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!!

Cracker :)

I came home from work tonight to discover Ryan sitting at the table on the laptop creating a Facebook page, and Ethan sitting in his high chair eating Ritz. Ryan smiles at me and looks at Ethan and tells him to say cracker. He immediately responds, "Cack-er" :) Loving it. It is the cutest thing. And I thought "Ah-pull" was the cutest thing! Now we go around him pestering him, "Say cracker, Ethan! Say cracker!" He's going to think he's a parrot, lol!

Labor Day Fun

Saturday, we went to Alexus' birthday party. So hard to believe she is 3!! Ethan had fun seeing everyone, and we took him swimming in the pool. He loved hanging on to the "noodles", and we would put him in swimming position on his tummy between Ryan and I, and Ethan would kick his feet while we held his midsection. I think swimming lessons this year would be great for him!! After Ethan's late nap, we headed down to Kenwood Towne Center to check out the new primitives store!! I am in heaven walking in primitives stores. There is a new location of The Olde Farmstead, which is the same store that is at Fairfield Commons where Ryan got my awesome handmade frame with Ethan's ultrasound photo in it. We got a yummy candle and a cute carved Welcome pumpkin, and headed to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. They do something cool for kids, they bring a banana and bread plate out when you arrive. Very nice :) Ethan loves looking through menus and there was a picture of fireworks inside the menu. He kept pointing at it, and when we would ask him to find the firework, he would flip to that page :)

Sunday, after church we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel with Mom, Jim, Lindsay, and Shawn. Ethan loves his cousin!! They boys played really well together during church too. We went home to get Ethan's naps in because we went to the WEBN fireworks!! Ethan loved the fireworks and enjoyed them like an old pro :) He sat and pointed at them all, but when the waterfall display went off, he stood up and clapped. LOL!

We got up this morning and headed out to have some family time... I have been determined to make a day of it going to Winton Woods Parky's Ark (water play area) and Parky's Farm. Today was the last day the water park is open for the season. We got there right after it opened at 11 and had the whole area to ourselves. Ethan had lots of fun!! He seemed a little hesitant touching some of the water areas, but with a little nudging from Daddy, he loved putting his foot down over the spurts of water and making them spray all over Mommy. We had a blast :)

Afterwards, we headed over the Parky's Farm. The first animal we saw was a roaming chicken. Ethan started chasing after it, and he would stop and bend down, hit the palms of his hands together trying to get the chicken to come to him, lol! We checked out a gigantic hog, the horsies, sheep, donkeys, more chickens, and even went in the pen to pet the goats. We went for a walk to check out the garden area and Ethan took a stumble. He went down on his hands on a gravel path and one of the rocks cut a little strip on his palm. First big boo-boo! We got it all cleaned up, but now he walks around looking and then pointing at his hand, and saying a really sad "boooo-boooo". Not good that he got the boo-boo, but good that he learned a new word :)