Happy Belated Birthday

Well the boys have reached the official milestone of ONE Year old. I can hardly believe that it has been an entire year. They have grown and changed so much. They are so fun and precious beyond words. We sure didn't have the birthday that we expected.

On Thursday around noon Collin just started really whining. He didn't want me to put him down at all. We rocked for awhile and it just seemed to get harder and harder for him to breathe. Matt came home around 3 o'clock for lunch and I decided to take him to the doctor. By the time I got there, he was doing a constant little whine noise and he was miserable. They hooked him up to a proximeter, which measures his oxygen level. You should be between 90 - 100 normally and Collin was sitting around 74. Not good. When they listened to his chest it was real wheezy and crackly. So they sent us the the ER. When we got there, they hooked him up to oxygen and took a chest x-ray and did a breathing treatment. It wasn't pnemonia, so they figured it was either an asthma attack or a virus. They decided to admit us. So Collin and I spent the night in the hospital and Matt stayed at home with the other kids. He was so restless all night and he just didn't feel good at all.

Friday morning I called Matt and he said Brock wasn't doing good. He had all the same symptoms. So he dropped the girls and Aiden off at my Mom's and I took Brock to the doctor. When we got there, they said the same thing with Collin. Brock's oxygen wasn't quite as low. He was in the low 80's. So off to the ER with Brock. They did the same procedure and then admitted us. The good thing was that they moved us to a big room so both boys could be in there toghether. At this point we figured out that they got the same virus. So Matt and I stayed the night at the hospital with both boys on Friday and the other three stayed at my mom's.

I bet you can't believe what happened Saturday morning, besides being the boy's birthday. You guessed it. Aiden was doing the same thing. By this time we were smart enough to go straight to the ER. So at one point Saturday all three were in the hospital. That sure wasn't where I wanted to spend their birthday, but what do you do. At least they didn't know it was their birthday and it made no difference to them. Saturday afternoon they released Collin. He was doing a lot better. So I took him to my mom's with the girls. Matt's parents came Saturday night so they took Collin and the girls home and Matt and I camped once again at the hospital.

By Sunday morning Brock was doing way better and Aiden was never quite as bad as the other two. So by Sunday afternoon, they released both Aiden and Brock. I was so glad to be home. Three nights in the hospital was way to much. So now we are home and the boys are doing a lot better. They still wheeze a little and are have really stuffy noses. We have to do breathing treatments with them every 6 hours and that is time consuming, but at least we aren't in the hospital.

So tonight we are finally celebrating the boys birthday. I think I am more excited than they will be. It should be fun.

Here are some pictures then and now of the boys. I can't believe the little miracles that they are. I am looking forward to this year and all the fun things that they are going to start doing. Happy Birthday Aiden, Brock and Collin!!!!

Matt, Collin, Brock and Aiden in the hospital room.

Aiden then............

Aiden now............
Brock then...........

Brock now...........


Collin then.....

Collin now..........