1st Birthday and More!

It has been so long since I've posted! I've been very busy lately. Brennan and Ava has their 1st Birthday on November 7th! We had a Backyardigans party. They love the show! We celebrated with lots of family and friends. They got SOOOOO many new toys. After the guests left, Cory and I just sat there staring at all the stuff, wondering where we were going to put it. We turned our dining room into a playroom, but there was so much stuff! Luckily, with a storage bin and a relatively large room, it worked out. It's funny to me how no matter how many times I put a certain toy into the playroom, they just bring it back in the living room. It's also funny to me how they have so many toys (new and old) and love to play with the dog food dish, electrical cords, remotes, etc. One thing is for sure, Bren and Ava are loved by so many!




The day after their birthday, Brennan woke up with a terrible seal like cough. I thought to myself "Oh, Lord: it's croup!" We treated the symptoms he had and took him to the pediatrician on Monday afternoon. Sure enough, he had the ugly Croup. He was prescribed Prednisone and Motrin for fever control. He HATED the Prednisone and threw up after every dose. We put it in juice and the same thing happened. We then mixed it with his beloved bananas and it stayed down. The Prednisone made him mean and an insomniac! He is not a great sleeper anyway, but he just couldn't be still in bed AND he was in the bed with Mama and Daddy. I knew how ugly Croup could be, so I couldn't put him in his own bed upstairs. Ava has a little cough, but nothing like his cough was. Friday evening, we took Ava and Bren outside in the cool air, since this makes Croup symptoms better. We took them for a ride in their new wagon. I have to share this adorable picture!


***Thanks, Joyce and Todd for the great ride!!!!***


Anyway, 1 week later, he is better. He still has a dry cough (not the Croup cough), but feels SO much better. The Prednisone is stopped, so I feel like I have my baby boy back! For any of you who have taken an oral steroid, you know how crazy it makes even us adults! I took a steroid for bronchitis once and I could have killed someone!

Our babysitter and my other Mama, Toni, is back in the hospital. She has multiple Pulmonary Emboli (blood clots in lungs). Please keep her in your prayers! Thanks to great friends, we have the babysitter issue resolved. Ava and Bren sure do miss their Nana Toni, though!