We had such a fun weekend last weekend, even though I am dealing with another sinus infection. (This is my 3rd in a month!) My cousin, Jake, plays baseball for Grayson County College up in Sherman, TX. He is playing baseball in a summer league and had a tournament down here this weekend. Friday, his game was in San Marcos at Texas State. There were two games on Saturday at St. Edwards here in Austin and he had 2 more games in San Marcos on Sunday. He and his mom and his sister, Madison, came and stayed with us for the weekend. Madison is going to be a senior in high school and is totally uninterested in watching her older brother play baseball, so she hung out with Darrell, Reagan, and I for the weekend. Saturday, she went me over to Cavender's and helped me pick out a new pair of boots. I've been wanting some new boots for a couple of years now, but couldn't decide what I wanted. The boots I have are plain Justin Ropers that I love so very much because they are nice and broken in because they have been through a little of everything. There is a whole in the sole about the size of the dime and because of that and the fact that I've had my eye on something a little fancier, I finally decided to actually go look at some boots. Madison is quite the boot expert since she wears them most of the time when she goes and feeds her cows and shows her cows at the stock shows. I ended up getting some Tony Llama's that are absolutely beautiful. I can hardly wait to wear them! I'll be posting pictures soon!

Jake wanted to go out to Cabella's to check it out, so we went out there Saturday afternoon. Darrell and Dad had a 6:30 tee time for golf at Lions Municipal on Sunday morning and Jake and his mom headed down to San Marcos about 7:30. Madison, Reagan, and I slept in until 8:15, which was really nice. After we fed Reagan breakfast, we headed down to Zilker Park for a ride on the train and ran in to one of my friend from high school, Allison, who had her little boy and her step son at the park. They ended up riding the train with us. After we rode the train, we took Reagan over to the swings and we ran in to Dash, a little boy that was in his old class at day care. He's still in the other class because he's about a month younger than Reagan, but he should be moving up soon. It was really cute to see their little faces light up when the recognized each other. They swang for a while and we headed home.

Reagan slept all the way home and we came back to the house and ate some lunch and we kind of lied around most of the afternoon. Reagan started running a fever again late in the afternoon and it got up o almost 103. I called the doctor on Monday to let them know what was going on since he's still on antibiotics from the last ear infection and they said we needed to bring him back in to have him re-checked. The doctor said that one of the ear is all better and the other one just had a little fluid around it, but is almost better. The problem this time was the throat. The doctor said he had little white blisters on his throat that was the result of a virus and of course the antibiotics won't work on that. So, Reagan got to spend the day with Grandma on Monday since she doesn't keep little Ellie on Mondays. Mom said he was really good and took a long nap, but he didn't eat much, which the doctor had told us hat he probably wouldn't because of his sore throat.

He didn't run a fever all day Monday, so we took him back to daycare yesterday. I got a call from the daycare about 3:45 yesterday telling me that Reagan had gotten bit by another kid in his class. Apparently, when the storms came in yesterday afternoon, all of the kids were gathered around the window watching it rain and Reagan was in the front and another kid was mad because they couldn't see and that kid bit Reagan. Miss Jina said that he really didn't even cry or anything, but when I picked him up, you could still see the teeth marks that went all the way around his little elbow. I'm sure it won't be the last time that he gets bit and I sure hope that I don't get a call telling me that he has bit someone else!

Reagan seems to be feeling alot better and has even gotten his appetite back. He finished his antibiotics from ear infection #2, so here's hoping that it stays a way for a while!

The doctor told me Friday that I need to make an appointment with the Ear Nose and Throat specialist because of my sinus issues. I've had these types of issues before, but it hasn't been since I was about 15 years old. I had sinus infection after sinus infection and within a week of getting off one round of antibiotics, I would get another one. After a CAT scan, they discovered that I have a deviated septum, which results in my sinuses not draining right and I had developed a polyp in one of my sinuses and it was half filled up with gunk. At that time, they put me on some really high powered antibiotics, decongestants, a steroid nose spray, and a saline solution nose spray. That finally fixed it, but the ENT had said at that time that was the last resort and if the combination that they were trying did not work, then I was going to have to have the sinus surgery where they go in and drain my sinuses. So, I'm sort of thinking that we may be close to that again and it's just a matter of getting the right combination of medication. I'm just so ready for all of this to get taken care of! I haven't run in almost a month and it's really starting to drive me nuts! I think if I may try to get started running again next week.

Kitchen Remodel

The picture of Reagan at the top was what our counter tops and back splash looked like until yesterday. I also threw a picture of our beautiful travertine tile floors that we were lucky enough to already have when we bought the house. Yesterday, Darrell layed all the tile. Today, he did the grout and installed the new sink and faucet. We got the paint to paint the cabinets, but he said that may have to wait until another week of vacation because he has reached his quota of work for the week. I'm so proud of the hard work that he's done and I think it looks SO much better than it did. I'm pretty lucky to be married to such a handy man!

Ear Infection Round 2

So, a week ago last Thursday, we took Reagan to Dr. Day for his post ear infection check-up. She said that the ears looked great. The next Tuesday, I dropped Reagan off at school, went to get a breakfast taco and a cup of coffee, and pulled into the parking garage at work. I was just about to get out of the car when my phone rang. It was the daycare saying that Reagan had a 102 fever. Darrell had no gone to work yet, so he went and got him and I called the doctor to make an appointment. When I told them what was going on, they had me bring him right in to re-check the ears. We got over there and his temperature was almost 102.7 and they said that the ears looked fine. Dr. Day was leaving the next day to go out of town for a week and said that she was going to leave notes with her back-up for a plan of action in case things were to turn worse.

