We left late Friday night to drive down to Eugene to visit Gina, Alex and family. Drive aside, it was such a fun trip and we feel so good that we made the effort to see best friends. Liam had a blast being around their three kids - Luke, Matthew and Gianna - and we did nothing but relax. Alex's parents have a beautiful 127 acre ranch with room for everyone. We spent two lazy days hanging on the lawn, taking in the view, cruising on the boat, drinking coctails and watching the kids have the time of their lives!

From the last post to this one, we have been through a lot. We thought the worst of it was over when Liam went to the ER on Tuesday, but he ended up getting worse and after a couple more days of our active little boy being a lethargic, quiet and very sick child, we headed to Childrens Hospital Friday night. His temperature continued to climb and for 3 days he ran a fever between 103 and 105 degrees. Finally Sunday we had an answer: bacterial pneumonia. He was put on antibiotics and recovered within a few more days.

The rest of the month has been great! He is healthy and happy...loving daycare and hanging a lot with his buddies (Connor at school, Casper and the King boys).

He is changing every day and has become SO much fun to play with. We had such a blast the other night taking him to mexican food with the Larsens. He and Casper sat across from each other and made each other laugh the entire time. He loves to wrestle with his daddy and play peek-a-boo with mom.

Well, Liam has had a rough couple of weeks of sickness that culminated in a trip to the emergency room last night at 8pm. After throwing up a couple of times at day care, I picked him up and took him home. He was so lethargic it was scary. No matter what I did I couldn't get the little guy to smile...and that just isn't like him at all. His temperature spiked to just under 105 and I called the nurse. I worked hard to get his fever down with a cool bath but when that did not work, she told me to head to the ER. After throwing up on the doctor, he bravely endured the nurse putting an iv into his little arm (it took them 30 minutes to find a vein because he was so dehydrated). Mom, dad, Grandpa Teddy and Grandma Stephanie watched as they pumped fluid and anti-nausea medicine into his limp little body. It was heartbreaking. He was so good though and even endured a chest x-ray where dad had to prop him up on a wooden chair. We took him home around midnight and he is still not feeling his greatest. We are just hoping he will be better by this weekend so he can have the energy to keep up with his cousin Samir.