March/April Update

Eating Chocolate pudding!

Playing in the car waiting on Grandpa 4/19/2011

Sh'es getting so big! she looks so grown up here!

Chillin with her shades on!

Aly getting her oatmeal bath and Shannon's

Hello All, Picking up from where I last left off, as you know JV and his Dominican crew all made it back safely. They had a great and productive trip. JV has said that he defiantly wants to go back and being there was a life changing experience. As hard as it was for him to be gone for that long, I’m so glad he got to go to experience it for both of us.

On the Aly front, we have been battling a nasty rash on her butt area for about 3 weeks now. It started with a small spot, which I didn’t think much of, then it was like over night it exploded. We went to the Pediatrician (which was our last trip to Snellville peds I waited and hour and 40 minutes for them to tell me they didn’t know what was wrong) and they didn’t know what it was. She gave me and antibiotic in case it was bacterial and said to use some fungal cream in case it was something of that nature. Well after a week of that, nothing was changing, so I called back and they told me the same thing, just give it another week, so I did and still no better. I took her to the dermatologist yesterday and they said it was a bad case of a yeast infection and eczema. They gave me a prescription for some prescription cream. I got it last night and this morning I could already tell a difference so hopefully we are on the way back to normal.

On Sunday night when I got home with Aly, she felt a little warm like a low grade fever so I gave her some medicine before bed and no problems. Then Monday morning she was still a little warm, around 99.7 degrees so I took her to Shannon’s any way. I was thinking that it could be the rash that was giving her the fever so that was the main reason for the dermatologist appointment. Turns out the rash had nothing to do with the fever. Last night it got to 103.4! I was pretty worried but knew there wasn’t much we could do. We put her to bed around 8:00pm and at 9:00 she woke up crying and had pooped. We changed her and let her lay in the living room with us for a bit, then about 5 mins after that the fever seemed to be just gone. It was the weirdest thing. JV said she just needed to poop the fever out and it seems that is what she did!! She has been good today so far but is staying with Mimi and papa just to be sure!!!!

She is still in love with her Mickey Mouse and Elmo. I feel like all I get to watch anymore is Mickey Mouse clubhouse. She is talking so much and so independent. “no, mommy, I do it!” I hear that all the time. And Mimi’s favorite “up you” means she wants up. Pretty funny. She cracks me up all the time.

As for us, nothing much has changed, JV went to the race at Talladega this past weekend with some people from work and we are leaving for the beach in a month from tomorrow! Whoo Hooo!!!

We are looking forward to a busy but great Easter this weekend. Church at 9, then Dad’s for lunch and the Manderscheid’s for dinner!!!!

We hope this finds everyone well!! We love you and hope to see you soon!!!

JV, Amy and Aly