Trying to hunt for eggs.   It wasn't very successful.  Carson got distracted by this hose and that was it.  He didn't want to leave this spot the entire time.  So we got the eggs for him and his cousin Alana helped too.

Carson's new haircut. I cut his hair myself so there are some spots that are missing some more hair than others, but overall it's cute (especially when styled!) I had an emotional few days after his hair cut. He's not my little baby anymore! He is constantly asserting his independence. It shocks us! I'm sure he will soon be saying "I do it myself."

My Angel

So we had to take a trip to Sacred Heart's ER last night. Carson has had a cold for a week and a half and then a high fever for the last 4 days. He had already been to see his regular doctor twice and they kept assuming ear infection but could never find one. Carson's doctor called yesterday afternoon to check up on him and told us that if his fever continued through the night to bring him in first thing in the morning. Well he had had a 102 fever all day yesterday and when we attempted to get him to bed he fought sleep (nothing unusual) and we finally got him to sleep and not 20 mins later, he woke up screaming and thrashing around and no amount of comfort helped. He fell back asleep and we thought that was really strange, but then it kept happening over again about every 5 to 20 mins. So we took him in and of course by the time we got there he was peacefully asleep and his fever was gone. After listening to Carson's symptoms, the ER doc was convinced he had an ear infection and then he asked who we saw and I said our regular doctor was busy that day so we saw his Nurse Practitioner. His response was "oh, well that's why then." Talk about ego! I almost laughed because I felt like, is this guy for real? Anyway, so he checked Carson's ears and lo and behold they are just fine. But then he checked his nasal passages and they were swollen so it's most likely a sinus infection. We're glad to know what it is. It was stressful watching Carson have such high fevers for so many days without knowing what was going on. Especially when he had 104.2 temp all night long, which Motrin only lowered to about 102 by morning. Today is the first day he has been acting like himself. Before, he was just a puddle of misery. Hopefully things continue to get better and he doesn't regress. Right now we just have a lot of sleep to catch up on! It's pretty much impossible to get sleep with a sick baby who when healthy doesn't sleep anyway. Our measly amount of sleep was substantially reduced which is probably why we are now fighting off colds as well!