This afternoon we headed over to a pumpkin patch at the Bracken United Methodist Church. Bracken is a small town about 5 miles west of us. William is still pretty tired from being sick, so he did the best that he could. At first he just wanted to be carried around, but after a short amount of time he decided to walk around. He had fun climbing on the pumpkins and just investigating them. At one point he had spotted a little scarecrow girl by a tree, and bless his heart he thought she was real and ran right up to her. We're not quite sure what he thought of her once he realized she was fake. We picked a pumpkin out to carve on Halloween and called it a day. It was a short trip, but very fun. Enjoy the slide show of some of the pictures we took during our adventure!
Be sure to check the blog this weekend for Halloween updates. We can't wait to show off William's homemade costume!
Happy Halloween Eve!
~The Tates
Thursday, October 30, 2008
And the Lab Results Show...
Salmonella!
William's lab results finally came back yesterday and showed that he had a salmonella infection, although the amount is not enough to warrant a treatment with antibiotics at this time. Many strains of salmonella have become anti-biotic resistant, so if the patient can get over the infection on their own that is the preferred course. They are pretty sure he picked it up from another child and not from food. So for all you mommies out there with kiddos be sure to wash their hands!
Will is doing better and is almost 100% better. He has been his little active self all week, and we hope he will be 100% be Halloween. We are going to a little Halloween party in the morning and then we will be doing some family activities all afternoon and evening. Looks like we will be having a very busy weekend with Halloween on Friday, a birthday party and playdate on Saturday, and then Colby's birthday on Sunday. WOW! It should be a great weekend!
William's lab results finally came back yesterday and showed that he had a salmonella infection, although the amount is not enough to warrant a treatment with antibiotics at this time. Many strains of salmonella have become anti-biotic resistant, so if the patient can get over the infection on their own that is the preferred course. They are pretty sure he picked it up from another child and not from food. So for all you mommies out there with kiddos be sure to wash their hands!
Will is doing better and is almost 100% better. He has been his little active self all week, and we hope he will be 100% be Halloween. We are going to a little Halloween party in the morning and then we will be doing some family activities all afternoon and evening. Looks like we will be having a very busy weekend with Halloween on Friday, a birthday party and playdate on Saturday, and then Colby's birthday on Sunday. WOW! It should be a great weekend!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
No camping :-(
Well as yesterday approached we were getting more and more excited about our adventure this weekend. We were even going to go to a fun birthday party before our camping adventure, but unfortunately all of those plans came to a screeching halt yesterday afternoon. William has developed some type of gastrointestinal infection. Poor little guy. He ran a high fever yesterday which required a doctor's visit and then he had a very bad night which required another visit this morning. His pediatrician believes he has a bacterial infection and has sent some samples off for analysis. We will get the results back on Monday, which could mean some antibiotics for the little guy. We have to wait and see what the results are. Colby and I are in agreement with the doctor to wait and see if he needs antibiotics before he starts on any. His fever broke this morning, and although he doesn't feel well, he is feeling MUCH better this afternoon than he did yesterday. I think that Colby and I are feeling better about it, now that he has been smiling again. We hate it when he is sick :-( This afternoon he has been playing for a few minutes and then is exhausted and wants to snuggle. I can't say that we mind the snuggling at all. It is kind of nice, even though he feels rotten. He is getting plenty of fluids and has had some toast today. Children are so resilient! We think he picked up the bug at an indoor play place we go to about once a month. He either got it from another child or from the toys there.
We might have an indoor camping night next week for Halloween, but we will have to wait and see. There will always be another camping trip, and we can't wait for William to feel better.
We might have an indoor camping night next week for Halloween, but we will have to wait and see. There will always be another camping trip, and we can't wait for William to feel better.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Happy October!
WOW! We can't believe that October is almost over! We also can't believe that our beautiful baby boy is now a rough and tumble 18 month old. Time sure does fly by. We are just amazed with him each and every day. He really has turned into such a happy and loving little boy. He just melts our heart at least 100 times a day :-)
Last week we took William for his 18 month check up. He weighs 22 pounds and is 32.75 inches long. As his pediatrician likes to say "William is just like his parents...tall and thin!" His physical development is great as well as his speech development. At this point the doctors like for kids to be able to say about 6 words. Will is at about 30, with more and more being added daily. It seems like now he is more interested in speaking.
