Gobble Gobble

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was spent with Jake's family in Red Wing with a very sick child and a trip to the Emergency Room Thanksgiving night.  Easton was running a temp. of about 105.  He was burning up and would not break his fever with the Tylenol we were giving him.  Being ignorant, we just thought he was running a temp because he was teething.  My brother, quickly informed me that you do not have such dangerous temperatures because you're teething and we should bring him to the hospital.  Once at the hospital they admitted Easton to the Childrens Emergency Room and he got the "scooby doo" room.  Jake and I both think he'll hate scooby doo from this day forward after his experience in that room.  They took his blood and it was the most awful thing ever.  The lady doing it couldn't find a vein and poked him about 10 times (his arm is pretty badly bruised) - and they had to hold him down with pretty good force because he's so strong and wiggly.  His face was a shade of red I've never seen before and I was pretty sure his eyes were going to pop out of his head.  It took everything in me not to grab him off that table and hug him!  I thought after that, the bad part was over.  I knew they were going to do a chest x-ray but I had no idea what that entailed when giving a baby an x-ray.  They had him straddle this bar while he's sitting and then wrapped him in a plastic tube with his arms above his head...oh it's just terrible...then they made Jake and I leave the room.  What a traumatic night for our little guy.  All-in-all, they think he just had a bad virus or infection.  The fever broke for good Friday evening - but it was all pretty scary!

Easton in his Hospital gown... so sad :(

Friday evening we headed up to Aitkin, MN to have Thanksgiving with my Dad's side of the family.  We all stayed in a hotel Friday night to give the kiddos a break from so much time spent in their car seats.  Easton went swimming for the first time in a pool with his cousins, Stella and Gretta.  Of course, he loved it.  We knew he would with how much he loves the bathtub!  The pool was freezing (so being the  freeze baby that I am, I did not go in) so Jake swam with him.  But I can't wait to take him again when he's feeling 100% -- and with warmer water!  Then Saturday we had Thanksgiving (and Christmas) at my Aunt Diane's house - it was so great to see everyone!

So many things to be Thankful for this year... I'm especially Thankful for my sweet, adorable baby boy, my wonderful Husband and a great family!

Count your blessings!