Hoppy Easter!

We spent a quiet Easter at home with the boys. Lukie is at the age where he gets so excited about everything. He loved finding Easter eggs we had so much fun watching him. I love Easter it is my favorite holiday.

Fun at Hogle Zoo

During spring break we took the boys to the zoo.  It was a nice day to pack a picnic and watch the animals.

The highlight of the zoo was the baby elephant.  The kids watched her splash in the water and roll around in the mud.

Baby "Zuri" 2 yrs old

Picnic time

We asked what animal Lukie wanted to see, he said the giraffe.

My little monkey's!

We love Spring!

Spring is my favorite time of year:)  It has still been a little chilly and very wet but here are some things we have done this spring:

Lukie ready for soccer:)  He even has on "arm guards"

Isaac's side walk art

Kaleb drawing Monsters

There are goats by the kids soccer fields.  Lukie loooooves to fed the goats during the soccer games.

Jayden helping Lukie feed the goats.

Hospitalized for a "normal" kid thing

Earlier this month (April 5) Lukie got really sick.  He vomited all night long, had huge amounts out of his ostomy, and had a low grade fever. He was very dehydrated and felt yucky.  He was admitted to the hospital where they tried to keep up on IV fluids, and we discovered he had rotavirus.  Luckily he has been immunized against rotavirus as a baby, or things could have been a lot worse for our little guy.  We were in th hospital for 2 days, came home for a day, and then back for a day.  I guess the one good thing about having a central line is we can administer IV fluids and take blood work at home.  But things can still be a little tricky.  He was hooked up to IV fluids 24 hours a day for one week...........it is not easy chasing an almost 3 year old all day long!!!!!!  But we survived:)

Lukie has some great nurses at UVRMC that love to spoil Lukie.  I have to admit he really did love all of the attention:)

The hardest part of this stay was that Lukie had to stay in isolation.  He is use to roaming the halls whenever he wants.  He learned to unplug the iv pull and drag it where ever he wanted.  he would go stand by the window and wave to his friends at the nurses station until someone would come say hi.  He refused to plug in the pull or lay in the bed.

April Fools!

For April Fools this year I kept things simple.  I made fake eggs........ Marshmallows with apricot yokes.