Happy St. Patrick's Day!

  Yes, it's that time of the year again!  The leprechauns stopped by last night and left cookies, Lucky Charms cereal, shirts, ties and mustaches.  Even though the littlest leprechaun wasn't too happy at first, he eventually lightened up and had some fun. Maybe it was mom wearing a mustache that did it!  

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!

A Little of This, A Little of That

One morning in the middle of February Connor woke up with a swollen eye. I knew it wasn't pink eye but was suspicious so I took him into the doctor to check it out.  She said it was a stye but with the streaking beginning to go down his cheek he was going to need an antibiotic.  I was told if within the next 48 hours it gets worse or  he gets a fever to call back or take him to the ER. Ok. Off we went to fill our prescription.

 The next morning Connor woke up looking like this.  Not what I had expected after having medicine.

I let him go through the day at school, asked the school nurse her thoughts all day long, and by 2:00 she suggested I call our doctor because it was getting worse as the day went on.  So we ended up in the ER.  Doesn't he look pathetic here?  I said let me take your picture. This is how he posed.  It looks like his passport picture on his Russian VISA!  He looks terrified, but really he was just fine!

This is more how he was acting! He did have to get a shot in his behind and was on a crazy amount of antibiotics for 10 days.  The diagnosis was a clogged tear duct resulting in periorbital cellulitis.  Fun times!  Glad we caught it early and this didn't turn into a stay at the hospital!

 The next morning he even played in his soccer game.  Daryle is so good with the little guys and Travis loves being the coaches helper!

After the game Connor and I literally packed up and went back to the doctor. The ER doctor told me to go see the pediatrician the next morning to make sure he was getting better. I knew he was, but I also know how serious cellulitis can be and didn't want to take any chances.  He is pretty comfy in a doctor's office!

 The last week of school before spring break was Spirit Week. I didn't get his picture each day, but did manage to get him on silly sock day. Travis had no desire to participate in this.  Connor goes all out!  

They are opposites in many ways.

 Our weeks have been filled with lots of baseball practices too.

We had another awards assembly. Yes, the fan club was present!

 Connor got an award for perfect attendance for the third quarter. Travis got an award for his Science Fair project.  He was in the top 4 in his class and the top 12 of the grade level.  So proud of him, he worked hard on his project.

 That night we celebrated by going out to dinner at the Olive Garden. I had some wine. It was delicious!

The next day was more baseball practice for Travis.  Connor loves to hang out. Good thing he feels comfortable at the ball fields. We spend a lot of time there!

 After practice my mom and I took Connor to see roller derby. His teacher is on a team so we went to cheer her on.  We had a lot of fun and one of his friends also came to cheer on their teacher.

Last Sunday Daryle and I decided to take the boys to the Renaissance Festival. Another super good time!  As you can see, Connor dressed up. Travis did not.  Connor just loves getting into character. He kept his costume on the entire time too. I was not sure he would do that.

 Daryle trying to throw knives.

 Connor waiting to go on a ride.

 Waiting to see the fire eater.

 Wow.  I wouldn't want that job!  lol

The boys wanted to to to a park and play on Monday. It was perfect weather too!

 Travis has also been helping out at Connor's baseball practice. He LOVES that.  He is in his element for sure. It's pretty cute to hear some of the little ones say, "Travis, can you show me how to do that??"  It is so nice to see him shine and gain self confidence.

 A few weeks ago the soccer games were rained out.  Since we were playing a team where we are friends with the other coach, we rescheduled an unofficial game on our own.  We needed a referee so we asked Travis to help out.  He is growing up too fast sometimes. I am so proud of him. He really is a great helper in so many ways.

I guess that about sums up what we have been up to so far.  I am so thankful we have two weeks off for Spring Break.  One more week before we head back to the craziness!

