Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
I have this folder in my iPhoto just called “adventures” and it’s where I keep the picture some of the fun things the boys have gotten into lately, like…
A trip to the Farmer’s Market…
Watching the boom truck pick up Mr. Mike’s branches in front of the house…
Watching the city bus that broke down right in front of the house get towed away…
and exploring the woods in Jasper, AL.
Always an adventure around here!
My buddy…
My buddy…
Wherever I go…
He goes!
My buddy…
My buddy…
My buddy and me!! 🙂
Now all they need is a Kid Sister! Right?
But I guess another buddy wouldn’t be so bad.
See you tomorrow!
and please tell me someone else besides Robert out there remembers these commercials?!
First, Happy Monday!
Second, Happy Birthday to Uncle Keath!! Hope “Natenelaney” spoil you today!!
Third, I signed the boys up for gymnastics this year and they have been loving it! Maxwell is in the “3 All Me” class that he does by himself while Spencer goes to the “Tumble Buddy 2s” with Susan. They always come home worn out and covered in stamps they got for doing what they are supposed to do! I think it’s been great for both of them, not only to get energy out, but to learn how to follow directions too.
My friend Rebecca takes her girls at the same time and sent me these fun pictures from 2 weeks ago…
Fun stuff!
While Maxwell has been on a high this week after all of the birthday fun, Spencer has been having a bit of a rough go! It all started with a mild fever on Friday. Not enough to slow him down but just enough to wear him out. Then, at the birthday party on Saturday, he just got overtired, overheated and overstimulated and, unfortunately, spent much of the party doing this…
But, he took a great nap and seemed to be fine that night. The next day on Sunday afternoon, we got to go to a fun party at Jack’s house and the boys had a blast even if they were on clean up duty! 🙂
Don’t worry, they were given pizza in exchange for their hard work. 😉
We did learn that Spencer unfortunately has the same reaction to mosquito bites as I do!
See under his left eye? It just kept swelling and growing. By the time we got home, it looked like this…
Poor buddy. He was acting fine though and slept all night with no issue. On Monday morning, he kept sleeping and sleeping and so I finally went into his room at 8:00am to wake him up only to find him COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN HIVES!
I mean, his eyes were almost swollen shut! It was honestly terrifying. Thank goodness my mom was still in town or I might have lost it. I called the doctor and got him an appointment at noon. In the meantime the nurse called me back and said it was very likely an allergic reaction to something and so we gave him Benadryl. The hives were not bothering him at all so he got to enjoy the morning hanging at home watching Dumbo with GJ and Daddo. By the time I took him up to the doctor, the Benadryl had kicked in and his hives looked much better…but he was also pretty tired!
He rallied and did great at the doctor despite the long wait.
Dr. Walley took one look at him and said it was, in fact, not allergies but viral hives. Yea, I’ve never heard of them either. Apparently it’s just a virus and, similar to Hand, Foot & Mouth, it’s pretty asymptomatic until the hives show up at which point you’re no longer contagious. The fever on Friday was probably a sign of this coming but we’ll never know for sure. Treatment is just a double dose of Zyrtec/Claritin until the hives go away. By Tuesday morning, he woke up looking MUCH better!
Eyes still a little swollen but 90% hive free and feeling good! We even got to go to another playdate at Jack’s house that afternoon where Spencer strutted his stuff! 🙂
He still has 3 spots on his leg that haven’t gone away yet. Dr. Walley said it can take up to 10 days for all the hives to completely disappear. He’s actually been scratching at those a bit so I hope they don’t end up bothering him. Also, since he’s had such a rough week, I’m not going to give him too hard a time about pooping in the pool at swim lessons yesterday! ha! Yep, Spence is ready for a new week indeed!
Happy weekend!
We had Maxwell’s birthday party at the house last weekend on the Saturday 9/6. I had really wanted to try and do it at a park but Maxwell insisted on having it in the backyard and I’m glad he did because it turned out great. While he originally wanted the party to be about all rescue vehicles (police, fire and ambulance) we convinced him to just go with a firetruck theme (much easier on me!).
The big treat? Getting this giant firetruck bounce house delivered at 7am!
To say Maxwell was excited would be an understatement!
And to say he was excited about taking pictures in front of the bounce house would be a lie. 🙂
But, he obliged for a few and made me happy.
We got the backyard all decorated with balloons, set up two bubble makers and brought out plenty of shovels and buckets for the sand table…
Then we waited for all of his friends to show up! We had a great turnout with about 18 kids plus other special guests Susan and Barry, Lulu and Granddad and, of course, GJ and Daddo!
After the kids had worn themselves out playing in the blazing hot sun, we brought out the cake (which was from Olexa’s and was FANTASTIC)! Of course Maxwell’s best buddy, Lila, was standing right next to him as everyone sang and I don’t think anything could have made his birthday better! 🙂
But then Cecily wedged herself in between Maxwell and Lila and I was laughing to myself as I watched Maxwell give her the evil eye! ha!
He got over it pretty fast though and happily blew out his candles and then everyone enjoyed a big slice of cake!
A fun, successful, hot 4th birthday party in the books!! Happy Birthday Maxwell!