Westport Island

Today we went to visit Johan, Susannah and their son Leo in Westport Island. It is only a little over an hour from Gorham and it is a lovely ride. They have a beautiful home, with sweeping views of the ocean and an array of animals to keep anyone entertained. They have 2 Pygmy Goats, 3 dogs and some cats...not sure how many because they were hiding from Skeeter the entire time. Their son Leo just turned six months and he is the cutest and happiest little guy. We had a wonderful day with them and it was great to catch up on what has been going on in their lives!!

Nathan, Leo and Brady

Leo and his sippy!

Susannah, Binky and the boys checking out the pygmy goats.

Johan and Leo

Susannah and Nathan

Johan getting ready to Q

Leo

Welcome, Mason Lewis Arbour 03/03/2008

Congratulations to Ray, Lindsay and Max! They welcomed another son and brother to the world last night, Mason Lewis Arbour! He is too precious for words.

Getting Better

I would like to say that things are 100% back to normal, but they aren't quite yet. After my last post, Nathan and Brady were diagnosed with
Bronchiolitis, which is a common illness of the respiratory tract caused by an infection that affects the tiny airways, called the bronchioles, that lead to the lungs. As these airways become inflamed, they swell and fill with mucus, making breathing difficult. That being said, we have been administering 3x daily nebulizer treatments on them, which last 20 minutes a piece. We have been watching a LOT of Sesame Street, because this is the only way they will sit still long enough! We also had another scare, Brady had an allergic reaction to the Amoxicillin that he had been taking for his ear infection. He broke out in the worst case of hives I have ever seen, poor thing. This weekend they started acting more like themselves and I am hoping that we can make it until Spring healthy! I also found out how they both started getting so sick, a little girl in their daycare class was diagnosed with Pneumonia and got the entire room sick! Aghhh , you have to love it !



In other news I wanted to send out a special congratulations to Julie Nickerson, she got engaged over the weekend to Jerry! Congrats Jules and Jerry, we are very happy for you!

Nathan

Brady

What a two weeks it has been!

I should have seen the writing on the wall. My mother embarked on a two week journey to visit her mother and she will return tomorrow. My parent's, being only 30 minutes away, are usually plan A if Nathan or Brady get sick. I will say Kathy and Ron would be happy to help out too, but it is harder to call them last minute since they are 4 hours away. So last Monday Jon got a call from Sunny Days to come get Nathan, he had a fever and so begins my tale. Poor Nate was diagnosed with double ear infections and at the same time he was and still is cutting 4 teeth. (UGH) ...We ended up having to take three days off from work and during that time Jon got sick. He went to the Doctor's and they said it was viral. This went on for a week for Jon and I am sure the fact that Nathan wasn't sleeping well didn't help in his recovery. Finally a week later Jon went back to the Dr's and was diagnosed with a sinus infection. (That was Saturday) Ron and Kathy came for a visit this past weekend so they could help out on President's Day. That night I got home and Brady felt warm, oh great! We sent him to Sunny Day's and around 2:30 Jon got a call that he had a fever of 104.4. Jon made the trek again and took the kids to the Dr's and now Brady had a double ear infection. Jon took Wed off with the kids and I took off Thursday morning and went into work that night. Well low and behold around 5 pm I started getting the chills and achey at work, oh great! I got home that night and went right to bed with a sore throat and 102.2 fever. The next morning I called in sick to work and proceeded quickly to the Dr's...40 dollars in co-pays later I was diagnosed with Strep Throat. I think this is the first time I have been out of bed in 2 days and I am headed back there right now!

I can only hope that spring is around the corner so we can air the house out and get rid of some germs! Some good news to report, The Cape Boys just beat Freeport and they are headed to the State Finals next week! Go Cape and way to go Jimmy Ray!!

Sledding Fun

Ray and Max joined us today for some sledding! We have realized that our driveway is the perfect hill to sled on, we all had a great time!

Brady and Nathan

NathanBrady

Ray and Max

Jon and Nathan

Me and Brady

Me and Nathan

Jon and Brady

Me and Nathan

Max

Me

Mt. Division Trail

Today we enjoyed the winter weather while walking the Mt. Division Trail. We were joined by Max and Ray (Lindsay was home getting ready for baby #2) It was a quick walk, but much needed. Skeeter had a blast, running free, like the old days!!

The Five of Us ! Ray and Max

Me and my boy's !!

Jon

Jon, Skeeter, and the boy's !

Nathan and Brady, worn out after the walk!

Mom and Brady

Brady and Nathan in the hat.

Brady and Nathan holding hands! Precious!

February

There isn't much new going on with us these day's. We are really busy working and playing with Nate and Brady. The weekends have once again become very precious to us now that I am working. We only have two day's to spend with the boy's and we cherish every moment we have. The weekends are also busy with errands that I used to be able to get done during the week. We have a good system in place and Nathan and Brady love to join us on our outings!! We are enjoying the quiet weekends together as a family and we are looking forward to the warmer weather! I am always happy when January is over, it just gets us a little bit closer to spring!

We had an ice storm last night and I took some pictures of the trees this morning to capture their early morning beauty!

Nathan and Brady are both doing well. Nathan is doing great with his walking and Brady is right there behind him! They are also settling into their daycare routine and enjoying the time with the other kid's, minus Lydia, who keeps biting them! It is amazing to watch them grow and develop every day!

Nathan enjoying his milk and his new Cons !!

Brady taking one BIG step!

Bed head Brady!

Nathan on the run!