Christmas

Conner has finally made a full recovery and ejoying all his new toys. We decided to have Christmas on Christmas Eve morning at our house. Conner had just a few small presents to open from Santa. He still doesn't quite understand the gift thing and we had to help him open most of his presents. As soon as he saw what they were though, he stood there and said "open, open, open" until we had got it out of the container. I thought he was really going to have a melt down a couple of times when Mom and Dad couldn't work fast enough opening the gifts. We spent Christmas Eve afternoon over at Aimee's with Aaron's dad. Conner had a ton of fun running around with Aimee's kids. Nicholas and Bri each got a nerf gun so Noah and Conner joined in. Conner mostly ran around picking up the darts, he also tried to play the same things they were like football and soccer. He was so tired when we made it home but we decided to go ahead and set up his new Hot Wheels track from Papa Boatwright. About the same time Aaron had it set up and was showing Conner what to do we decided that it was time for bed. Christmas morning we woke up and headed to Denton and spent the day with my Mom, Dad and Aunt Glenda. Conner got a new tricylce that can be converted from a rocker to a bike he can ride outside. It didn't take him long to figure out what to do and how much fun it was. He also got a new t-ball set that we are holding on to until it's a little warmer outside. We've taken the tricycle out a couple of times since Christmas and Conner still refuses to use the pedals and insists on just pushing it with his feet. We headed to Alvarado to spend Christmas night with Aaron's mom and stepdad, Monica & John. Monica had made dinner including lefsa that Aaron was so looking forward to. After dinner we all opened our gifts and Conner was super excited that he had a train. We went ahead and set the train up for Conner to play with and he loves it. We finally made it back to our house around 11 pm that night. When we woke up the next morning, Conner went straight for the train, then the "cycle" as he calls it.

With so many new toys entering the house I couldn't take looking at them in my living room any more and decided to get rid of the guest bed in the spare room. Since Conner's bed has a trundle and we have a full size blow up mattress we decided we could rearrange to accommodate any guests we might have in the future. So for now, the bed in the spare room is gone and all of Conner's toys have been moved to this room. Conner now has his own play room and mommy doesn't have to hurdle various hot wheels and such.

To all the Moms out there

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Feeling Better

Conner is finally starting to feel and act much better. Late Friday afternoon Conner started running a fever so we made a call to the doctor and she told us as long as his temperature stayed right around 100 degrees that was his body's way of fighting off the virus. As nervous parents, okay really just me, Aaron always assures me everything is alright. We checked on him through out the night and at one point I was ready to haul us all to the emergency room. Aaron convinced me to wait it out and we stayed home instead. Conner started crying around 4 am and since we've moved him to a big boy twin size bed I was able to climb in bed and hold him for the next couple of hours, while at the same time getting a little more shut eye. My parents came by on Saturday to babysit so Aaron and I could finish up some Christmas shopping. Conner has a thing for my dad and if he's around wants nothing to do with any one else - it's all about papa. My dad held him most of the time we were gone, he didn't much feel like doing anything. My parents left about 4 and pretty soon after they left his temperature finally broke and he started to play. We struggled to get him to drink and eat but finally after a couple of days he has resumed to normal. We will be spending Christmas Eve at Aimee's and then Saturday we will be in Denton for the day and have dinner in Alvarado. We are very much looking forward to this christmas and will have some pictures to share soon! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Sick Mr. Conner

Conner has had a runny nose and cough the last couple of weeks. Our initial visit to the peditrician a couple weeks ago diagnosed him as having a sinus infection so we treated it by giving him Bendryl and an antibotic. His cough and runny nose have lingered so I decided to call the doctor yesterday to see if we should come back. They wanted us to come and his peditrician tested him for RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) which he determined Conner had. It's basically a viral respitatory infection and very contagious and can cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Aaron and I rearranged our schedules the remainder of the week since Conner is unable to attend day care. I stayed home today, Aaron's stays home Thursday and then I'm on Conner duty Friday. Unfortunately we will not be attending any Christmas events this weekend and next week is still up in the air as we certainly don't want anyone getting this. Conner's current treatment consists of breathing treatments three times a day for a week. The virus is nonreceptive to antibotics so we just have to wait this out. Conner will be going back to the doctor next week and we hope to have a much better diagnosis and a much happier, healthier Conner.

Santa Visit

So we finally made it to see Santa. I think the picture says it all!

Trip to the Rainforest

We decided to take a trip to Grapevine on Saturday to eat at the Rainforest Cafe and visit the Gaylord Texan. This was our first time to the Rainforest Cafe and we enjoyed watching Conner check everything out and he was amazed at everything going on. He also adopted a new little buddy, his giraffe "Melman". He carried that giraffe all day and night and still hasn't let go of it. We hoped to visit Santa while at the Gaylord, but he was on a break while we were there and we gave up. Conner did get see a reindeer and lots of trains. Here are some pictures from the visit.

Kinda of back in business

I went to the doctor again today and they removed my lovely eye patch. My vision is very very blurry but it is much better than having that patch on my eye. I hope to have my full sight in a week or so. I am going to go to work tommorrow and will see how things go. I have another doctors appointment Friday and if all keeps going I will once again be able to see. You don't realize how much you rely on your sight until its gone. Aaron has been a real trouper with helping around the house and taking care of Conner. Conner won't be calling mommy a pirate tonight though. Here are a couple pictures we snapped of Conner playing last night.

Where did my eye go?

We had a great Thanksgiving until Sunday afternoon when I had to go to the emergency clinic. Sunday we worked on getting the christmas lights put up outside. After working for about an hour we took a break to come inside and have lunch. As I reached up to get the dishes out of the cabinet I felt something in my eye and couldn't seem to get any relief after rinsing and tearing. So about an hour later we decided it was time to seek professional help. Turns out I had a cornial abrasion. Or as the doctor said, "took a chunck out". We still are not quite sure what happened but I must have got something in my eye while outside or something was on my hat and came off in my eye when I was inside. My eye has been patched since Sunday night and I've gone to the optamologist everyday since. I hope to have the patch removed tommorrow since the doctor said it was about 75% healed. It's been a very painful experience and I won't be working outside without safety glasses from now own. Here is a picture of my pirate costume!