Some friends and I went to the Casting Crowns Christmas concert at Nokia Theater Saturday night. We had so much fun!!! We enjoyed every minute of the concert. All the groups were great but Casting Crowns is awesome! Thanks girls for a great night.
My parents stayed home with Kevin but it seemed the poopy diapers he had been having since Friday morning weren't getting any better. I was home and asleep by midnight and Kevin was awake by 1:00. His tummy was so upset and everytime he would get sick his rash would get more iritated and burn. Poor little guy can't catch a break. He ended up sleeping with me most of the night and I stayed home with him all day today. Luckily I am off work tomorrow to allow him to get more rest.
Here are some updated pictures from Thanksgiving! Enjoy.
We're having another boy!!!!!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Shopping and Urgent Care Visit
Along with all the other crazy people - I was up at 3am Friday morning to go shopping with my aunt and mom. We were at Kohl's before 4:00. After Kohl's we hit Wal-Mart, Lowe's, a quick bite to eat at Whataburger and then Belks. We had so much fun and bought lots of great things.
After a few naps at home with Kevin and an evening spent cleaning house, I realized the rash on Kevin's hip and bottom were getting worse. He was only in the bathtub a few seconds before letting me know he couldn't stand the warm water on his rash. I took him out of the tub to find more bumps and a solid red bottom on my poor little guy. I've seen many a diaper rashes in my days and this was no typical rash. I thought at that point it was a yeast infection - mainly because he was in so much pain. I got him ready, picked up my mom (who had been up since 3:00 with no naps!) and headed to urgent care. Sure enough...it was a yeast infection. I got his prescription filled and Kevin was finally in bed by 11:30. Oddly enough, he was in a pretty good mood.
All in all, our Thanksgiving was wonderful! Night and day from last year. Thank you to Gail for coming to our house at 3:45 Friday morning to watch Kevin. Thank you to my mom for a great day of shopping and for making the trip to Urgent Care with me ( I know you were tired!! ) I have lots of pictures to post but Kevin's fascination with my laptop keeps me from doing that right now.
Check back soon for new pictures....
After a few naps at home with Kevin and an evening spent cleaning house, I realized the rash on Kevin's hip and bottom were getting worse. He was only in the bathtub a few seconds before letting me know he couldn't stand the warm water on his rash. I took him out of the tub to find more bumps and a solid red bottom on my poor little guy. I've seen many a diaper rashes in my days and this was no typical rash. I thought at that point it was a yeast infection - mainly because he was in so much pain. I got him ready, picked up my mom (who had been up since 3:00 with no naps!) and headed to urgent care. Sure enough...it was a yeast infection. I got his prescription filled and Kevin was finally in bed by 11:30. Oddly enough, he was in a pretty good mood.
All in all, our Thanksgiving was wonderful! Night and day from last year. Thank you to Gail for coming to our house at 3:45 Friday morning to watch Kevin. Thank you to my mom for a great day of shopping and for making the trip to Urgent Care with me ( I know you were tired!! ) I have lots of pictures to post but Kevin's fascination with my laptop keeps me from doing that right now.
Check back soon for new pictures....
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I'm thankful for.....
1) My wonderful and faithful husband of 7 years. He supports our family and is a great dad to Kevin. He’s a hard worker and my spiritual leader.
2) Both our jobs!! I received a promotion to Supervisor in 2006 and work in a great clinic for wonderful doctors. I have great staff that I enjoy working with and being a part of their lives. We spend more time with each other than we do our own families and I wouldn’t want to spend that time with anyone else. They each have their own strengths that pull us together to make one amazing office. Ben also received a promotion earlier this year to Supervisor and works for a great police department. I’m thankful both our jobs have given us the ability to put Kevin in a great daycare….which leads me to the 3rd thing I am thankful for.
3) Kevin’s daycare and teachers. When the financial responsibility of daycare came upon us in March, we didn’t know if we could afford this daycare for Kevin. God has blessed us above and beyond what we could have even imagined. Kevin has a great daycare and great teachers that love him and are patient with his little personality. He is also located across the street from me at work which is another huge blessing.
4) Our church. We were welcomed with open arms when we returned to my “home” church in February. God burdened us with this about a year before Kevin was born. We struggled not knowing what we should do and after Kevin was born, we began visiting other churches. God lead us back to Spring Valley Baptist church and it’s been wonderful.
5) My friends. I’m so thankful for the friends in my life. I’m thankful all of them are Christians and share the same values and morals. I’m thankful that no conversation is TMI (Elizabeth) and we can talk and work through problems together.
6) No tubes for Kevin. The pediatrician just knew for sure that Kevin would have needed tubes in his ears by the time he was a year old. Praise God is ear infections cleared up and his ears are perfect.
7) New apartment for Gail and Leslie. God blessed Ben’s mom and sister and allowed them to move closer to us and into great apartments. God continues to provide for them financially.
