Darren's adventure

So poor Darren has had a rough couple of days. He had been quite irritable and fussy for several days and it was getting worse and worse. Monday he began couging and had a fever and was throwing up. Eric was working evenings, of course, so I had to wait until Aurora was picked up, then dropped Evan at some friends and went to the walk-in clinic. Fortuntately there wasn't much of a wait. As soon as the doctor took a look at his chest and breathing, he told us to take him over to emergency - he was in Respiratory Distress. So we headed over, and when you have an infant who isn't breathing so well, you get to bypass the waiting room!! They took him in right away, and administered some drugs to open his airways. His fever kept going up, so they gave him tylenol and advil for that. The drugs seemed to help, but he was just so tired and fussy (it was after 9) so it was hard to see how his breathing was. The doctor said he had improved, so he wrote us a prescription for inhalers, and we left. While we were filling the prescription, he was so happy and smiley. I assumed he was feeling better, and was ready for him to get a good night's sleep. We came home, and Eric was there with Evan. We put Darren to bed and around 11:15 he started screaming inconsolably. He wouldn't stop for an hour. So I got dressed, and we went back to emergency. Of course, after a 15 minute drive in a nice warm van, he had stopped screaming!! They took a look at him and said that he probably was just uncomfortable, so we gave him some more Tylenol and went home.

He's now doing much better. I guess he had a virus that attached itself to his lungs, which may be more susceptible since he was premature. We went to the family doctor today just to check him out, and came back with another prescription for an eye infection (that virus again!!). But he's happy and silly and goofy again. So that's been Darren's excitement.

A Trip to Battersea

We recently headed out to visit Tante Brenda & Uncle Micheal's new house out in Battersea (near Kingston). It's a beautiful house with a great lot. Evan had a lot of fun with Jacob and his friend, just being one of the guys. He enojyed meeting Diesel, the new puppy. (He now sometimes licks his plate "just like Diesel does"!)



We also stopped in to see Grandma and Grandpa. Evan "helped" Grandma dig up weeds from her yard.

And here's Darren in a bowl.

. Last week we were in the grocery store. Evan went right up to a couple and said very politely, "How are you today?" They said they were fine, and asked how he was. "I'm awesome." They smiled at that, then they asked him, "Are you shopping?" "No, I'm not shopping. I'm awesome." I think he made their day.

. Darren was having some cheese for lunch. He dropped one on the floor. Evan said, "Can you get Darren's chee, Mommy?" I asked him to repeat it. "His chee. His chee," pointing to the floor. "Oh, his cheese," I said. "No, Mommy, just one chee."

Head Banger

Yesterday, Evan and I (Eric) were lying on our stomachs and playing on the floor. Darren came crawling over to me, leaned back and banged my head with his head. I made an "Ow!" sound (it did smart!!). Darren thought that this was quite funny. So, he continued to do it several times getting the same reaction. After five or six headbangs, he crawled away. I thought that he was done. However, he came up to his older brother and banged Evan's head with his own. Evan said "Ow!" too and they both had a good laugh.
This event, combined with him frequently banging his head against the window as a way of saying "Hi!", makes me wonder how many brain beatings a year old child can withstand. = )

Role Playing

Evan has really gotten into using his imagination lately - which is really fun to hear (and sometimes try and figure out). Yesterday, it was role playing. It went something like this:

Evan: Okay Mommy. You be Aunt Colleen, I'll be Uncle Adam. Hi Aunt Colleen.

Marya (playing) : Hi Evan.

Evan: No Mommy! I'm Uncle Adam!! You're Aunt Colleen. Hi Aunt Colleen.

Marya: Oh! Hi Uncle Adam. How are you?

Evan: I'm awesome. How are you Aunt Colleen?

Marya: I'm good.

Our Little Star

Evan the Photographer

Whenever I leave the room to change Darren's diaper, Evan usually gets into something he shouldn't. This time it was the camera.

This one of Aurora actually turned out pretty well!

He also made a little video but it didn't turn out that well...

Yay Tante Sarah!

Please...

So our youngest has learned his first sign. Just this week, he started saying "please." He does it with his hand closed, like a fist, but it's very clear what he is doing!! What a smart kid! :)