Hives again!

To back track a little. I remembered a few more words. Stuck was Stucka, Help was Helpa, Bird is still Burd, Airplane is still urplane.
Cravens hives are back again. Still not sure what is causing them. Thinking back, the very first time he broke out (which was last year) he had just finished an antibiotic. (can't remember what antibiotic though). Last time he had just finished an antibiotic the day before and he had strawberries three days before and this time he had just finished an antibiotic (same one) the day before and had strawberries the day before. Thing is I had not given him strawberries in between. Usually if it is food allergies it comes on quickly. He has been having allergy issues recently. Which would lead me to believe it is inhaled allergies. So,is it inhaled allergies and just a coincidence that he broke out in hives the same time he just finished an antibiotic and ate strawberries or is it one of the two or both? Not sure. I called the Doctor and he does not want to put him on a steroid just yet since Craven is due to have surgery on Thursday. I will call him again on Monday with a progress report. If they don't go away soon I don't know if they will do his surgery. Which means I will have to stress even longer. Ugh!

words

I have once again been slow to post. I wanted to post some of the words that Craven says funny before he stopped doing it, but once again too late and mostly because when I come to post them I forget what they are. Funny that. Anyway he would put an "a" at the end of a lot of things. Chip was Chippa. He would leave out letters too which would just depend on the word. Milk was Mik. As I think of more I will come back and repost.
Once Craven has surgery his voice and speech could change. He may not have his sweet little baby voice anymore.

Easter

Last Easter Craven and I went to Sunrise service at church and he was all over the place, this year we did not make it:( Craven had two Easter egg hunts this year and he had a blast at both. One was with his play group friends and one was at his Grammy's and Papas. The egg hunt at Grammy's Craven decided to leave his basket in one spot while he went around collecting eggs and bringing them back to the basket. It was too funny.

We went to Grammy's and Papa's for Easter, egg hunt and dinner. The Easter bunny brought his basket to Grammys and he loved it. Candy and cars, his favorite things. Uncle John (home safe:), Aunt Carolyn, cousins Annabelle and Addison were there too! Craven had a blast with Annabelle, but I'm not so sure she had the same feeling about it. Craven plays a little to ruff with Annabelle. I know sometimes its an accident, but other times he thinks he is playing. Poor Annabelle, Craven does love you I promise:)

Saturday

A pretty good day. I worked and Randall watched Craven. I always tell Randall that he can always take Craven somewhere when he is watching him, that he does not have to stay home. Well, he did this time. Where might you ask? The Beer Store, yes that's right The Beer Store. Teaching him early. Very cute and too funny. Of course when it came time to make the beer he was not going to let him help or show him how. Don't blame him there, it would be asking for trouble.

Then Aunt Carolyn called and found the fabric I need to make Craven a few more woobies (blankie). Thank goodness:) Thank you Aunt Carolyn! Craven will be most appreciative:) I posted pictures of Craven and his "Woobie". He likes to tuck it under him when he sleeps or throws it over his face. When he walks around with it he likes to throw it over his shoulder (like Linus) or he puts it up to his face and grabs whatever else he wants at the time (sippy cup, car) to carry. We say "I got my blankie and that's all I need, then I got my blankie and my sippy cup and that's all I need" He even walks all slow and pitiful like. Pretty funny. Now he just stared to use it to clean up messes. When he makes a mess and I see it and say "Oh Craven" he grabs it and uses it to clean up the mess. I usually stop and think I need to take a picture, but the mess always wins out.

specialist

Today we went to the specialist to see about having Cravens tonsils out. We where hoping to do it when he is a little older and next year would be much better for us where the insurance is concerned. Of course what ever the doctor tells us is what we will do.
The doctor asked what was going on and I said that Craven has had strep throat 4 times already. He asked when the last one was and I forgot it was last month and I said Jan or Feb. He immediately said he does not like do a tonsillectomy on a kid this young. He said we can do different things like a antibiotic program that can help ward off infection until he is older. Sounds good. Well, then the Doctor had me hold Craven in the chair while he looked in his throat and ears. Once he finally pried Cravens mouth open he immediately said we need to do surgery. His tonsil and nads are abnormally large. He could not believe how big they were. The doctor new that we wanted to try for January, but he said his recommendation is surgery now. I do feel that if he thought we could wait he would. So, not even 2 and to surgery we go. My poor little man:(
April 30Th.

Last Sunday

Once again I am a little behind on my entries. Saturday Randall ran his 26 miles and he had a little pressure bruise on his foot where the tongue of the shoe hit him. We got out the Asper cream and used it. (see where this is going?)
So, Sunday .....While Craven was still sleeping I went and got on the computer and Randall was watching TV. Craven woke up and was walking around with his woobie calling out "Whr r you". I thought he was calling for me since Randall was on the couch watching TV. Well no, he was calling for daddee. Randall went outside to work on the heater and I did not know this. He comes back in and finds Craven covered in Asper cream. Thats right it does burn just a tad. We put him straight into the tub. Not so smart since we did not think about wiping off all the cream first. Craven started screaming because now he was taking a hot asper cream bath. I pulled him out took him into our bathroom and soaped him up and rinsed. Man it still smells like that cream around here. Craven is no worse for wear though.