Road Rash

When I arrived at school, Ms. Tamara greeted me in the front lobby to inform me that Camden had just had a small accident 5 minutes before my arrival. Apparently he was outside on the playground and was running on the concrete, even though he had been reminded several times prior not to run on the concrete. She said he tripped and fell and received a scratch on his face. No worries!! Well, I went into his classroom and he was holding ice on his face. He saw me, and ran to me and when he removed the ice, this is what I saw.

You can't see it in this picture, but he also had a nice cut behind his ear lobe as well as multiple abrasions on his left hand. BLESS HIS HEART!!! I will have you know, he never once complained about his face this evening. What a trooper!!!!

Sunday Funday

Camden and Shane play baseball quite a bit together and if I do say so myself, that Camden is a pretty good little hitter! Shane really has not worked on his stance with him, however he watches a lot of baseball on television and pays close attention to what the players do. If your not careful, he will hit you or your vehicle if it is in his line of fire! ; )

I love that little tongue sticking out

Casen enjoys being outside and watching his big brother

Happy Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to Shane's parents house and celebrated with his family. I truly missed all the great food that I normally look forward to at Thanksgiving due to withholding dairy, however I did make a pecan pie so that I could at least feel like I was having a Thanksgiving meal!

First time in a Johnny Jumper

Casen enjoying playing in the exersaucer

Camden and Gavin (his cousin)

Happy Thanksgiving!

All Alone

Casen has been trying really hard to sit by himself since before his respiratory illness and he has finally really accomplished it! Everyday he is able to sit a bit longer by himself before teetering over to one side or the other. I am really excited for him because I feel like he is going to be an even happier baby now that he is able to have a bit of independence. However, I can not believe he is already to this point. He will be walking before we know it!!!!

My Poor Sick Baby

When Casen woke up on Sunday, I noticed he had a little cough, but did not fret too much about it. However, when he woke up on Monday, he sounded like a barking seal. My diagnosis was croup and pretty much assumed we would be sitting in a hot steamy shower and giving breathing treatments if he started getting wheezy. So of course he went to school and I anticipated that they would call me to let me know he had fever, but the call never came, thankfully. That night we did sit in the steamy shower as well as put the humidifier in his room, but no breathing treatments seemed to be in order. Tuesday, much of the same occurred, however he now had a runny nose and just seemed to be worsening. That evening I gave him his first ever breathing treatment, which I say he tolerated like a champ!

By Wednesday Casen sounded even worse and his nose was running like a faucet. His appetite decreased and despite being miserable, he still kept smiling. When I arrived at daycare Wednesday afternoon, I was informed that one of his friends in class had been diagnosed with RSV. Lovely! I should have known it was worse than croup! Honestly, the majority of the kiddos in his class had been out at least one if not more days ill with the same stuff he had, but being the great mom I am, I kept sending him to school. By Thursday, I figured I better make him an appointment because he was not getting much better and I really needed them to be able to give him breathing treatments at school, but knew they could not do so unless he had medicine with his name, not Camden's on it. Also, his eating had really decreased and I wanted to make sure it was not an ear infection keeping him from wanting to eat.

So that afternoon, we went to the doctor. He weighed in at 15 pounds 8.7 ounces. I am sure he had lost weight during the week due to his poor food consumption. The doctor listened to him and checked him thoroughly. I informed him of the diagnosed cases of RSV in our class and he told me that he did not check for RSV because there was no different treatment than what we would do for his bronchiolitis since he was not a preemie, which was fine with me. He said his ears looked great and he did have some wheezing. He told me not to fret about his decreased eating that he would make up for it and he prescribed Casen some of his very own Albuterol for breathing treatments.

The next few days he did not seem to improve however he really did not get any worse. We gave him breathing treatments every 4 hours and Friday night was a veeerrrryyyyy long night. He did not seem to sleep at all, so between breathing treatments, cuddling him and feeding him he and I pretty much did not sleep! I think that was my first time in over 2 1/2 years of being a mom that I had my first sleepless night. It is now Sunday, and I feel like he probably is improving, thank goodness. Luckily, he has been pleasant, despite the cough and runny nose. I pray we don't have to deal with RSV again!!!

Texas Ren Fest

Shane and I decided we would do something a little different and take Camden to the Renaissance Festival. We had originally planned on going the weekend my Nan Naw passed away, but changed the date to today. Melissa and Shawn agreed to watch Casen for the day while we took Camden. At the beginning Camden seemed scared of all the different people dressed up, but after awhile finally got used to the different people. His favorite part was the animals, or 'aminals' as he says it and enjoyed riding an elephant as well as a donkey (since their wasn't a horse).

Camden and me riding an elephant

Camden riding a donkey - he was thrilled

Love that face - he just wasn't so sure of some of the people!

We had a good time, but decided we are good for about another 20 years or so before we need to go back!

Casen enjoyed time with my sister and her family. He attended his first soccer game and enjoyed being oustide and watching everything that went on.

Uncle Shawn, Casen and Braden

Casen with the soccer players - Mason and Braden

First Words

Despite all my attempts to teach him otherwise, Casen said his first word and it wasn't 'Momma'. Of course, it was 'Da Da'. I mean really???? Does he not realize that I carried him for 9 months, that I am the source of his food and that I am the one who gets up with him in the middle of the night - and yet he STILL says Da Da first?!?!?!?!? Honestly, I am just kidding. I do know that infants notoriously say Da Da first because it is part of their development in speech, however that doesn't make it an easier pill to swallow.

Wearing his 'Da Da's' hat

Bright Colors

Today was a day of bright colors at our home, namely red and orange. When I picked the boys up from school, Camden had a sad look on his face. When I asked him what was wrong, he said his toe hurt and requested to take his shoe off when we got in the car. Well, don't you know the poor thing had an ingrown toenail.

He looked like such a big boy when we soaked his foot in epsom salt.

Casen had carrots for supper and he ended up with them EVERYWHERE!!! Part of it is my fault because I did not have good control over his left hand that he loves to suck on. Oh well, that is why they make soap and water, right?