Cornbread's World Fair!

Cornbread's World Fair was this past weekend at the Family Arena so we decided to take the boys on Friday.  They had a huge sand pile which the boys played in forever.  They loved it, especially all the older girls that were also playing in the sand!  They rode the big slide with daddy and they rode the cars three times!  Their friend Carter joined them on one of the car rides and if he were wearing a matching shirt we could have said they were quads, just he was a lot bigger!  Anyway, here are a few pictures from the fair. 

Max just woke up and was so excited to see a sand pit!

Will would get really excited when this bear ride was running so he kept running to go see it. 

Levi means serious business when playing in the sand!

Max

Will

Levi

Will, Max & Levi

Levi, Will and Max on their first of three car rides!

Levi & Carter in front and Max & Will in back.

We got brave and let them ride in their own car!

Max

Levi

Will

A birthday party at Chuck E Cheese!

The boys had their friend Courtney's 3rd birthday party at Chuck E Cheese this past Saturday!  They ate pizza and cake and rode some rides.  I think they had fun, but their expressions were pretty lifeless, especially Will's.  Maybe they thought they weren't supposed to have fun!  Of course it was a crazy mad house and we couldn't put them down except to put them on a ride.  Maybe they were overwhelmed by the crowd also.  Thank goodness we brought Ashley along to help!  Here are some photos.

Max

Levi

Will

Max

Levi

Will (We actually got him to crack a smile!)

Max

Will (This was his typical face the entire time!)

Levi (His grandpa's would be so proud!)

Take me to the River!

Now that the river is somewhat cooperating (for now) we are trying to get in some river time.  Dale's sister Megan and her husband Bill went with us on Sunday to take the boys to the sandbar.  They had a lot of fun.  Levi especially loved digging in the sand.  They even didn't mind their life jackets this time.  We then decided to go to Kinder's for dinner.  And as everyone that has been to Kinder's knows, it takes a while.  We should have known better!  The boys weren't bad, they were just getting very anxious and they thought it would be funny to scream at the top of their lungs.  Luckily all the other patron's didn't mind. 

Will, Levi & Max playing in the sand on Iowa Island.

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Will

Levi

We went on another boat ride last night with both sets of grandparents.  We went to dinner at Sharky's then took a nice cruise up river.  It was a very nice night and the boys behaved very well.  They love going on the boat now and as soon as we pull into the harbor they start saying boat. 

Max and Grandpa Weber

(When Max got to the front of the boat to sit with Papa he thought he was King of the World and kept smiling from ear to ear!)

Will and Grandma Weber

Levi and Grandma Hackmann

Other than our recent outings on the boat, the boys are very busy.  They are curious about everything, they say more and more words every day and they love to imitate anything you do.  I just can't believe how fast they grow up.  And as hard as it seems sometimes with as active and mischievous as they are, they really are so much fun!

Surprise 30th Birthday Party!

Dale gave me a surprise 30th birthday party at Great Skate last Saturday followed by more partying at his parents house.  It was a blast!  I forgot how much fun roller skating is.  They even played 80's music the entire time.  I sure didn't feel 30 while doing it, but by the next day I did!  I was sore and the palms of my hands were bruised from my one fall while trying to do something fancy.  Here are a few pictures from the roller rink!

Come on Ride the Train!
Our friend Eric, Dale and my mom!

My cousin Lisa and I couples skating!

Doing the Limbo!  I didn't win!

Daddy & Mommy go to Jamaica!

Last week Dale and I, along with Dale's sister Lauren and her boyfriend Ryan, took a trip to Negril, Jamaica.  We had so much fun!  This was all of our first time doing an all-inclusive trip and it was so worth it.  Although, by the end of the week I was not sure I could drink anymore, but you feel guilty for not since it's there and included!  The food was also very good.  We probably all gained a few pounds on this trip!  The boys stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Hackmann for a few days, with GGMA Thomure and F.A. Sandy for a few days then with Grandpa and Grandma Weber for a few days.  They were pretty much spoiled while we were gone!  We missed them terribly, but it was nice to get away and mingle with adults!  

