Camp Dels

July 16th, 17th & 18th we traded my brother Troy & sister-in-law Cindy.... they took Brayden for the weekend and we took Macie & my nephews Colton & Trayton to Kamp Dels campground over in Waterville. It was "Christmas in July" so that was fun. They have "diving for reindeer droppings" Saturday morning that the boys did... they had a "snowball fight" (AKA water balloon fight) Saturday afternoon & then Saturday at dusk they had a decorating contest - we got 3rd! We rode our bikes around & took some pictures of some of the campsite & their Christmas in July. We also went to the nice parks, swimming in the pool, played at the water park, went on a tractor ride around the campground, a pony ride & watched a juggler. It was a lot of fun!

Riding the pony

Hanging out in the camper
Ready to "Dive for droppings"
Trayton's droppings
Colton's droppings
The Water park

Getting gifts from "the Elf's"
Tractor ride

Our Christmas tree :)

Macie & Mickey Mouse
These people mean business... In the 3rd pictures there is a "Santa" that the kids could go up & sit on his lap & get a candy cane!


The petting zoo

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.

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