All the nurses and doctors thought he was doing really well once they saw how his arm was broken.

Ayden's Broken Arm Part 2

Here is the results of Ayden's Day...

As you can see we were trying our hardest to keep Ayden still, he was really bored! The next pictures are of his arm before they put the bones back together. They obviously had to put him under for this part and politely asked us to leave the room because when the doctor put the bones back together we were going to hear a crack and for some reason some parents don't react well to this. Truth be told I was a little disappointed,

I wanted to watch. So after the 10 minutes it took for the doctors to work he was all put back together. Here he has on his temporary cast, he gets his permanent one on Thursday. This is to allow the arm to swell while it heals. Then there he is in the car with his new bear on the way to Walgreens for his drugs :) So here is Ayden's story in pictures.

Ayden's 5th Birthday

Here are a few pictures of Ayden's 5th Birthday. At his party it rained a lot and since we were swimming at the lake and playing in the sprinklers I didn't get any pictures, but did get some video. So once I learn how to download said video I will try and post it, but here are some pictures of him opening his presents. He received many Toy Story 3 lego sets that the boys love! He also received an Iron Man 2 Toy, a baseball bat, and a bucket of baseballs.