Gage arrives!

We are so excited that our boys now have a cousin on the Bucher side! Yesterday, 5 days late, Gage Stephen Bucher was born at the Meridian St.Luke's. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and was 21 in. long. Underneath his little hat he had lots of black hair like his mommy but my first impression was that he looks a lot like his daddy. He is such a cutie pie and we are so excited that he's here!

Growing boys!

I haven't posted for a while, life just seems to be slipping through my fingers! Mason is already 5 months old and is laughing, smiling all the time, and loves to stand as much as possible on our laps! He isn't rolling over yet but at just over 19 lbs, our doctor said he'll probably roll a little later than smaller babies. He's just fat and happy:-)

At 2 1/2 Cole is such a big boy! He asks "why?" to EVERYTHING!!! Sometimes I feel like I'll go crazy if I hear that word one more time but I'm so glad that he's curious about life and wants to learn! He really never stops talking and is absolutely hilarious! When I was reminding him that a spanking might be the consequence to his actions the other day, he asked me if it was going to be like how God spanks his enemies. I have no idea where that came from but it made me laugh:-) He's been potty trained for about 3 months now and has rarely had an accident. He absolutely loves helping Adam in the yard and is so excited for warm weather so he can play in anything that has to do with water! While I was at work this weekend, Adam and him were outside and Mason was starting to fuss so Adam stepped inside for a few minutes to settle him down. When he came back out, Cole had stripped all his clothes off, poured out all the dogs water and was spraying weed killer on our lawn! Adam was just slightly exasperated when I got home and it just made me laugh, that's just a regular day for me!

Anyways, things are great here and we're looking forward to a fun summer, hopefully camping and spending some time at our parents cabins here and there. I'll try to keep you posted on our summer activities more often:-)

A long 2 weeks!

We've had quite a long 2 weeks. Other than Mason's birth/NICU, it's been the time with most medical attention needed at our house ever!
Two weeks ago, Cole started it all off! He fell on the cement stairs at my mom's house and bruised his cheek. Then that evening, he fell through a broken floor board on our neighborhood playground and caught himself by his head, dangling there for a minute before I got to him to pull him out. That warranted an ER visit which turned out fine but he came out with a big goose-egg over his eye and 2 shiners! A couple days after that he came down with a cold and had a nose that wouldn't stop running and a cough that would make anyone without 10 feet cringe. He was quite a site! (the pictures don't do it justice)

Once he started feeling better, he decided to share. Mason started in with a stuffy nose and cough. Adam and I started to feel it too. For Mason though, it kept getting worse and worse. His little airway couldn't handle all the congestion and he started wheezing and really struggling to breathe! I took him to our doctor on Tuesday and they admitted him to the hospital. He was started on some oxygen and needed nebulized medication to decrease the inflammation in his airways and deep suctioning (tube down the nose to his lungs). It also took them 5 pokes before they were able to draw his labs! He was not happy to say the least. Thankfully though, God answered our prayers in getting him well quickly. We got to come home last night after just 2 1/2 days in the hospital. He's still got a nasty cough and will for a few more days most likely but he can at least cough productively and I can get stuff out with a bulb syringe vs. the suction at the hospital. Poor little guy, he's had way more than his share of medical stuff in his short life!

So, now that we're all on the mend, I feel like I need to totally disinfect my house and get things back in order before I work this weekend... good luck Adam:-)