Hanging with the Hives

The past five days have probably some of the most uncomfortable for our little lovebug. At some point while he was sleeping Friday night, he broke out in hives. We were concerned when he woke up with them Saturday morning, primarily due to the fact he was on antibiotics at the time and we knew that could be a possible culprit. Turns out, after consulting three pediatricians and finally our pedi-allergist, they are all in agreement that it was the medicine. Unfortunate, as he'll never be able to take it again. However, we are so thankful it wasn't worse. 'Cause it could've been.

That's not to say it hasn't been quite trying. This picture is actually from tonight. The hives are in the "coming and going" phase, which is a nice change, since before today, they simply were just coming! So, so relieved to see them starting to fade. But just to demonstrate how annoying they can be, compare this pic to the one below. They were taken about 5 minutes apart. One minute, his face is clear. The next...

...it looks like this. I seriously put his pj shirt on him, he went into J's room, and then I noticed he was "changing." Sigh.
This pic is from Day 1. Little did we know how many more were to come.

Sunday night. Sunday and Monday were by far the worst days. By Tuesday morning, I was convinced my baby would look like this forever!!!

His little tush was one big hive (again from Sunday night). And I have some awful pics from Monday of his face (that's what made the tears come for me) that I don't even want to post b/c they are so sad and painful looking. By Monday, he was covered head to toe. Last night was a turning point, and one that I am EXTREMELY grateful for - I think I actually slept a few hours in a row!

Through it all, L has been such a trooper. He's only had a handful of moments. I think the meds are keeping his discomfort at bay, but there are times when I can just see that he's had it. Honestly, I would have too by now. He has kind of blown us away through this ordeal. Praying, for his sweet sake, they keep "going" and stop "coming" soon.

Fun with Pictures

I found a picture of me earlier this week taken when I was about 13 months old. I knew that my littlest man favored his mama, but when I saw the picture it kinda amazed me. Not only does L act like me (well, he acts more like my mom...hahahaha! love you mom!), but he also really does look like me! We are both the exact same age in these pictures.

We all know how much J favors his daddy. He looks like him, acts like him...is basically mini-daddy. He even calls himself "Little J"! I guessed that daddy was about 3-4 when this picture was taken of him, and J was a little over 3 yrs during his photo shoot.

And it only makes sense that b/c the oldest looks just like his Dad, that he favors his mom. Of course, I love it! And vice versa - since tiny tot looks just like me, he is way more into his Daddy. He responds to Dad in a way that is pretty special. We're so blessed!

Spring Musical at WCP

Our big man's preschool held it's first ever Spring Musical this year. Most of our family knows we just found out the date last week - it was kind of a last minute idea I think. But the kids did a FANTASTIC job!

Here is J waiting for the show to start. Totally thrilled, can't you tell?

Now we're into it. The preschool director read a children's version of David & Goliath. After each sentence, the kids threw in a little "theater." For example, when Ms. Lisa said, "And the giant was 9 feet tall" the kids threw their hands straight up in the air and YELLED, " NINE FEET TALL!!!!" Super cute.

Here they are counting out five little stones during one of the songs. They sang three songs during the reading.

LOL! J was doing a great job singing and his friend next to him really started getting into the spirit. These kids are precious I tell ya.

All of the pre-K age kids. Jis in the top middle with his hands raised. There are four classes of pre-K total. They are all so cute and sweet. And we were so excited to find out that a little boy in the other 4 day class is going to be starting Sterling in the fall too! Such a small world! J was sooooo excited when he heard he would know someone in his Kinder class. He's already talking about how they are going to sit together. :)

And one of little brother pre-show. He could have climbed the stairs to the stage all night. He did a pretty good job of watching the show - especially when his big brother was on stage. He even did some of the hand motions they were doing, like popping himself on top of the head then laughing. Already a ham for sure!