April 2013

This was a busy month running to and from track meets, doctor appointments and other meetings.  Dad was also gone two weeks out of the month which was hard for everyone.

Keely turned 7 months old this month!

Declan had a bunch of medical issues going on this month that led us to take him to several doctors, even allergy testing (which came back negative).  He had come down with diarrhea that lasted a very long time and was breaking out into hives.

One of the first signs of spring...love me some daffodils!

Mom was finally out of the boot and was going to physical therapy twice a week.  However, there was a pain in the opposite side of the ankle.  It was mentioned to the doctor and he brushed it off.  The physical therapist was not happy with that and asked the DR to come and feel the popping while doing squats.  The DR then ordered mom to have an MRI on the ankle and it was discovered that there is a bone chip in the ankle joint that is causing the pain.  Now it is on to meeting with a specialist in Boise.

Chase and Trey participated on the West Minico track team this year.  It was fun to see them each compete in their events.  Trey ran the 100m, 100m hurdles, and the long jump.  Chase ran the 100m and threw shot-put and discus.  It was a lot of fun to watch each of them.  At the Jerome track meet Chase got 3rd overall for the 8th grade boys in the 100m (12:58 seconds).  For shot put he threw 39'5" which put him 1st for the boys and then for discus he threw 113' 11", beating 109", to get first place.  He was so excited!  Trey did great in his events as well.  He ended up getting third in the hurdles which was awesome because it was 6th and 7th grade boys combined.

Hanging out at the meet

Toward the end of the month the weather was warming up so after picking Zander up from Kindergarten we (Z, M, D, and K) would meet dad at a local park for lunch.  It was fun to see him during the day and the kids loved being able to play.  Keely and Declan both loved swinging.

Zander also lost his first tooth on April 28th.  He was so excited to get his tooth cake--we waited until dad got home from his business trip on May 1st to have the cake

And then of course a few random shots....

I pulled it!

About a month ago Layton told me he had a tooth growing in behind his front tooth. I wasn't quite sure what he meant so I looked. Sure enough he had TWO permanent teeth growing in BEHIND his bottom baby front teeth. We had thought it was strange that he hadn't lost any teeth before now considering that Chase and Trey both lost their first tooth before they went to kindergarten and Layton is half way through first grade. Anyway. . . the baby teeth were holding on for dear life--no wiggle at all. After a month though they loosened up and Layton pulled his first tooth (he worked on it all during church). So as per our tradition I baked him a tooth cake (for the first lost tooth) and then the tooth fairy brought him a dollar (lucky boy...I think I used to get 25 cents...can we say inflation!). I should also mention that he pulled the second tooth at school a couple days later. It was loose enough to pull the night before at home, but he wanted to wait and pull it at school so he could get a treasure chest to put it in.

Now we are just hoping that the permanent teeth move up into the right position. *fingers crossed*