Plenty of Platelets

Well, Will started sneezing on Saturday and his nose was running. I thought is was just allergies. He seemed fine Sunday morning other than the sneeezing but by dinner time he was in tears that his ear hurt. He had petichiae all over his face and some on his arm, stomach and back. Needless to say I took him to Dr. Laue today and Will has an ear infection. He checked Ben's ears while we were there and they were clear...thank goodness!!! Dr. Laue ran a CBC and Will's platelets were at a nice 187,000! I was a little worried but infections can do weird things to his platelets so I was expecting some kind of a drop. We then went to eat with Daddy and pick up his medicine. We got home at 1:30 and he has been sleeping since (it is now 4:00).

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother figures in everyone's life!! We went out to eat yesterday to celebrate and Daddy is grilling mommy some shrimp tonight for dinner yum yum!!! We went to church this morning and afterwards Will made me a card. (Daddy says I have a gift coming via UPS sometime this week...we will see!!!) Mother's Day is a special day for me because both of boys were baptized on Mother's Day...Will in 2006 and Ben in 2008.

Bad weather

During breakfast yesterday our weather radio went off for a Tornado warning in a neighboring county...before I knew it the radio was going off again for us and the sirens outside. I got the boys in the bathroon with shoes and bike helmets on! Well turns out we had a EF-2 tornado and it came pretty close to our house! We live at the end of our street which backs up to another subdivision and a field. I drove through that subdivison today and there was damage to the homes the street over from ours!!! There were a ton of trees down, windows blown out (plywood over them now), and fences down everywhere! I am so glad no one was hurt. Chip sometimes thinks I overreact during storms but after the EF-4 tornado of 1989 (which killed 21 people) being less then a couple of miles from my house...I don't mess around!

Spring School Pictures

These are the Will's and Ben's spring pictures done at Will's school by Melissa Tash from Spoiled Rotten Photography (www.spoiledrottenphotography.com). It was so hard getting a pic of them together...I sure hope it gets easier when they get older!!

Rain, Rain, Rain

It has rained soooo much the past few days. Chip has a rain gauge in the backyard and we have got 7.75 inches of rain! The garden is still doing ok..it did not get washed away. The boys and I have tried not to go stir crazy with this weather and "swine" flu scare. I have been trying not to take them to stores. We got word today that school will start back tomorrow. Will did not even realize he missed 2 days of school. Mommy sure did so we went to Gigi's house last Thursday and she did some crafts with Will. He is now cutting really well with scissors. She also let him loose with a glue stick. Needless to say he had lots of fun.

Nothing too exciting has been going on around our house. Ben continues to get into everything and never ceases on trying to hurt Will. Will on the other hand has been more loving to Ben. He even tried to wash Ben's hair the other night during their bath....It was so sweet! Will gives him hugs and says "You are a sweet baby." Ben then tries to either pinch, scratch or bite him...oh I hope he outgrows all three!!! Ben's last day of antibiotics is tomorrow and we will return to the doc at the end of May for an ear re-check.

Ben is 15 months!!!

Ben had his 15 month doctor's visit today. He weighed 23 lbs. (29%) , 31.25 inches tall (57%) and his head was 50 cm (95%). Ben's development is right on target..I actually think he has more words than Will did at this age. We did get some bad news...Double ear infection! I told the Dr. Laue I would take ear infections anyday over ITP....he said "me too!" Hopefully this new antibiotic will take care of it...I can't stand it knowing that his hearing is not optimal.

The vaccinations have not gotten him down. He is playing up a storm this afternoon and is very active.

Relief...I hope!!

I went back to the doc today. Gigi watched the boys..she is now under the weather too. Well, they took a x-ray of my face and guess what...my sinus cavities are full of "cement". Now I am on 2 nose sprays, antibiotic, something for congestion and steroids. Hopefully my face will quit feeling like a truck ran over it!