Our Trip to the ER

I think it's sad they make hospital gowns this small!
Watching funny cat videos on Daddy's phone!

Daddy took over for mommy duty and laid with Nolan while I had my first chance of the day to eat (and snap some pics)! (I must brag, I'm one lucky lady!)

Saturday night was by far the WORST/SCARIEST night as a parent thus far. Nolan went to bed at his normal time of about 7:30 and was up around 12:00 crying/barking and wheezing! Cy had just gone through Croup, so we were just waiting/praying/hoping that when Nolan got it, it wouldn't be too bad. Well, it was REALLY bad! We were up ALL night and only found relief for him about 4:00am by opening up his bedroom window (It was probably 45 degrees outside) and letting him breathe in the COLD air. There Nolan and I "slept", in his rocking chair, until about 6:30 am. We had our first Community Group at church that David and I are leading, so he went to church and I stayed home with both boys. David was talking to a friend of ours in class about Nolan and she recommended we get him to the ER immediately, so David came home and we rushed Nolan to the ER. They quickly escorted us to a room and started a breathing treatment and gave him a steroid shot and tylenol for his fever. I was immediately relieved to find that our sweet boy found so much relief from the breathing treatment that he fell asleep! To keep this story short, we were there for most of the day Sunday and had 2 breathing treatments and were released with the doctor saying, "Tonight will probably be a tough one, so if you need to, please come back in and we will take care of him!" This really scared me, but Nolan took a huge nap as soon as we got home, went to bed at 7:00 and slept ALL NIGHT until 8 am the next morning, not waking up at all! They say God answers prayers, but sometimes with a no...God didn't answer our prayer of keeping Nolan away from the virus, but he did answer it with a great nights sleep for EVERYONE! :)
Thank you for all of your prayers for our sick boys! We are healthy once again!

Autumn FUN!

Both boys are feeling MUCH better after our week-long fight with Croup and coughs...

this weather is GORGEOUS so today, we headed to the park!

Sick Boy!

Cy woke us up about 2:30 this morning (Thursday) coughing or barking rather, and wheezing TERRIBLY! Some friends of ours from church had recently told me about their youngest child and their terrifying experience with croup, so right when I heard him, I knew exactly what was happening. He ended up waking up about every hour and eventually I slept in his bed with him just to make sure he was breathing and to calm him when he woke up startled. I called his doctor at 8:00 am and we were in her office by 8:30. Sure enough, just as I expected, he had croup. He was administered a breathing treatment and we were sent home with a steriod and breathing treatments every 4 hours for 5 days! She also had him get a chest x-ray, just to make sure there wasn't anything else happening in his lungs, which came out perfect.

We came home and watched movies, took naps, and have relaxed all day. He said right before his nap, "Mom, I really hope I feel better in the morning!" It breaks your heart when you know there is nothing you can do to make your baby feel better! He is such a trooper, though!

The above pic. is our first breathing treatment at home. He thinks the dinosaur facemask is pretty cool! :)

Please pray for Cy, that he is able to rest well tonight and that there is minimal swelling in his windpipe and this all goes away QUICKLY! Please pray for Nolan that he doesn't become infected with this virus!!!

I'll keep you updated!

We LOVE the OBX

We (Dad and Mom Cole and us) left Roanoke, VA on Sunday afternoon and headed straight to Corolla, North Carolina (The Outerbanks=OBX) and got there Sunday evening!

We wasted NO time and got to the beach first thing Monday morning...the boys L.O.V.E.D. it!!!!

Above pic. Cy spots the beach! (He has been to the beach a couple times before this, but he doesn't really remember it! This was a LOT of fun for him!)

Building sand castles!
On your mark...get set...
GO!!!!!!!!!

Nolan wasn't a huge fan of having sand all over him, but we kept his water shoes on and he was good! He really enjoyed playing in the sand and water!

He wore himself out quickly by playing so much...

Taking a rest!

We spotted this really cool sand castle while on the beach one evening! Cy loved playing in it!

Little beach bums!

BIGGEST flip flop ever!

This thing was so big it was hilarious!

We went to the aquarium on Roanoke Island and had a great afternoon! We have been once before, years ago, but decided to visit again.

Nolan is really into looking at things and pointing at them! He really liked looking at the fish.

They had an AWESOME exhibit for sea turtles...

Step 1: Choose a turtle and take it to the "lab" to get an x-ray.

Cy's turtle had swallowed something that was not food. Probably a bottle top or some type of plastic.

Step 2: Take your turtle to the rehabilitation station and give him the proper medication.

Cy got to give his turtle an oral antibiotic and also an enema! (haha)

Step 3: Send your healthy turtle back into the ocean!

They had a huge take with several LARGE sharks! We got to see scuba divers go into the tank and answer questions the audience had. It was pretty cool.

Really cool globe, you can't tell because of the flash on the camera, but the room was dark and the globe is neon! Very neat!

Outside there is an area to dig shark teeth and fossils.

Nolan was holding Cy's snake while he was digging for fossils! :)

We went to the beach EVERYDAY...obviously! (It was a 5 minute walk from our house)...And sometimes we went twice! The waves were large, up to 7 feet one day becuse of the tropical storms going on out in the Atlantic...the weather however was AMAZING, so the HUGE waves didn't stop us from having fun! :)

Cy was so proud... Here he is smiling because he was doing his "favorite part of the vacation"...flying his kite! :)

Happy little guy!

Cy wouldn't pose with us...he was too busy flying his kite! :)

These boys bring us so much JOY and I feel so blessed that we were able to take such a great, relaxing, FUN vacation!

I'm sad to see summer go, but it sure was a good one! :)

Interstate Softball-Roanoke, VA

Every year our church/family heads to Roanoke, VA for the interstate softball tournament! We are there to play some great softball games, but more importantly we are there for fellowship, Christ, and Paraguay! This year over $31,000 was raised! Also, many lives were committed to Christ which is always awesome to see! We had an awesome weekend!
Above: Nolan was really enjoying his gatorade! :)

Nolan and Kinley (she is always so serious! haha) :)
LOVE them!!!

Cole/Briscoe Family
(notice Cy's new pose...he thinks he is tough stuff these days! haha)


Kate and Cy!

Look at those silly faces! :) Love those HILARIOUS big kids!!!

Smore Fun!

Since the weather has cooled off a bit the past few nights, I promised Cy that we would make smores over a fire!
While we were getting things set up, Cy serenade us with his guitar! :)

I showed him what it would look like...he could hardly wait to get his hands on it!

Roasting his first marshmallow!

The finished product...

and the first bite!

Yummmmmmy!

He must have eaten the whole thing in 3 bites! ha!

What a FUN/HAPPY boy!!