Before I knew it, Easter was upon us. I was so excited that the Baum Squad was able to come down and spend most of that week here in Charlotte. I had an event that I was trying to prepare for that week but was so excited when Lilly, Craft, Sarah and Danny came to visit me at work. I would pull lots of toys out for them to play with:
That Thursday night was the season's first Thirsty Thursday. If you don't remember, this is how Joshy and I first met so -along with the $2.00 beverages - we are huge fans. It was also our second game at the stadium. Special thanks for everyone that let us use their tickets! We had so much fun!
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| Hunter, Derrick & Aunt Syd |
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| This little girl was famous! She was on the big screen like 2348902384 times! |
On Saturday, I had a HUGE Easter Egg Mania event that I have been working my a$$ off for on. It was such a success and I was so glad that my entire family was here to support and celebrate with me:
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| Now it's a party |
Special thanks to all the fam for attending. Y'alls support means so much to me! After the event Grandma Debbie & Pop Pops took us all out for lunch -greatest gparents ever, right?!
Later on that evening we enjoyed a laid back night of dyeing Easter Eggs:
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| He was over the eggs pretty quickly so he decided to help Paw Paw eat some of his orange |
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| This kid is too freaking cute! Craft, the supervisor! |
After Egg dyeing it was bath time. Prepare for some serious cuteness!
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| This pic is my fav. Lil's butt is so red! LOL |
We turned in pretty early Saturday night in order to prepare for the big Easter Day. The Easter Bunny was a little too good to Mase this year. In his defense, nobody gave his wife a budget! WHOOPS!
That next Thursday I was back in Texas for my bestie's wedding. That night was very relaxing while we prepared last minute things for the wedding that Saturday night. Friday night was filled with a wonderful mani & pedi then the rehearsal dinner.
That night we thought it would be a good idea to take the groom out for one last hoorah. Let's just say Mamma had a little too much to drink and had a great date with the bar floor at one point. But at least I could laugh about it??? The poor guy in front of me was so nice in trying to help me up and I couldn't thank him for laughing so hard - whoops! This is why you don't let mothers drink!!
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| Just for clarification... this is my hip. Not sure what I hit on the way down but SURPRISE!! It was loud and proud the next morning! |
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| And this would be my knee to which I am still sporting tonight, ha! |
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| Getting ready for the wedding |
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| Special congrats again to these lovebirds! The wedding was beautiful and I was so happy to celebrate with y'all and your awesome bridesmaid (and gmen) party!!! |
Since I flew in early Sunday afternoon, we were able to make it to Peyton's 3rd bday party at Monkey Joes. Here are a few pics of this:
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| Mase absolutely LOVED banging on this stuff. He had such a blast watching the kids run around in there and chasing them around the place. |
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| Peyt & Uncle TJ |
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| Thanks again Aunt Kim Kim & Uncle TJ for having us. We had SO much fun!! |
Okay friends.. what y'all have really been waiting for. Sunday evening we noticed that Mason was feeling a little warm and we figured he was coming down with something. Awesome. Which means he spread all of those great germs to the other nice children at the party. Just our luck! Little did we know what he had in store for us the next couple of days...
Monday morning I was getting ready for work and started to wake Mason up when he felt abnormally warm. When I took his temp it was only 98.5 so I kept on getting ready. He was also really clingy that morning which is not like him. I mean, he never likes to be held or cuddled and that's all he wanted to do. About 30 minutes later I was changing his diaper when he started seizing. Legit like eyes rolling back in the head-uncontrollable-moving-seizure. WHAT?!?! He did this for about 10 seconds or at least that's what I think it was because I was just trying to keep it together at this point. I called the doctor's office and they asked me to take his temp again. It was now 102.5. So in 30 minutes his temp had risen 4 degrees. Mason also seemed really tired. So tired that he couldn't stay awake even though he had just woken up after 12 hours of sleeping. He also only wanted to be held and kept putting his head on my chest. For those of you that know my child, this is not like him at all. He is a mover and not a cuddler (much to my disappointment). I knew something was wrong. So the nurse made me an appointment at 10:15 am.
At this point Mason is just laying there. He isn't moving and it is a fight to for him to stay awake. By the time I checked us in and sat down in the waiting room he was so exhausted he went back to sleep. When the nurse called us back and we got in his room he went back to sleep for another round. When they took his temp this time it was 104.2. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The doc came in to check him out and told me that he had a febrile seizure which isn't unusual in infants with fevers. I wasn't really worried about this because Lilly had this happen once and my mother suffered from these when she was little as well. Don't get me wrong, it freaked me out BUT I know it was due to his rising temp. I was more concerned with my child that was so not-my-child it was scary. He was seriously a different person and the doctor was just not getting it. My kid is not a wimp. He has had colds and allergies. He has had dislocated arms and fallen on his head more times than I can count. We do not overreact. Things happen and we get it. But this... this was not my child and nobody was taking this seriously.
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| He literally was like this the entire day |
The doctor summed up his rising temp due to a virus and that we needed to rotate Infant Tylenol and Infant Motrin every 3 hours. At this point, I was starting to get concerned with his behavior and kept trying to tell her that it was not a virus. He has had one before and he never acted like this. How come they never believe you when you try to explain this?? However, I kept it together and trusted the doctor. I did ask her at what point should we be concerned with his temperature? Turns out that temperature doesn't really matter anymore. I never got a true answer about how high is too high but apparently 104 is not "too high." So off we go back home. Mase was so pitiful. He would play for about 10 minutes then he would just crash on you for the next several hours. He slept most of Monday and then Monday night. And guess what?? The fever never broke.
Tuesday morning he woke up with a temp of 102. But the doc told us not to call back unless he still had a fever on Thursday so I loaded him up in the car and took him to Ms. Dawn's. The poor little guy was so miserable all day. He would continue to play for a little bit then he would lay his head on your chest. At around 4:15 pm I got a phone call from Ms. Dawn saying that his temp was now at 105.2 and that she thought we needed to take him. 105???? We relayed to the nurse that Dawn had already given him a cool bath and the fever would still not come down. He had also been taking Tylenol every 3 hours of that day. Finally, the nurse told us to take him to the Pediatric Urgent Care at Blakeney.
At this point, I am about to lose it. The only thing keeping me sane at this point was the fact that I had to get to the urgent care before I could go bat$hit on someone. If I heard virus one more time there was going to be violence. This was not my child and it was time for someone to listen to him. The doc came in and once again told us that he wasn't concerned at how high his temp was but that his temp was still this high after giving him Tylenol every 3 hours all day. It was like the fever was laughing at us. He started looking in his ear and what did he find??? He had a left ear infection. Finally, an answer!! The doc said that even though they checked his ear a little over 24 hours ago it still could have taken this long to pop up. He said they can come up very quickly yet not be seen for a little while. So he gave us a strong dosage of meds and told us to keep alternating between Tylenol/Motrin every 3 hours.
The very next day our Doodle boy was quickly becoming himself again and refused to cuddle with me. Here is our little guy that Wednesday afternoon:
We are so glad you are feeling better, Mase! You gave us such a scare!!
Here are some other things that have been happening over the past couple of weeks:
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| After being sick for 2 days, he was off-schedule with his pooping. Needless to say that when he did poop... it was everywhere!! Sorry, Ms. Dawn!! |
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| His new favorite thing is throwing his pacifier. Then he decides that he wants it (sigh). |
This video is my favorite. Come on, who doesn't think kids falling is hilarious?!?!
Alright friends, rehashing this traumatic event has made me hungry and tired. I will be back later on this week with a 10 month update. YAYYY!! Happy Monday night/Cinco de Mayo!!!
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