"Horsie"

The kids love to play "horsie"... This is when they climb on poor Brandon's back and have him give them a ride all around the room. They just love it and it is so much fun to watch them have fun with their Daddy.

"Give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world!" -Bette Midler

Okay, so Audra is totally obsessed with shoes! It doesn't matter who's shoes they are, she has to wear them and try them on, and if she had her way she would wear shoes 24/7. A week ago I took her to target because she had outgrown her sandals and her church shoes and we ended up coming home with three pairs of shoes. She was upset because I wouldn't let her try on every pair in the store!

So Glamorous!

Audra loves to play dress up. She was so cute with her sunglasses, purse, and her blanket (she takes it with her everywhere). Because she was getting to show off in front of the camera Ian had to too!

A Trip to the Zoo

We took the kids to the Zoo and we got to watch the show at the Asian Highlands. The kids loved watching the Leopard do tricks even though it made Ian a little nervous to be so close!

Lagoon

The kids had a lot of fun at Lagoon. At first they didn't want to go on anything, but we rode the train a couple of times and after that we couldn't keep them off of the rides. Ian even rode The Bat. He was barely tall enough and at first I didn't think he was even going to like it, but he asked to ride it again!

4th of July '08

We went to the Murray Parade, which is our family tradition. The kids had a lot of fun, and Audra loved all of the floats because she could see the "pretty princesses". Later that day we got together for a BBQ and swimming.

Barbie Bingo...

The day after Audra's birthday (last Saturday) she became very sick. At first I thought she just had too much sugar and excitement from the night before. She couldn't eat anything all day and she vomited a couple times an hour. Then the next day she was vomiting and spiked a fever. I took her to Instacare thinking maybe she had an ear infection. She was extremely dehydrated so they started her on IV fluids and then had an ambulance transport us to Primary Children's Hospital. They kept her on an IV until Wednesday morning and while they ran tests, and it turned out she had Rotavirus which they vaccinate for now, but she just missed the cut off for it because it is a fairly new vaccination (they vaccinate at 2, 4, and 6 months of age she was about 9 months old when they started the vaccination). It actually is very common and most kids it is just like the stomach flu, but some severe cases can cause severe dehydration. It is extremely contagious and they had to keep her on "contact" which limited who came into the room (and she couldn't leave her room) and any personnel who came in the room had to wear masks, gloves, and surgical gowns. We couldn't leave the hospital until she would eat and drink without it coming back up. Finally Wednesday she started to eat and drink, but before we left the hospital they played Bingo. They handed out bingo cards to a bunch of the rooms and had us tune in to a channel to watch as "Barbie" (someone dressed as Barbie) read off the bingo cards. It was a lot of fun and afterwards they came to each room and gave the kids a toy. Audra got Ballerina Barbie (her first Barbie ever) and she is so excited to have a Barbie like her Mom.