Follow up

This afternoon we went to the doctor for a follow up from Ryan's emergency room visit. The thing is, he is still sick. Very sick. He continues to run a fever, is not sleeping or eating. Grandma came to the doctor with me-thank God. They had to look at his ears, listen to his lungs and draw blood. Everything came back negative. His lungs are clear, he does not have an ear infection anymore, he does not have a cold and his white blood count is good. He has had a allergy test and nothing is showing up. The thing is that we cannot get rid of his fever and now he also has a diaper rash from the antibiotics. I just feel so bad for him. The doctor sent us up the street to do another chest x-ray. We are waiting for the results. Rex met us there, which was nice I hate taking him to get tests done. Mom and I were in the waiting room and we could hear Ryan crying through the walls. We are all home and he is in better spirits, now that Rex is home. I am just totally frustrated. Yesterday he seemed to be feeling better, but now he is just sick again. You are never too sick for a tea party with Papa. Hopefully my next post will not be about a sick kiddo!!!

Tea Party with Mommy

Yes I know that Ryan is a boy, but I think that it is important that he does other things besides playing with gender specific toys. Ryan has a baby doll and now a new tea set. So today we had a tea party. It was pretty cute. He was drinking out of the cup. He thought I was funny because I talked with an English accent. I was surprised how long I was able to hold his attention with the tea set. He kept putting toys inside the teapot and opening the lid. Ry is starting to feel better, he is still running a slight fever but he is definitely getting back to normal. I am just thankful that he is feeling better, it is so hard when your child is sick and you can do nothing to make them better. He is smiling more and actually playing. Love the socks??? The only time that Ryan's sock match is if Rexer gets him dressed. It is a Buchanan thing!!!!!

Well the plan was to be off to Montana, but since I am writing a blog you all know that did not happen. Quick recap. For what seems like forever our little guy has been sick. Translation about 6 weeks-we think. Last night I hit my breaking point. Ryan sat on the couch all day with fever. It ran between 101-103. He was supper snugly and cried most of the day. He woke up that morning at 2:30 am. We could not break the fever so at about 2 am this morning we drove to the emergency room. After a couple of hours, testing and everyone coming in the room to see us we finally got to go home with some peace of mind. Ry has some kind of infection/fluid around his lungs. It is not quite pneumonia, but it is close. He also has an ear infection. They gave us some antibiotics, a shot and sent us home. I was so thankful for the staff at the hospital, they were amazing. Thank God for good nurses that are nice and who care. Most of them know Rex, which helped out. We all crashed out in our bed and got some sleep finally. Rex and Ryan slept until 12. I called home and I knew our little boy was better when I heard he was eating waffles with his Papa. One of both of their favorite meals. By the time I got home from the store we were all ready to get outside, so that we did. Rexer worked in the yard and Ry and I played. He had lovely green snot coming out of his nose, but he was active and happy. It feels so nice to have an end insight to the never ending sickness that has been looming over the Orcutt household.

Fun Pictures from our

Here are some fun pictures form the past weekend. It was filled with yard work, Easter egg hunts, BBQ, birthdays and sunshine. Lots and lots of sunshine. I will let the pictures tell the story....

RRRRRRRRR!!!!

Ryan has a play knife that came with some fake food that he has for his kitchen set. He loves to chew on the knife. We will be taking it away, but first we had to get a picture of it. How cute!!!

Like father, like son

Tonight I made meatloaf for dinner. Keep in mind I hate meatloaf, it is one of Rexers favorite meals so I make it every once in a while. So tonight we gave Ryan a little. He loved it. He chowed down on it. He is totally a meat and potatoes guy like his Daddy. I am totally in for it. Looks like I will have to make meatloaf more often if my two favorite guys like it so much.

Today was a pretty lazy day. Ry is still not feeling all that well. He had his one year check up. He is 22lbs 10 oz and 32 innches long. Tall and skinny, a true Orcutt. Not only is Ry like his Daddy because he likes meatloaf it looks like he might also have a few allergies. Today at his appointment they had to take blood to do some allergy testing. Hopefully it will give us some answers in to why he has been so sick and why he does not sleep through the night. I would love some answers. Having a sick child is hard on everyone. Enjoy the picture of the snotty nose.

Happy Birthday Ryan!!!!!

This time one year ago Rex and I were just getting use to the fact that we were parents. Ryan was born at 2:36 pm. I remember the instant connection. As soon as he was thrown on my chest I was smitten in love with him. Today we woke up and went to breakfast was a family. Both Rex and I have had our moments where we do the whole I cannot believe that he is one thing. Then it is usually followed with tears and a favorite memory for the past year. Our little boy is walking, starting to talk more. He says momma, daddy, go and up. He also makes this great noise when my sister or the cousins are around. He loves to clap, wave good-bye and give high fives. Of course he does none of these things when I want him to, but he still does them. I woke up this morning and just laughed, my house is cluttered with toys and filled with Ryan and Rex's laughter. God is good, Ryan continues to challenge me and to Bless me. He is so amazing. Before I had Ryan I had a dream about a little boy. I could see him from a distance. That little boy who was in my dreams was Ryan. We are blessed!

