A busy week!

Last week was a busy week. The Bikers for Babies coordinator called and wanted to come take the boys picture for the cover of Biking Life Magazine to advertise the St. Louis Bikers for Babies ride. They came out on Tuesday and needless to say Max was not happy and the pictures didn't turn out. Meanwhile Max has had a cough and we had to take him to the doctor to get an antibiotic. (Max now weighs a whopping 13 lbs. 4 oz.!) Thursday came around and Bikers for Babies came out again to try to get a better picture and by then all three boys were running a low grade temperature. The pictures went well and we actually were able to pose on my father-in-law's Harley and the boys were wearing t-shirts that said my grandpa drives a Harley. (These were the first things I bought them the day I found out we were having all boys!) While the motorcycle was out we took the opportunity to get photos of grandpa and grandma Hackmann with the boys as well. Friday finally came and the boys still had temperatures. We brought all the boys to the doctor to make sure they didn't have ear infections. Thankfully they didn't and were diagnosed as having a virus. (Will weighs 10 lbs. 14 oz. and Levi weighs 10 lbs. 9 oz.)

So if our week wasn't crazy enough, we also received bad news about our dog Huck. About a month ago we discovered a growth on his tongue. We brought him to the vet where they took a biopsy of the growth. We were initially told that it was cancerous, but it was inactive and that they would consult with an oncologist as we would still have to follow-up with them to make sure it wouldn't become active. Well we had not heard anything so I decided to call just to make sure we didn't have to do anything. When the vet called back he told me that even though it was not active, it is still bad. We have to check his tongue every week to watch for the growth to come back and when it does we have to decide what to do. We would possibly have to amputate part of his tongue, he might have to get chemo and radiation or receive a series of shots. We aren't very happy with the vet for not calling us and we are confused as to exactly what is going to happen. Dale has put a call into the vet today so that we can try to get more information and find out what we can do. He acts perfectly fine so hopefully we can fight this disease. I will post more updates on him when we get them.

On Saturday my mom, the boys and I took my dad lunch at his work. The boys got to see big tractors which I think they really enjoyed!!! So besides the boys being sick and the bad news about Huck it was a pretty eventful week. Will, Max and Levi were able to get on a Harley and they saw big tractors!


Dale holding Levi and Will, Me holding Max on grandpa Hackmann's Harley Davidson!



Grandpa Hackmann holding Levi and Will and Grandma Hackmann holding Max on Grandpa Hackmann's Harley Davidson!


Grandma Weber holding Will and Grandpa Weber (aka "Papa The Great" as he refers to himself!!) holding Levi and Max in front of the Cat D8R Track-Type Tractor.