The Baker Bunch

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Zane's Big News!

Our week didn't start out too great...on Sunday night my dad called us and said that Chris (our best friend that we help race) had been kicked by their horse and was being life flighted to Omaha. At first, we heard he was kicked in the head and we were extremely worried. Finally I ended up calling Nicole, and she told me what had happened. They had been out riding that afternoon and were putting the horses away. It was muddy and Chris slipped in the mud. He fell into the horse, which spooked it, and the horse jumped. Chris and Nicole still aren't sure if he got kicked or was landed on...they said it all happened so fast. Anyway, she took him to the hospital and they decided to take him on to Omaha to be sure everything was okay. He ended up breaking 2 ribs, had a laceration in his liver (that wasn't bleeding) and had part of a lung that was collapsed. So, he was in the hospital all week and finally came home yesterday (Saturday). We are so glad that he is going to be okay. It was a long week worrying and I know it was ten times longer for their family.

The following video is from a week ago and I forgot to post it. Zane was outside blowing bubbles, which he loves doing!

Monday I had kindergarten round-up with a great turnout, so Matt and Zane had some quality time together. They mowed and worked in the yard. The house looked nice when I got home! Tuesday was a very nice day and we felt like eating somewhere outside. We chose TomFooleries because they have a "choo choo" inside that Zane loves. We got to thinking that it probably wasn't a good idea to eat outside there since the tables were right by the road, so we ate inside. The following video is of Zane at the restaurant trying a lemon and then talking to Gaga and Papa!

After supper we went for some ice cream. Zane discovered cotton candy ice cream...and it's blue! He loves it! Here's what he looked like when eating it:

The rest of the week wasn't so nice weather-wise. It was rainy and cold...yuck! I'm ready for actual spring to get here and STAY here!!! Unfortunately we didn't get much time to play outside this week!

The races were cancelled again this weekend becuase of all of the rain. We decided to go home anyway. We aren't sure how long it will be until Chris can race, so Matt wanted to be sure some things were done on the race car if it was going to sit for a few weeks.

We also had some good news to share...read Zane's shirt below:

Yep, that's right, he's going to be a big brother! We had Zane wear this shirt home and NO ONE even noticed! I had to point it out to everyone! I had a shirt that I wore and it said "due in December." We went to the doctor on Wednesday and had an ultrasound. We saw our little peanut and heard the heartbeat. It was such a relief! We are due on December 3rd, so we are very much looking forward to a great holiday season this year! We've been talking to Zane about it and telling him that Mama's having a baby...I'm not sure he quite "gets it" yet! When we ask him "Zane, where's our baby?" he says "Zane's tummy." Then once he said "Zane tummy, little baby. Mama tummy, big baby!" I'm sure he's going to have a hard time sharing the spotlight, but he'll adjust! Zane will always get our attention and love, now we'll just have another little one to love as much as we have Zane!!!

Our first photo of Baby Baker #2 (Yes, it's only one...just 2 pictures side by side)

Thanks for checking in on us!