School Starts

Well we made it to Santa Clara and have been loving it!  We have really been enjoying my Moms beautiful backyard.  We have discovered bugs, frogs, spiders, Praying Mantis's and our imaginations all over again.  Drake started 1st grade at Santa Clara Elementary and is spending half a day learning Chinese.  It is awesome hearing him walk around the house singing in Chinese.  He loves riding his bike to school.  Logan started Preschool four days a week and is really enjoying his class. His favorite part is centers, where they get to go to different activities around the room.  Hank and Colt get to hang with Mom and go shopping or just relaxing.  Dan is really loving working at LDS family Services and the Provo Veterans Center doing therapy.  

There have been some super amazing rain storms too.  The boys get all excited when it rains and head out to play in rain.  They have been in heaven.  We were able to get Drake signed up to do the Mutton busting in the Dixie Round up.  He did AWESOME! He scored a 79 and got a trophy.  He was so excited and Logan can't wait until next year when he is old enough to sign up.

I also decided after years of ignoring and trying to NOT have another surgery to go see the doctor about my beautiful knee.  I knew there was something floating around but was not prepared for them to say I needed my ACL done again after stretching the other one out so much it was pointless.  Thankfully I have been blessed with a high pain tolerance and a quick healing body.  It has been six weeks since surgery and I am done with my physical therapy appointments.  They therapist was very impressed with how well I did as was I.  It's a little different 18 yrs since the first time.  My body's not what it once was.  Anyway I'm excited for the next few months to get the strength back and get back to playing ball in january. 

We love Praying Mantis's

First day of 1st grade

First day of Preschool

Cute boy enjoying the rain

Heidi and the only proof of my knee

Dan, Logan and Hank making the most of a rainy day

Dan, Drake and Colt at the rodeo

Logan, Hank and me

Look at that boy!

My rodeo loving boys

Colt Kristof Neville

Colt Kristof Neville

Born April 27th at 8:00am, 8lbs 5oz 21inches

Colt's birth was one of my regular c section deliveries but what happened with in the hour after he was born was very new to me but apparently not terribly uncommon for a c section baby.  After Colt was born and they brought him into the recovery room the nurse mention how he was making a grunting noise and to let her know if it continued.  My parents had driven in from Santa Clara to be there with us and we made sure they got to love on their newest grandchild first.  Colt was next passed to Dan and finally I got to hold him.  I had been holding him for a about 5 minutes when the nurse came back and I told her he was still making the noise.  She said she needed to take him to the nursery just for a little while so the nurses could keep an eye him.  I was then wheeled to my room and the waiting game began.

Dan made several trips to the nursery to check on Colt, my parents had to get back to some meetings so they said goodbye and headed home.  On Dan's fourth trip to the nursery he met Dr Kingo and followed him back to my room.  The good Dr informed us that Colt had liquid on his lungs which is not so uncommon for a c section baby and that they would need to put him on oxygen to help get the liquid out. Dr Kingo said it shouldn't take more than 3 days and they he would be able to come home.  No big deal right.....WRONG!  To make a long story shorter Dr Kingo had to go out of town for 5 days and in that time we had 4 different doctors with 4 different opinions and every day, basically every scheduled feeding, was something new.  I cried a lot and was stressed to the max.  I spent 4 days in the hsp just hoping they would let him go and then spent four days driving back and forth for his feedings.  Finally Monday Dr Kingo was back and before I even got a chance to say anything he told us we were going home.  Oh why did he need a vacation! So finally at 8 days old Drake, Logan and Hank got to meet their baby brother.

Here are some of Colts newborn pictures.