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.

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!!!

We tied!

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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.

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.

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!!!

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.