Jacob ran his first race yesterday. The school district here had a fun run for the kids. Jacob's was 1k. All kids ran the same course around the school but they had each grade stagger their start. Jacob went around in his walker. His behavioral therapist, Maricruz, helped push him along. Along the way they had to stop at different stations to do push-ups, sit-ups, etc. Jacob didn't like the push-ups but Greg and Maricruz helped him get them done. Holly snapped photos of everything.
When Jacob got tired he just lifted his legs and sat on the walker while Maricruz pushed. He worked hard though. He was exhausted by the end.
Brigham ran for a bit also and the said, "Daddy, I'm tired."
Afterwards they had a gymnastics show and Brigham was enthralled.
We had a couple of other adventures this week. Thursday, Holly got a sharp cram in her leg and then almost passed out. We called my dad and he said we needed to be worried about a blood clot. So we called 911. A fire truck, ambulance and one of those red trucks that aren't quite a fire truck or an ambulance showed up. They took a bunch of readings and said that she needed to go to the hospital to get checked out. They were going to have me take her but her heart rate dropped when she stood up. So she got a ride in the ambulance.
Luckily Kiersten had been leaving for work when she saw the rescue squad. She had a feeling they were going to our house (she is either inspired or paranoid) and followed them. Sure enough they stopped at our place. So while there were six big guys running around with a stretcher all of the sudden a short blonde girl in maroon scrubs appeared. She watched the kids while I went over to the hospital with Holly.
It turned out to be nothing major. In fact, I don't think we even know what it was. We have figured out that this seems to happen to Holly every 11 years. It happened once when she was almost 12, again at 23 right after we got married and now. We have marked year 45 on our calendar so that we will be ready.
I found out that I tore my right ACL this week. That means surgery again (not the same knee as last time). This will be worse because I won't be able to drive for 6 weeks since it is my right knee. I would say that life is never boring around here but that is pretty much what life is when you have to keep your leg elevated for 6 weeks.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Steve Jobs Commencement Speach
Here is a link to a page that will let you into the Stanford section of iTunes. On the page is a link that when clicked will launch iTunes on your computer and go to the Stanford seciton. On the right is section of new stuff and one of them is Steve Jobs' commencement speach at Standford. It is really quite excellent. The link only works if you have iTunes. The video is a free download.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Sunday 11/22/06
Brigham has decided that he wants to be baptized. I don't know what they talked about in Nursery today but Brigham woke up from his nap saying that he wanted to be baptized. Tonight he went to bed with all the pictures he could find of baptism from the Gospel art kit. As I put him to bed he said, "I want to be baptized now." I am thinking that he will want to wait a little longer before he becomes accountable for his actions.
Today in Primary they were learning about Lorenzo Snow in sharing time. The counselor held up a picture of Lorenzo Snow and asked Jacob who it was. Jacob, who wasn't looking at the time, casually looked over his shoulder and said "Lorenzo Snow" and then turned back around to what he was doing. Jacob can be pretty handy if you ever need to know a prophet's name.
Tonight when I was putting Brigham to bed I asked him if he wanted to say his prayers. He was sitting in his bed and said "No! Like Mommy". He then proceeded to come and kneel down next to me. "Like Mommy" meant he wanted t kneel to pray like Mommy. It was very sweet.
Holly had her first basketball game yesterday morning. Brigham and Jacob had to drag her out of bed to go. Brigham was yanking on her arms and Jacob was pushing on her back. Holly contributed 3 points to a 44 to 26 point loss. They are going to have practice on Tuesday night. She is going to have to take over basketball duties for the family as I have hurt my other knee. I go to the doctor tomorrow to see what I have done.
Yesterday afternoon we got to see Chris Hales and kids. We met them at Griffith Park where the kids had a blast on the trains and at Shane's Universe (a huge playground designed especially for handicapped children). We didn't get much chance to talk as we all spent most of the time chasing our kids around.
Today in Primary they were learning about Lorenzo Snow in sharing time. The counselor held up a picture of Lorenzo Snow and asked Jacob who it was. Jacob, who wasn't looking at the time, casually looked over his shoulder and said "Lorenzo Snow" and then turned back around to what he was doing. Jacob can be pretty handy if you ever need to know a prophet's name.
Tonight when I was putting Brigham to bed I asked him if he wanted to say his prayers. He was sitting in his bed and said "No! Like Mommy". He then proceeded to come and kneel down next to me. "Like Mommy" meant he wanted t kneel to pray like Mommy. It was very sweet.
Holly had her first basketball game yesterday morning. Brigham and Jacob had to drag her out of bed to go. Brigham was yanking on her arms and Jacob was pushing on her back. Holly contributed 3 points to a 44 to 26 point loss. They are going to have practice on Tuesday night. She is going to have to take over basketball duties for the family as I have hurt my other knee. I go to the doctor tomorrow to see what I have done.
