November Challenge: Day 2

 Today, on this second day of November, I am thankful for bubble beards!

Trick or Treat

 Trick or Treating Monday Night

Tater liked it.  He, however, thought that once you rang the doorbell, that you were supposed to go inside their homes.  That's what you would normally do, right?  :)  

Going with Gramma

 Daddy's Turn

 Papa's Turn

(Notice that Papa was being smart and holding the tail!)

 Even Uncle Chris came with us. 

 I love how Tater is looking up and smiling at his Uncle Chris.  He thinks he's pretty cool. 

 Tater's pumpkin, all lit up. 

 What he loved more than trick or treating?  Giving out candy to the other kids.  

We were hanging out at Gramma and Papa's house and everytime the doorbell rang, he'd run and be the first one to the door, ready to pass out candy to the kids.  I love that my boy loved giving out the candy even more than actually receiving it.

How Much

 As I added pics to the blog tonight, I couldn't help but to think about last Halloween and how much our Tater has grown.  

Growing up way too fast!

Pumpkin Pics

 Pics of my Tater with his pumpkins. 
(I miss the days when he would say cheese for me and smile.  Now, he's gotten to "big" for that!  haha)

 This next picture...he decided to try to bite his little pumpkin.  Not so tasty. 

 Dave came out and took some pics with our boy.  I LOVE these.  :)

Our Farmer Boy

On Saturday, we decided to go to the Bass Pro Shop.  They were having some special Halloween things in their store and we thought we'd check it out. 

Tater dressed up in his little farmer boy gear, complete with awesome boots. 

 He loved checking out the boats.

 Gotta love the four wheelers.

Warming our hands by their fire.  It was SOOO cold outside. 

 Coloring with Daddy.

 More boat fun

 Cute pics of my boy in his cowboy boots.

First ER Visit

We had another first last night.  

After a super fun Halloween night (post coming soon), we came home, tucked Tater into bed, and drifted off to sleep.  All was well until around 2:30, when we heard Tater making some noise.  Now, he sometimes wakes up at night, especially when he's thrown his blankets off and has gotten cold, so this wasn't out of the ordinary.  Dave went down to check on him, thinking he would just cover him back up and all would be fine. 

All was not fine.  He was burning up, shaking, whimpering, and just acting pitiful.  Any movement was torture for him.  We took his temp and it was 104.4!  Tried to give him advil and within minutes, he was throwing up.  We gave him a cool bath, but nothing was helping.  

So, last night, at just a little after 3, we headed to the hospital for Tater's first ER visit.  

Thankfully, the staff was pleasant and we didn't have to wait to get into our room.  The doctor looked at him and quickly found a really bad ear infection in his right ear. 

 They gave him some meds to help calm him stomach and some tylenol.  Before long, his fever was down some and with a prescription for an antibiotic, we were on our way home. 

He woke up this morning and was one happy boy.  He was back to his wild and crazy self.  He ate a great breakfast and played.  He got his antibiotic and a dose of tylenol. 

Tater and I went to a store to check out a few things and on our way home, I noticed that his cheeks were getting a little red.  Within the 5 minutes it took to get home, he went from happy and smiling to crying and whimpering.  His fever was back, 103.8. 

He was still over 2 hours away from being able to get more meds and so for the next 2 hours, this is what my life looked like: 

I hate seeing him like this.  Soo pitiful. 

He got more advil and once his fever was down, he's been his crazy wild self again. 

Praying that it doesn't return tonight. 

November Challenge: Day 1

For the November challenge, my goal is to post something that I'm thankful for each day. 

So, here's #1 of 30.

Today, I am thankful that our ER visit last night was fast and not anything like the horror stories I've heard. 

(My next post will explain more.)