Olivers Updates

Garden Vegetable mooshed up food is my most favorite thing ever!

Mommy got me a cool Doggy hat at the Redmond Farmer’s Market!

Daddy’s favorite past time, balancing rocks…

The river is super high! We have a picture of Cierra on this rock, this was well before my time!

Picture from 2007 – You could walk out on the rocks quite a bit before hitting water.

I’m all ready for camping!

Give me that strap, I want to eat it!

Someone let the crazy man out of the asylum!

our good friend Steve, Auntie Teresa, Mommy and me, the sun is coming out!

A pretty view from our camp site.

Auntie Cierra taking me for a walk and eating her breakfast sausage.

Mommy and me – What do you think of my cool camo outfit? I LOVE it, it kept me nice and toasty every night and morning. Thanks Uncle Seth & Aunt Stacey…I always look like the coolest kid because of you!

We all went for a walk up to the bridge by the campground, I loved the rushing water below…Blu didn’t!

So much action I had to take a nap.

Bye Steve, it was great to see you and we were so glad that you came!

Mommy forgot to pack my hat and now I need to keep the sun off my delicate head…let’s see what works best. I like this one, makes my skin look pretty!

Pretty stylin’ – brings out the blue in my eyes.

However, this one takes the cake! Mommy wanted something that would stay on my head…so she took my onesie that was packed and one of her hair clips and made me a hat. Thanks mommy.

The big dog – Wyatt

My most favorite dog – Blu

Chillin’ with daddy

Bruce, Frances and Eric

Hmm, Auntie Teresa complains about the rain but then she sits in the shade to read…do you see anything wrong with this picture?

I can’t wait to do this when I get older!

Daddy’s grand fire masterpiece.

Up in flames it goes. It was kind of wild and big so daddy had to water it down a few times…the embers where going wild up in the trees!

I do love my mommy!

What are you looking at?

Dinner for the grown ups…looks good, can’t wait to have it later!

Camping was tons of fun and I enjoyed seeing everyone! I can’t wait to do it again and hopefully next time the sun will come play more often!

Fauna was our favorite cat! He loved to jump up next to you, plop down and snuggle. He was Blu’s companion and would always chase her around and play with her – always amusing to watch! Oliver always had a huge smile waiting for him and loved to pet his soft coat. He was a great cat and we will miss him dearly!

Thursday, June 3rd, I came home and Dave told me that Fauna was peeing blood. I took him to the vet that night and he she said he had a pretty bad bladder infection (he has had these before) so I was sent home with some drugs and instructions to call if anything changed. When I got home from the vets Dave was on his way out the door to leave for camping at Bedal. I decided to stay home so I could keep my eye on the cat for the night. When I woke there was blood and urine all over the house and I noticed he hadn’t eaten anything from the night before. I know he loved tuna so I opened up a can of my expensive stuff and gave him some…he walked away from it. When he got up to walk I noticed his whole back end was wet with blood and so was his bedding. He then went to the water dish and just sat there and looked at it. I knew something was really wrong so I decided to call the vet again and take him back in. When I got there the vet took his temp and it was pretty low (99, normally 103), not to mention he was cool to the touch. She thought that he would need a blood transfusion and a whole lot of work to get him all fixed up. Sadly we just couldn’t afford to spend anywhere from $700-$1200 on vet care. My only other option was to put him to sleep so he didn’t have to suffer anymore. My last moments with him where me kissing him on the head, telling him that we love him and that we will miss him so much. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do especially with out Dave there. Afterwards I called Dave to let him know what happened and we cried on the phone together.

This weekend mommy and Aunt Stacey had a great idea for us to come down to Vancouver and visit on Sunday since mommy & daddy had Monday off. Aunt Stacey really wanted to see me and spend some time with me so she requested Sunday off and it looked as if she was going to get it! But then, at 1:30 am on Saturday night mommy’s phone rang…it was a 360 number and she thought, “who on earth is calling me”. It was Cory, Aunt Stacey’s brother, he called to tell mommy that Seth and Stacey were in a bad boating accident. Mommy was pretty upset but there was nothing she could do except try to sleep until we could leave the next morning. Not to mention I kept her up all night crying!

