Cookie Baking and Pizza Making

-We decorated cookies today. The cookies were suppose to be Valentine cookies but I could not find the heart cookie cutter so we made cookies out of some of our favorite shapes - trains, cars, puppies and people. I did most of the decorating. Daniel decorated and redecorated one cookie while I decorated 7. Daniel would put the icing on the cookie then lick the icing off, he repeated this several times before eating the cookie.

-After the cookie baking and decorating we made inividual pizzas for supper. They were YUMMY! Richard and I both said that we might not ever get a carry out pizza again.

Dr. Amis

-Daniel and Caden had an appointment with Dr. Amis (pediatrician) today.
-Caden's appointment was for his 6 month well check-up. Caden weighs 15 pounds, 2 ounces and is 25 inches long. He is in the 25th percentile for both weight and height. Dr. Amis said that Caden looks GREAT. The only concern she has is that is head has a flat spot on the right side. She said that if it is not improved in the next couple of months that she would recommend using a cranial band. Caden's appointment ended with 3 shots - 2 in one leg, one in the other leg. Caden did not cry with the first shot but cried with the 2nd and screamed with the 3rd.
-Daniel's appointment was for allergy testing and an eye check. Daniel was GREAT when they drew his blood for the allergy testing. He laid very still and did not cry at all. I was so impressed, I tear up when I get my blood drawn. We are anxiously awaiting the results and hope that they are able to determine what Daniel is allergic to so we can hopefully prevent any reactions in the future. Dr. Amis refered Daniel to a new eye doctor (Dr. Morrison) at Vanderbilt. Daniel has been followed by an eye doctor since he was born and there is always been a concern that his eyes turn in. Dr. Amis feels that the condition has gotten worse and we have noticed Daniel starting to turn his head and squint his eyes to correct the problem. Dr. Amis felt that it would be best for Daniel to see a different eye doctor and we were very happy for a second opinion.

Pediatrician Follow-Up

-Daniel is still showing lots of signs of anaphylaxis. He has had welps come and go all day, thrown up a couple of times, had diaherra, refused to eat, acted as he was itching and acted like it was painful to have clothes on. The picture above was taken before Daniel left to go to the doctor's appointment. He looks so pitiful and has looked like this all day.
-The nurse from the doctor's office called this morning and asked us to make a list of foods that Daniel eats reguarly. The plan is to begin allergy testing by drawing blood today.
-Richard took Daniel to his appointment this afternoon. They were not able to start allergy testing today since Daniel is still showing so many signs of anaphylaxis. They increased the dose of steriods, the dose is actually stronger then what they would normally prescribe for someone Daniel's size and age but they are very concerned that he is still showing so many signs of anaphylaxis. The doctor prescribed an epi pen that we are to have with us at all times. We are to call the doctor on Friday to let them know how Daniel is doing and if he is better we will start weaning him off the steriod. We are to take Daniel back on Feburary the 2nd for allergy testing.

Opryland Hotel

-We spent the day at the Opryland Hotel (a neat place in our opinion). If you are ever in Nashville stop by for a visit. We go a few times through out the year and enjoy walking around and seeing the beautiful waterfalls and botanicals and the lights at Christmas. It's a free activity (unless you ride the riverboat or eat at one of the restaurants).
-We enjoyed our day. The boys enjoyed riding the Delta Riverboat and seeing the fish. They also enjoyed all the neat scenery and hearing their dad tell them about the time that he worked at the hotel.

The Evil Duck

-While we were enjoying our picnic lunch this duck (pictured above) approached us. He looked very unfriendly, evil actually. Daniel was sitting in his stroller (he's not big enough to sit at the table) enjoying a cracker. The evil duck quickly waddled over to Daniel and snatched the cracker out of Daniel's hand and then quickly waddled off.

Centennial Park

-We enjoyed spending the afternoon at Centennial park. The boys had picked out lunchables from home to have for lunch and Richard and I grabbed a sandwich from Subway. We ate our lunch by the pond and watched the ducks, had an encounter with an evil duck (post to come) and fed the nice ducks in the pond leftover crackers and bread from our lunch.

(Jarod feeding the ducks)

Note: I did not purposely leave Everhett out of the pictures. He was not feeling well (a stomach virus has hit hard).