On Wednesday of the first week that both of the boys were in school, we made Trent's first visit to the ER. Both boys were standing on the couch in a boxing/wrestling/jostling /karate match. Zachary gave Trent a swift kick to the stomach that sent him sailing. The back of his legs hit the arm of our couch and it flipped him completely upside down onto the hardwood floors directly on his head. I am not a panicker because my boys are very rough and we have LOTS of injuries around here; however, Trent's cry was a unique one and the look on Zachary's face (the only witness) told us that it was a bad fall. Brandon sat him in his lap as we were trying to get him calmed down and he went from a full on loud cry to basically sound asleep. I ran to grab the phone to call his pediatrician and by the time I got his number and got him on the phone, Trent had begun vomiting. Scary!!
We rushed him to the ER where Dr. Stagg had them prepared for our arrival. They order a CT scan immediately. Brandon and I were freaking out about that because Zachary had one once that almost ended with all 3 of us having mental breakdowns. Trent was so lethargic that he basically slept through the entire evening. He laid perfectly still and hardly made a peep during the test. Honestly, I would have rather he have been screaming because his little lifeless body was really, really frightening!
The tests came back perfectly clear. Thank you, Jesus! He stayed home with me the next day just so I could watch him. He wasn't as active as normal and complained of a headache, but Dr. Stagg had warned me of that with concussion patients. By day 2, he was back to his wild self....with the hospital bracelet still attached. He wore it until it rotted off!
We rushed him to the ER where Dr. Stagg had them prepared for our arrival. They order a CT scan immediately. Brandon and I were freaking out about that because Zachary had one once that almost ended with all 3 of us having mental breakdowns. Trent was so lethargic that he basically slept through the entire evening. He laid perfectly still and hardly made a peep during the test. Honestly, I would have rather he have been screaming because his little lifeless body was really, really frightening!
The tests came back perfectly clear. Thank you, Jesus! He stayed home with me the next day just so I could watch him. He wasn't as active as normal and complained of a headache, but Dr. Stagg had warned me of that with concussion patients. By day 2, he was back to his wild self....with the hospital bracelet still attached. He wore it until it rotted off!NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE COUCH!!!!
This much desired (and tacky!) necklace was his first day of school prize.
Too cool for school!
Our last few first day of school pics had another yellow lab posing in them. Our new guy acted like he knew it was part of his duties. He was happy to get a rub while posing.
Zachary was all smiles and excitement until I attempted to actually leave him in his classroom. He literally clung to my leg and was pulled off my his teacher. I was totally shocked and so very sad. The great thing about having several friends who work at his school is the reassuring text messages that I got throughout the day letting me know his sadness was short lived and he was having a great time. 
It's really a good thing he's this cute. 
The dimples get him out of a lot of trouble...at home and at school
He picked out this camo backpack and lunch box. He attaches them as shown EVERY day before and after school. Loves it!
Skiing on 2 is just sooooo easy for him now!:) We were able to take the ropes off the skiis that hold them together by the end of the season. He thinks he is ready for the slalom. I think that will be our goal for next summer. 
Part of skiing and boarding is falling. He usually doesn't mind, but sometimes those falls HURT!
Sad to see those carefree summer days end.
Did not end as planned!
On his second time, he stepped off beautifully.
Then he just got cocky!
Back in the days before kids, and when we all lived in the same city, Brandon and Tripp spent LOTS of time on the lake wakeboarding. This was Tripp's first time back on the board in a few years. He was okay, but I was sure disappointed he didn't show off his back flip!
He skiied too...this was his warm up for the barefooting.
Brandon skiing. I am usually driving the boat so I don't have any pictures of him in action
Raegan slaloming
Trent loves to kneeboard. He will just drag on his tummy for days.
He sits up on his knees when he feels inclined to do so.
Zachary considers himself a professional
He loves to cut and then tell us all about it play by play when he gets in the boat
Last year, he wanted so badly to do a 360. Here he is saying he will try it in 'onnnnnne more minute'
Going for it
Almost
Long stretch for those short little arms
So close....
Smile of SUCCESS!
I couldn't be shown up by all those boys. :)
We had several hours of just us on the beach=PEACE!
Brandon=all smiles
Dinner at Harry T's
Feeding the fish
These boys loved playing in the sand
Taking a break
The water was beautiful and clear...except for the 1st day when there were millions of jelly fish. Literally everywhere you looked!
Two cute blondes
Trent is recently obsessed with his spiked hair. He puts LOTS of gel in, continuously feels it to make sure it's still standing and asks if it's messed up every few minutes
It is pretty cute, I'll admit
Attempt one at family pics on the beach:
Trent was afflicted with a terrible eye condition and screamed and cried that his eye hurt?!
We threatened, spanked, bargained and bribed with riding go carts....
NOTHING worked.
Mama was a litttttttle frustrated.
During dinner, Trent (after miraculous healing of his eye occured coincidentally at the same time the camera was put away) began to tell us how much he LOVES getting his picture on the beach. And how he really wanted to get his family's picture made on the sand, and he was going to smile so pretty and look at he camera and his eye would never hurt again...and in short....REALLY wanted to ride go carts. He went around the table and kissed Brandon and I and each of his grandparents and told us how much he loved us!
Guess who was in a bad mood this time?!
UGH!!!!
Zachary showing off his 'cool' pose
Trent showing how sweet he can be.
Trent took up boogie boarding this year...he wore Brandon out!
Pawpaw loves to play in the water with the boys
Trent did not like the feeling of wet swimsuit/ sand combination. He changed clothes 10 times a day. These Buzz Lightyear pj's are his favorites and made an appearance on the beach at one point.
Zachary was a pro boarder this year, but I didn't get any cute pics of him doing it???
He met a friend from Louisiana and they played for hours.
For 2 days, they played so well together and Zachary was sad that he would never see him again. When I asked Z what the guys name was he said, "I didn't catch his name." :)
EVERYONE wants to know about the oil and the clean up crews. We saw ONE tar ball the whole 5 days we were there. The crews came by a few times while we were on the beach. We loved their set up. The port a potties on the trailer made me laugh!
And I loved how they gathered up under this tent like they were at a funeral. 
