Madalyn's Monday

My poor baby girl...when I went to get her this morning, her hives had become worse. This is the worse break out that she has had yet. They have completely covered her face, arms, and legs and had gotten bigger. Around lunch time, she started biting her hands and I realized that she was itching, so I called the doctor and they told me go come on in.  Basically, we don't know what has set her off this time, but the doctor said it was something internal or viral and it will take awhile to go away.  They normally take a few weeks to go away. To keep her on benadryl every six hours for the next couple of days.  Other than the biting I saw, she doesn't seem to be bothered by then. When we got home, she has been running around and playing like normal.  However, as much as she loves being outside, she has to stay in today. The heat would only make the hives worse, which is okay, since today is the hottest day we have had in awhile.

Wearing my shoes

Playing with my pocket book

Her new favorite place to play

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, etc. out there.  I hope you all have a wonderful day and that someone has told you how much they appreciate you and all that you do.  I think Dads play such a vital role in the family and so many kids do not have a Dad or a "Dad role-model" in their lives.  A Dad is the center of the family and household and without a Dad, who believes in Christ, the family unit just falls apart.  I see it all the time with the kids I teach and they suffer with this lack. And unfortunately "Moms"-are wonderful and can do so much, but it doesn't replace a Dad.  So thank you Dads who have stayed with your family through the hard times and thank you Dads who have led your family by Christian love and guidance. Thank you to my Dad, Papa, Uncles, and my Father-in-Law for setting such wonderful examples of what a father and "Dad" should be and all that you do for me and our family.  Thank you to my wonderful husband, who is an awesome Dad!  I love you so much Kevin, and love you for being such a wonderful Dad to our baby girl.  God couldn't have given Madalyn a more perfect Dad for her than you, and me a more perfect husband than you.  Happy Father's Day!

Even before she was born, Madalyn had her Daddy wrapped around her little finger.

 How much more precious and sweet can you get than this? (but then again I am a little basis)

Step for step, she follows her Daddy.

Madalyn's Hives..Here We Go Again

On Sunday mornings, Kevin and I normally get ready then get Madalyn up. I went in to wake her up for church this morning and when I picked her up, I noticed that she had red bumps all over her face. When I pulled her clothes off to change her, the red bumps were all over her. Some smaller than the eraser part of a pencil, some the size of an eraser and then some like the size of a dime or nickel.  She was broken out at the beach and we were thinking it was due to the irritation of the salt water and sand, or sand flees.  The bumps had yet to go away, but they were there this morning. So I called the doctor to find out how much benadryl to give her.  However, Madalyn is such a trooper, any time she's had hives, she doesn't let her slow her down.  Over the past two weeks, she has had a good many knew foods, and I thought that by now I wouldn't have to watch her that closely with new foods, but apparently I do. There are two new things that she had at the beach and has had a home that seem to show up a good bit so they maybe what has caused this outbreak....strawberries (which we had thought she had a reaction to them in the past) and cinnamon (such a cinnamon french toast and cinnamon waffles.) But we don't know for sure, but for Madalyn she will be back on plain, regular food for awhile until she clears up with no new foods.  As you can guess, due to her outbreak we decided not to go to church to better keep an eye on her, plus we thought it might freak out the people in the nursery or other parents if they saw her.  I always take pictures of Madalyn when she breaks out to have as a record of what has happened. She goes to the doctor next week for her 15 month checkup so we might know more about them then if they haven't cleared up.  I'm glad the hives don't slow her down, but she sure looks pitiful.

Look Mama!

We had our first of many, "Look Mama, what I did!" moments. Madalyn brought her ball into the bathroom and as I was saying "no, no, no..." too late! Splash! The ball was in the toilet.  She thought it was funny at first, then she lost interested and walked away.  I grabbed the camera before getting the ball out. (Which the bathroom is probably the one room in most houses that you don't want to have to post a picture. Oh well..)And just so you know, I did santize the ball very well before giving it back to her.  I know I won't be able to capture all of the "look Mama!" moments in our future, nor will I be happy about all of them, but hey, it should give you a laugh or chuckle for today because I laughed and was thankfully it was something that was too big to be flushed. :0)

Sunday, Hilton Head Day 5

Today is a sad day because our vacation has quickly come to an end and we have to go home. It seems like I blinked and it went from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning.  We greatly enjoyed our time.  It was nice to have cooler weather at the beach for a change, it was very enjoyable and pleasant. I can say that we will have many more trips to the beach in our future because Madalyn loved it so. After we checked out of our room this morning, we went to Harbor Town to spend a few hours there and eat lunch before heading home.

My dad and I climbed the steps to the top.  I have been in several lighthouses and this climb is one of the easier climbs, except for it being hot inside. But at each level they had fans and once you reached the top there was a very nice breeze and view.

Looking down at Kevin and Madalyn.  I was too far and too high for Madalyn to find me.

This was looking down from 50 feet up at the steps and inside of the lighthouse.



Jumping the Waves

Madalyn just loved the ocean! She had a lot of fun jumping the waves and splashing in the water.  Here's a video her and her daddy jumping the waves.

Saturday, Day 4 Continued...

I had so many beach pictures tonight because it's our last night, so here's some more.

I thought this was an interesting little crab.