Wednesday, January 20, 2010

OUCH!!!

Gavin has been having little trouble with his eyes lately. It started out one day when he poked his left eye with his finger and it watered for hours. The next day both of his eyes were watering and red. The next day, his right eyelid had a sty on it and his left eye was still looking pretty red and swolen. It almost looked like he had a black eye. My friend told me that a sty can be caused by an allergic reaction to something so I assumed that he was allergic to the puppy so we kept him away from it for a few days and his eyes cleared up pretty well. He complained about his left eye hurting a bit then after a few days he started being really sensitive to the light. He wanted all of the lights off all of the time. We ate dinner in the dark a couple times! He knew exactly what the problem was... He was allergic to Avery! Problem solved! Anyway, last night it was really bothering him and he was rubbing his eye so much that it swelled up so today I took him to the eye doctor. What we found out was that he had a small piece of black metal right in the middle of his cornea. I can't believe he's been walking around like that for 2 weeks! I feel horrible! When it started out, he was having problems with both eyes so I never even thought it could be something like that. I have no idea where it came from! They had to numb his eye and remove it. The doctor was so nervous because of the location of the metal and the fact that Gavin is a 4 year old boy and 4 year olds do not always cooperate so I called Dallas thinking it was going to be a nightmare to get him to hold still. The doctor said that a lot of times with kids that age, they hve to put them under anasthesia to do procedures like this becuse they wont hold their eyes still but Gavin did great! He listened and did exactly what the doctor asked him to do so they were able to get it out pretty quickly! He is pretty sore tonight but they said it should heal very quickly so by morning he should be feeling better. The doctor felt so bad about what he had to do to Gavin and he was so impressed with how well he did that he gave him this M&M candy dispenser as a prize. Gavin was so excited and has been carrying it around with him all night. I hope his eye gets feeling better quickly and I hope this is something we don't ever have to do again!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Party Hardy!!!

Mackenzie had a great birthday! She was so funny! She had a half day of school so she got home early and she wasn't content just knowing that it was her birthday, she wanted to know exactly what time her birthday is. I told her she ws born at 1:36 and she was counting down the minutes. When that clock turned to 1:36 she started jumping around and laughing. She was so happy to finally be 7 years old! This year she had asked for a "slumber" party for her birthday. We don't do sleep-overs so we compromized with a Pajama party. We had the kids come over, eat, play, watch movies, and then sent them home at bedtime. I think they all had lots of fun!! Mackenzie's cake that she made with a little help from me- She was so excited!

The cool thing to do was to stick your nose in your cake and ice cream. They were hilarious!
Even Avery got in on the action! She was laughing and screaming with the rest of them!
She got lots of fun presents- some new clothes that she wore to school, a cowgirl hat, a princess wii game, Zambi the elephant, a wow-wee alive puppy, a pet shop toy, make-up, lotion, play dough, a little kitty in a purse, stickers, and a cute glass cube with her name on it that matches her room perfectly!!
They finally settled down a little bit and watched cloudy with a chance of meatballs. The girls were all sprawled out on the floor and the boys were on the couch. The best birthday surprise didn't come until the next morning... She lost her first tooth!! She was so proud!! She came running into my room this morning screaming- I thought that maybe something was wrong.. Nope- she was just excited! It won't be long and the one next to it will be gone too. She told me that she feels lots bigger now that she is 7!

Friday, January 15, 2010

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Mackenzie's 7th birthday. I can't believe it!! She is getting too big! she brings so much joy into our home and I don't know what we would do without her. She is such a sweet girl and is very eager to please. She is always very helpful and wants to be involved in everything. She loves school and is very smart. She picks up on things very quickly and she loves to talk. She can be shy at times, but at home, she never stops (I guess she is related to me!). she loves her brother and sister very much and she LOVES LOVES LOVES stuffed animals. She also loves to do crafts, read, sing, play games, dance, and help me cook. I am so proud of the person she is and I can't wait to see what she will accomplish in the future- I just wish that time would slow down a little bit. I kept telling her that I was going to cancel her birthday because I want her to stay six forever- she didn't think I was very funny. I hope she knows how much we love her. Happy Birthday Mackenzie!!!