Quick Trip to Palmyra

Glen had a night off from Outback so we made a really quick trip to Palmyra. I really wanted Glen and the girls to see the Pageant and all the wonderful places we learn about. Just before the pageant started Connor had a major blow out diaper. Luckily we hadn't checked into our hotel yet so Glen ran to the car to get more clothes for him. I had to stand him up to my legs to clean him all off. It will be one of those funny memories from our trip that we can harass him about later!

Gillette Castle

Glen's Mom came for a fun visit and we took a day trip to Gillette Castle, one of my favorite places in Connecticut. It is just amazingly beautiful. We brought a picnic and ate by a picturesque pond. My favorite pictures were of the kids, especially of Glen and Connor.

Meeting Spiderman

Rachel, our little princess, has a fascination with Spiderman. What can I say. She was Spiderman a couple of years ago for Halloween. You can imagine her excitement when Spiderman came to the grand opening of the new Toys R Us store. We also got to see Barbie and Funshine Bear. Barbie was not a priority for them. Funshine was more exciting because that is what Care Bear Aunt Katie is (family thing). The last picture is of Kate doing her yoga that she watches on early morning TV. I found it funny that she did her pose in front of the Wii Fit. Kate is still trying hard to convince us that we HAVE to have one.

The month at the doctor

This has been one crazy month. So much has happened and I haven't blogged once! The week of Father's Day Connor started wheezing a lot. We went to the doctor and she diagnosed Connor with acid reflux (which we thought he had already). She gave him prevacid and a nebulizer to help his lungs and scheduled a follow up visit. By our next visit Connor's wheezing had gotten much worse and he had retractive breathing, a very scary thing to see in an infant. We continued the nebulizer and added a steroid. Then a follow up (we were going almost every other day). The steroid never seemed to help and the wheezing worsened and added a cough. He was tested for the swine flu and phenomena, both negative. The wheezing and retractive breathing continued. A week later he developed a high fever and tested positive for swine flu. Connor didn't react well to the Tamiflu medicine. Poor baby. When the swine flu started to go away he developed bronchiolotis. As of today he is on a new steroid inhaler and it has controlled the wheezing. Thank goodness. Kate got the flu too. She had a high fever for a couple days and then it went away. I am so thankful for wonderful doctors and medicine that can help us. It was so hard to see our little boy so sick for so long but I can't imagine what it would be like feeling so helpless without the miracles of modern medicine! I am a very thankful mommy! We took a fun, quick trip to Palmyra this week. After I download my pictures I'll add some posts.