Random Things

Man....it has been a while since my last blog! Lots going on!

Kasey has started taking his first steps! WOO! He will be running around with Katie in no time. Can't wait...

Katie has had a terrible eczema flare up - I was going to post pictures, but they are really disturbing. I really don't think anyone wants to see them. Poor thing! I have had her in to the doctor 3 times in the past few weeks. She just keeps getting worse and the doctors are telling me that we have not started aggressive therapy at this point. Umm...I don't know how other 3 year olds are (but I can assume they are much like Katie), but do you know how hard it is to have a 3 year old stand still up to 5 times a day so I can apply 4 different types of cream/ointment to her skin? And give her a double dose of the antihistamine medicine? Not to mention that one cream tends to burn because she has scratched her skin so raw...ugh! Frustrating. They would not do allergy testing since the results would probably be inconclusive. I think I might have figured out the trigger (and I really hope I am right!!!) Recently, Katie has decided that she doesn't want to sleep with the sheet or other blankets on her bed. She has been sleeping with her comforter as her only blanket. The comforter is made of polyester!! I read on several articles that polyester can be a trigger! AND she has been playing dress-up like 3 times a day for the past few weeks - those are also made with polyester. So we are taking these items away temporarily to see if that might be what caused the flare up. The doc said that even if we remove the trigger, it might take up to 2 weeks for the symptoms to fade. I am really hoping this clears up soon. She is having trouble sleeping because she can't stop scratching! Poor thing!

Kasey is going to be one VERY soon!! Brian's grandmother is coming out to visit for the big day! It should be fun. We are trying to plan some fun things while she is here. Katie wants to go to the beach, go figure. She is ready to look for sea shells again! It will be great to go this year because Kasey will be able to walk around with us instead of sitting in his little car seat only waking to nurse. Have you ever tried to nurse a baby at the beach? Not an easy task I tell you. It will be nice to just bring some snacks this year.

Hope everyone is well! I will try to post more regularly!