Swimming@ the pool

Here a just a couple pictures from the pool & Brayden's 1st time swimming...

Brayden's 1st time swimming
Macie & Julia

Fun Days

Watching the Fun Days parade with daddy


Macie & Mommy "picking a duck"

Brayden

I promise I will try & update soon - we have had so much going on...
* Fun days rides & parade
* Brayden's 1st time swimming
* Camping @ Kamp Dels
(horse ride, waterpark, Christmas in July & more)
* Como zoo

Brayden had his 4 month check a couple weeks ago (Monday the 12th) and he is doing great - except he still has a flat spot on the right side. I asked Dr. Benson (our family dr) about it & he said "his hair would cover it". After getting home it still really bothered me. Then after talking to my girlfriend that her son had a helmet & auntie Katie we decided to go in & get a 2nd opinion. We went in on the 19th and saw pediatrics Dr. William (really nice dr). He said Brayden defiantly has Positional Plagiocephaly. At this point in his age he is still young enough they can fix it with a helmet, but it will not fix itself. He gave us a referral & we headed up to Gillette Children's yesterday

Well ... Children's confirmed he does have positional plagiocephaly (a flat head) BUT what we did find out he has it because he also has torticollis... it is where he doesn't really use the mussle in the one side of his neck (usually because of the way he was postioned inside of me)... so what does all that mean??? He doesn't "look" to his left, he rolls to the left, but won't turn to the left....

So yesterday Brayden got measured & had a "head scan" done of his head for a helmet & then we headed downstairs for some physical therapy. At P.T. they showed us 5 or 6 different things we need to do with him every day.

We go back on the 9th of August to get Brayden fitted for his helmet & he should come home with it, followed by a half hour of P.T.

One person told us he could have it on 2-3 months & one said 3-4... so we are not totally sure? We go back the week after the 9th for a check up to make sure his helmet is fitting the way it is suppose to & see how things are going for mom & dad as well. From there we have to go back every 2 week for a helmet check & P.T.

I will keep everyone posted as we go along....

Brayden 4 Month Check-up

Brayden had his 4 month check-up on Monday & it went great! He is growing like a weed is going to be tall like his sister & daddy. He is pretty close to were Macie was @ her 4 month check-up.

Height - Brayden 25.2" (73%) ...... Macie 26" (97 %)
Weight - Brayden 14.6# (46%) ...... Macie 16.6 # (95 %)
Head - Brayden 17" (76 %) ...... Macie 17.25 (99 %)

Last Thursday we took Macie down to Fun Days in North Mankato to ride a few rides after daycare & she enjoyed them (picturres to come).... Then Saturday after a bridal shower for my soon to be cousin Kate we were off to the Fun Days parade! She LOVED getting the candy & putting it in her bucket - Brayden hung out in the shade with dad :)..... (again pictures to come).

Hope everyone is staying cool on thos yucky summer day & I will post again soon.

4th of July @ the cabin

We spent our 4th of July up at my brother & sister-in-laws cabin in Hutchinson. We brought the camper & stayed in there so Brayden wouldn't wake anyone up & kind of give Macie a little extra quite time. We all have a GREAT weekend! Macie LOVED the water - she would come out & her arms & legs would be cold - but she wanted to go right back in again. As you can see in the picture below Brayden was very relaxed & spent a lot of time sleeping. Each night after supper we went on a pontoon ride - with so many other fun things through out the weekend.... tube rides, jet ski rides, fireworks, swimming, the sprinkler, too much fun to remember everything!!!

Running through the sprinkler...



Her cupcake in a cone - Uncle "T" taught her to do this...



Brayden 1st boat ride...



Helping uncle "T" drive...



Her window :)



Our precious baby boy



Tube ride w/mommy














Smiles



Going for a ride


Bug buster



Brayden



Enjoying the pontoon



Tough boys



Jumping off the pontoon with daddy



Watching the "big kids"


Tube ride with dad...


Trayton...


Boat ride again...


Brayden hanging with grandma...




Our family :)


Watching the fireworks with mom


Tucker & Trayton were helping Brayden play with trucks

Parade @ daycare

The daycare center where Macie & Brayden go made shirts & then celebrated the 4th by having a little parade! The parade went up to the park where they had a sack lunch - so we had to go & "watch the parade".... I posted some pictures below.

OuR kIdS






MaCiE





BrAyDeN

Friendship Days & Storm

This past weekend we celebrated Friendship Days in Nicollet! It was a VERY interesting weekend! Friday Grandma & Grandpa Evans came over to pick up the kids for the weekend. We were going to take Macie down to ride a few rides & then they would head for Kato - well things didn't really go as planned?! Things started looking really green so into the basement we went - soon after we lost power & then the winds started to pick up BIG TIME! The 6 of us went & sat in the kids' toy room & waited for everything to pass. We are VERY lucky - we lost a small shed, a bunch of trees & some other stuff was damaged - but it could have been so much worse! In town a lot of people have broken windows, damage to their house & cars - they had baseball sized hail. After it was all clear the kids left with Grandma & Grandpa & Daddy & I took a drive to go check out damage & then went into Grandma & Grandpa's to get the genirator. Saturday was a new day - we got up & went on the "Nicollet's Hope" walk 4 breast cancer - it was great, about 500 people! After that we went to the kiddie parade & then it was off to the demo. My niece Kalley was in it & did great - she got 5th! Headed for home to shower & then into town for all the Miss Nicollet stuff. My girlfriend Katie & I did the "Little Miss Nicollet" this year - it was a lot of fun! We have 17 girls! We were suppose to have the talent part on Friday but with the weather that didn't happen - so everything went on Saturday night. The girls did their dance to Surfin USA & then changed into their dresses for the coranation. As we were winding down with all of that they said the storms were coming right at us again - but lucklie we were missed. So we headed down with some friends for some adult beverages. Sunday was the big parade! Macie & I walked through with daycare - daddy & Brayden just watched with the grandma's & grandpa's :)
We went downtown after the parade & Macie went on some rides with her friend Julia (Julia didn't really like them - that's why she is missing from some pictures). She took a quick nap & was ready for bed again by 7:45. Brayden also did great - he has slept through the night the past TWO nights - Yaaaa!

A HUGE thank you to Grandma & Grandpa Evans for EVERYTHING you did for us this weekend - THANK YOU!!!

Macie & I in the parade with daycare


Macie & her friend Julia










STORM PICTURES -