August came and went so fast this year. It started off pretty good with a family trip to see the Chukars play. My dad got everyone tickets to a Monday night game. Thanks Dad it was a lot of fun. However after the game that night it seemed like things just started to fall apart.
Carter and Macie were not scared of Charlie this year.
The game was really fun but it started off a little wet. After it stopped raining this amazing rainbow came across the sky. It was one of the best rainbows I had ever seen. The kids thought it was cool too.
Landon In The Hospital!
August 3, 2011 Landon was not feeling very well. I took him in to see Dr. Smith our Pediatrician. Landon had stopped eating and was very weak and lethargic. He also had lost his voice and was very horse sounding. This was all just the beginning. When we went to the doctors office. Dr. Smith wanted to run some tests because he seemed so sick. One of the tests that he wanted to run was a spinal tap. I was not very excited about all of this but he was so sick we had to do something. After they did the spinal tap they sent us over to the hospital to have Landon started on an IV. He was a little dehydrated from not eating. They wanted to keep him for what I thought was just going to be overnight while he got some fluids and started to feel better. However, he didn't get feeling better. Instead he seemed to get worse each day. The spinal tap came back clear which was really good. But then his oxygen kept going down. So that second day of being in the hospital they started him on some oxygen to help him breath easier. They ran every test you can possibly think of and then they ran them again and again. Then they did a chest x-ray and it came back that he had pneumonia. They also did a Barium Swallow to check his reflux and it showed that he had bad reflux. At that point the end result was that he had pneumonia cause by him silently aspirating from his reflux. I felt good that they had figured all that out, until he kept getting worse. We had been in the hospital for a week at this point. They kept running more and more tests and finally because of his weakness they brought in a neurologist. The neurologist ran a EEG on him that came out fine. Then they had an Occupational Therapist come in to help with the eating. Landon had lost the strength in his jaw muscles and his throat to eat very well. Corwin, the Occupational Therapist, came every time Landon ate and worked with him so that we could get him eating better. Then they ran some more tests and the end result was not as certain as the first one but they came to the conclusion that he had gotten a post infectious disease that attacked his nervous system. After that they brought in Lisa who is Landon's Physical Therapist. She worked with him every day while we were in the hospital. After a week and a half we thought we were on our way to feeling better and that he would be okay to go home. We were home less than 24 hours and he was back in the ER. He was really weak again and wouldn't eat. They readmitted him to the hospital and we were there for another week. Finally, after that week he was showing really good signs of improvement so they sent us home again. This time we were able to stay home. We continued with physical therapy once a week and we went to the doctor for checkups once a week to make sure that he was improving. Poor little guy, he sure went through a lot during those weeks. Dave and I were really glad when things worked out okay. 
Such a sad little picture with the oxygen. Kind of makes me tear up when I see it.
He wasn't really old enough to be smiling on his own but he was smiling a little in his sleep.
Because of the pneumonia the only time he could sleep very well was on his tummy.
He was hooked up to so much stuff I hated it.
This is when they ran the EEG.
After a busy day of not feeling good and a bunch of tests he was exhausted.
I just thought this was a sweet picture.
This was the day we went home for the first time. Everyone thought he looked really good.
He was even able to sleep on his back a little that day.
And this is after we were readmitted to the hospital.
This was after we got home the second time from the hospital. He slept a lot. It was hard to tell if it was because he was still little or because of what his body had just gone through.
He slept on the couch for a week until we got the wedge in the mail. Because of the reflux he had to be elevated and because of the weakness in his muscles he couldn't sleep on his back or he would have a hard time breathing. So he slept on his side and up. I don't think I slept at all! It is amazing how someone can be in your life for only a few weeks and you can love them so unconditionally.
One morning we woke up to find Macie just like this. She had gotten up in the night and put her dance clothes over her pajamas and then fell back to sleep on the couch. She was getting so excited to start dance that I think it was all she could think about.
Happy 29th Birthday Daddy!!!
For Dave's birthday this year we went to Warm River and went fishing for the day. It was so much fun. We didn't catch a lot of fish but we were excited when the one fish we did catch was by Carter on his pole.
He is getting so big.
The kids loved the fish. They thought it was so cool.
Good fisherman/fisher woman!
We were able to have the stroller take this family picture. It turned out great.
After we got done fishing we went to Big Juds for lunch. Dave ate the whole cheeseburger and fries and got his picture taken. They even let the kids be in the picture.
The next day was Dave real birthday. We had a BBQ and then opened gifts.
The kids helped me make Dave's cake then they decorated it.
Ever since school started we have had nap time. Carter and the other kids seem so much happier if they have a rest in the middle of the day. This day they all wanted to sleep out in the family room. They each had their own little spot.
Our 7th Anniversary was this year. Dave came home with these beautiful flowers. For our date we went to a matinee movie and then to Stockman's for dinner. It was so much fun to get out and be together. We got a babysitter for the kids except Landon who went to my mom and dad's house. He had been so sick I just couldn't bring myself to leave him with anyone else.
Best friends and look-a-likes!!!
Carter's First Day of School!
He was so excited he could hardly eat fast enough. I had to keep telling him that even if he got done fast we still couldn't go to school until it started.
Carter may really bug Macie sometimes but when it comes down to it she sure does love her big brother.
One Handsome Boy!
This was his desk with his own name on it. He went right in and sat down and unloaded his bag. He was so excited.
Carter's Classroom.
This was when Landon started to smile on his own. He was just starting to really feel better.
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