Pregnancy Update

Had our official first visit as an entire family.  That was a lot of Maiers in one room.  The doctor said everything looks good up to this point.  Saw the baby moving and heard a heart beat (181 bpm).  Enjoy the pics / vids.

A trip to the zoo!

Went to Binder Park Zoo on Memorial Day with my parents, Josh, Jenn, Gabe, and Lydia.  It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time! We took a lot of pictures, but just sharing some of the highlights!

 Watching the lemurs.  They were so cute and acted like they were performing for us.  Many of the animals were moving around, which was great for entertainment purposes! Some of the most fun to watch were the monkeys, prairie dogs, the cheetah, and the red panda.  We even got to watch a zookeeper feed a ruffed lemur a banana.

 The peacock opened for us!  Micah liked the peacock a lot and wanted to follow him around.

 Can't go to the zoo without petting the goats!

 Tram ride to Wild Africa

In Wild Africa, feeding the giraffes.  This was so much fun! Micah was hesitant, but Gabe was all about it!

My next venture:
Sister Lakes Sprint Triathlon
500m swim / 13 mi bike / 3 mi run
July 21st, 8:00 am

Being Boys

Rough housing in the living room

Happy Mother's Day!

Micah's monkey towel he got for his birthday (breaking it in before the beach!)

 The loves of my life!

 Project Matt's kids make for their moms...I got one too!

 Matt brought paint home and when I wasn't here, got Micah's hand prints in the card!  I'm the luckiest Mommy ever!

 Rearranging...we moved our computer out of Micah's room and out into the entry room.  It has been much more convenient during nap and bed time!  Now to clean out the desk that is still in Micah's room...ugg, what a mess!

Weekends

Ok! So two weekends ago, we went with the youth group and some others from church to Detroit for Home Plate and a Tigers game.  Home Plate happens every year before a Tigers game, where a few players from each time take some time to share about their testimonies, how it has changed their life, and how it affects their playing and families.  It was cool, definitely worth leaving St Joe at 5 in the morning to see!

 Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers sharing

 The scoreboard before the game

At the Tigers game!!

 After the game, we drove to Saline and met our niece for the first time! Lydia! She was so cute and little, I forgot how little they start off as!  It was a blessing to be able to stop in and see the Calhoun's.

This past weekend, Matt and Miles left their families at home to go to the cabin for some fishing time.  This is one of the trout Matt caught fly fishing.  Micah and I made it on our own, with minimal melt downs, setting aside the catastrophe of Woody's hat coming off!

Poor Baby!

I hesitate to even post this, because its so gruesome.  Please be praying for Micah this week, he is miserable!  Micah has been diagnosed with Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. (thank you daycare for providing the worst viruses possible!!) Its a virus, very contagious, that affects mostly kids 5 and under.  It starts as a fever, then a rash forms and blisters appear.  Micah's is extremely bad because he has a history of eczema, so his skin is more sensitive.  His has been itchy as well, which it isn't in all cases.  There is no treatment, just treat symptoms and let it run its course.  Dr Driscoll did put him on an antiviral med, acyclovir, just in case its another virus, just to cover all bases.  Obviously he cant go to daycare either, so I'm home with him today.  We have been putting hydrocortisone cream on every few hours and benadryl before nap and bedtime. The blisters are starting to scab over, and they say its not contagious anymore, but I don't want to risk it and expose other kids to it.  I'm so vain too, I'm worrying if it will produce scars.  I hope not, may have to pick up some Mederma for kids!  I've never seen anything like this, and I'm a nurse!  Its been a very interesting experience I hope we never go through again!