8) Our house. We have been in our house for almost 7 years! We have been able to do some remodeling here and there and make it our own. We lived in this house when it was just the two of us. 8 months later we brought home a very hyper 1 year old beagle who we named Jersey. In July 2006, we brought home a 5 week old Dachshund named Meghan. We decided no more dogs and brought home Kevin William Sasser on November 7th, 2007. Thank you God for a nice house to raise our dogs and kids!
9) Dependable cars. We have 2 very dependable cars…one of which is paid off!
10) And last but not least – our families. Both sets of grandparents live within a few miles from our house. They take such good care of us and love Kevin to pieces. I’m thankful my grandmother is still alive and is able to enjoy her great-grandson.
2) Both our jobs!! I received a promotion to Supervisor in 2006 and work in a great clinic for wonderful doctors. I have great staff that I enjoy working with and being a part of their lives. We spend more time with each other than we do our own families and I wouldn’t want to spend that time with anyone else. They each have their own strengths that pull us together to make one amazing office. Ben also received a promotion earlier this year to Supervisor and works for a great police department. I’m thankful both our jobs have given us the ability to put Kevin in a great daycare….which leads me to the 3rd thing I am thankful for.
3) Kevin’s daycare and teachers. When the financial responsibility of daycare came upon us in March, we didn’t know if we could afford this daycare for Kevin. God has blessed us above and beyond what we could have even imagined. Kevin has a great daycare and great teachers that love him and are patient with his little personality. He is also located across the street from me at work which is another huge blessing.
4) Our church. We were welcomed with open arms when we returned to my “home” church in February. God burdened us with this about a year before Kevin was born. We struggled not knowing what we should do and after Kevin was born, we began visiting other churches. God lead us back to Spring Valley Baptist church and it’s been wonderful.
5) My friends. I’m so thankful for the friends in my life. I’m thankful all of them are Christians and share the same values and morals. I’m thankful that no conversation is TMI (Elizabeth) and we can talk and work through problems together.
6) No tubes for Kevin. The pediatrician just knew for sure that Kevin would have needed tubes in his ears by the time he was a year old. Praise God is ear infections cleared up and his ears are perfect.
7) New apartment for Gail and Leslie. God blessed Ben’s mom and sister and allowed them to move closer to us and into great apartments. God continues to provide for them financially.
8) Our house. We have been in our house for almost 7 years! We have been able to do some remodeling here and there and make it our own. We lived in this house when it was just the two of us. 8 months later we brought home a very hyper 1 year old beagle who we named Jersey. In July 2006, we brought home a 5 week old Dachshund named Meghan. We decided no more dogs and brought home Kevin William Sasser on November 7th, 2007. Thank you God for a nice house to raise our dogs and kids!
9) Dependable cars. We have 2 very dependable cars…one of which is paid off!
10) And last but not least – our families. Both sets of grandparents live within a few miles from our house. They take such good care of us and love Kevin to pieces. I’m thankful my grandmother is still alive and is able to enjoy her great-grandson.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The viral rash has arrived
At Kevin's appointment on Wednesday, the doctor said that sometimes after viral infections have run their course and the fever is gone, a rash appears. Boy was she right!!!! After Kevin's bath tonight, I noticed bumps on his back and then saw them all over his stomach and some on his arms. He has been fever free for 24 hours...which is great. But now the ugly viral rash has arrived. It's not contagious just ugly.
Another thing we've learned with his allergies is when his nose and stopped up head cannot take anymore junk, it starts to come out his eyes. This time is no exception. He woke up this morning with a very red and irritated left eye. Thank goodness we have eye drops from the last time this happened.
What a crazy weekend! I'm glad it's happening before Thanksgiving though and hopefully we're in for a good week.
Another thing we've learned with his allergies is when his nose and stopped up head cannot take anymore junk, it starts to come out his eyes. This time is no exception. He woke up this morning with a very red and irritated left eye. Thank goodness we have eye drops from the last time this happened.
What a crazy weekend! I'm glad it's happening before Thanksgiving though and hopefully we're in for a good week.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Our little man is sick
Kevin woke up Wednesday morning with a 102 fever and I did what any good mother would do....Gave him Tylenol and sent him to school!!! He had no symptoms, just a fever. I was a good mom this time and had him in to see the doctor Wednesday afternoon. Diagnosis: Viral infection that settled in his throat and chest. Medicine given: NOTHING! Lots of love and sleep.
Thursday morning he was still running a small fever so I thought Motrin would knock it out and he could make it all day at school. I WAS WRONG. Daycare called at 2:00 saying he had a 102 fever. I picked him up and we came home to cuddle on the couch. He fell asleep and when I woke him up he had a 105 fever. Oh my gosh! I freaked out. I talked to the triage nurse and I just had to wait for the Motrin to kick in. His fever finally started going down around 7:30 but it was still 102. This continued all night...
