Edward Cullen's Hair vs. Adam Engstrom

Adam woke up with the greatest hair ever and it reminded me of Edward Cullen's hair. When I put the pictures next to each other I was surprised by the similarities.

Ferry Ride

We went on a ferry ride to Ellis and Liberty Islands and that would have been enough for Adam but then we got off... Major melt downs. You can tell by the pictures that we had a good time. Ha ha. No, we really did have a good time it was just very dramatic.

Halloween!!!

If you can't tell Zachary is a spider and Adam is Spiderman. We got some friends to come over and go with us. The older boys had a great time running form house to house with each other and inbetween houses throwing webs. Zachary loved the candy!

Adam was all spiderman out. He was so stoked that he got to ware his costume to school. He come home with a huge bag of goodies and lots of stories to tell me. I love pre-school. I sometimes think that we should have put him in for three days a week instead of two.

Grandma E is in town take II

So to finnish up on Grandma E's visit. She made us cinnamon rolls which were the best I have ever had. The boys absolutly loved them. I love Adam's faces in these pictures. He looks like he is in a place of pure bliss. Adam really likes to blow out candles (I think that he just likes the fire) so we made it a party. We sang a little song about Grandma and blew out candles. There's always something to celebrate.

The following day we went to Sandy Hook (most Northern NJ shore). The view was great. You can see NYC and a lot of the burrows. There is a light house, old WWII guns and the beaches are nature reserved (BEEEautifull). We went to gunnisen beach. Oopps! It is a nude beach. Yes, we got a show and it was horrible. Zachary had a great time playing in the sand. I think the shore is one of his most favorite places to go.

PICU

For the last three day were have been in the Pediatric ICU with Zachary. He started having problems breathing on Wed. night and through the night it progressed untill he was really struggling to breath. His whole chest would concaved as he stuggled to inhale. I took him to the ER close to us and when the Dr. saw him her eyes widened and she started calling out orders quickly. This was pretty alarming to me. They started him on breathing treatments and did a bunch of tests. When there were putting the IV in Zach really didn't move, he just went to sleep. Again the Dr. explained to me that this wasn't good and tried to wake him up. We then were rushed to St. Peter's hospital in New Brunswick (30min away) in an ambulance during rush hour traffic. It really helped that the driver was from New York City and drove like it too. That was an exciting trip.

Once we were there in PICU they put tubes under his nose and give him a mixter of helium and oxegen. they did a bunch more test and hooked him up on a lot of machines. Every limb had somthing on it. Every time he woke up he was frightened. It was hard for me to see my baby that way. After a day and night on these treatments he improved greatly and by Friday they took him off of the heliox and that night he was up and eating. Saturday they took the iv out and we were able to bring him home this afternoon.

This experience has really holed us realize what we're are thankful for. How fragile life is and how fast things can change. I'm glad that Josh chose the more expensive insurence plan.

I'm thankful for preisthood blessings, friends that care and help, family for their concern and prayers, hospitals, meds, doctors, and nurses.

Thanks

Grandma E is in town

Grandma came in town for a visit. We had a great time. The whole time that she was here Adam kept tabs on her. If Grandma wasn't visible he would ask..."Where is Grandma?" We had a