July 2010

July 2-5

We went to Jacksonville on Friday night to eat at our favorite catfish restaurant growing up, the Crooked Hook. Cousin Mary came into town and we wanted to see her and MiMi, Poppa, Julie, Lillie, and G Aunt Linda. We woke up the next morning and headed to Cotter, AR where the Bradford’s gathered. It was a long trip, but we were to Lake Norfork by lunch time. It was hot there too, but Chase got some good swimming and kick boarding time in. When then headed back to the camper on the White River to do some trout fishing.Chase stayed on the bank, while Robert, Clay and I took our nephew and nieces out to catch some fish. We were pretty successful with some corn on catching some smaller trout.Didn’t keep any; no one really likes to clean and eat trout in the family. Uncle Josh, Aunt Heather and Little cousin Riley brought some great food and fixins out for dinner. The next day, we went out to Bull Shoals Lake. Talk about a change in weather. We were actually cold on July 4. It was pretty windy and overcast so we didn’t stay out too long. Chase had fun on the slide (over and over and over again). We went out to one cove and swam a little; the water was actually warmer than the air.

July 9

I spent the second night away from Chase when we went up to Fayetteville again for Bethany’s wedding reception. We stayed at a neat place: Inn at the Mill. We hear it has a great restaurant, but didn’t get a chance to eat there. We went to the Promenade to a couple of stores, found some things at Pottery Barn for our new house, and bought some PJ’s for Chase.Can’t believe his 18 month clothes are getting too small!

July 17

What? No traveling?Ahhhh, relax at home and at Maw-maw and Paw-paw's pool.

July 20

Chase came home early today with a fever of 102 and a little spotted rash all over his body today. Mimi came down so she could stay with him on Wednesday. Chase woke up at 3 am with a fever again and I gave him some Tylenol. He just wanted to be held. He finally slept a couple of hours in our bed, but I sure didn’t get any more sleep. He never ran a fever again but Robert took him to the Dr. anyway. The doc said he had a virus and if the fever didn’t come back in 12-24 hours, he would be fine. He also looked at his teeth. He has several teeth trying to come in and even has a blood blister on the gums around one of his molars. I know that has to hurt!

The next morning, Mimi went home and Chase went back to daycare.

HFMD! What’s that?

I got a call about 9:30 am from day care saying there was a confirmed case of Hand, foot and mouth disease and Chase had a rash so he had to go home. It caused a mess with child care situations so I just stayed home the rest of the day with him. They said another girl, who had a pacifier, had a rash around her mouth so they said she had HFMD. I researched the virus a lot and it stated they had blisters inside the mouth and on the hands and feet. I think they all had a virus, but not HFMD. I think the moisture around the passy caused her rash to be more prominent around the mouth, but I guess I’m not the doctor! We ended up having to get a doctor’s note, and Chase did get to stay all day at school on Friday, Water Day!

July 23

Chase is 17 months old today!!

Loves: Playing outside, swimming, giving kisses, chasing and being chased by momma, cheese, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Favorite Movie is Toy Story. Fav book: Hello, Big Red!

Dislikes: Not eating as many veggies, leaving momma (having A LOT of separation anxiety at this stage which is really hard for me); Not liking his high chair, he wants to sit in a regular chair at dinner like a Big Boy

Learning: What time-out means – stays in his spot until we get him up (pretty surprising to us how good it has worked)

Signs: Please, more, go, thank you, all done

Says: Momma, dada, go, juice, dog, duck, bear, cheese, outside, I love you (well maybe), shoes, jump. Loves to chant: Da,DA,Da GGGOOOO!! (trying to say 1,2,3,Go!)

We think he’s starting to be a little advanced for his age – he’s experiencing the “Terrible Two’s” at 17 months! Haha