Takin' It For A Test Drive

Jesse took his new GPS for a test drive on Saturday, the 14th.  Since Evelyn had her eye accident the day before and was still really light sensitive, she and I stayed home.

Of course that wouldn't stop Jesse.  He went to Ouray and hiked the Bear Creek Trail.  He came home excited about his adventure and showed me all the pictures he took.

Most of the trail was following along the edge of a cliff.  Just to the right of the snow before the drop off is the trail.  This is when I'm glad that Evie and I couldn't go.  I'm sure Jesse was too...that way he could be a little more adventurous!

 This is the view looking down...

 ...and here it is looking too the mountains.

He went a little over 2 miles before he chose to stop.  I'm sure glad he did!  I don't even want to imagine him trying to hike past this.

 Here is the close up where you can see that the trail goes right through the frozen waterfall.

Since Bear Creek was a bust he went back to town and hiked up to Cascade Falls.

Less frozen and much safer!  We plan on returning when the snow melts and would love to have you along!

Eye? Who Needs An Eye?

Evelyn had her first semi-major accident on Friday, April 13th.  We were sitting on the couch with Jesse enjoying his day off when she grabbed for my glasses.  Now, most of the time, glasses are off limits.  They are too expensive to be toys for cute little ladies.  So I got her $1 Target bargain bin glasses from the car.  She wore them longer than she ever has, then went back to the bedroom to admire herself in the mirror.  When she returned she was rubbing her eye and crying. We figured she poked herself with the glasses and didn't think much about it after she stopped crying.  She would rub it and act like it hurt so I figured there must have been something in it.  Since Jesse and I both wear contacts there is always an abundance of contact solution in our house.  So I rinsed her eye out with it...she really didn't like that.  Once she calmed down I put her down for her nap thinking whatever it was would work its way out and when she woke up she'd be fine.  Not so.

During most of her naps she sleeps soundly, not waking for 2 1/2 - 3 hours.  This time however she would wake up crying every half hour or so.  This is when I started to worry.  I called Charlotte and asked when I should worry about eye problems.  She told me that if there was a red mark in the white area of the eye it's not that big of a deal but that if there are marks in the colored area then it can be more serious.

The next time she woke up I looked in her eye and thought I saw something on her pupil.  I looked at it two more times and sure enough there was a gash across the center of her eye.  I didn't know what to do and new the ER probably would have me see an ophthalmologist, so I called my friend Katrina who's husband, Jared, just so happens to be one.

He had just closed his office for the day and said he'd meet me there in 5 minutes.  He numbed her eye, looked at it, and said whatever she did to it she'd done a good job.  Jared wrote her a prescription for an antibiotic, set up a follow up appointment for Monday, and dilated her eye to help with the pain.  Since she'd scratched the clear layer off of her eye it couldn't focus and was constantly trying to do so, which in turn caused more pain.  The dilation would stop her eye muscles of contacting and trying to focus.  Worse case scenario was that her eye could scar and cause permanent vision problems.

 

 

 

She was a real trooper and did a good job with Dr. Hadlock.  Her eye stayed dilated until Sunday morning and she didn't fuss about it after he numbed it in the office. 

At our return visit on Monday Jared checked her eye and said it had healed.  If she'd been more cooperative he could have taken a better look, but from what he saw he said there was little to no scaring. 

We feel very blessed that it wasn't worse and are grateful that her eye healed so quickly.  I know that my Father in Heaven was looking out for her and guided us in our decisions.  We are very blessed!

Birthday Bash

Jesse finished his 32nd year on April 5th.  (Sorry for the weird wording, he didn't want me to tell you how OLD he is!)  Since he was working a late shift we celebrated this monumental occasion over breakfast.  Evelyn and I got up early and made him special birthday french toast.  She helped by eating half of a piece before I could put it in the egg mixture.  What a lucky Daddy!

 

  

Here's the GPS he requested for his birthday and was no surprise.  Jesse's eyes are closed in most of the pictures I take of him.  This was take three after I had made fun of him for always closing his eyes.  I thought it looked pretty funny! 

 

Since we met and started spending time with our friends the Hirads, Jesse has wanted a Persian backgammon board.  He was totally surprised that I finally got him one.  It's Turkish, not Persian, but it beats the mini magnetic travel size one we use to play on!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful man I know! Thanks for everything you do and for all the effort you put into our little family.  I love you, babe!

Hello My Friends!

The last weekend in March we had a visit from our friends from Denver, Tony and Elizabeth Hirad.  They came for two and half fun filled days.  We were able to do many things some of which were: tennis, hiking the Baby Bath Trail in Ouray, tennis, a mini game of backgammon (literally...it was a tiny travel size board), tennis, energizing Evie kisses, and more tennis.

This is the beautiful creek we hiked along for part of our journey.  Evelyn liked it so much she gave it her snack cup on the way back to the car.

This is the view from the top.  I zoomed in so you can actually see what we were looking at.  What looks like a lake at the base of the mountains is beautiful Ouray.

 

 

 

Can you say lopsided?  Not as good as they usually are, but I still think she looks cute!

We had a great time and only wish Denver was closer.  What great friends we have! Thanks for the great visit.