poor sweet mccoy...

last week, we encountered our first medical situation...while we are truly thankful that mccoy hasn't been sick at all since he was born, it's still hard on a mom and dad to see your sweet little one suffering no matter how large or small the problem...at mccoy's 18 month check up, he was good to go except for a small patch of eczema on the back of his knees...no big deal, the doc said, just use some eucerin cream on it, all children go through this...we were doing good then all of a sudden last week during the snow/sleet storm, his back and chest exploded with red blotchy patches...then it just started turning into one large red mass on the front and back...we couldn't make it in to the doctor due to weather, and i also assumed it was just severe eczema...so i read up on it and decided to just keep him extremely lubricated and when the weather was better, we would check it out...this past week, we finally made it in to the doctor's office...it is never a good thing when you take off your child's clothes and the nurse says, "ohhhh my!" i knew it was bad but now i thought it must really be bad...even the doctor had the same reaction...it turns out that it was eczema, but it was due to an allergic reaction...now the fun stuff, "to what?" we have switched his milk from whole milk to soy...stopped eating strawberries (which he would scratch his chest after eating them)...changed laundry detergent and rewashed all of his clothes and anything that would touch his skin...and in the process of getting our carpets cleaned.

mccoy is also taking a strong 3 day antibiotic, a steroid cream for any red spots and Zyrtec every day indefinitely...he has been such a trooper...within one day, the redness cleared up by about 50%...these pictures were taken the day after we started treatment, so they are not nearly as red as they had been! we are still not sure what he is allergic to, but in a month or so, hopefully, we can figure it out...but for now, it is amazing how much better he feels...he has been running around again and laughing and playing all of the time...

so thankful to have our little guy back!

record snow...

mccoy watching burt shovel our walkway...

titus decided to watch too!

last week's lazy snow days!

last week, we had a bad round of snow and ice, which kept us homebound for several days...we didn't really want to get mccoy out in it because he was battling a severe case of eczema (more on that later) and we just thought the cold and dry air would make it worse...so we spent alot of time in our pjs watching several episodes of yo gabba gabba...he never gets to watch much tv, and after that week, we definitely were on overload!
more lounging...

finally, he was starting to go alittle stir crazy...we can only take so much gabba and friends! i love his little pj pants here:)

"i want out!!!"

"ok...i'll take alittle daddy time!"

this is random and i apologize about the poor picture quality (i had to take a picture of another picture)...but this is when i was 18 weeks pregnant with mccoy...

and 18 weeks pregnant with this little one...also known as banshee or the kicker!

as of now, i am almost 24 weeks along and everything is going great...i have some minor aches and pains, but i know that is from running after sweet mccoy so much! at least, he keeps me active! june 4th is quickly approaching!!!

spirit week

at mccoy's preschool, they had spirit week this week...so i didn't get many pictures but i managed to snap hippie day! he's more bohemian hippie than tie dye hippie...the night before i spent about three hours bleaching and rebleaching his jeans and then decided he needed bell bottoms...so i had some scrap material and added a little flare!

not sure how hippieish he turned out but we had fun with it...when he ran down the hallway, it looked like he had wings on his feet!

snow day 2011

getting ready to play in the snow...i think he has at least four layers on! walking down the driveway with dada
yay snow!

this is the street that is next to our house...there were tons of kids and adults going down it all day long...burt even heard them "woohooing" around 9pm that night

going down is fun but walking back up is alittle more work

mccoy liked sledding somewhat...he wasn't sure about the snow blowing up in his face...

this was his last trip down:)

but he was always eager to walk back up the hill..."hi mom!"

later that day, we tried a smaller hill in front of our house...we had borrowed the sled earlier so we busted out some of our old moving boxes

which weren't too successful!

mccoy was more interested in playing in the snow anyway...

mccoy and i heading down our driveway

weeeeeeee!

we had such a great time...until mccoy fell face first in the snow, then we were done!!!

18 month check up

checking out the fish at the doc's office

18 month stats

height...32.5 inches 60th percent
weight...26.8 pounds 60th percent
head circumference...off the charts

mccoy is doing so well and we love every minute of it! he is such a goofy little boy who is definitely starting to test the waters...he loves playing chase around the house especially with titus (our youngest pug)...he has learned to hide food in his hands and then taunt titus into chasing him...he loves to pick out books for me to read but we only get a few pages in before he is off for another one...he also caught the football more than once for the first time the other day (burt was so proud!)...he is going through a difficult not eating stage, but as long as he is drinking his milk and taking his vitamins, the doc says he's cool! he does love fruit still, though...

so silly!

later that day, burt thought my phone needed to be included in bating practice...look at the concentration on his face!

many posts ahead...

since it is the middle of january and everyone is over christmas, i have decided to bunch all of our holiday pictures into 5 posts...one right after the next...that way, you won't get tired of our blog when you are still reading about christmas in may! we hope you enjoy!

ole for new year's eve

new year's eve, the three of us went to eat dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant! last year, we all went to dinner together, too...i really like this little tradition...even if burt and i decide to actually go out sometime in the future for nye, i would love to continue eating our last meal of that year together!random pictures...this is mccoy's favorite spot to watch yo gabba gabba in...so far, the fire has totally uninterested him, which is great for me since i love them...burt's really good at building them by now!

where's mccoy? (in between the toy and elephant) we love hiding!

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hot springs bound

after christmas, mccoy and i headed to hot springs to see if santa made a stop there! here, he is testing out his new rain boots auntie b found for him...unfortunately, she had to head back to tulsa for work! gracie showing him a big ole bucket of goodies!

yay...bowling pins...let's beat on stuff!

next, working on his drawing skills...sometimes he still thinks that the crayons work better in his mouth!

we got to see uncle p too! we haven't seen him since last april, so we had lots of good playtime together!

new house shoes! everyone needs a good pair at christmas time!

another stuffed animal...mccoy still loves all of his "friends"

opening his stocking

visiting with his second cousin, miss indigo wren

hey gracie and grandaddymccoy loved looking at all of the lights

snuggle time!

bang, bang, bang

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