Tubes

Yesterday Trey got tubes put in his ears. Our doctor recommended them last March to treat his "chronic" ear infections. But said we could wait and see if he did better as the weather warmed up. He got another one in April and again last week, so we decided to go ahead with it. They had to put him under completely so we had to take him to the hospital. After we checked in he ran around for more then an hour playing with everything and pushing the nurse call button several times. Poor thing had no idea what was coming.

Here he is getting into stuff while we waited for his turn.
The surgery was very quick! They took him away and brought him back in less then 20 minutes to recover. He was pretty drowsy and very ornery at first, but in about 15 minutes he was back to his normal self and ready to go home. Hopefully this will due the trick

This was taken after he can back. He didn't cry nearly as much as the other kids in the recovery area. He's a real trooper.

Preggers

The other day my brother Dave said to me "Whoa, you got big!" I let him know that was an inappropriate thing to say to any woman, pregnant or not. He tried to justify himself by pointing out it had be a while since he had seen me (6 whole days to be exact). I've actually been getting a lot of that kind of thing lately at work, church and from other family members. Other common comments are "You have how much longer!?!" and "You just popped right out didn't you..." and my favorite "Are you sure it's not twins" (that was from an uncle who will remain nameless). So I decided to post a photo so no one else will be surprised when they see how BIG I've gotten when you see me in person. In case anyone wants to keep track, I still have 65 days, that's two whole months, before my due date. So plenty of time to get even bigger, yeah!

Viking Man!

This weekend we drove up to Burley Idaho for so Nate could run in the Viking man Triathlon. It was his first half iron-man and he has been training very hard the last few months to get ready for it. I was a little worried he wouldn't make it. He had been very sick the whole week before with a fever, cough and sore throat. Trey also saw fit to keep us both up most of the night before the race. The morning of the race there were some pretty intense head winds for the all of the swim and most of the bike. Entering the water there was a 33 degree wind chill. Ouch!

Even around noon while Trey and I were waiting for Nate at the transition it was very windy and pretty cold. Trey didn't like it. But he did get to give his dad a hug before he headed out for the last leg of the race.

In the end Nate swam 1.2 miles, biked 56 miles, and ran 13 miles. Wow!!!

First Campout

Kind of. Nate was planning to camp out in the back yard with Trey on Friday but ended up having to work. I was feeling adventurous, so I decided to try it on my own. Thing started out pretty good. I got the tent set up a lot quicker then I thought I would on my own. This pic is only half way.
I think I would have gotten done even quicker if Trey didn't keep running away with the tent poles. I chased after him, but I think he thought it was a game.

Still with the poles...
Ta da!
No afternoon with Trey would be complete without a few tears. This is him after I finally got the pole for the rain cover away from him.

I gave him a cheese stick to cheer him up. He fed almost all of it to the dogs, but it did cheer him up! :) I think the dogs liked it too.
Here's the set up. Trey in the play pen and me in the sleeping bag next to him. I even brought out a chair and a flash light so I could read for a while after i put trey down.


Here he is relaxing in my chair before bed. The plan was to get him dressed for bed, read some books, put him in the play pen, and say good night. Same routine as usual, just in a tent. While we were getting dress Trey started to show me how quickly and easily he can get in and out and in and out of his play pen. That was my first clue that it might not work out.



Two hours later I was getting very sleepy, but Trey was showing no signs of slowing down. Camping is just way more exciting then I realized. We abandoned the tent and both had a very good night sleep in our own beds, indoors. Maybe Nate will have better luck next week.

Ta Da

I didn't have anything fun to say about this week so I am posting a video of Trey being cute from a couple weeks ago. Sometimes I forget to turn my camera the right way when I switch from still shots to video, so you may need to cock your head. I was trying to get him ready for bed, when he decided he wanted to wear my socks instead. He must of thought he looked pretty stylish.

Check back next week for more updates though. I am heading out to Boston tonight for a few days. Work is sending me to a Design conference out there and I am really excited. And by a happy coincidence, my Dad will also be in Boston part of the time I am there. Hopefully we will be able to meet up for dinner or something.

Nate and Trey decided to make the most of their time together and have flown out to Seattle to visit some family and friends. Should be really fun! We will post more pics and stories next week when we are all home again.

Fire Fighter Parade

Spanish Fork Fire Department is celebrating it's 100th anniversary this month. Today they had a parade with fire trucks and engines and ambulances from all over the state. Nate got to drive the engine from Provo (see above photo). Trey and I went down to watch. To start the parade Life Flight flew their helicopter over the parade route a couple times very low and slow. Trey love helicopters! We live very close to a hospital so we get to see them often, and he LOVED that part of the parade. Next came all the fire vehicles with their horns and sirens going full blast. Trey was terrified! I had to hold him and cover his ears the whole time and if I moved even a little to readjust he would tighten his grip like his life depended on it. Towards the end I think started to like it because he started to wave to the people on the trucks and engines, but he never let go of me.Before the parade started when only the helicopter had gone by and we were still having fun.

Here's Trey holding on to me while the parade went by. It was very loud, I would have been scared at his age.

The had several really old vintage trucks in the parade too. These are some of the cooler ones.

The plan was to have 100 vehicles for a 100 years, I'm not sure if they made it, but they probably came really close.

After the parade we went to the park where the it ended. We said hi to Dad, had some cake and got to see all the engines up close. Good times!

Drawing

Lately Trey has started to hold his crayons and pens with just his finger and thumb, instead of holding it in his fist. I don't know if this is a milestone or anything, but I thought it was cute to see such a little guy holding the pen like a grown up.