Living the Life We Love

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Ty was looking a little spotty again!

My poor Ty has had hives more than a couple of times in his short life! From various things like amoxicillin, sunscreen, regular laundry detergents (which all make him break out pretty bad) to other random things that I'm not really sure what it is, but are very mild cases. However on the last day of our Wisconsin Adventure I noticed Ty was breaking out in hives again. They started off pretty mild, but ended up getting pretty bad about 10 days later. They would be bad, then fade and then come back worse. So I took him to the doctors a couple of times to try to figure out something, but because he was exposed to so much over vacation we were having a hard time narrowing it down. By this time it was over 4 weeks of pretty bad/consistent hives, so our doctor sent Ty to see an allergy specialist for allergy testing. My poor baby had to endure over 30 pricks on his back. Those were the most common allergens. All those purple dots represent a prick, the purple circles were hives that were already there. So we wait to see if he has a reaction and no reaction to anything, so they have to go on to give 6 shots in one arm of a higher dose of the 6 most common things and no reaction to those either! Although it really sucked for Ty, he took it like a champ. He let me hold him and hug him and he just sat there completely still (while crying of course!!) and let them do what they needed to do. I was really proud of the way he handled it. So even after his extensive allergy testing, we still do not know what he is allergic (or maybe sensitive is a better word for it) to. So he is allergic to something that is very uncommon and it will be very hard to narrow it down, if we ever can. There is a possibility that he can grow out of this or it might get worse..only time will tell. He ended up having these hive for just over 6 weeks and nothing major since then only a few spots here and there.

To reward him for his brave behavior at the doctors I took him to Chuck e Cheese all by himself and then we ate some shrimp cocktail with his brothers!

Ty's 1st day of Preschool!!!

Ty had a very big thing happen this year! He started preschool!! He is going part time, 2 mornings a week for 3 hours. The first day was pretty good and then the next couple of classes he had some separation issues and then he started looking forward to going and now he is still loving it! Usually the only thing he tells me about his day is what they had for snack, but he always loves showing me what he brings home in his folder. He has a few good friends already, one we go to church with so we see him a lot, which Ty gets really excited about and a couple of them he played soccer with, which he thought was 'awesome'!

Showing off the frog he decorated to hang up in his classroom.

Ready to go!

Look at that backpack. He decided to use one of Trey's old backpacks instead of the new one I bought him.

So handsome!!

My baby is growing up!

Showing me his hook and where to hang his backpack!

1st Day of School 2013-2014 School Year!

I know I'm a little late, but at least I got this post done before the first half of the school year is over!

Tucker started 3rd grade this year and Trey started 2nd. They were super excited about the school year and have been great students so far this year!

The didn't want me to walk them to the bus stop this year...*tear* they are getting so old!!

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Summer 2013 -- Grand Adventure -- Last Stop

To break up the long drive back home we stopped in Kearny Nebraska and went to the museum over the interstate. We kind of debated on whether to stop there or not because it was a little pricey, but it was well worth it...it was amazing. It was a self-guided audio tour. Even the kids slowed down and looked at everything and we learned a lot there.

They were excited talking about how they went to Yellowstone last summer!

Looking down on the highway!

There was also a little area to explore outside too.

Of course we had to feed the fish and they were going crazy!

The geographical center of the US.

Finally back in CO and we were greeted with a beautiful sunset!

We had such a great time on vacation and even though I am a slacker about putting these things on here...it was kind of nice to relive vacation a few months later on...the boys were watching me put these pics on here and were so excited and kept saying "oh I remember that!!"

Summer 2013 -- Grand Adveture -- Illinois Paradise

My cousin invited us to stay the night at his house before we headed for home. They own some property and it is absolutely gorgeous!! We swam in their little pond, had a fish fry, then did some fishing, and enjoyed a campfire. AMAZING! John and Cindy are so hospitable and we wish would could have spent more time with them.

Swimming in their little pond.

Trey was hesitant to go out to the dock, but I finally got him out there.

Everyone enjoying the water...it was nice and warm!

We got out the boat and did a little fishing.

The first one Tucker caught.

My handsome little man.

Tucker was in fishing heaven!

Trey's first catch.

Summer 2013 -- Grand Adventure -- Illinois Family

After our camping trip we drove down to Illinois to visit my dad's family. They live by the Fox River and have a great pool to swim in. It was nice to see everyone again and wish we could have stayed longer.

Swimming wore Tucker out!

The boys by Fox River.

Summer 2013 -- Grand Adveture -- Cherry Picking

Door County is famous for their cherries, so we had to go experience cherry picking first hand! And I didn't mention in my camping post, but we had a visitor join us for a couple of day, our very good friend and most favorite preschool teacher, Miss Jessica. She camped with us, hiked with us, and went cherry picking. It was so good to see her and we had such a great time!