Happy birthday Alex

Sick again

Sickness has been running rampant in our house this new year. Sunday his allergies started acting up and Monday he was really not feeling good. He stayed home that morning, but I sent him to school in the afternoon. Well, by that night he had a fever and an ear ache.

I took him to the doctor Tuesday and he has a sinus, ear, & eye infection and is having to take his inhaler to prevent the wheezing from getting worse. I really had second thoughts about going to the doctor, because the past 2 times that we have gone nothing has been wrong with him. I am glad that I ended up going though. I did have trouble getting his antibiotic filled for some reason. I guess that most kids don't take chewable penicillin? Anyway, the pharmacy had to transfer his prescription to a different place and they could only partially fill it. So I have to go back in 2 days and get the rest. What a pain! Now he just has to catch up on all the work he missed for 2 1/2 days. UGHH.....

Cooper's Hawk

It was such a beautiful evening that we had our back door open. Suddenly we heard a strange chirping from outside. Our first thought is that it was a squirrel mad at a cat or something like that.

Much to our surprise, it was a huge hawk sitting in our tree. I think that it was calling its mate in the neighbor's yard. Alex ran inside to get his bird book and we finally found it. It was a Cooper's Hawk. We got a few pictures of it before it flew away, it was so very cool!

1st @ Pinewood Derby

Building the derby car

Putting on the wheels

Alex won 1st place in the Wolf den

Way to go Alex. We are so proud of you!!!

(This is the 2nd yr that he has won 1st!)

Eye Check-up

Well, Alex and Zac went to the Eye Dr. today. Everything still looks good. Alex's eye has stayed in place since his surgery almost 2 years ago. Zac is doing great. Yippeeeeeeee!!!

I do not want to have to go thru eye surgery again. It was awful!!!! I was perfectly fine about the surgery before Alex went in and when he came out, I thought it was the most horrible thing ever! He cried so terrrible, said it hurt, and he was having asthma problems. It just freaked me out, (I was also 7 months pregnant). But don't worry, that didn't happen to anyone else that we know. I know of several other people whose children had the surgery and it was so much different than this experience. It was something that had to be done and it worked so well for Alex. He is an A & B student and aces math and reading and music!!! So it really improved his school work. If we had known, we would have done the surgery much younger.