Fall Festivities

The madness has begun! Even though Connor has been under the weather we still have been going full force. Last Friday night, Eric and I took superman to a Fall Festival at Safety Town. (I think along with every other family in Frisco.) We waited in line for about 25 minutes, which was a lot better than the people that came a few hours later and waited for over an hour. While we were waiting Connor got to talk to a clown and climb in a firetruck. With all that being excited he still wanted to go home. He kept saying "I want to go home now." The only thing we could say was are you such you want to go home or go get candy. Yep, candy won. After we got inside he had a blast. Safety Town is a small version of Frisco with a bank, Wal-Mart and even a toll plaza. Each house had someone passing out candy, stickers, etc. We only stayed for about 45 minutes because that is about all one of the boys could stand (Eric). :)

On Saturday was Lanie's special day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANIE!!!! She had her birthday party at Chuck E' Cheese. This was Connor's first experience at Chuck E' Cheese (we are obsessed with GattiTown)!! He loved it excepted for having to sit still to eat, watch Lanie open gifts, etc. I swear my child has ADHD. The games were a hit though. I will post pics of his Halloween party at school and trick or treating! FUN times ahead!

Part 2

So guess where we ended back up today? That's right Dr. G's office. Connor has been struggling breathing again and with this cold front moving in, I got a little worried. Call me overprotective. Dr. G talked to Connor about how he was feeling. Now, Connor has not one time told us that his ear hurts, but that was the first thing he told Dr. G. Go figure! Dr. G checked his ears and no infection but red. He listened to him breath and could hear the wheezing and labored breathing before he even started. I know that this could be a lot worse but when it is your baby you just want to take it all away. So, next we moved onto testing his oxygen level. I knew it wasn't good when the nurse walked out to get Dr. G. Normal level should be over 98%, closer to 100%..... Connor's was 94%. He wasn't worried but put him on steroids. Does not worried mean telling us to keep a close eye on him and the minute he spikes a fever to bring him in? Does not worried mean telling us to keep an eye on him because this could easily turn into pneumonia? Not sure the doc knows Connor's mommy to well.... I am a worry wart!!! So, now we are on breathing treatments three times a day, steroids twice a day and an antibiotic twice a day. Can the little man take anything else?!? Connor has a busy weekend ahead with a Halloween festival on Friday, birthday party on Saturday and our Fall Festival block party on Sunday. Hopefully the meds will kick in and he will be a little terror again. :) Man I love that kid!!!

the joy's of having a sick child....

Last Monday I had parent/teacher conferences from 10-6 and Connor's school was closed, so what to do. Of course Daddy to the rescue. Eric worked/played from home that day. Around 11:30 my class phone rings, cell phone and then class phone rings again. I knew something had to be going on but couldn't call back until one of my conferences left. I called Eric back to find out that Connor had managed to get ahold of my perfume bottle and broke it. What happens when you have broken glass and a two year old? Yes, they want to pick it up. So Connor cut is finger opened. Now.... Connor has already had stitches once this summer and the amount of blood that came from his head was astonishing. I could only imagine the worst, but I couldn't tell if Eric was overreacting or if it was serious. So off they went to Dr. G's office. Dr. G checked him out and of course his finger was fine just needs to be cleaned. BUT while they are sitting there, Dr. G asked Connor if he was having trouble breathing. Connor's response was "No, Dr. G!" Dr. G listened to his lungs and of course put us back on breathing treatments. Connor has had RSV the last two years and we have spent most of the last 2 winter seasons on breathing treatments. This is not fun! We had planned to take Connor to the fair this weekend, but he had other plans. The coughing is getting a little better, but the wheezing is getting worse. He is very VERY cranky and any parent knows it is not fun taking a cranky, sick 2 year old out in public. Connor took almost a 4 hour nap, which was much needed. Our weekends our usually packed from Friday to Sunday so it was nice to stay home for a change. Eric got all the yard work done and the garaged cleaned out. We also started the next step in Connor's big boy room. YEA!!

Now, anyone that knows my child knows he does not mind getting dirty. He is the first to try new things and doesn't think twice about it. Carving pumpkins is a whole different story. We had a little assembly line going... Connor and I would clean the pumpkin and Eric would cut out the face. Connor was more of a spectator. He kept telling us it was disgusting and gross. I think he liked the finish product more than the process.

Carving the pumpkin

The finished product

The hurt finger?!?

Finally....