Balch Family Blog

Carsten woke up in the middle of Saturday night with a horrible cough, a fever, and difficulty breathing. I took him to the ER. His pulse-ox was low at 92 and his temp was high at 104.1. They gave him an oral steroid and a special breathing treatment for croup. We came home and he had a great Sunday and Monday until the late afternoon. Then the fever hit again. I called his doctor and she was concerned about an ear infection or pneumonia. Mark took him in Tuesday morning, and it had settled in his chest but his ears were clear. After an x-ray confirmed no pneumonia we were relieved. We are using ibuprofen every 6 hours to keep his fever down and he gets breathing treatments every 4 hours.

That is what we have been up to. Hope everyone else is doing well. I can’t wait to see more pictures of Baby Liam!

Jocelyn called me tonight to tell me that Liam had arrived. She sounded overjoyed and exhausted! I am very happy for her and Eric! Congratulations!

Liam William
5:32 pm
8lbs 7oz
21″

And a full head of dark hair!

A picture of Seveta in his original home:

A picture in his new home!

I have created a few new sub albums in our gallery and added pictures from Thanksgiving, Christmas and some random ones of the boys.

Enjoy!!

We took our first official family bike ride this morning. Gamma Tucson and Papa Ken got Camden a bike for Christmas, and Mark and I picked up a couple of gently used beach cruisers from Craig’s List. The men’s bike came with a baby seat. We all have helmets and after replacing a tire on Mark’s bike we were ready! It was fun, and short, but with Camden’s pedaling it is slow going. I haven’t ridden a bike in ages so it took me a few minutes to get the hang out it. We really enjoyed it and I anticipate many more to come!

Yes, we now have a fish in our house! We went to the Pet Store to pick up some dog food and the boys love the fish! The short of it: We already had a small tank and betas were on sale. He is a deep red with blue accents and seems very happy in his new home! Camden gave him his name, as you might be able to tell, he likes rhyming right now!

I am really excited about this year! I can’t wait to watch my boys to continue growing up and having fun! We had a quiet New Year! Nathan came over and the boys played for a bit. Then we all went to Peter Piper Pizza. We played games and won useless prizes. We headed home and put the boys to bed. It was a rough night for Carsten, he was up off and on. Mark and I played a bunch of games on the Wii we got for Christmas. We did see the new year, but just barley!!

Hope everyone has a great 2008!