Twinners

So, I've had zero desire (or time) for blogging lately but I had to post this because I think it's so cool. Check out these little chicas. Don't they share a remarkable resemblance? I literally could not stop staring at these two.





I think they are 2nd cousins. The weird thing is I don't really think her parents and us look alike much at all. Does anyone else see the resemblance?

Dream a little dream

When it rains...

it pours! In the last 6 days we've found ourselves in the ER twice, doctor visits 3 times, and one 4 hour afternoon in the Urgent Care clinic.

The scoop on Ryder: He is allergic to milk and eggs. Because of the severity of the reaction and his young age we will go see an allergist to understand better what is going on. In the meantime, he has discovered the cords.


Kyra has been one sick little girl. She's had a rough bout of the flu and has had to go in to get fluids twice due to dehydration. Today she turned a corner and appears to finally be feeling better!

This is what Kyra has been doing the past several days. (Minus the vomit and diarrhea. Your welcome.)


The brave little patient.


The crazy little fan club.

Allergic reaction for Ryder, panic attack for me

Tuesday night I put Ryder to bed just like normal. He was tired and went down without a complaint. Kyle had been gone all day so when he got home a few minutes later he was able to say goodnight to the girls before I was finished putting them to bed. I decided to to get Ryder up to say hi to his Daddy since he hadn't seen him all day and he was probably still awake.

I'm so glad I did. I found him sitting up quietly trying to itch his hive covered body. Then I noticed his swollen face. Mostly in his eyes and his lips. HUGE! It looked so wrong. I hurried to show Kyle who is good at staying calm in these types of situations where I am SO not. I was ready to run out the door with him to get him to the hospital but Kyle called the nurse. When she asked if there was any swelling and Kyle said yes, she said, "there IS!? Hang up and call 911!" So with that Kyle was out the door with poor Ryder who had started vomiting. He was getting worse fast. They took him into the ER (thankfully only minutes away) and immediately injected him with epinephrine and some other drugs. He came home a few hours later after the medicine had taken effect. So now we are waiting on some tests to figure out what triggered this. In the meantime we are paranoid about feeding him and armed with epiPens. Dairy is our main suspicion. Remember this post? Hopefully we will figure it out soon!