Dr. Seuss Shower

My dear friend is expecting her first little baby boy in September...so my mom and I decided to throw her a shower! Since she LOVES everything Dr. Seuss, what better theme then just that! We had so much fun with all of the little details!!! We even learned some great new "tricks" that I am ready to use at other showers.
We decided to use old Dr. Seuss books as the theme for each type of food. As you can see we did some fun play on words. We even made the guests wear a boa and Dr. Seuss hat for a fun photo! My amazingly talented scrapbooker friend Lea took over the creativity part! She took fun photos of the guests and then will use an old book to make a memory book! So much fun!

God Bless America!

We had a wonderful 4th of July. Our neighborhood had a potluck. We live up on a hill and we are able to see fireworks from all around! It's a great view and nice to be close to home too! So... We brought desserts, salads, and enjoyed meeting the neighbors. My mom and dad came down to enjoy the show with us too! Andrew LOVED the fireworks! I was surprised, but he loved them! It was an especially hot day, so he enjoyed swimming before the big show! It was a wonderful day!

Boise, Idaho

There are many things that I love about summer, but one of my favorites is the chance to make the annual June roadtrip with my mom and Andrew to Boise, Idaho to celebrate my niece's birthday! This year was just as wonderful! When we are in Idaho there are several things we have to do! 1) Chik-fil-A (No doubt this is the best food ever!) 2) Cracker Barrel (Can you say yum! I love their grilled catfish! Andrew loves their mac and cheese) 3) Hobby Lobby (By far the best craft store ever!) We had an amazing time and the cousins absolutely adore one another! San Diego is going to be SO much fun!!!

What A Year!

This by far has been one of the craziest years, but we are so blessed with an adorable, funny, energetic little boy. We celebrated Andrew's 2nd birthday on Saturday, June 4th. We were so lucky, because cousins Reganne and Zoe were able to join us for his party. Of course his two best buddies: Trenton and Gabe were there too! What a great time was had. Since Andrew is addicted to three things right now; Trains, Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse, we had a Train Party! So much fun!

Snow!

We had a beautiful snowfall recently! :-) Andrew was bundled all up and seemed to really enjoy walking through the snow!

ONE CRAZY WEEK!

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the Swires’ Family. For those of you interested, here is the “Reader’s Digest” version…
Thurs: 1/6 Andrew is wheezy and coughing so off to doctor for breathing treatment.
Fri: 1/7 Andrew is wheezy and grunts so another breathing treatment at doctors.
Sun: 1/9 Andrew is wheezy and coughing to the point of throwing up and not responding to his inhaler so off to doctor for breathing treatment and a dose of steroids...
Mon: 1/10 Andrew isn't doing well so check in with doctor for breathing treatment (he didn't get better) and dose of steroid. The doctor decided Andrew needed to be taken to the hospital right away.Tears were shed by mommy on the drive to the hospital. After checking in we had to get a chest x-ray, and then get him to his room on the pediatric floor for blood tests and an oral swab. It was determined that he had RSV. The good news was that he was getting enough oxygen, just working way too hard! So they started the regimen of breathing treatments every 2 hours. Kori and Tim dropped by to visit and then Fawnia came to watch the Ducks game with me, because I really wanted Greg to be able to watch the game on a big screen with his good friend Tom! Our minister also dropped in to say a prayer with us. Greg and I spent the night in the hospital.




Tues: 1/11 The nurse was so happy that Andrew didn’t need oxygen all night, but the doctor didn’t have such good news. He was concerned that Andrew wasn’t making enough progress, so we needed to up his breathing treatment medication to Epinephrine and give him more steroids. He also wasn’t taking in enough fluids (and hadn’t since Thurs) so an IV was needed. This was the hardest thing, because as they held him down and got the IV into his hand, his vein collapsed. So they had to use his other hand. He had also developed a fever. Thankfully, by Tuesday evening he was showing significant improvement! Breathing treatments only as needed! Kori visited and Rex visited and then Mojdeh spent the whole day with Kaye and stayed that evening too! It was such a blessing!
Wed: 1/12 The doctor was happy that Andrew had no need for breathing treatments Tuesday night and he was doing much better, actually playing with cars! He continued to improve and we were discharged from the hospital Wednesday afternoon!
God is good and we are so grateful for all of the wonderful thoughts and prayers! Andrew is doing well and enjoying being himself and having WAY TOO MUCH ENERGY!

As you can tell he was excited to be heading home...
(I didn't bring a camera, but took a pics few from my phone)

December 2010 Wrap-Up

We had a wonderful and busy December. Andrew enjoyed "caroling around the carousel" (OK, honestly he is not a fan of carousels). We had a wonderful time with Kaye's parents and Aunt Lea at the "Holiday Magic at the Mill", and then celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Tigard with Kaye's parents. We then traveled down on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with Greg's mom! It was wonderful to see all of our family (the only people missing were Kaye's sister, bro-in-law, and the nieces!)