Yesterday afternoon we got to see Chris Hales and kids. We met them at Griffith Park where the kids had a blast on the trains and at Shane's Universe (a huge playground designed especially for handicapped children). We didn't get much chance to talk as we all spent most of the time chasing our kids around.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Brigham's day
Brigham had quite the day today. While I was getting ready for Church he came in with lipstick all over his face. I went out in the hallway and saw that he had torn out all of Holly's makeup and managed to make our carpet look 10 years younger.
While Holly was cleaning all of this up he took off his clothes and his diaper. He then got a plastic cup a proceeded to walk around the kitchen with the cup over his genitals. When he removed the cup we were able to see that he had peed in it. At least it wasn't on the floor. I guess that it was his version of a port-a-potty.
During nursery Brigham had a major diaper blowout. Holly was conducting the Primary music so one of the counselors changed him. There was poop all over his clothes so when Holly finished the counselor handed her a plastic bag with Brigham's shirt and pants inside. So when Holly went to pick him up from Nursery he was in his Sunday shoes, black socks and a diaper and nothing else. So he got to walk all the way around the Church and out the front door that way. The best was that he had shark tattoo on his stomach. You can see a photo of him here.
While Holly was cleaning all of this up he took off his clothes and his diaper. He then got a plastic cup a proceeded to walk around the kitchen with the cup over his genitals. When he removed the cup we were able to see that he had peed in it. At least it wasn't on the floor. I guess that it was his version of a port-a-potty.
During nursery Brigham had a major diaper blowout. Holly was conducting the Primary music so one of the counselors changed him. There was poop all over his clothes so when Holly finished the counselor handed her a plastic bag with Brigham's shirt and pants inside. So when Holly went to pick him up from Nursery he was in his Sunday shoes, black socks and a diaper and nothing else. So he got to walk all the way around the Church and out the front door that way. The best was that he had shark tattoo on his stomach. You can see a photo of him here.
Holly's Birthday
Holly decided that to celebrate her birthday she wanted to go bowling. We didn't think that too many people would be excited about it but boy were we wrong. Everyone had a great time - especially the little boys. Jacob had the time of his life. He had never been but he was thrilled from the moment we arrived. They had a little ramp that he could use to push the ball down. He still constantly asks to go bowling again.
Brigham and Luc were everywhere. They were grabbing balls left and right and chucking them down the lanes. It really was an incredible hit.
Brigham and Luc were everywhere. They were grabbing balls left and right and chucking them down the lanes. It really was an incredible hit.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Jacob's Eye Surgery
Jacob had his strabismus surgery yesterday. It is to help him use his eyes together. Usually, when he looks off to the side his eyes go a little crazy.
The hospital told us to get there at 7am for 9am surgery. We showed up right on time but they had lost Jacob's chart. So they had to fill the entire thing out again. We got bumped so Jacob didn't go in until 11am. They great part is that no one bothered to tell us. We were just left in this room all by ourselves. When no one showed up by 9:30 I went to see what was happening. The nurse said, "Well, not all of his stuff was here so we had to put someone ahead of him." I said, "His stuff isn't here because you lost it." She was not helpful at all. I felt like I was at the DMV.
Poor Jacob hadn't been able to eat anything. He kept yelling for water and couldn't understand why his parents wouldn't give him any.
The surgery itself went well. He took a long time to wake up and devoured 4 popsicles before he got out of the hospital. We didn't leave until about 3:30. As soon as we got in the car he fell asleep again and slept until about 6:30pm.
After that he was wide awake. He didn't seem to be affected at all. His eye looks pretty nasty. All the parts that are supposed to be white are completely red.
The hospital told us to get there at 7am for 9am surgery. We showed up right on time but they had lost Jacob's chart. So they had to fill the entire thing out again. We got bumped so Jacob didn't go in until 11am. They great part is that no one bothered to tell us. We were just left in this room all by ourselves. When no one showed up by 9:30 I went to see what was happening. The nurse said, "Well, not all of his stuff was here so we had to put someone ahead of him." I said, "His stuff isn't here because you lost it." She was not helpful at all. I felt like I was at the DMV.
Poor Jacob hadn't been able to eat anything. He kept yelling for water and couldn't understand why his parents wouldn't give him any.
The surgery itself went well. He took a long time to wake up and devoured 4 popsicles before he got out of the hospital. We didn't leave until about 3:30. As soon as we got in the car he fell asleep again and slept until about 6:30pm.
After that he was wide awake. He didn't seem to be affected at all. His eye looks pretty nasty. All the parts that are supposed to be white are completely red.
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