Here is what mommy & daddy found on the news:

4 hurt in Columbia River boat accident

by KGW Staff

kgw.com

Posted on May 30, 2010 at 7:12 AM

Updated today at 10:21 AM

PORTLAND – Four people are recovering after a boat accident along the Columbia River Saturday night.

Rescuers said the boaters hit something in the water around 9:30 p.m. near the Salpar Bay Marina, which is located close to the I-5 Bridge, at the east end of Hayden Island.

The impact tossed the boaters around and at least one of them suffered broken bones, but rescuers said none of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

The boaters were taken to area hospitals for treatment.

http://www.kgw.com/news/Four-people-hurt-in-boating-accident-in-Columbia-River-95215899.html

~ Matt had a concussion, he was discharged on Sunday – Seth said he looked like an 80 year old man when he came to visit him. He was super sore, thank goodness for pain killers!

~ Aunt Stacey broke & knocked some of her teeth around also displaced her jaw a bit. At 6am on Sunday the oral surgeon came to visit her and pushed a few of her teeth back into place. Aunt Stacey was a trooper too because she wasn’t given any drugs. Don’t get me wrong, she did ask for them! But the lady told her, “Time is of the essence”. Stacey said the pain is what she imagined birth to be like. Ouch. She was discharged on Sunday as well.

~ Uncle Seth broke his femur and he was in a lot of pain but at the time was more annoyed that it took 19 hours to get into surgery and have it fixed. The doc was really busy! He came out of the recovery room after surgery at about 10:30 pm. Only Aunt Stacey and grandma were allowed to go see him but he requested that mommy come in as long as she had me with her. Mommy got in trouble for doing it but she doesn’t care because she loves her brother and will do whatever she needs to make him feel better!

~ Sam was in ICU for awhile and was taken down to the same floor as Seth on Monday. He has a torn spleen, 5 broken ribs, 2 fractured vertebrae, and a broken toe. He had to stay in ICU for awhile because he was running a fever and the docs wanted to make sure he was ok.

We are so thankful that everyone is ok and recovering…we love you all!

Chillin’ with Uncle Seth

20 pounds of weight hanging off of his leg. He had a pin put in when he came to the ER the night of the accident.

Visiting Aunt Stacey – She didn’t want to smile for the picture.

Her front left tooth was one of the ones they had to push back in, it caused a small gap but she can have all that fixed up after it heals up. She still had her same amazing smile! She also had a big bruise next to her chin, ouch!

Monday Afternoon – Uncle Seth, Aunt Stacey and Matt (Sam is in his bed still)

Aunt Stacey – You wouldn’t even know she was hurt, she looks amazing as always!

Today Daddy and I went on an adventure while mommy helped Auntie Renee and Erin make wedding invites. I started off at Gram’s house.

We are checking something out!

Then I got to see Auntie Renee. Which is pretty special because she lives so  far away…thanks Erin for getting married so I can see her more often!

I always like to see Erin too, she is super nice and I LOVE her strings!

Give me those strings Erin!

After such a long day I passed out! Thanks Gram, Renee & Erin for the visit, I sure do love all of you!

I’m not quite sure what to call this, but I sure have fun doing it!

I learned a new word today, “Clap”!

Today Mommy and Daddy took me to my first Sounders Game…

All decked out and ready to go!

What the heck is going on…there seems to be a green glow on my face.

I greatly enjoyed the big flags…

Caught yawning…

I’m all tuckered!

Amazingly I fell asleep, but I didn’t like it when all the crazy fans were screaming…

One heck of a face!

He comes in for the penalty kick….

He kicks….

And misses…. that was the story of the whole game! The Sounders lost but it was still fun and I look forward to going to games with my great friends the Shepherds when they are in town! 🙂 Mommy and Daddy start saving your pennies!

Auntie Cierra discovered that the eggs in the Sparrow’s nest hatched! 

Above they are all nice and quiet…then mommy used the camera!

Here they come to life! The momma bird is very mad at mommy and is squakin’ at her from the Willow Tree…Get Away From My Babies!