Because we had so much fun I think the universe is giving us payback!  The boys have all been sick this week and then on the day that they are at their worst, I pulled my back out.  Anyway, today is a little better so far.  The boys are acting like they are starting to feel better and as long as I stand up straight and do not bend over, my back is okay.  Hopefully with each day we will all keep getting better!  Here are a few pictures from our trip to make everyone jealous!

Dale and I on the Sunset Catamaran Cruise.  They make it sound so romantic, but it's really a booze cruise!  It was so fun, we went twice!

A beautiful sunset from our beach!

Dale and I lounging on a raft!

A view of Bloody Bay from Parasailing!

Our beach from our lounge chairs!

My mom with Will, Dale's mom with Max and Levi.

It was my 30thy birthday while we were in Jamaica and I received a surprise message from the boys!  I cried and really started missing them when I got it!   Although I am saying that since I was out of the country for my birthday it doesn't count!  We'll just go back every year and I can stay 29 forever!!!

Max goes to the ER

Max had his first trip to the ER yesterday morning for an asthma attack.  He woke up around 3 a.m. whining and wheezing, but when I was holding him his heart was racing and pounding very hard.  He has wheezed before, but never had I felt his heart like that.  I called the exchange and a nurse talked me through a rescue treatment with the nebulizer.  He had to take three treatments in an hour and then he fell back asleep and was fine.  By 6 a.m. he was whining, wheezing and had a rapid heart rate again, but in addition he was acting very weird and his stomach was refluxing almost like he was gagging so we decided it was best to bring him to the ER.  When we got there he received another treatment along with steroids and was immediately better.  He was discharged home with instruction to do nebulizer treatments every 4 hours and to take an oral steroid for four more days to reduce the swelling of the airways.  We got home and it was exactly two hours later when it happened again.  I gave him another treatment and by that time the pediatrician called to check on him.  She reassured me what to do and that he would be fine by Sunday.  We have to keep him indoors and Dale has to shower before playing with the boys.  The rest of the day yesterday went fine.  We did treatments every 4 hours.  I even woke up in the middle of the night, but he was doing so well we were able to skip the 4 a.m. treatment and just give it to him when he woke up.  Since Dale and I are going to Jamaica tomorrow, I feel much more relaxed about leaving since he is doing much better already. 

Max had not been diagnosed with asthma, but he gets the symptoms of it when he gets a cold.  Like I said he has had wheezing before where he needed nebulizer treatments, but it was never like this.  I now know what to expect during an asthma attack and will know what to do.    

How Rude!

So there are no pictures with this post, just me venting so you can stop reading if you want. A teller at our bank retired and her last day was Saturday. She had not seen the boys and had been begging us to bring them by for her last day. We were more than happy to oblige. So there we are in the middle of the bank on a Saturday morning talking to the ladies that worked there and some random patron decided to ask me if I used IVF. First off, I was in the middle of a conversation and I can’t believe how rude she was to interrupt. Second off, if she were any louder I think the business next door would have heard. Lastly, and this is the big one, why the heck does she think this is an appropriate question and that it is any of her business. I just bluntly told her no, because I did not have to do IVF, but then she continued to talk to me about fertility and he life story for 20 minutes while we were trying to keep our 3 one-year olds from destroying the bank. This is not the first time this has happened and I am certain it won’t be the last, but my fertility is absolutely no one’s business but my own. I don’t care that our family and friends know we used fertility and I don’t mind talking about it, but not to some strange woman at the bank. Fertility issues are a very private matter. They are very stressful and emotional and under no circumstances do they need to be discussed in an entity such as a bank. Just because a person has multiples does not mean they used fertility, and just because a person has a singleton does not mean they didn’t use fertility. You don’t go asking every person with a child if they used fertility so why do people deem it appropriate to ask someone with multiples. They are all children and they are all blessings, whether fertility methods were used or not!