Friday, April 23, 2010

Busy, busy...



Liam recovered quite quickly from his asthma attack, but came down with another infection right after. The doctor thought it might have been a hospital-acquired infection, but it wasn't, and he eventually recovered. Poor kid. He's a happy child these days - he has learned how to stand in the middle of the room, then looks around for applause. He has also discovered making noise on the kitchen floor with cups. He's very proud of that. He has been talking a lot more lately, repeating words we say. Evan loves trying to teach him new words.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!

We went to Belleville for the second half of the weekend, and had a nice Easter Sunday with (almost) all of the VanBredas. Unfortunately Liam got quite sick throughout the day and ended up at the hospital with an asthma attack/pneumonia/broncheolitis. We're hoping that he'll be discharged this evening so we can head back to Orono. He alternates between being very happy and energetic (thanks to the medication) and very tired and fussy.


On Sunday the kids dyed eggs with Grandma and they looked great. They did an Easter egg hunt and we had a nice dinner, followed by a visit to Grandpa's. It was great to see the whole family (although Eric & I spent most of our time with our sick little one).

Happy Birthday, Darren!

Darren celebrated his 3rd birthday this weekend. All week long he has been looking forward to this, and has been singing "Happy Birthday, Dear Darren!" His brothers have been looking forward to this as much as he has.

Oma and Opa came to visit for a few days, which the boys loved.







Oma and Opa brought this lovely cake (although Darren will tell you that Opa made it).

We spent some time at the park and had a picnic birthday supper. The weather was great!
Oma built a very tall tower (Darren is afraid to get any closer).
Darren enjoyed his presents,which included a John Deere Monster truck set, a Dora Leap Pad, and a few other things.

We headed off to Belleville for Sunday and Monday to visit with the VanBredas. Hopefully I'll post some pictures later.