We have had a very busy late September/early October as well. In late September we traveled to the DFW area to celebrate both Nana and cousin Neil's birthdays. We stayed at Nana's house in Sherman and had a great time, and then went for the day to Lewisville for Neil's party. For those of you that don't know Neil, he is Colby's cousin's son. We had a wonderful time catching up with Colby's side of the family and watching 4 kids (all 2 and under) play together. We sure do enjoy the time we can spend with our relatives.
Then we had 2 trips to the ER in one week, both for Mr. William. Our little monkey has learned the art of climbing, and he fell off the kitchen table for the first ER trip. He was perfectly fine, but concerned us because he was acting VERY sleepy after the fall. The second trip to the ER was the following week because Mr. Monkey slipped climbing down a stair at the park and busted right below his lip open. He didn't need stitches, but they used dermabond (a type of glue) to seal the cut and help it heal better. Poor little guy! A scrap-page of the incident has already been made :-)
We also started a new family tradition this month. On the first day of Autumn Colby thought it would be a good idea to make a family craft project. This year we made a paper wreath out of our hand prints. We picked a poem for each month in fall and then we also are writing a list of our blessings, traditions, and things we are thankful for. Here is a picture of the wreath.
Grandma and Grandpa came down in early October and watched William so that we could go on a date night. It was awesome!!!! We had sushi and then headed over to a restaurant/bar called Coco. They serve yummy chocolate drinks and desserts, which is exactly what we had. Colby was in love with their chocolate martini!
Colby has had a very busy couple of weeks at work, and now that allergy season is over, hopefully, we are going camping!!! We are so excited to take William on his first camping trip this weekend. We are going to stay close to the San Antonio area just in case, but we can't wait to spend some quality family time together. Pictures will be posted just as soon as we can.
Sorry to not have posted as much this last month. I have been busy with teaching, but plan on posting more this month.
Love to all,
The Tates
Last week we took William for his 18 month check up. He weighs 22 pounds and is 32.75 inches long. As his pediatrician likes to say "William is just like his parents...tall and thin!" His physical development is great as well as his speech development. At this point the doctors like for kids to be able to say about 6 words. Will is at about 30, with more and more being added daily. It seems like now he is more interested in speaking.
We have had a very busy late September/early October as well. In late September we traveled to the DFW area to celebrate both Nana and cousin Neil's birthdays. We stayed at Nana's house in Sherman and had a great time, and then went for the day to Lewisville for Neil's party. For those of you that don't know Neil, he is Colby's cousin's son. We had a wonderful time catching up with Colby's side of the family and watching 4 kids (all 2 and under) play together. We sure do enjoy the time we can spend with our relatives.
Then we had 2 trips to the ER in one week, both for Mr. William. Our little monkey has learned the art of climbing, and he fell off the kitchen table for the first ER trip. He was perfectly fine, but concerned us because he was acting VERY sleepy after the fall. The second trip to the ER was the following week because Mr. Monkey slipped climbing down a stair at the park and busted right below his lip open. He didn't need stitches, but they used dermabond (a type of glue) to seal the cut and help it heal better. Poor little guy! A scrap-page of the incident has already been made :-)
We also started a new family tradition this month. On the first day of Autumn Colby thought it would be a good idea to make a family craft project. This year we made a paper wreath out of our hand prints. We picked a poem for each month in fall and then we also are writing a list of our blessings, traditions, and things we are thankful for. Here is a picture of the wreath.
Grandma and Grandpa came down in early October and watched William so that we could go on a date night. It was awesome!!!! We had sushi and then headed over to a restaurant/bar called Coco. They serve yummy chocolate drinks and desserts, which is exactly what we had. Colby was in love with their chocolate martini!
Colby has had a very busy couple of weeks at work, and now that allergy season is over, hopefully, we are going camping!!! We are so excited to take William on his first camping trip this weekend. We are going to stay close to the San Antonio area just in case, but we can't wait to spend some quality family time together. Pictures will be posted just as soon as we can.
Sorry to not have posted as much this last month. I have been busy with teaching, but plan on posting more this month.
Love to all,
The Tates
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