Quick Post

I know it's been a bit since I posted an update. I have pictures from Oliver's birthday party that I wanted to share... But, I have to find my camera. And as soon as I do, I'll get a few things posted.

Happy Birthday Oliver!

I seriously cannot believe that my baby is 2! And what a great birthday he had! I had a whole day of fun planned, so we had to wake up early to take Spencer to work so we could have the car for the day. We woke Oliver up (singing Happy Birthday, of course) and buckled him into his car seat. He wasn't very happy to be awake let alone in the cold car, but I came prepared. I gave him a present! We bought him a new Blue's Clue's DVD to play in the car (yes, we have a DVD player in the car to save our sanity, otherwise, it would be constant screaming every time we got it). I really think he was more excited to open it than to watch it though.We got home, had breakfast and lounged around for a few hours. Deanna and her boys and Jessica came over at lunch time with chicken nuggets and fries for lunch - Oliver's favorite! Then, we got into the car and headed to Thanksgiving Point to the Museum of Ancient Life. It is such an awesome museum! Mostly dinosaur fossil and such. Oliver loved it from the second we walked in the door, saying "dinos!"

He was really excited until I said that one was going to get him. Oops! He got over it as soon as we moved away though...

Then, I gave Oliver the camera. Most of the photos turned out like this.

There were a couple of good ones in there though.

After the museum, we went to the Ice Cream Shop at TP. I asked Oliver if he wanted some ice cream (what's a birthday without ice cream?) and he said, "No, cake."

Luckily, there was a bakery and deli right next to the ice cream shop. We got the biggest piece of chocolate cake they had!

He definitely enjoyed that cake. He ate almost half of that giant piece!

He fell asleep in the car on the way home and stayed napping for over an hour when we got home. That's saying a lot. He never naps, so he must have been worn out - I know I was! Oliver's birthday party is going to be on Saturday and Grandma and Papa's house. I'll post pictures sometime after that. It's going to be another fun day!

Halloween Baby

Well, I had my first doctor appointment yesterday. It looks like I was wrong, haha. I'm about 8 weeks pregnant, so the baby will be here toward the end of October. I think they said my due date was the 21st. I don't remember, I already have "pregnancy brain". All is well and we got to see the little baby "bean" on the ultrasound. Oliver thought it was pretty cool. He's definitely beginning to understand that mama has a baby in her belly. He's a smart little boy, that's for sure!

I'll keep you updated!

Guess Where We Went Again...

That's right! The zoo! I see our summer full of going to the zoo! It was a little different this time though - we got to see the elephants! Or, as Oliver says, "the ediots". Haha.

Oliver kept saying, "Mama! Baby! Mama! Baby!" as he pointed at the elephants.

It started to snow as we were leaving, Olie kept licking the snow flakes off his coat.

Once again, we tried going on the carousal because Olie threw a fit when I told him we weren't going to. And once again, he hated it. At least he's not scared of it and wants to keep trying it, right?

Bad Week

I wish I could say last week was uneventful, but it was far from...

Earlier this month, Oliver was having breathing problems and we had to take him to the Emergency Room at Primary Children's Medical Center. They have him a breathing treatment and sent us home because he was doing very well. His tests for RSV and other respiratory viruses all came back negative, but since he was doing so well, we weren't concerned.

Then, on Monday last week, it started again. Oliver was breathing very quickly and very hard. We knew something was wrong, so we took him to the InstaCare in Murray to get him another breathing treatment. When we got there, his oxygen saturation levels were low. They gave him a breathing treatment, but his levels still fell. It was at about 82% by this point. Not good. An ambulance was called and it seems like it took hours for it to get there, but it finally did and we were on our way to PCMC, with Spencer following in our car behind us. Olie slept the whole time, which I'm told isn't necessarily a good thing, but at least he didn't fight having the oxygen on him.

They immediately assessed him when we arrived and decided Oliver needed oxygen and another breathing treatment. He didn't fight the hour long treatment because he was very sleepy. His oxygen levels went back up to over 90% after that, but it was still low enough to admit him to stay overnight. They again tested him for RSV and other respiratory viruses, they all came back negative. He received breathing treatments throughout the night, but he didn't have to be on oxygen, which was a very good sign. By morning, his oxygen levels were up to the mid-90s. He was getting back to him normal self and wanting to play and run around. By lunch time, the levels were in the high-90s, the normal range. They told us we'd be going home that day.

Oliver was diagnosed with asthma. Not the best diagnosis, but at least we know what's going on now. They gave us an anti-inflammatory inhaler to give him every day to prevent another "attack" from happening. We are also going to set up an appointment with an asthma specialist and an allergist to see what is triggering the attacks. He's doing very well now and is back to his normal self. I never, ever want to see my baby that sick again though. It was so awful. Oliver is the little kid that never gets sick other than just a cold, so this was really hard for all of us. I'm SO glad he's okay!

On a side note.... Oliver will be 2 in ten days! Where does the time go?!