Crazy Doctor Time

Eldin came down with a virus that is going around town - a simple fever virus. He was okay, but not eating well and so I took him to the doctor yesterday morning. He checked out negative on everything and we were sent home to monitor and work through it. Last night around midnight he woke up and was NOT good. He was having trouble breathing and after a small episode of his lips turning blue we were off to the ER. Once at the ER he cleared up and the doctors couldn't find anything wrong. The chest x-ray was clear and we were finally discharged to go home and...you guessed it...monitor him. We returned home around 5:15 am and at 7:00am he woke up with a nasty coughing and difficulty breathing. After talking to the ER and praying about it we helped him calm down and held out till after 9:00 to go the Ped. Dr. Thankfully he coughed for the doctor and we were told that he has the Croup. Dad went to work on 2 hours of sleep....I (mom) picked up a coffee and went to my job - mom & housewife. This has been a crazy 12 hours and we can continue to use all your prayers. - Thanks in advance :)

Annoying

"Yeah! Nothing is getting done today"

Today has been a crazy day. Everything that I had planned was completely shut down! My main goal for today was cut off and I had to reschedule the day. Therefore I came up with Plan B and shortly into it things became apparent that Plan C was needed. I pulled myself together and came up with another plan and then ate lunch. After lunch and Eldin woke up I was about to go out (part of Plan C) when I discovered that Eldin is sick. He is fighting what a lot of kids are sharing in Titusville. Thankfully it isn't too bad, but does involve a fever. After I discovered he has a fever of 101 degrees, I gave him Tylenol and put him down for a nap. I sat down at this point and thought I would try another plan for the remainder of my day - Plan D. I was into this plan for about 40 minutes when the baby boy shook up things AGAIN.
I have finally thrown in the towel and I am done! I will get nothing done today other than diapering, feeding, calming, and playing with my wonderful son. It's one of those days....
oh well, the house will remain trashed, the business items will be attended to tomorrow, and everything else will just have to deal with it :)

Ice Cream Video

Eldin Eating Ice Cream

Enjoy - sorry I don't know how to insert videos into the blogsite, but this will have to do.

Surprise Day with Dad

Tony took the first part of today off since this past week we saw little of him during his crazy work schedule. Things are going well for us all, but it has been very busy. Today after a quick visit to the church for Mommy related items, we decided to splurge and eat out at McDonalds. We bought his first (of many I assume) "Happy Toy" and he enjoyed the little car. The true entertainment came with his eating. Below you will see him "devouring" french fries and then truly enjoying an ice cream cone (with a little vanilla ice cream left inside). I will post the video soon, since the pictures weren't enough, but they will have to do for now. We are so blessed with this little monster and Eldin and I were SO happy to have some much needed Dad time!

















At the end he collapsed in the car ride home.

Beach Baptism

Sunglasses are Vital

Walking back from Sea

Footprints in the Sand

Yesterday was Eldin's first real time at the beach. We were there last year when IRC did a beach baptism, but he was only a few months old and in his car seat as we had to leave early to meet some friends in Orlando. This year was different! While we were a little late, we had a great time. A lot of people turned and and many were baptized. After the baptism we all share some late lunch and enjoyed the waves. It was pretty chopping yesterday and we loved it.
We all got some sun, but no one got badly burned. Also in another bit of amazing news - Eldin didn't eat any sand! We plan on going back later in the year and build sand castles, but it was hot enough and we had had our fill for the day.

Return

While we have returned from an amazing trip from Kentucky, I have not been able to pull my stuff together enough to get photos and info on our trip. My great sister-in-law, hence forth known as sis or Holly, was able to get some photos of our trip up - please follow the link below to see
http://kentuckyfriedgrahams.blogspot.com/

We had a great time and miss them all already. During our time there Holly gave me a fabulous new haircut. We got to spend some time with Olive and the gang. Cappy and Uncle Daniel worked on his truck, then Daniel and I made some great soap boxes.

After we left my brother had an great Art Show open to the public. Thankfully we were able to see his work before it opened. One of the numerous pieces was a set of beautiful tables inspired by Holly and his new daughter, Olive. - the piece was named Deer and Fawn (I think :))

We came back hitting the ground running and when I have another chance I will update on those items.

Thanks for your grace and patience....