New Room

This past week, we moved Liam into the larger bedroom making his old room the guest room/Clay's office. Liam threw a fit when I took apart his crib to get it through the doorway. He was crying and screaming as he was handing me the screws and screwdriver to fix his bed. He settled down once I started putting it back together. I love having him in the new room. He has so much more space to play and more room for his toys.

Oh No!!

We are in trouble. Yesterday Liam figured out how to open the back door and went right out side as if he has been doing it all along. Unfortunately he comes from a long line of escape artists. I was hoping he would have been a little older before he figured out doors.

Lowry Park Zoo

This past Saturday, we went to the zoo in Tampa. It was so miserably hot that I let Liam play in the fountain with his clothes on while Shannon worked on her school project. We had a great time though. They had a baby rhino and monkey there that were to cute for words.

Swimming

Angie and Devon came to Florida this past week to look for an apartment since they are moving here this summer. While they were visiting they crashed at my parents and well so did I. Here's us all hanging out at the pool.

Pool Video

Zoo Trip

Shannon has to go to the zoo for school, but she doesn't want to go by herself. So this Sunday we are taking Liam to Lowry Park Zoo. Well I found out that if I get zoo pass for the zoo here in Melbourne, not only do I get to go back all year, but I get a discounted rate at other zoos around the country. Clay and I planned on getting zoo passes anyways, so it just make sense. Now our trip will be $15 instead of $40.

Therefore, today we made a quick trip to the Brevard Zoo. Since we drove up there to get the passes anyways, I took Clay to look around. Here is a video of Liam and I watching the giraffes.

Memorial Day Weekend Photos

Go Mitchell Go! Liam clapping because everyone else was.

Liam and daddy playing.

Liam running in and out of the tide pool.

Liam and Grandpa in the lazy river.

More fun filled pics and video

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we headed to Orlando. Mitchell has a soccer tournament at Wide World of Sports, so my parents rented a townhouse at a resort outside of Disney. Here is a video of Liam helping me pack this morning.

The Famous Bear

Shannon sent Jimmy a 7 lb blue Gummi Bear for his birthday. I didn't post these photos earlier, since we didn't know when Jimmy would get his care package. But he called her today, so here they are. We were cracking up that the bear was the size of Liam.

Mitchell and the "bear".

Chicken Pox Rant

Yesterday I called the Dr. office and asked if they wanted to see Liam if he has the chicken pox or whether just keep him at home since they really can't do anything for him since its a virus. I called the nurse at 9:25. By 10:30 she called me back asking when did he get his shot and what symptoms he is having. So I told her he had a fever on Friday etc. etc. She kept asking whether he had blisters or fluid filled sores.
I told her yes he has bumps on his arms and legs that look like fire ant bites.
So she said, so he doesn't have blisters.
That's right no blisters (or what I would call blisters) but smaller bumps on his arms, legs, and face.
So no fluid filled sores like pimples?
No he does have them. He looks like a bumpy toad.
But no blisters?
No blisters.
What about scabs?
None that I've noticed.
So no fluid filled blisters?
No, but smaller bumps on his arms and legs
I'll talk to the doctor and call you back

1:30pm Well it falls in the right timeline of when he would get them if it was from the vaccine. Dr. Lockhart said because it isn't following the progression of chicken pox (aka fever, rash, bumps, and scabs) that its prob a viral fever rash. Does he have blisters?...Okay, insert the 1st conversation again and then she when to explain what chicken pox would look like. If anything changes call us back.

First of all, I know what chicken pox looks like. I had them when I was 13. It wasn't pretty. Second, I know what a viral rash looks like. Liam has already had hand-foot-mouth disease and croup, both have viral rashes. He has raise fluid filled bumps not blisters. Blisters to me are larger than pimples or fire ant bites like the size of a pea. And its not a flat rash. If it wasn't chicken pox, I would be a hell of a lot more concerned of the raised rash and they should have asked for me to bring him in if they thought it might be something else. He didn't have scabs when I called, but by the end of the day he did. I didn't even bother calling back and waiting all day to here back from them. I'll talk to Lockhart at his next appt.

Chicken Pox

Liam received his chicken pox vaccine May 5th at his one year appt. Dr. Lockhart told me that since it was a live vaccine that he could get chicken poxs with in the next month. Poor guy, he's covered in them. Here's Liam in awe of the poxs on his belly.