Catch Up

Where to begin...

First...the scare of our lives.

I'm still not even sure how to tell this story and, truthfully, every time I tell it I think I'm going to start to cry again.

Thursday morning, Milo passed out while sitting on our counter. He fell to the wood floor and was out cold. When I tried to wake him up, he was pale and completely unresponsive. :( Thankfully, Spencer had stuck around for a few (like 5) extra minutes that morning and was still home. He called 9-1-1 while I tried to figure out what was going on.

After about 2 minutes, Milo started seizing. After the seizure, he had (temporary) paralysis of the right side of his face and body. This was all the most horrifying and terrifying thing we've ever seen. He was not really responsive or able to form any intelligible words for about 7 minutes. They transported us by ambulance to the hospital where we spent the next several hours. Milo seemed to recover mostly but was beyond exhausted and had a large abrasion/contusion on his side where he must have hit the counter on his way down.

We don't know why any of this happened or, exactly, how it happened. Initially, we thought that he lost his balance and fell, hitting his head (then passing out and that the seizure was caused by the impact). But, he has no bruise, swelling or bump on his head...plus, the paleness and limpness are not really explained by a simple fall.

On Wednesday, Milo will have an EEG to record the electrical activity of his brain to see if he has any underlying seizure activity. If that is normal, we may just hope that this was a freak incident and that it will NEVER happen again.

Poor Isabel saw the whole thing and was pretty freaked out. Really, we all were. We're all getting back to normal now and have, mostly, stopped having nightmares (me).

Second...Melissa and Curtis Visit.

Thursday night, Spencer's stepsister (halfsister?) and her boyfriend flew into town. They came for a visit and to see the CSU-BYU game. We had SO much fun with them. We checked out bikes from the bike library here in town and went for a long ride by the river, ate TONS of good food, went trick-or-treating, and had a blast at the game. We adore both of them and wish that they would MOVE HERE. :)

The whole fam during our bike ride. Milo in the bike trailer, Isabel on the tag-a-long. Beautiful day and a beautiful ride.
Isabel working it on the tag-a-long.

The Cougars' number one fans! We had SO much fun at the CSU-BYU game. And we didn't even get beat up. But we almost did. Drunk CSU fans are not necessarily the NICEST people we've ever encountered.

Third...we survived Halloween.

After an entire WEEK of Halloween festivities, we were happy when the real deal was actually

here!

We had some friends over, ate the most delicious dinner (cornbread, white chicken chili, veggies and dip, hot cider, and baked apples with ice cream!), went trick or treating and watched a Winnie the Pooh Halloween movie.

The kids were all absolutely adorable and had so much fun together!

Isabel in the most hilarious face paint/nose combo ever.

Baby Boo the Witch. Honestly, Mya could not get any cuter!

A super dark/crappy picture of all of the kids' in their costumes. So cute. So fun. So adorable.

Obi Won and his beard. It ranked up there with the Snow White wig as far as creeping us out.

Fourth...Heart Center of the Rockies 10K

Saturday morning I ran the Heart Center of the Rockies 10K. I placed 5th in my age division. Really, it's not as impressive as it sounds. I, honestly, don't know how I did. My time was less than stellar. Oh well, it's kinda cool to see my name in the top 5 so I'll take it!

The kids ran (Isabel) and walked (Milo) the Healthy Kids' Run that morning too. They got their finisher medals, enjoyed the free pancake breakfast, and cheered me on as I crossed the finish line. It was our last big run of the year so it was a little bittersweet!