A Scary Night for All!

Last night was a scary night for us. Ella's fever spiked at 102.8, which set her into a febrile seizure. She began shaking, her eyes stared blankly with no movement, she vomited, her eyes rolled back in her head, and she fell asleep. Brian and I immediately decided to take her to the closest emergency room. We arrived about 7:45 where she taken straight back. Almost immediately the nurses gave Ella a Tylenol suppository to try to get her now 103.4 fever down. We waited several hours before seeing the doctor. When she finally made it into our room, she ordered a flu, strep, and urine test. Ella was such a trooper despite all of the poking and prodding. All of these tests came back NEGATIVE. So... about 1:00am, the doctor ordered blood work. Blood work showed it was a evidentally some sort of bacterial infection, so soon after, they began a Rocephin IV drip. We FINALLY were on our way home at 2:00! It was a long night! As soon as we got into the car, Ella said, "I want to go to church!" God is so amazing! We are so thankful for all the prayers and for Grammy who had a sleepover with Car and made sure he was taken care of! She had a much better day today.

Labor Day Weekend= Photo FUN!

I love, love, love mini-vacations from school! Don't get me wrong... I absolutely LOVE my job, but it is nice to know that I have an extra day off! This weekend, we had so much fun together. On Saturday, I ventured out with both children to shop for our fall clothes! I was super excited to save so much money while getting super-cute clothes and shoes for Ella... and "sporty" clothes for Car. We visited the Cummings on Saturday night for a cookout and movie to celebrate Luke's birthday. On Sunday, I gave Ella a manicure and pedicure complete with polka dots, had lunch at Grammy's house, and enjoyed some mommy shopping time! During my shopping adventure, I found Ella a fall jacket and polka dot knee socks that she feel in love with immediately. Of course, she had to put them on right away. After suiting up, she returned to the living room with an umbrella saying she wanted to get under the "rainbow"! She cracks me up! We ventured outside for some "raining" fun!!!

Thank you Jesus for such small blessings in life!!!

Sweet Treats!

After Ella's haircut, which was GREATLY needed, we ventured to Brusters for a special Saturday sweet treat! When we got home, I tried to change Ella's diaper. I was having difficulty because she would not lay her head down. Finally, she said, "I can't lay down. My hair is too pitty!" I think we definitely have a prissy girl on our hands!

"Spitting Out" Pure Cuteness!

A few minutes after vomiting a little tonight, Ella said "Ella not spitting out anymore!"

When telling me about the fire drill at her school today, she said, "It was woud! Mrs. Judy hold my hand. It was woud!"

On Sunday, while I was changing her diaper, she looked at me with pure sweetness and said, "Mommy, I am so happy to see you today!"

Thank you Jesus for such small blessings in life!

First Day of First Grade!

Carson has gone to "school" since he was seven weeks old, and the first day NEVER gets any easier for the either of us! Carson had a FANTASTIC first day and already loves his teacher! We are so thankful!!!

Mommy's Bathing Beauty!!

Making Every Second Count!

One of our summer highlights is always being invited to Miss Charlene's to swim. Today was definitely a blast! When I asked Carson if he wanted to go this morning he said, "Yes, I want to see Luke." Luke was his imaginary friend that he had once while swimming at Charlene's house several years ago... before Ella was even born. I can't believe he remembered Luke and made the connection to swimming at Charlene's. When we got to Charlene's house, she had chicken nuggets for us from Chick-fil-A. I think Ella and Carson ate about twelve a piece! After eating, we enjoyed some time swimming. Carson loved Charlene!!!! I spent most of my time trying to PLEASE Ella Roo! Carson has turned into a little fish since the last time I saw him swim! I sure do miss Charlene to pieces!

Children's Museum of the Upstate

This summer we visited our first children's interactive museum when we traveled to Columbia for the day. Carson feel in love instantly! Being that he wanted to move our house to Columbia, I was super excited when I heard about the new museum that was opening only fifteen minutes from our house! Carson looked almost daily at the website for our new interactive museum. He even started counting down the days until the grand opening. Brian was off today, so we all ventured out early this morning to try to beat the crowd. When we arrived, they were about to begin a press conference. In attendance were Richard Riley, David Wilkins, and the mayor of Gville. Carson and Ella both waited so patiently for the ribbon to be cut and for the doors to fly open. Carson was one of the first people to run through the doors. Inside, we were greeted with many photographers and videographers. Carson and Ella were filmed and photographed in several of the exhibits. We were AMAZED at this new museum! Carson's favorite exhibits were the racing exhibit and the space craft exhibit. Ella's favorites were the water exhibit , the teddy bear hospital, and the grocery store. After eating lunch, we visited our favorites one last time before journeying home. Ella was so pooped she napped in the car... which is something she normally does not do any more!!! I am already looking forward to our next visit! After being there for several hours, there is still more for us to explore!