Happy Halloween!!

I'm feeling pretty good today after my oral surgery yesterday, so we decided to take Ethan to the West Chester Portrait Innovations to get his Halloween photo retaken (we didn't have a great experience when I took him to Colerain on Thursday and the background looked awful). They were SO busy since it is Halloween today, and surprisingly people are getting Christmas photos taken already as well. We enjoyed some family time strolling around Target and then went back for Ethan's photo shoot. The photographer was really good with him, and even though they were so busy and Ethan was distracted she managed to get some great shots and one that we thought was just perfect!!



After we left the studio, we headed over to Marla and Rich's to go trick or treating with Jack, Phillip, and Mia. Marla made Phillip the coolest SpongeBob costume. Ethan normally LOVES SpongeBob and points to him whenever he sees the character, but he was very leary of Phillip tonight! He wasn't sure what to think. We had a blast trick or treating. We pushed Ethan around and he walked up to some of the houses. Any time we walked up together, he would sit down on the porch stoop next to the people handing out candy. He just wanted to sit there and chat and play in their bowl of candy, lol! After we got back we had some pizza and Ethan had a blast playing with his cousins!

Can I elect not to get my "elective" surgery?

I'm off to surgery to get my 4 wisdom teeth cut out... oh this is not going to be a fun weekend!!

Perfect Fall Day

We took Ethan to Irons Fruit Farm today to go to the pumpkin patch. We went there last year and loved it, so we decided to go back :) Ethan's new words of the day are "Mud" and "Pablo". Parts of the field at the pumpkin patch were muddy from the rain a few days ago so I kept telling Ethan to watch out for the mud, and he would walk up to it, point, and say "mud, mud!" and then walk around it, lol! We had a fantastic time at the pumpkin patch. Ethan ran around and got all dirty just like a little boy but loved every minute. We picked out a great big pumpkin to carve, and a couple smaller ones. Plus we got fresh apple cider and cider donuts. Yummy!! We spent way more time in the patch than we thought, so we headed to get dinner when we left at Outback. There was a balloon artist making balloon animals for the kids there. She had made a penguin for the little boy next to us, so we asked her to make Ethan a blue and orange penguin. He got it, and started calling him Pablo!! It sounds like "Pa-Boo". After we got home, we ask him to go get Pablo and he immediately looks for the little balloon. We are going to be in trouble when it starts to deflate!!

What a mess.

Ethan and I got up early to try to avoid mad paranoia with Hamilton people trying to get flu shots at the Health Department... Ethan's pedi is completely out of vaccines and not getting anymore, so that was my only option! We got there right when they opened and there was already a line. We got up to the door and there was a sign that they were out of flu shots for children under 3! Ugh!!

I spent all afternoon calling around to all the pharmacies trying to find some place to get a flu shot for him. I'm just a little freaked out since I am exposed to the flu at work all the time and would feel a little safer gettin him vaccinated this year, especially since the flu outbreak seems to be happening so early this year.

So, the only place I could get him a flu vaccine is by going to Urgent Care and telling them I am self pay and not saying a word about having insurance. They are only allocating flu shots for those on Medicaid or those without insurance!! It really aggravates me that we pay for insurance and can't be "eligible" to receive it if we are insured. So we had to be a little sneaky!!

Finally... Ethan's flu shot = done! And he was such a trooper and super energetic afterwards!! We took him to Frisch's afterwards and got chili spaghetti, and he ate it up!! His new word of the day today is "FOOD". How fitting considering he just got his appetite back today after getting sick!

Not over yet :(

We thought we were in the clear after Ethan had 2 good days! He hasn't had much of an appetite but had not gotten sick and has been energetic. I had even been sleeping in his room because I was afraid he would get sick in his bed. All was well and I decided to sleep in our bed tonight, and of course it happened... he woke up crying and had gotten sick all over his bed!! Poor little guy!! Daddy got up and got dressed to go to the store to get more Pedialyte and we had a little Backyardigans fest about 2am so we could get him hydrated. The sickies are still here :(

Pumpkin time of year!!!!!!!!

I had Pumpkin soft serve at The Cone in West Chester last night... it is heaven! Can't believe it took me this long to discover it... and so sad that they close on Sunday for the season! Head over to The Cone to check it out while you can!

Not a good night!

I think we need to invest in another mattress protector after changing the sheets, my clothes, and Ethan's clothes twice in one night. Right after we finished our bedtime routine tonight, Ethan proceeded to sit up and throw up all over me. It came out of nowhere!! No sooner had we gotten cleaned up that it happened all over again. I took him right into the bathroom and we got a whole bath. I can't believe how many kiddos are getting sick! Come back soon, summer...

Long day today. I got put on call and thankfully got to stay home with my little guy. Ethan woke up at 6:30 (usually up at 9), with a croupy cough and runny nose, but still full of energy. I need to be more careful with him while we're out :( We did so much last week and he was around so many kids. The humidifier and baby vicks have been our friends today. Flu season is upon us!!