This was just a nice family picture that was taken over memorial day weekend. We took an impromptu trip down to Yankton for some hiking and stopped at the museum by the duck pond in town.
Here is a picture of Ella in her first backyard pool experience. She had been a grouch the entire day, she is getting at least 4 teeth in. But as soon as she got in the pool, she was as happy as a clam. Her brothers also really liked playing with her in it.
On Friday morning Will woke up and said he couldn't move his hand. At first I thought he slept on it and it had fallen asleep. I quickly realized it was much more than that. Here is what his hand looked like. I asked him how it felt "kind of hurty" is all the more he really complained. I called my mom and ask a nurse, I had no idea what might have caused it. He had a sliver on Monday, but I couldn't find them anymore. Then Lewis reminded me that the boys said they were playing with a bee the night before. 
Aaha! If you look close enough at the first picture you can see a little spot where the sting happened. I took him in to the doctor, and he gave me 3 choices, IV treatment and the hospital, a really big shot of antibiotics, or oral only antibiotics. He suggested the second treatment since these things can travel quickly. Poor little guy was such a trooper, but this shot wasn't any old immunization type shot. This was a full blown 5 seconds of pushing medicine into my little boy's body! It took him at least an hour before he could walk again, since they put it in his leg. But, by evening the heat was out, and by this morning the red was all gone, and the swelling was way down. I'm so glad we didn't need to go in for the second shot he said would be needed if the first didn't work. So now, 10 days of antibiotics and we're asking the doctor on Monday if we need an epi pen, just in case this happens again.
Aaha! If you look close enough at the first picture you can see a little spot where the sting happened. I took him in to the doctor, and he gave me 3 choices, IV treatment and the hospital, a really big shot of antibiotics, or oral only antibiotics. He suggested the second treatment since these things can travel quickly. Poor little guy was such a trooper, but this shot wasn't any old immunization type shot. This was a full blown 5 seconds of pushing medicine into my little boy's body! It took him at least an hour before he could walk again, since they put it in his leg. But, by evening the heat was out, and by this morning the red was all gone, and the swelling was way down. I'm so glad we didn't need to go in for the second shot he said would be needed if the first didn't work. So now, 10 days of antibiotics and we're asking the doctor on Monday if we need an epi pen, just in case this happens again.
Last first. Ella took her first two steps today! We were sitting in the living room this morning, just playing. She was standing by a toy bucket, and I must have been close enough because she let go and out of the corner of my eye I saw her take two little steps and grab on to my back. I'm so proud and excited, but at the same time, this is the last bit of my baby left. Once she is walking, its bye bye baby. And that makes me a little sad.
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