Wordless Wednesday!

"Josh the Carrot"

Cayden, Prestyn and I are sitting down to eat lunch together.

Cayden looks at me & says: "Josh the carrot is eating with us too, see he's right here!"

I look at the empty chair and say: "Oh, well that's nice of him to join us" (meanwhile I'm snickering inside..silly boy)

Me: "how old is "Josh the Carrot?""

Cayden "he's 4"

Me: "oh, what does he look like?"

Cayden: "kinda like my hair."

me: "hmmm, does he have any brothers or sisters?"

Cayden: "yes, 2 brothers and a sister, his brother work"

Me: "what are their names?"

Cayden: "his sister is "sally the carrot" and his brothers work!"

Me: "wow, that's cool. What does he like to do?"

Cayden: "he likes to play and eat with us"

Then the conversation about "Josh the Carrot" was over and we proceeded with lunch!! This boy cracks me up! Gotta love that imagination!

my little cookie helper

Well here's my helper! He loves to help in the kitchen, it doesn't matter what is being made, he has to be hands on! :)

I measure, he dumps!
before chocolate chips!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my bosch mixer! It was a wedding gift from my grandma and I use it all the time!! It's a lifesaver.

mmmm, cookie dough goodness

Ready to bake!

Scrump-diddly-umptious!

And they agree!!

Soccer!

We went to watch cousins Kole & Beau play soccer today! It was fun to watch them in action! Beau is in the blue beanie here:

Cayden found a spare soccer ball and had fun playing
Prestyn of course had to join in on the action.

And here's Kole, he did a great job defending!

It was alot of fun to watch them play, but BURRRR, it was COLD!!

We went to the dr.

Well I got Cayden into the dr today, after waiting in the waiting room for 45 minutes they took us back. He now weighs 41 lbs. His temp was normal etc.

The dr came in & looked him over, Cayden was awesome & listened well & answered the dr's questions. He said it isnt' chicken pox or measels, but wanted to test him for strep, otherwise he thought it was just a virus that had to work his course. I told him Cayden had just had a cold last week, and he said that could be the end of it getting out of his system.

The nurse came in & did the throat swab for Strep, poor Cayden gaged and had watery eyes. She came back with a coupon for a free ice cream cone from DQ, which had him cheesed & wanting to leave immediately to go get it.

ITS NOT STREP. The dr told me it will just need to run it's course and that we should do cool baths and keep him moisturized, if it gets any worse bring him back.

Waiting for the dr to look at his "scratches" as he calls them.

What Prestyn did during the visit.

Coloring on the paper while we wait.

"God was bothering me"

My early morning conversation with Cayden today!

Cayden: "Mom, God was bothering me when I was sleeping!"

Me: "How was he bothering you?"

Cayden: "He was talking to me and bothering me, and Prestyn too!"

Me: "What did he say?"

Cayden: "He said that He loves Prestyn and that He loves me too. He said He loves all of us!"

Me: "Well that seems pretty nice!"

Cayden: "Yeah, I have to go potty!"

RASH!?! EXCEMA?? or what?

Okay, so if you have ANY IDEA whatsever of what this might be, please let me know. I'm thinking excema (like he had when he was a baby) or some sort of heat rash. Everything I've googled doesn't seem to match up!

so....after breakfast yesterday morning (Saturday) I noticed Cayden had some spots on his neck (and no - we didn't eat anything abnormal- all things we've had before) Initially I freaked out thinking chicken pox etc. Then I calmed down & made a game out of it, made him touch the ceiling with this hand etc, so I could see where all it was at. It was mostly on his shoulders (kinda like his collar bone area)

So Justyn gave him a bath while I cleaned up breakfast etc.

After lunch, it had spread & gotten bigger - that's when I took pics.

DAY 1:

It really reminded me of when he was just under a year & I had come home from a girls weekend with my sisters and mom and Cayden was from the neck to his privates covered like this.....poor boy.

We lubed him up with his excema cream yesterday and put vicks on it last night since he's been batteling a cold all week, runny nose, sneezing etc....

We had him sleep on his mattress in our room last night too just so we could keep an eye on him. (to top this off Prestyn started up with a runny nose last night too)

DAY 2

and this is how much it's spread...poor boy, he's starting to say it itches today...gave a lukwarm bath today and patted dry, put oatmeal lotion on etc.

I'm planning to call & get him in first thing in the am tomorrow. It might be nothing, just excema, or something that needs to run its course, but I need to KNOW. My poor boy, I feel so bad for him & so helpless...when I rub the lotion on it just feels bumpy & sore. I wish I could make it all go away & make him better. Please pray it goes away quickly & that we know what it is. THANKS