I stayed home with him today so he could rest and not be so active like he would be at school. He rested a lot and played from time to time. His fever stayed around 101 all day but as of 7:00 tonight, he was fever free! Hoping for a good weekend with my happy little man.
And I have to brag about Kevin's sign language skills. He is signing all the time now. It's great. He can sign: more, all done, dog, eat, milk, cup, daddy, mommy, book, ball, thank you, sleep and bath. It makes things so much easier when he can communicate with us.
Here are a few pictures of Kevin playing on his Mickey Mouse plane. He loves it!! Thanks g-mama. And yes I know he's only in a shirt and a diaper in every picture. What can I say....he gets comfortable when he gets home!!!
Thursday morning he was still running a small fever so I thought Motrin would knock it out and he could make it all day at school. I WAS WRONG. Daycare called at 2:00 saying he had a 102 fever. I picked him up and we came home to cuddle on the couch. He fell asleep and when I woke him up he had a 105 fever. Oh my gosh! I freaked out. I talked to the triage nurse and I just had to wait for the Motrin to kick in. His fever finally started going down around 7:30 but it was still 102. This continued all night...
I stayed home with him today so he could rest and not be so active like he would be at school. He rested a lot and played from time to time. His fever stayed around 101 all day but as of 7:00 tonight, he was fever free! Hoping for a good weekend with my happy little man.
And I have to brag about Kevin's sign language skills. He is signing all the time now. It's great. He can sign: more, all done, dog, eat, milk, cup, daddy, mommy, book, ball, thank you, sleep and bath. It makes things so much easier when he can communicate with us.
Here are a few pictures of Kevin playing on his Mickey Mouse plane. He loves it!! Thanks g-mama. And yes I know he's only in a shirt and a diaper in every picture. What can I say....he gets comfortable when he gets home!!!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
1 yr check up!
Kevin had a great 1 yr check up yesterday. He weighed in at 21lbs 8oz and was 31 inches. He is in the 90th percentile for his height and still only in the 25th for his weight. No shock there! He got 4 shots including his flu shot...none of which made him happy at all. One was his MMR and I know that one hurt the worst. He cried only a few sad little tears and he was over it. Another round of shots behind us and only a few more to go.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Bumps and bruises for the birthday boy!
We picked Kevin up eary from school yesterday to enjoy his birthday with him. He had 2 nice little marks by his eye from who knows what. We took him to the park where he slid down the slide and hit his head so many times we lost count. He laughed all the way down and wanted to go again regardless of the red marks. We thought the swings would be fun but he hit his nose on the inside when he went forward. What else can happen to my poor child?
We decided that enough was enough and he was getting sleepy. We took our beat up child home where he slept for an hour! Overall he had a great birthday. It's still so hard to believe a year has gone by. It just doesn't seem possible. I don't miss him being a baby for one second. He's too much fun at this age! We are definitely enjoying the new phase he is in - although some nights have been more challenging than others.
He can say da-da, ma-ma, uh-oh, doh(dog), psss(please), tah-tah(thank you), bah(ball), pah-pah(paci), nah-nah-nah(no,no,no), peh(cup). He knows how to sign all sorts of stuff but never does them when asked. He'd rather talk...and that's okay!
He is such a fun little boy and we are so blessed to have him.
We decided that enough was enough and he was getting sleepy. We took our beat up child home where he slept for an hour! Overall he had a great birthday. It's still so hard to believe a year has gone by. It just doesn't seem possible. I don't miss him being a baby for one second. He's too much fun at this age! We are definitely enjoying the new phase he is in - although some nights have been more challenging than others.
He can say da-da, ma-ma, uh-oh, doh(dog), psss(please), tah-tah(thank you), bah(ball), pah-pah(paci), nah-nah-nah(no,no,no), peh(cup). He knows how to sign all sorts of stuff but never does them when asked. He'd rather talk...and that's okay!
He is such a fun little boy and we are so blessed to have him.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Pictures as Promised
Walking like a big boy
Ready to go home!
Treats from G-Mama
Harvest Festival
Nana and Kevin
Cutest giraffe and M&M I've ever seen.
Kevin and Papa
Kevin and mommy at Harvest Festival
Run little giraffe, run!
Figuring out this trick or treat thing fast
Opening presents
Bring on the cake!!!
Monday, November 03, 2008
Another tooth for Kevin
Kevin finally got another bottom tooth in yesterday. That makes 4 on top and 3 on bottom...and I think he has one more on the way. We had an awesome weekend and Kevin is feeling much better! I have tons of Harvest Festival and birthday pictures to post. Hoping to do them tonight. Wait 'til you see Kevin's Nana dressed up as a blue M&M. Too cute for words.
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