Summa Summa Summatime!

Well since we live in AZ we are officially pretending it is summer. It was such a nice Sunday afternoon we couldn't resist the pool. We were invited over to Adam and Cortney's home for Grandma Becky's birthday lunch. We had some yummy Chipotle for lunch, played on the trampoline and then swam! We love to swim at Adam and Cortney's clubhouse pool:) So here are some photos to kick off our warm weather!

Cohen looking excited to visit his Aunt, Uncle and cousins

Fuzz ballz on the "bounce-o-line" as Cohen has named it

Ava looking cute as ever

Grandma Becky trying too keep up on a bike ride

Cohen huggin a bush...??

Rock climbing

PS: Sorry about the glass candle holder Uncle Adam and Aunt Cortney:(

Zoo or Bust

I had to work Saturday. Noah was watching Cohen and grandma and grandpa Field came over and wanted to go to the zoo. So they all went to the Wildlife World Zoo. Cohen hasn't been feeling very good lately as far as being "regular" with his toileting habits. As soon as they got there Cohen wanted daddy to hold him because his tummy hurt. I got off work the same time they got in to the park so I was headed over there (way over in the west valley and I was in Scottsdale). About half way there Noah called worried about Cohen. I could hear him crying in the background. It's a cry I've heard before. The NO POOP cry. I told him to give him some time and he would poop and that I would be there soon. A couple minutes later I got another call from Noah saying they were leaving. They spent $80 for 30 min and I spent 45 min driving. When he got home the poop came and he was fine. Here are two photos from the very short trip.

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A couple days ago when Noah and I were working late printing tshirts, we received a call from Carol who was watching Cohen. She was hysterical and had called to tell us that Cohen had stuck his head in her stair railing and was now stuck. She had already called the fire department. Cohen cried, and so did grandma Carol. Right before the fire department arrived, grandma and grandpa Kenyon pulled up, and of course Papa Jack thought he could get Cohen right out. Thank goodness the fire department showed up shortly after and pried the bars apart while tilting Cohen just right so as to slide him gently out. Cohen ran right to Papa Jack. The very nice firemen took Cohen outside to see the fire truck and even let him wear a fire helmet. Cohen survived and mom and dad showed up a little bit later to meet everyone for dinner at Galaghers. Of course their are no pictures or video of the incident but the memory will always live on....

Sick

Our little Coco bug has NEVER in his 2 years and 5 months been sick. No sneezes or runny nose. No nausea or vomiting. Until now. One night while Noah and I were up late I heard a bit of a "bark" coming from Cohen's room. Noah had his earphones in like he always does when he is working on his computer. So I snuck into his room to check it out. I leaned in for a closer listen and then it happened again. "Bark, bark" "Oh crap" I thought. I was sure it was the croup. I hurried out of the room (Cohen still sleeping at this point) and told Noah who didn't believe me and went to listen for himself. I also snuck in to take his temp with my new temporal thermometer. It was 101. So I made a midnight run down to the drugstore to get a humidifier and a smorgasbord of meds. I came home and set everything up just in time for Cohen to wake up and realize he felt like you know what. I held him in my arms while he screamed. He was so hot and sweaty from his fever and so congested he couldn't breathe. I felt completely and totally powerless so I did the only thing I could do. Cry. We got some tylenol in him and turned on the humidifier to high, sat with him in our arms, and had a pretty restless nights sleeping sitting up. The next day Noah took him to the doctor who confirmed it was probably a flu bug. But we didn't expect strep. So the Dr sent Noah on his way with some antibiotics and a little watery eyed, runny nosed child. Daddy held him all day long while mommy was worried sick at work. I was able to snap a few iPhone shots of the 3-5 days he was sick.

So stuffy it was coming out his eyes

This is pretty much the only position we were in for days

Of course with a little loving and rest he reverted back to the same ol Cohen

We love the old Cohen. We hope sick Cohen never comes back to visit-at least not for a long time.

3 years

Three years ago I was married to my soul mate. Ever since then life has never been the same. There is always a new adventure in our lives to keep us on our toes and make sure life is never boring. First it came Cohen, then literally right after came nursing school. The Phlop Shop is always staying busy when life gets busy but I'm not complaining, and the great news of me getting my first RN job with a schedule that would make anyone exhausted. We have been through our fair share of medical issues, first with my diagnosis of MS and all the lovely stuff that goes with that, then Coco getting his hernia surgery, and now believe it or not Noah is having some issues with "numb arms" (diagnosis to be continued...)  We somehow make it work. I don't know what I would do without my little family! We hope to expand sometime soon however life is interesting enough for now. Noah used his skills to make us a 3 year anniversary video. Check it out:
3 years