Auntie Cher's Birthday

We had a busy weekend. We went to Auntie Cher's birthday. Nanny took us out to a yummy dinner. Then we had her SUPER yummy cake. Words can not describe her Chocolate frosting. Gavin's cousins just got back from Disneyland and gave Gavin a cool pirate shirt, pirate hat, rubber duck and sippy cup from Sea World. I have also posted a picture of our new carpet.. YEAH!

A weekend apart...

Last weekend we had about 3 inches of snow in the morning. It has never worked out well for Gavin to get a chance to play it in. So, we buddled up in the morning and went outside. We made a snow man and snow angels. We had a blast. This weekend we went to Holland Happenings in Oak Harbor. There was a cool parade and street fair. Gavin's cousin Zayne, Auntie Becky, Uncle Travis and Jacob, Nana and Great Grandma all went with us and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

The trials of life...

"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."
~ Aldous Huxley

These last few months to say the least have had their ups and downs. Becoming a parent comes with lots of worrying and nail biting. Gavin appears to get hives when he catches those lovely viruses. He has now had more then a few break outs. They do not seem to bother him much, maybe a little itchy. The other problem is when he gets upset or stresses his body (teething) he gets them and they are pretty big and blotchy. We had a few weeks of doctor appointment to urgent care then back to the doctor. Several rounds. Well we finally thought we crossed the bridge of illness for the season. Wrong! I woke up this morning to hives. Poor kido. He has a runny nose and I am pretty sure he is about to get some of those stubborn teeth. Around 11:45 I was getting some lunch for Gavin and Zayne we were at Nana and Papa's house. As I was in the pantry Gavin comes running up. He tripped and flew in to a roaster that was under the shelf. He hit just above his left eye on the lip of the pan. It wasn't sharp just a hard hit. It split his head open. Blood was everywhere. To date I think this was the scariest moment of my life. I have never felt so powerless. Blood was literally all over running in to his eyes, hair and neck. Nana and eye jumped in the car and rushed to the Emergency Room. I could tell this was a deep cut. You could actually see down a couple of layers of flesh. By the top we got to the hospital Gavin had calmed down and the bleeding had stopped a little. So, in speaking with the doctor we decided to do steri-strips and glue versus stiches. We decided it would be less tramtic with the same results if Gavin could not pick his bandage off. On top of all of this his hives became the size of a nickel. The doctor said Benedryl or IBprofin. Alrighty time to go home. Everytime Gavin fell or bumped in to something my stomach dropped. He is just one of those kids who loves to live life on the edge and loves to push his luck. We are so in for it.

There have been other things to come up and we have just dealt. My family is healthy and happy and that means the most.
Any how just an update and a way for me to vent.

Love Jax

Random Pics.

Beautiful blanket that Becky made for our cousin Elizabeth. Can you believe she made this? AMAZING!!!!

Gavin's 1st Birthday Party & day of

Gavin's birthday was a blast. We had such a great time. Thank you everyone for all of the fun toys, cute clothes and lots of love. I know Gavin really enjoyed having all of you there. Even though he was kinda grumpy gotta love those teeth coming in. For Gavin's actual birthday. We just hung out at home. Gavin had it immunizations so he wasn't feeling much up to getting down. Doctor said he is doing GREAT! I was kind of concerned that he had an ear ache but Doc. said he is good. Gavin is forward facing in his car seat and drinking a mixture of whole milk and soy milk. He spits plain whole milk out so we have to slowly work it in. He weighed in at 24.10 pounds, 30 1/4 inches tall. He is in the 75th percentile for everything. This has been a very busy week. I have started a new position still with Whidbey Island Bank as a Credit Assistant for a Commercial Lending Team. Very big job and very exciting! I was very thankful as my layoff date was rapidly approaching. We love you all!







So tired... Long day of partying.

Gavin's Cake

Ok, so tomorrow is Gavin's party and I thought I would try to be a little domestic and make a cake. I think there are some things I could have done different but it is what it is.

Random Pictures

Gavin had a blast hanging out with his crew at Ethan's birthday. They went down a slide. Gavin was right there helping his pal read birthday cards and open presents.
It was a gorgeous sunny day. We had a blast outside playing on Gavin's playground set.

Back to the doctors...

We went back to the doctors on Friday night at 7:30pm. Luckily they were able to get us in. Gavin started running a fever and throwing up. So, now not only do we have these hives all over his body (getting worse) he is running a fever and throwing up. His doctor thinks it may be more viral then allergy. He didn't rule out allergy but we are assuming it was a virus. Saturday was the worst. I ended up getting the flu in a bad way. I couldn't imagine that an adult could get that sick, but I did. TERRIBLE. Not only the sick part but tweeking my back too. Since Kenney was at work and I really couldn't take care of Gavin, my mom came and got him. He spent the night with them. Sunday night neither of us were back to 100%. I was very tired and my tummy was still touchy. Now, today we are both feeling better. Once again not 100%but much better. Gavin is very clingy and still doesn't have it appetite and he is very lazy/tired. So, we have just hung out today relaxing and trying to get better. Fingers crossed tomorrow will be like a whole new day.

Gavin's first hives...

This has been a very stressful week. Last Thursday Gavin developed Bronchiolitis(?). Thank you Auntie Cheryl for thinking it was more then just a cold. Love having a nurse in the family. The doctor said this could develop or be from RSV. Of course when I heard RSV my mind started spinning. Most kids are admitted to the hospital. The doctor said if he didn't keep fluids down (he was throwing up) and if the chest noise didn't clear up then he would have to be admitted. They put him on albutirol treatments. So, the next day we went to the doctor again it was still the same. By Saturday it was a little better. He was keeping the pedialyte down and seemed to be the typical happy boy he usually is. Yeah, we were in the clear. Oh yeah, he also had an ear infection. Ok, so as the week went on I thought things are going great, until today. He stayed and Nana & Papa's. I had to be in Friday Harbor early. So, I got a call from Nana, Gavin started throwing up. Then by the time I got to Friday Harbor he started developing hives. I was a mess at this point. The next ferry out was 12:40. So, I caught the ferry and when I saw Gavin I almost cried. The hives looked terrible. At 12:30 Nana had taken him to the doctor and they said he is allergic to Amoxicillan (pretty sure). Since his ear infection was gone they decided he didn't need it anymore anyways. So, I thought I would share some pictures of his hives. These pictures really don't show just how red they are. This is also after Benedryl. These pictures are of a couple spots but he pretty much looks like a spotted kid.

If Gavin were a knight....

If Gavin were a knight he would be Sir Eats A Lot! He is becoming such a big boy. Loves to eat by himself. If we feed him we have to put something in front of him so he can eat too. He is walking more and more each day. Still my little Bambi. Gavin has also become our little explorer. He loves to get in to everything and anything. Climbs on toys to reach things he can't have, crawls under stuff to get to another location. He seems to find something interesting in everything. He LOVES books. Put a book in front of him and he will read it for 1/2 hour. Really quick funny little story.
At Weight Watchers they announce losses and every cheers. Well Gavin really got in to and start cheering the loudest. He went crazy. Then our speaker had to pick him up and show him to everyone. He thought he was the coolest cat, he had all the attention.
This is just a fun video of Gavin. He was laughing a lot and of course by the time I got the camera he wasn't too into it, the camera was more important.