Falling Behind

I know, I know. It is already the middle of February and it seems like we fell off the face of the earth. Truthfully we have just been busy. Blogging has taken a back seat. In the way way back seat. That is what we always called the last row in our mini van growing up.  You could say that Daryle and I started 2014 by becoming technologically up-to-date instead of out-of-date.  We both got our first smart phones and we started out with the Galaxy S4. It has an amazing camera. Now that I have figured out how easy it is to upload these pictures to my blog maybe you will see more of me here. 

But in reality, people are just finding me more on facebook and instagram.

On Saturday Connor found this rock. Shaped like a heart.  Good job my little detective!

He found it here.  As I look at the picture I see a few more heart shaped rocks.

Valentine's Day 2014

Poor Travis has been sick a lot this winter. His doctors still remain at a loss as to why he keeps getting sick.  In about a 10 week period he had pneumonia (twice) and or other upper respiratory/asthma related issues.  After much head scratching, his doctor decided to do a bronchoscopy. He had to do this under anesthesia. We are waiting on the results, we go back March 3.  They do know he has an extremely narrow sinus cavity. Perhaps he is not able to breath through his nose?  We don't know.  But he sure was in good spirits, besides being very nervous. He got to pick out this owl, he named it "Foo Foo". lol

He was pretty silly and entertaining as he came out of the anesthesia.  Babbling away.

He really did not want a wheel chair ride at first. Once he sat down he thought the ride was pretty cool.  The next day he played in his soccer game.  Nothing keeps this kid down for long.

Somebody had a birthday around here... ok, it was me... we celebrated by going out to dinner.  Travis was so upset. The waitress said I was 22 and I went along with it. He just did NOT understand why I was "lying". lol  He felt it was his duty to correct anybody who said I was 22!

The boys helped my mom bake me a birthday cake. It was beautiful!  It tasted delicious too! I especially liked the tiara and I wore it most of the day on my actual birthday.

Connor has started piano lessons. He LOVES music and just takes it all in like a little sponge. I can't wait to see how he progresses.

Connor had to go in for his usual eye exam. They check him for glaucoma once or twice a year. In the past we were never able to do this test in the office.  Lucky us, we got to do in under anesthesia.  A few times we coupled it up with his laser treatment too.   Every time we would go into the office to try I would bribe him. It never worked.  Well, we finally turned a corner!  He did the eye drops and test in the office and handled it like the champ he is.  Reward? Banana split of course!  (He had been dying to try one. He ate a little more than half. I was surprised he ate so much of it!)  He sure is growing up.

If you want to know where Travis is these days, he is making bracelets on his loom. He has bought 2 books, thousands of little rubber bands and has made countless bracelets.  He is addicted! He has never been into crafts so this has been a little shocking. However, I am finding out that all the boys his age are into this craze.  Funny to see him beg to go to JoAnn's Fabrics!

One day Travis sprained his foot before a soccer game.  We had no idea. He played the whole game.  HARD! He ran like nobody's business. Even scored a goal. 

To say this kid is tough as nails is an understatement.

Trying out features on my new phone.  Connor loves his Petey.

January started out with our own pharmacy. All of this was just for Travis.  Too much if you ask me.

 

This didn't work so they sent us for a chest x-ray.  Unfortunately that (along with a few vials of blood taken the week prior to check on things) didn't tell us anything either.

 

So we went to our specialist and did this breathing treatment along with this vest that "shook" him up. That didn't work. This is why we did the bronchoscopy  in February.  At least now he is feeling better.  However, we still need to figure out why he was so sick in the first place.  Poor kid.

Travis and I had fun playing with my camera and finding all the cool special effects it can do. Waiting rooms are a lot more entertaining this way!  He was quite proud of his cone head look.

We did more things the past month or two, such as both boys are playing soccer. We also celebrated the 100th day of school.  But for some reason I can't get those pictures to upload. You can use your imagination.  However, if you see me on Facebook and Instagram then you already saw them. 

Chances are, if you are reading this blog still then you know me on social media too. 

And you really didn't miss a thing!