Adventures in Parenthood

This is overdue, but things have been crazy so here is the latest on our "Spotted B". Friday March 19th Brooklyn woke up from a nap in the afternoon and had a slight rash almost looked like heat rash. It slowly got worse over the course of the evening so I sent Danny to get some Benadryl. Saturday morning she woke up with welts, hives all over and the back of her neck was swollen. I called the Pediatrician on call and took her in that morning. Instantly he knew it was an Amoxicillian allergy, she had a double ear infection 2 weeks before and was on day 10 of her antibiotics. He said give her Bendaryl 4 times a day for today and maybe Sunday she will be better in a few days.(The picture above was taken Sunday morning)

Well she did not eat much Saturday and did not nap at all, Bendaryl DOES NOT make her TIRED. Lucky us!! She was not getting any better so we knew we would have to take her back to the doctors Monday. We tried Oatmeal and Epson Salt baths, nothing would soothe her. So by 11pm Sunday night her eyes were almost swollen shut, her hands and feet were so swollen that they started cracking and bleeding. She would just cry and ITCH like crazy. I was itching just looking at her. We decided to take her to the ER to get relief for all of us. They took us right in.

 As you can tell by her face she was miserable. She needed an IV with 3 different medications to help her.

 It took me holding her legs down with my legs, Danny and 2 nurses to hold her down to put in the IV. They tried her arm, but the vein just kept rolling so they finally put it in her hand. As soon as they finished they put the cover over it and she ripped it off and Danny and I tackled her before she reached for the IV. It was not a fun experience and do not wish this upon any parents.

Drugs finally working, she got about a half hour of sleep.

IV was taken out and she was not to happy about the bandage. We got home at about 1:30 am and she was a little wired so we put her in her crib to talk herself to sleep. Now she is on Steroids and Bendaryl/Zyrtex everyday for the next 3 weeks. Steroids are not fun they make her happy then MOODY. She is not my sweet fun little girl when she is drugged up. She is getting better everyday we have gone almost a week now with very little spots and have been slowly lowering the dosage of medications every 3 days.

I am so grateful that we have the abilities to go to the doctors and get help when we need it.  I feel so fortunate that Brooklyn has been a healthy child and we have only had minor things to deal with. Thank you to the family and friends that called and came by to see how she was doing. Your support is always appreciated.

New Ride!

We love hand me downs and gifts from other people that we love and that love us. Anything to save us money works for us. We have been blessed to have been given the opportunity to accept and receive these things. Thank you to all our family and friends for helping us out and being so generous it is all appreciated. 

This is our latest hand me down from a friend of Danny's at the Gym, her daughters are to old for this now and she no longer wanted it so she gave it to Brooklyn. She liked to play with Garrett's but every time I looked at them they never went on sale enough to buy one. Brooklyn was so excited when Danny came home with it she darted out the door and played in it for a while and everytime we go outside. Thank you Kam for thinking of us.

She loves to get in and out, open and shut the door, put balls in the trunk, pretty much loves it!

Sun and Fun with Nana

Nana came to visit for a long weekend. It is always fun to have her here and Brooklyn loves the attention. Of course we get spoiled when she comes always has a treat or two for us and Danny takes a little break away from work so we can play. It was one of the warmest weekends we had had in a long time so we were more than happy to spend some time outdoors.

 Testing out the slides in our neighborhood playground.

It took B a while to go through the tunnel she wasn't to sure about it, but once she went she was hooked. I think the playground will be a great place for us to play once it gets a little warmer.

"What mom I'm not doing anything!" Thanks Auntie Jen for the super cute outfit and shoes you always know how to spoil B! Thank you Aunt Claudia for the new flower clippie it came at the perfect time I seem to be using it often.

B's latest CHEESEEEE face. Nurse Brooklyn playing dress up with one of the new outfits from Aunt Claudia and Cousin Paige, thank you Paige for growing up and passing down your play clothes. These will be a hit with the cousins.

We went to Hyde Park for a little hike with Nana. We got to try out the new hiking pack passed down from cousin Eliza and Aunt Cherlyn - thank you it was great and saved Danny's back. Our little explorer has to check everything out no matter where we go.

 The Girls taking in the sun and a good little hike. One of my favorite pictures of Danny jumping with B, it was so funny and she loved it of course. As you might be able to tell in some of the pics and by the jumping action Danny has been working out at least 3 days a week and has lost over 30lbs. HOOORAY!! The last time we did this hike he had to stop and take breaks, this time he wanted to just keep going. It was B that had had enough and wanted a nap and some lunch.

After lunch, she is such a daddy's little girl! Yes she is wearing a necklace, she loves to wear her dress up necklaces, put things in her hair and the latest has been hats. Our little girly girl!

It's Growing!

Brooklyn's hair has finally been growing it is at the crazy stage where some pieces are longer than others and some places have lots of hair versus some places have none. She has a little mullet going on in the back of her hair that I debate cutting off, but when she gets tired she twirls it in her fingers so it curls. Here are a few pics of her growing hair and my attempt to do something with it besides putting a headband on her head. Gotta love the fountain on top, just to give you the true visual!