The Week Inbetween

The title says it all…this is the week between Alexis’ birthday and her actual party. 

There are a lot of people out there that plan when they will have kids so they don’t fall around other kids birthdays or around holidays.  We are NOT those people.  It is a story for another day, but just the fact that we were pregnant was a miracle so when she would be born didn’t really matter.  So on July 3, 2007 we had our Munchkin. 

At the time we really didn’t think much of it, but now that she has parties for her birthday, it is really a pain to invite people to.  Most everyone is either out of town or has plans on the 3^rd so we have tried to do her birthday the weekend after the 4^th…which with the way the days fell this year gave us an entire week between her birthday and her party!  Try explaining that to a 4 year old!  Wow!

But the week has not been without issue!  No, see that would be too easy!  So lets recap, shall we?

So Friday afternoon we went to pick out her birthday present.  We figured that she would get all kinds of dolls and clothes from people, so we didn’t something different…we got her 2 hermit crabs.  She is very excited and has named them Mac and Cheese.  They sit in a little “box” in her bedroom and she really does like them.

That night we went to dinner with some friends and then over to 31 Flavors for some ice cream.  Nice night!  As we were walking back to the car, Lex mentioned that her foot itched.  So scratch it we told her.  Not rocket science here.  Lol. 

The next morning we woke up and had breakfast and in the process of getting ready to go to Build A Bear to get her a Bear, she mentioned her foot itched again.  Once again, we told her to scratch it.  But as Heather told her to scratch it, she turned around to look at it.  That is when we noticed that she had been bit by something and her foot was red and very swollen!!  We gave her some Benadryl and off we went!

Went to Build A Bear and she got a stuffed puppy, which she named Susie.  Susie has roller skates and shoes to go with her collar and leash.  $75 later we headed home to get ready to meet my parents for dinner at Joe T Garcia’s.

While at dinner, my dad saw her foot and remarked that it looked really bad and we needed to take her to the CareNow clinic or the hospital.  Now we had a few people tell us through the day we needed to go, but when your Dad tells you to take your kid in, you take your kid in.

So off to CareNow we go.  Sure enough, it was a bite that had been infected and required a shot as well as antibiotics.  She did not like this too much!  The doctor drew on her foot and told us if the swelling/redness got outside the marker to bring her back.

So we woke up on her birthday and got ready head to church.  We checked out her foot and sure enough, it looked worse!!  We went to church and debated on what to do most of the morning.  Once church was out, we figured it was just best to take her in and let them look at it.  How bad could it be?  We just thought maybe the meds hadn’t kicked in yet.  Nope!  Still infected and required ANOTHER shot. 

However, this time she knew it was coming and for 20 minutes she just cried and cried.  Not much fun and no one should have to do that on their birthday.  Especially when you are 4.  She we get the shot and head home.

Up until this point she had been having a pretty crappy birthday, so we invited our friends Tim and Katie over for burgers and some swimming.  Since her birthday hadn’t been going well, we asked if TJ could spend the night!  We figured it was the least we could do for her!  Those two had a blast and hopefully it made her actual birthday worth it!

The 4^th was a pretty lazy day!!  We went over to some friends’ house and went swimming and then went over to my Dad’s house for dinner, a movie and some fireworks!  So it turned out pretty well!

All in all her foot is doing much better! As the swelling went down you could see where a fire ant had lunch on her poor foot.  She had 5 bites and I guess that was 5 to many for her little foot.

And that brings us to today and the middle of the two weekends.  We have the Dora cake ordered and will be working on the goodie bags tomorrow night.  Most all of her friends have RSVP’d and her cousin Harley will make it so all is right with the world!!

I hope this finds all of you well and you all had a great 4^th! 

Take care!