Emergency Visit

We had an emergency visit today with Griffin. It was very scary for us both but he is doing fine now. At about 2:30 pm Griffin spiked a temperature of around 104.7 degrees. I called his doctor right away and she told me to go to the hospital. So off we went to visit the ER. Our first trip there and hopefully our last. By the time that we got there Griffin's temp. reached 105.1 degrees. The nurse asked me how I gave him medicine and I told him that I usually give it to him in his bottle. He didn't understand why that was until he tried to give him medicine himself. Griffin is very strong and refuses to take medicine for the most part. It is a wrestling match to get it down. With much patience, he got it down but did tell the doctor he is a very difficult child to give medicine to. So he received a double batch of medicine and it started to come down. He has an ear infection and some congestion in his chest. A shot was given to him so that a strong dose could start working on him right away. He has to have around the clock medicine very three hours so his temp. doesn't spike again. So off to bed we all go. I am praying that tomorrow is a much better day for all of us.

Telling

Don't you just love when your own son or daughter tells on themselves! Gavin is big on this. Yesterday he came to me after hearing Griffin wailing in the background, "I didn't mean to bite Griffin!", "I didn't mean to..." So Gavin went to time out. I didn't even have to ask what happened because Gavin had already told on himself.

Up and Down

Griffin has accomplished the stairs very well now. If you tell him "No No!!" he goes even faster up them, laughing the entire way. His favorite part is that you will chase him up them and bring him down just to have him go right back up them again. The other day I chased him up four times and he loved every minute of it. Gavin seem to enjoy me going up and down the entire time too.

Picture from not so long ago

Aw!! Gavin and I were playing in a box right before we moved. So this picture is takes Jan. of 2007.

Tractor Day

Today Gavin receives the biggest reward he would ever want. He is going with Papa 4-wheeler and Mama Kathy to a tractor sale. I told him that if he were to continue he's great progress on the potty he would be able to go with his grandparents. And he has for five days with only two accidents!! So this morning he was over joyed to know that Papa 4-wheeler would be showing up any minute to pick him up. When he did show up he kept saying, "Mommy, I ready to go now, Bye!!" with no hesitation at all just ready to take off. It will be interest to know how it goes because Papa 4-wheeler had to take the potty with him so if Gavin had to go on the trip over then they could stop and be able to go on the side of the road. Gavin would like for Papa 4-wheeler to buy him a skid steer, new big-green tractor, sprayer, and backhoe. Off they went in Papa's blue truck (that is actually a red truck). Side note: Gavin is still a little confused on colors except for orange although he is really big on what color everything is now.

Old Friends

Last Thursday a friend of mine came home from Nebreska. She has two children but was only able to bring her daughter with her on the very long 14 hour drive home. We got to spend some girl time together which was a lot of fun but our kids got to play with each other as well. Addie, Heather's little girl, is about a month and half older than Gavin and they played so well with each other. They were running through the house with the cars, racing and chasing each other. For a short while they played hide-n-go seek. Addie got out her sleeping bag and Gavin thought that was the coolest thing ever. I am sure they could have played for hours on end with each other.

Heather was lucky enough to get them to stop for a minute to get a quick picture. Addie really liked Gavin but I don't know what Gavin really thought of her. I guess Gavin is not one to really show how he feels about someone or at least another girl he has just met for the first time. Addie had no problems though.

Griffin wanted in on the fun too so we quick got his picture before he crawled away.

We are hoping that Heather and her family come home more often or better yet just move closer!!

Potty Training

Gavin is working really hard on his potty training skills. He has been using the potty for about two weeks now. It is a challenge in the morning to get underwear on him but once you do then he is better about wanting to keep them on. He went all day yesterday without having an accident except for nap time which is amazing to us parents. There was a lot of praise and a lot rewards given for such the awesome act of potty!! It also helps that Gavin's good friend, Thomas (at daycare), is potty trained and he wants to be just like him. I will keep you posted and hopefully he will be trained all the way very soon.