Today we took an afternoon outing to the park.  Lex enjoyed going on the swings and the slide.

Ok, I know that Lex doesn’t really need shoes.  But how could I resist buying these cute flip-flops? (and yes, he’s wearing his Rocky shirt to truly complete the ensemble)

These last two days have been rather crazy.  We’ve gone to Salem both days to help out Aunt Winnie.  Yesterday morning we ran around cleaning and getting our house ready because our realtor was holding an open house from 2-4 pm.  Tim didn’t feel well and for some reason Lex pooped his pants about three times in a row.  Then Lex was tired and needed a nap but we couldn’t lay him down in his crib because I was still  cleaning his room, so Tim just drove the poor kid around in the car until he fell asleep.  The boys picked me up at 2 and then we headed to Salem.  Aunt Winnie was still weak and her blood pressure was high, but she thought she was going to be discharged from the hospital around noon.  It turned out to be closer to 6 pm by the time all the tests, paperwork, phone calls, etc. were done.  The nurses were apologetic and even gave us a few gift cards because the wait was so long, but meanwhile we had been (once again) entertaining Lex at the hospital for over three hours.  He was a trooper, but it was definitely harder on him this round.  So we got Aunt Winnie back home and settled in manor care and then got stuck in an I-5 traffic jam on the way back to Portland.  Long story short…it was another late night for Lex.

But, then again, these pictures were taken once we got home (around 8:30 pm) last night, and you can see that our good boy was still smiling.

Yesterday we had a bit of a scare, because the nurse from Capital Manor called us and said that Aunt Winnie had been taken by ambulance to the emergency room.  So we quickly headed to Salem.  It turns out that Aunt Winnie had been feeling too weak to walk herself to lunch, so she just sat on the floor of her apartment and pushed her emergency button.  At the hospital they discovered that her blood pressure was extremely elevated, so they kept her overnight for observation.  When we arrived we helped her get settled in her room and made sure she got something to eat, since by that time she’d been at the hospital for over five hours.

Lex did so well at the hospital.  He kept Aunt Winnie entertained by smiling at her, and he loved looking out her sixth floor window.  Every once in a while he squealed (LOUDLY) with joy and we had to remind him that we were in a hospital.  =)  We didn’t get him home and in bed until closer to 8 pm, but he was very acommodating to the day’s crazy schedule.

Today we’ll go back to Salem to get Aunt Winnie settled at the manor (assuming that she’ll be discharged).

This picture was from another day (we didn’t go around snapping pictures at the hospital), but Lex looked this happy in Aunt Winnie’s room.