a Trip to University Hospital

On November 28th Tavan burned his hand on the stove top. Ricky and I had just finished browning hamburger for dinner and turned the oven off while Tavan pushed his chair over to get up and get a banana off the counter. He leaned down right on the burner and screamed. As soon as a turned and saw poor mans little hand I knew there was not going to be eating any dinner right away. We rushed Tavan up to the emergency room and they were able to dress it for us. Tavan was not a fan of anyone touching his hand and screamed the whole time but he was a trooper when the doctor came in and she talked to him enough that he let her look at it after she promised she wouldn't touch it. From the ER we were instructed to follow up in two days and to try to stay on top of the pain. This is Tavan's hand the next morning during a dressing change.

We followed up with Tavan's pediatrician( Dr. Kwak...he is awesome. I feel like he is in our blog quite a bit lately). Dr. Kwak took one look at Tavan's hand and sent us to University hospital's Burn clinic. The very next day we were seen and this is what his hand looked like there before they trimmed it. The whole thing was one giant blister and was super nasty looking.

We had to go back the next week where they really trimmed and "cleaned" his hand up. They were really impressed with how well his hand had healed and that they were only worried about one area of his burn but that at the moment no skin grafts were needed (mom and dad made a huge sigh of relief) After they attacked

All dressed up!

This picture was a week and a half after burning his hand

and one month later!

Today we still are not completely out of the water with his hand. There is one spot on his hand where the burn went deeper than anywhere else and is scarring. They are watching the scar to see if it "bubbles up" any more and if it does then he will need to be fitted with a special brace that he will have to wear for quite awhile but as of now, there has been no change. I am so glad that he is ok and that things are looking up for him. He is such a tough little guy still asks if he can go back to the "flower" doctor sometime.(during Christmas they had poinsettias everywhere so thats what he associated the doctor with)

Tavan Turns 3!

For Tavan's third birthday we did a Mickey theme. It was super fun but caused a lot of stress. My house is just not big enough for everyone to come to and all the things I wanted to do for his party, just didnt work out but we still had fun. I can't believe my little baby is three! where did the time go? Tavan loved having everyone around. Birthday boy in the morning!

funny story...the bakery screwed up Tavans cake. Even after me filling out the card and spelling everything out clearly...they still wrote "Taban" on his cake....i had to fix it but he never noticed!

JoD, Ricky and Devin played hungry hungry hippos while Tavan and the other cousins went upstairs to destroy Tavan's room

Family photo

I wish i had taken more pictures of the party but there was just too much going on....lesson learned! Happy Birthday Tavan! Mommy, Daddy and Dimitri love you!

September , October and some of November

I feel like it has been forever since I have updated and because there is so much to update on, I have put off doing so. So Im going to play quick catch up with the next few posts! I feel like our life is starting to slow finally since September. In September we had a golf tournament in Price, UT, installed a new kitchen floor and my grandfather passed away. We were able to make the drive to Twin for the service and I loved that we got to be together as a whole family during a hard time. My brother Brandon was able to make it

as well as my sister Haley

After the services we went to see Shoshone falls to let Tavan run and play before beginning our journey home.

The night before we left, Dimitri got super sick. He was unable to keep anything down. It defiantly made for a long drive home. Luckily it was just some virus bug that was going around in young ones and a day later he was able to keep his bottles down. In October we went to Lagoon with the family and the day that we were supposed to come home, we got a flat tire and were stuck for an extra day (it was Sunday and all tire places were closed or didnt have our size of tire) On Halloween we flew to Dallas to spend time with dad. Tavan (and his parents) love going to see Papa Jim and going on adventures with him. They always go out of their way to make sure we have a fun time and we are thankful that we are able to make trips. While in Texas we also were able to hook up with some friends that just recently moved down there. Turns out they live just around the corner from my dad so it was good to see them for a little bit. Tavan was a dragon and Dimitri was a Spider. Both kids wore their costumes in the airport and everyone loved it

Tavan in Texas

Happy boy!

Dimitri loved it as well! Thanks dad for an amazing time.

After we got home from Texas it was on to Tavan's third Birthday!

Catch up

Remember when i said i was going to post about my trips? Well i meant to, i just never found the time. This summer has been crazy busy.Tavan was involved in wee-ball (tee-ball for 2 years old)as well as swim lessons which kept us pretty busy for a month or so. Ricky also played Softball and we enjoyed going and watching him play every week.Im so glad that we were involved in a lot of things this summer. In July we took a trip to Yellowstone. Our trip was so much fun. I surprised Rick when he got home from work and told him i had the weekend planned. After we played in Yellowstone we decided we wanted to spend some time with my grandparents in Twin. Ricky hadn't seen them in awhile and wanted to visit. The boys did awesome the whole trip. I love my little travelers so much. In August we took a trip back to Oregon. Ricky had to work so I loaded up the boys and away we went. My mom and I traveled down together so i was not by myself but not having Ricky with me on such a long trip was hard! We went to my grandmas house to do some yard work and then spend a few days on the Oregon coast. I love it there so much and miss it a little more everyday. We got to take a Jet boat ride up one of the rivers and Tavan loved it. I got pretty beat up on it but it was still fun. By the time we got home the boys, mainly Dimitri, were done in the car. A 16 1/2 hour drive is LONG! Ricky was so happy to have us home and hear Tavan tell him all about it.

The next weekend we decided to go camping. We both love going camping and hadn't had the opportunity to go. We packed up for our trip and headed to the Grand Mesa. I really like it up there and think that it is as close to Oregon as i'm going to get here in Colorado.We planned on doing some hiking up there and found the "Lost Lake" trail online that sounded like we could do it with the Kiddos. Tavan did amazing on the hike. He walked almost all of it but the last little bit. After our hike we had lunch and played at the trail head. My hiking companions

Lost Lake

Dimitri Enjoying his Lunch!

after the weekend adventure we took Dimitri to his 4 month checkup. Dr. Kwak is impressed with him. He weighs 14 1/2 lbs which puts him in the 30th percentile for weight and his head was in the 98th percentile with his height in the 67%. Overall...he is awesome and i think we are going to keep him =) Tavan adores his little brother so much. Im so excited to watch these two grow together.

Happy Birthday Jason!

This week was Jasons birthday and it felt strange not to have him around to celebrate it. So Tavan and I made some cupcakes and took a couple photos for him to see. Tavan's smiling face!

Dimitri

Dimitri

This picture is from our trip to Yellowstone that we took awhile back but i still havent blogged about, but i promise one of these days i will catch up!