Guess who

Guess who took his first steps today, yes Ryan did. I was playing with him in the hallway upstairs and he was chasing me. I was holding his hand and I let go. I continued to run, as I was running I expected to hear him fall down and crawl after me. Instead I just heard laughter. I looked back and he was walking. Yes walking all by himself. He made it about half way down the hallway. I think he was really proud of himself. It was tooo cute. I predicted that before his birthday he would walk without any help. Well we are on our way. His actual birthday is on Tuesday.

Snow, Really!!!!

I forgot to mention that it was snowing all day yesterday. We woke up to about 3 inches this morning. I just took these pictures of Ry and his snotty nose. Although his nose is running he is really happy. I am thankful for that.

Ryan's first birthday

Yesterday was Ryan's birthday party, I was so excited to wake him up and get ready to have a wonderful day. Well he woke me up bright and early and he had a wonderful surprise for me, a runny nose. I did not think it was that bad, but I was wrong. By the time the party rolled around it was like a faucet. He was so fussy, he would cry every time I sat him down. He would for the most part only let me hold him. He definitely has the word mama down. He is getting better at daddy as well. It seems like those are the only things he said yesterday. Well in between his crying fits. I think the hard thing was for me that he did not feel good and we had about 30 people at our home to see him. My baby who is usually happy and loves to play was crying, throwing fits and had snot all over him and me. Auntie Audrey brought some relief, once Ry had some medicine in him he felt a little better. He was still not himself. He did eat a little cake. Most of the frosting ended up all over me. That was pretty cute. Towards the end of the day he started to perk up more. I think that Big Mike even got several smiles and a couple laughs out of him. The Gonzales family bought him his first wagon-it is so cute. It has a little door, he kept getting in and out. He will be walking very soon, he got several toys to help encourage to walk more. It does not seem real that Ry is one, I still remember driving home from the hospital with him. I was sitting in the back seat with Ry and Rex was talking to Uncle Ryan. Rex said several times to Uncle Ryan that it is just amazing to be a parent and Ry is amazing. I really believe if I had to put the last year into one word it would be amazing.

Leavenworth

This past weekend we packed up the dog, dropped him of at Grandmas and Grandpas house and Rex, Ryan and I headed off to Leavenworth. Rex had a conference in Leavenworth so Ryan and I decided to tag along. I am so glad we did, the weekend was filled with friends, beer and sunshine. Well Rex had some classes in between all that. The best part of the weekend was that we got to see some good friends from Central. To say that this group of guys are amazing is an understatement. We see all of them often, but it is so fun to be with them all. They love Ryan so much which as a mother is such a big complement. The rat pack was not complete, Matt was not able to make it. We sure did miss him. Also not all of the spouses or soon to be wives were able to make it, I definitely missed all of them. I was able to see Kristen and Tori. Two of the wives that I have become really close with. Kristen was in Ellensburg with us. We got to catch up over coffee and walk around town. It was beautiful. Tori and I got to see each other for a short bit. Our wonderful husbands set up a massage for each of us at the spa. It was sooooo relaxing. Rex went out with the guys on Friday night and Ryan and I went with on Saturday night. Firefighters took over Leavenworth. On Sunday Rex got out of class early and we were able to walk around town as a family. This was Rexers first time in Leavenworth, so we walked around town a bit. He already knew where all the bars were from the nights before. Here are some pictures of the weekend.

Rain, rain go away!!

I love to watch or listen to my boys play together. Rex and Ryan do so may fun-slightly dangerous things together. Ryan adores his Papa. His eyes light up extra big when Rex enters the room. It is raining so we are all playing in the play room together. Rex and Ry are getting really creative, they are playing house, cars and climbing windows. Yes that is Ryan standing in the window by himself. It started to rain really hard so Rex and Ry were watching the rain. Ry was standing so we got a picture. This is one of the slightly dangerous things that they have done together. Okay, really dangerous. I love it, because it is so fun to watch how different Ryan will play with each of us. 15 days until Ry's birthday!!

On this day!

On this day 7 years ago, my amazing boyfriend took me a way for a surprise weekend to my favorite spot. By the time we came home we were engaged!!!! I was reminded of that special day when I woke up to snow this morning. On March 15 seven years ago it also snowed. He wrote in on the beach in drift wood, will you merry me. No I did not spell that wrong, that is how he wrote it. He was in a hurry, because he wanted to surprise me. I said yes and did not even notice that he spelled it wrong. Well, lets be honest I probably would not have noticed it anyway. I love you completely honey, you are an amazing Papa, husband and man. On that day you said not only are you excited for me to be your wife, but you were also excited for me to be the mother of your children. Well I am finally both of those things. I love you be safe.

