Hard Knocks

The kiddies had a rough day today…Charlotte has had a stuffy nose again, and we thought it might be the beginning of a cold, but it doesn't seem to have developed into anything yet.  Maybe allergies? Anyway, she woke up this morning complaining, "when it this (the stuffy nose) going to end?!", "why do I feel this way?!", "I can't take this!", etc. etc.  Picture her saying it in the most dramatic voice you could imagine…like, drama reserved for really, incredibly difficult situations, haha.  So that kind of set the tone for the day.

Then she was downstairs with Mamie, and a toy fell out of the closet and hit her in her gums/tooth…she was bleeding a lot, and so of course that was complete hysteria (understandably, this time!).  Poor thing was a nervous wreck, asking "is there blood? Is there blood?" as it is dripping out of her mouth.  Gross.  And she refused to calm down and put ice on it, so our solution was to give her a pop…Henry was really confused by this, as it was only 9:30am!  He kept looking at me quizzically and saying, "pop? Me deddert (dessert) now? Pop?".  Haha.  But once she calmed down, we had Poppy look at it (so nice to live with a doctor!), and he said it was okay and that it would heal…he did mention that her tooth might turn gray if there was damage, but I am just going to keep my fingers crossed that doesn't happen :(

Here is a picture of Charlotte after all of that drama! Just too much to handle in one day ;)

Right after she was settled and calm, I changed Henry out of his PJs only to find that he had an allergic reaction to the mosquito bite he got yesterday when we were out walking…it was completely swollen, red and angry, and it appeared that it was spreading.  So, once again, my dad took a look and we put some steroid cream on it and started him on antibiotics right away (have I mentioned that it is nice to live with a doctor?!).  This is a bad picture, but you can get the idea…Jon said if my dad wasn't there to look at it, he would be heading over to the ER!

This happened last year when he was bitten, too…the last mosquito bites he had were last September (I guess I was good with the bug spray over the summer!), and his entire face and forearm blew up and got so red.  I even had to take him to the pediatrician because I was so worried.  Poor thing…who is allergic to bug bites?!  Kind of bizarre.

In typical Henry fashion though, he didn't seem at all bothered by it…he wasn't complaining or itching it or anything.  Talk about a different temperament than his big sister, haha.

So, all in all, it has been a very eventful day for us :)

Xoxoxo