Friday, May 28, 2010

eczema is no friend of mine

poor beckett has eczema..."severe" eczema as the doctor says :( he has had it for a long time...but recently it flared up...really really bad. i took a couple pictures for my reading audience :) and for my mom who is in italy...so she could see just how bad it was. these pictures were taken AFTER a night of the steroids- his skin was actually worse than this...hard to believe...

in the room @ tx children's...watching the choo choo train (light rail)...terrible pictures... iphone
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in the big waiting room...he thought he was SO cool...talking and showing off to everyone :)
had to get a picture of him in the hospital gown :)
here is one picture of it...awful!!! even though it itches the hell out of him, he is the happiest little boy :)
the treatment for eczema is interesting to say the least...we have 3 different steroid creams to apply at different times of the day (all day). before he goes to bed, we apply the strongest one and then put him in a wet wrap. a wet wrap is essentially this: we soak a pair of his jammies in warm water and put them on him (we ring them out first)...then we put a pair of dry jammies over the wet ones...same goes for socks. then he goes night night :) thankfully he already loved sleeping w/ 7 blankets because he was freezing his ass off w/ wet jammies on!!!
and then...mid-morning, we (why do i say we?)...i apply a mini-wet wrap...this means the strong steroid and then tube socks in warm water. it is hilarious. i feel like i work @ a burn center.

oh...and i had to cut holes in the hands so he could eat snacks :)


it is the worst behind his knees, behind his elbows (if that makes sense), on his feet, behind his ears...it is also on his tummy and back...so prety much EVERYWHERE :) he has special cream for his face...where he has a tiny bit. if i overuse that one it causes bulging of the eyeballs. lovely.


and since they don't know what caused the flare up, i got to go and buy special soap, shampoo, sunscreen, lotion, detergent, dryer sheets, etc. and then go home and wash all of his clothes in the "free" everything. i will let you know his progress :)

Thursday, May 27, 2010

hoot hoot!

these pictures were actually taken a few weeks ago. rachel got all 3 of these baby chi-o's owl jammies...so of course we had to get together for a photo session :) emery has had more "playdates" and lunch dates than i can count!

these babies- ella, emery and taylor (from left to right) are super close in age but look at the difference a few weeks makes. emery is 2 weeks older than kate and 4 weeks younger than taylor...they grow SO fast :(
the older siblings wanted in on the pics...of course beckett thinks he is a supermodel. that would be cheetos on his lips :)


they will have so much fun growing up together :)

Monday, May 24, 2010

more conversation from ellis

ellis: "mommy...what do we call guys that don't have one leg?"

me: "i'm not sure there is really a name for it...they are handicapped...why, were did you see one?"

ellis: "on the street by neiman marcus"


Friday, May 21, 2010

austin continued

here are more pictures from our time in austin. there were 9 children under the age of 5 there...SO MUCH FUN!!! the kids stayed up until 11...the latest beckett has ever lasted for sure. and he was still partying hard. i love seeing them have so much fun with some of my best friends kids :)

he thinks taylor is just WONDERFUL. he is still talking about taking a bath w/ her :)
crazy time on a bus...

i had been wanting to spend quality time with taylor...every time sharon talks about her, it is like she is describing beckett. so of course these 2 got along fabulously! would you believe they both like COLD water in the bath?!?!
the playroom didn't look like this when we left....
miss taylor. blue eyed and SO blonde...
kids having dinner...
kyle and sweet, adorable henry! henry is a SMILER :)
watching jeff tee it up. beckett is especially obsessed w/ him. he asks me most days where jeff is :)
thanks again sharon and kyle...it really was SO much fun!!!

before i forget...

ellis said 2 funny things this week that i don't want to forget...

Ellis: "Mommy...does it hurt God when I swallow my food down?"

Me: "I don't know what you mean ellis...please explain"

Ellis: "well because he lives in my heart"

how cute right?!?! and she has been asking my specific questions about bible stories. um...i have no idea???!!! something about zaccheaus (i know i spelled that wrong) climbed a tree, money was stolen and he had dinner with jesus.

Then...just yesterday we got home from school and she said this:

"mommy...shit smells like poop...i think"



LOVE KIDS!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

little dipper

guess who took their first dip in the pool this evening?!?!
...and loved it!




spiderman

my mom went to alabama last week to visit one of her many sisters. this is what she brought back for beckett:

it is actually a flotation device, but she bought it just for "dress up". well guess who wants to wear it EVERYWHERE?!?!


even spidey gets put in time out. as you can see, it really upsets him...

he thinks he is pretty effin cool...

showing his "muscles"...


be on the lookout for spidey around town :)

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

21 hours in austin

we loaded up 3 kids, one dog, and my bottle of vodka and headed to austin on saturday :) we were there for only 21 hours. was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY!!

beckett is now in love w/ an older blonde, emery enjoyed beer and crawfish w/ the guys, and ellis got in lots of girl time...

here is a picture of emery and how she spent the afternoon:

more pics to follow!

Monday, May 17, 2010

ok mom...you aren't funny anymore. i need a change of scenery...

daddy?!?!? when did you get home?


i love you daddy...

the next two were smiles at me (we have a little competiton going)...


back to daddy's smiles...

BIG ONE...

BIGGER...
these pictures are totally out of order because blogger is giving me hell...but i love it when she makes this face. it's like she wants to smile but kinda forgot how or something...SO CUTE!

love her...