Sick, Sick kiddo

Yesterday woke up with a nice surprise, Ryan had a 101 temperature. We gave him Tylenol because we thought it was his teeth. He started drooling last week so we thought for sure that he was just cutting more teeth. He laid down for a nap. He was really hot, but we knew he needed a nap so we let him sleep. While he was sleeping Rexer put a new faucet in our master bathroom. It was so cute he was totally in his boxers and a fire tee shirt installing a faucet, so Rex. Just about the time Rexer fished Ry woke up. I went to pick him up and I could not believe how hot he was. It was insane. We took his temperature and it said 103.3. We thought that can not be right that is way to high. We went and grabbed all 4 thermometers that we own and they all agreed with the first one or went higher. The last temperature we got was 103.7 and still climbing. Basically we scoped Ry up and drove the the doctors office. Our baby was definitely not feeling well. We went to the doctors, when they took his temperature it was 104. Ry cried for about 2 hours. Basically the doctors wanted to run every test to rule things out. They start with the least invasive and then go from there. He had a flu test, strep test, blood taken and last they had to take urine. Yes they had to take it. Our little guy was poke so many times. He cried, he cried a cry I had never heard from him. That is when I cried. I was singing to him when he was getting the catheter put in to get a urine sample. I noticed that my tears were falling on his face and mixing with his. It is so true when you are a parent that you physically feel your child's pain. It was the worst to see him in so much pain. Rex and I could do nothing to make it better. As soon as she took the catheter out I picked up our baby who a couple of days ago was looking like such a big boy. In that moment he was so little and hopeless. He had his little shirt on and a naked bum as I was holding him. Rex and I continued to take turns holding Ryan and rocking him to sleep while waiting for the test results. Finally the doctor came back in and they had discovered really nothing from all the tests. She could tell us he did not have the flu, or strep throat. Basically he has a nasty virus, that will just have to run its course. Thank God, we both sighed. We finally got home, I started a roast for dinner and Ryan and his Papa were laying on the couch. The next thing I realized they both were passed out. I soon joined them. As for last night our little guy slept between us. It was a long night no one really slept, well I think the dog did. Rex is at work and Ryan and I have spent the morning playing. He is still running a temperature, but he is happy and active. I have even gotten a few smiles out of him. I am just thankful that he is slowly getting back to feeling better.

Drink Ryan drink

Today we ended our very stressful day well stressful week with a bath. In true Ryan fashion he did not disappoint. He sure put on a show. Ryan has discovered that he can drink the water-gross we know but it was so cute that we could not stop him. He does not really drink it, rather he chocks on it. Of course we got it on video also, but here are some play by play pictures for all of you to enjoy. I am praying for a good night sleep for all of us. God is good!!! Hey if you are counting like I am 19 days until his birthday.

Yesterday we received a car seat that I ordered about a week ago, I finally got around to opening it this morning. Ryan was in love with the box. I took the car seat out and was reading the owner's manual, I looked over at Ryan and he was inside the box. He loved it. So I put the box up right and put him in it. He stood there a while and than he got really excited and continued to play in it for about 45 minutes. I seriously think I am going to keep the box around so he can play in it more. I remember being a little girl and Julie, Bri and I made a city our of boxes on the sports court in the back yard. We played in it for about a week. We even slept in our little city. Just a side note if you are counting Ryan will be 1 in 20 days, yes the count down is on!!!

Time flys by!!

I am at work right now looking at our blog and can not believe how much Ryan has grown in the last YEAR, yes I said year. People always say time will fly when you have children. I now know what they mean.
I see a picture of our little man and can not believe the love that I have for him. I never thought I could love someone as much as I love him. He is my little man and I live to just hang out with him and watch him figure out how a toy works. I am pretty excited for his birthday party. It is not going to be anything big but it is his first birthday and just to watch him is going to be very exciting. He is going to be one year old. That is crazy. It feels like just yesterday we were excited because we were going to be having a new edition to our family.
I just want to say that I love all of you. My wife, son, dad, mom, sister, dad, mom, sister, brother, brother-in-law, nieces, grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Also for those friends that are practically family. You all are always there for me when I need you. You all mean the world to me and I would not be who I am to day without you. Again I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I scream u scream we all scream for ice cream!

Yesterday afternoon we went up to the Gonzales homestead for dinner. We all decided to go out. We all totally piled into the van and drove to Sivlerdale. It is about 20 minute drive. The kiddos thought it was pretty cool because Julie and I sat in the back with them. I was in the far back with Ryan and Elisha and Julie was in the middle seat with Johanna. Ryan sat in one of Johanna's old car seat. Check out the flowers!!!! The rule with car seats is that the child can be front facing when they are 1 and or above 20 pounds. Well Ryan is 22 pounds and almost a year so we let him sit in in forward facing. It was tooooo cute. He thought he was so cool. After dinner we went out for ice cream. Ryan got to try some of Elisha's ice cream. He really liked it. He got just a tinny bit, but he sure did make a mess.