So, Wednesday, I stayed home with him in the morning and Darrell stayed home with him in the afternoon. He was still running fever most of the day, so Darrell stayed home with him again on Thursday. He didn't run any fever all day on Thursday, so it was back to daycare on Friday. They said he was 'sensitive' at daycare, which probably means he was a little irritable, but he made it through the day.

Saturday we really went and got the granite tile and back splash so that Darrell can re-do the kitchen since he is on vacation this week. On Father's Day, we had a good day. My Dad came over and he, Darrell, Reagan, and I went to eat lunch at Threadgill's. Reagan was in a pretty good mood and ate well. We came back home and watch the U.S. Open Golf tournament for a while. Reagan was still in a good mood, playing with Grandpa and just hanging out, even though it was way past his nap time and he hadn't taken one yet. Dad left around 1:30 and Darrell started laying out some of the tile so that he could mark where he was going to have to cut. Reagan got SUPER upset and just started screaming. We figured that he was just tired, so Darrell came and sat down with him to try and get him calmed down. He slept about 15 minutes and woke up and just screamed. I thought that maybe if I got him in the car he would go to sleep, so he and I got in the car and headed over to my Mom's. We got over there and he ate a little and played some and then I put the mat from the play yard down in the floor and he layed down and went to sleep for about 10 minutes. Then he woke up screaming again. After being over there a couple of hours (and giving Darrell the time he needed to mark the tiles) we headed back home. When I got him out of the car, he was really warm. I took his temperature and it was 101.5. Darrell took him upstairs and gave him a cool bath and gave him some Motrin to help get the fever down. About 5 pm, he finally went to sleep and then slept off and on until around 9. He would wake up and just cry and his fever got up to about 103.7. I called the urgent care number for our doctor and told them what was going on and they had a nurse call me back. She basically told me to keep doing what we were doing and they had someone call me to make an appointment for the next day.

So, at 8:20 Monday morning, we were back at the doctor's office. We had to see another doctor since Dr. Day is still out of town. Dr. Broberg was very nice and told us that Reagan had an ear infection in both ears again. He said now that we have had two so close together, we are really going to start watching how the infections respond to the antibiotics, how far apart they are, and how easy it is to heal them. As a child that had bad problems with my ears which eventually resulted in having tubes put in, that puts Reagan at a higher risk of having issues with his ears as well. After the first couple of rounds of antibiotics yesterday, the fever was all gone and we sent him back to daycare today. They said he was in a really good mood today and he also took a 2 1/2 nap. He usually takes about a two hour nap, but since they knew he had been sick, they just let him sleep. They also said that this was the first time that he went to sleep all by himself, they didn't even have to pat him or anything! I'm so proud of him.

As I mentioned earlier, Darrell is working on the kitchen this week. He's laid all the granite tile on the counters and put up the back splash. After dinner, we went over to Home Depot and got a new sink and faucet and picked out paint for the cabinets. Tomorrow, Darrell will install the new sink and faucet and put the grout on the back splash and tile. It is looking really amazing so far and I'm so proud of the job that he's done! I am so very lucky to be married to such a handy man! I will be posting pictures of the kitchen soon!!

In the meantime, here is a picture of Reagan sleeping on the mat on Sunday.

Playing with cows, water fun, and a new class room

Saturday was a looooong day for Reagan. Darrell, Reagan and I headed down to Kyle because Darrell was helping a friend of his lay tile on his patio. All Reagan wanted to do was be outside with his Dad and he had a really hard time staying inside with the girls when he could see Dad just outside the window. We got down there about 10:30 and by 2, he had still not taken a nap and had just had enough. Even though they were only about three quarters of the way done, Rick knew Reagan was done and sent us home.

I had gotten a call Friday from my little cousin, Madison, who lives up by Dallas and shows cows in livestock shows for Future Farmers of America. She was at a show in Seguin and asked how close she was to us. When I told her it was only about 45 minutes away, we made plans to get together Saturday evening when she and her mom were on their way back up to Dallas. So, Madison called around 5 and said that they were in Austin, so we met them over at the Serrano's in Southpark Meadows for dinner. After dinner, Reagan got to go check out the cows. She had two heifers and a calf that is only a few months old. Reagan climbed right into the trailer with Madison to check things out. He petted the cows and gave them hugs and kisses, pulled their ears, and even got licked by one. Little did I know that we were going to have our own petting zoo in the parking lot of South Park Meadows!!

Sunday, Darrell, Reagan, and I had brunch over at Katz's Deli and then headed back home and lounged around for a while. I had gotten a text message Saturday evening from my friend,

Kathryn, asking if anyone was up for dinner and playing at her house on Sunday afternoon. So, Darrell made a salad and we headed over. Our friend, Dawn, and her family were there as well as another family and their 2 kids that are friends of Dawn's and Kathryn's. 4 little boys that are all pretty close to the same age are pretty amusing to watch!

So last Tuesday, Reagan had a note in his cubby when I picked him up from daycare that said he would be moving up to the next class room starting today. There were 6 kids in his class who all moved up to the next class. Each day last week, they would go spend 30-45 minutes in with the other class room to help them transition. So this morning, he started his new class. He is now in the 18 -24 month class even though he will only be 17 months next week. His new teachers said he had a really good day today and his daily report said that he was happy and he played well with others, so we were very happy about that! We are very pleased with the progress that he has made since starting daycare. He has started to say a few words. He says Momma, Yum-yum (when he's eating.), bye-bye, and he knows the sign language for "more." He tells us "more" when he want food now. He has started dancing alot and does so whenever he hears music. We also really like to see him interact with other kids. He's really doing well and just growing way faster than we had anticipated!