The ER and Easter Sunday

Like I mentioned, Arlee got bit by a fire ant.  I saw the ant on him when he came running to me crying "buk, buk". But once I got the ant of he was just fine and never mentioned it again.

Hours later he came to me again saying "Boo boo" and showed me his middle finger. Which was extremely swollen. We did not have any medicine so my hubby had to go get some. We got the medicine in him hoping that would help.  But, By the end of the night his finger and hand were so swollen and the bite mark had turned into a huge bubble.  The medicine did not seem to be helping.

Neither of us had ever seen anything like this.  I tried to call my sis and some of my nurse friends,  but unfortunately could not get ahold of any of them. I noticed red streets running down his hand and just had a bad feeling.

My sister, finally called back and encouraged us to take him on to the ER. And I'm so glad we did. Poor feller was so miserable.  They gave him 3 medicines and put him on 2 different antibiotics. It was a long night but he was such a good trooper!!
These pictures do not do the swollen finger or blister justice.

 Thank goodness for TV, cartoons and cell phones!

            He has discovered funny faces and selfies!!
And like any 2 yr old you can not keep them down for long.

It was a long night but thankfully the medicine allowed him to sleep through the night peacefully!!
Thank goodness since we had church that morning.
Since our church was just having a 10:00 service we got a little extra sleep.

We had a wonderful service. The music and preaching was amazing.  We enjoyed it and had a lovely meal with Jessica and Tanner afterwards at Taylor's. This has become our traditional Easter Restaurant...with its chocolate cobblar!!!

And because of the crazy night the Easter Bunny forgot to come that morning!!!! But after lunch and nap time He graciously arrived with his goodies for Arlee. Puzzles and Bubbles!!

And of course our traditional annual Easter Pictures...we did lavender for our family color.  I picked the wrong color this year, because I could find ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Lee and Arlee were easy. .but not me.

 The first store I went into had a beautiful dress but it was higher than I like to spend.  But after going to every store (literally every store) and losing hope because There was nothing in this color this year!!!..next year I will probably find it everywhere.

My sweet husband knew I really loved the dress from the first store,  so he bought it for me!!!..next year the boys outfits will coordinate with my dress.
But I do adore how it all turned out. And at least one time a year we can all be matchy!

It was a wonderful day that even involved a wonderful nap!! What a perfect Easter

Easter Egg Hunt

This year I had the honor of hosting our family's Easter get together. This was the first time I have hosted a holiday on my husband's side and I was tickled pink!!! I love hosting parties and gatherings.  Call me crazy but I LOVE IT!!!

I also made Arlee a little Easter shirt with some left over fabric. I used a t-shirt he already had, so I did not spend any money on this little project. I got the idea from Pinterest, of course.

 His name and bow tie were made from on iron on patch and the bunny was put on with 2 sided sticky tape...this item allows me to be creative and not sew!!!..because I can't, don't and won't.

We did a BBQ themed lunch that was delicious.
I did this chalkboard menu...who knew drawing pigs could be so challenging!!!

And of course a family egg hunt, that may have involved a little cheating!!!....oops. But the lesson to learn here is never leave your basket of eggs laying around unattended!!!

                     Jessica and Kasey, teammates

Jackson is just not sure about all the craziness

The crazy sisters!

 Smart little Arlee knew the prize was in the egg so he was more interested in getting the candy out of the egg instead of collecting the eggs.

                Sweet Lilly caught on very quickly!!!

 Jessica, Kasey, Andrea and Anna fighting to find the very last egg!!

I adore this picture..and check out Arlee on the background!!

In the end Dexter and Sarah won!!

                  The Grandparents watching!!

                                    All the girlies

Overall it was an amazing day. The only bummer was that Arlee got bit by a fire ant which involved a large night trip to the ER.

That is another post