Boo Boos, Boys, and Bouncing!

Josiah had what we thought was a spider bite on his right knee. After the 3rd day or so, when it kept getting worse instead of better, we figured we better take him to be seen. He had been crying with it all day and couldn't even walk on it.

If you look at the above picture, you can see how it first was looking.

Earl took him to the ER on Thursday night, and they determined it was an abscess. So they cut and drained it. They packed it and wrapped it and sent him home.

We went back the next day for a recheck with the same doctor. I waited with Tanner in the lobby while Earl took Joey back. Have you seen the commercial with the interrupting cheese being examined by the lab coat guy? Well, Earl busted up laughing in the ER because the doctor came in and started to say, "How are you doing, Joey?" But before he got it all out, Joey blurted, "Interrupting cheese!!" The doctor also thought it was funny.

They saw it was getting better and prescribed him antibiotics and he has to take 3 soapy baths a day to keep it cleaned. I thought I was doing good to get him bathed 3 times a week, much less in a day! But he's been good about it. Especially after we went and bought him some new bath toys. He loves the baths now. I'll have to get a picture of that.

The day after he spent most of the night in the ER, he was exhausted.

His knee is doing much better. He can bend it just fine now and as you'll see in coming pictures, he has no problem playing on it!

Tanner gets his best sleep on his daddy.

He's so cute, just staring at people and being curious about everything. His eyes are still dark gray. They haven't changed to whatever color they're going to be yet.

He is going through my favorite baby stage: baby talk! I love the gibberish! He coos and goos and does all sorts of talking. He talks to himself, to his bug toys, to his elephants on his bounce chair, to anyone who will listen and talk back.

We went to Kangaroo Jacs today and met some new friends.

Joey played with Aiden and Aiden's little sister, Elaine. They were all so cute together.

They didn't have quarters, but that didn't stop them from playing (and spending 20 minutes or so on) the race car game.

When Tanner woke up at Kangeroo Jacs, he had lots of smiles for me!

And when we got home, he had even more smiles and laughs for his daddy!

Tanner went to the doctor last week for help with his gas pains and reflux. They increased his dosage of Zantac. We'll see if that helps. Last night he did sleep much better than usual. He slept in his crib all night for the first time, and had a 5 hour stretch between feedings. That was wonderful! He didn't keep me or himself up all night with the gas pains and grunting either. I pray this improvement lasts and isn't just a one-night fluke.