Roseola, Part 2

The fever has gone, and now the nasty rash has reared it's ugly head. It appeared this morning and it's all over his little body, even on his face. I've seen pictures of other children with the rash on them and Aiden is very lucky! His isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

Through it all, he has been a little angel (well for the most part ;)). You wouldn't know he was sick. I'm definitley glad the fever is gone though. I had a hard time sleeping knowing his fever could have spiked up over night.

We had a very lazy day today. Luke worked all day, so Aiden and I layed around the house. We were supposed to go swimming with our neighbors, but the sun decided to hide all day. It was nice to do NOTHING though....sometimes we need those days!!!

Roseola

This year has been a roller coaster of ups and downs when it comes to sicknesses. I'm sure it will only get bumpier as we get older. Aiden spent most of February, March and half of April sick. Here it is the middle of June and he hasn't been sick since.

Well...that was until Wednesday :(

He woke up from his afternoon nap with a temperature of 103. I thought nothing of it really because this same thing happened last month and I gave him one dose of Tylenol and it went away and never returned. This time around I did the same thing, but three hours later the fever spiked back up. This went on for two days. The STRANGE thing is that there is nothing else going on (his noes is running a little bit, but it's clear). He's happy, eating, drinking, playing....all else normal, just this HOT HOT body.

I decided that yesterday, since it spiked back up to 102.7 that I would take him to the dr. I was betting on ear infection. He gets one everytime he's finished a round of teething and he is getting his incisors in right now. Off to the dr we went...

We saw Dr. Schultz who's not our normal doc, but he's great with children. Dr. S checked the little man out and there was NOTHING WRONG with him. I couldn't believe it..like I said, I would have put money on the ears! The doctor did suspect Roseola.

Roseola (also known as sixth disease, exanthem subitum, and roseola infantum) is a viral illness in young children, most commonly affecting those between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. It is typically marked by several days of high fever, followed by a distinctive rash just as the fever breaks.

Nothing to worry about...we just need to wait it out. Here it is day 4 and fever is still around, but he's as happy as a clam!!

Biking

Luke and I have been discussing the purchase of a bike trailer for some time now. He's training to be on the bike at work and I am just plain training (BTW, tri is in a month...YIKES). Given our current financial situation, we don't have tons of money to put out on one. However, we were lucky enough to purchase one from our wonderful neighbors (thanks J & S)!!!

We took her out for a spin on Tuesday. It was so great. The trailer is attached to my bike so I got in an extra work out. We went about 4 miles all around our neighborhood. Aiden seemed to really enjoy himself, although his helmet kept falling down into his face. We bought him one that's a little big because we couldn't find one for someone his size. He does have a pretty big melon...so it sort of fits.

Happy Fathers Day (Bilated, that is)

Another Fathers day under Luke's belt!! It was a good day. We started off the day hanging out at home. Luke worked Saturday night so he was a little tired when he got home. After resting for a bit, we headed up to watch Luke's flag football game. Aiden was surprisingly well behaved. He's usually trying to run around and play all the little games (he LOVES the dance dance revolution game). Instead of the usual, he sat right next to me and snacked on the goodies I brought for him. He did a little climbing on the bleachers but stayed close by!! On top of it all Luke's team WON!!



Later Sunday afternoon we took Pops out for dinner at Houlihans. That restaurant is very good. Luke and I have been there twice now and the food is delicious. After stuffing our bellies, we came home, layed around some, played in the backyard and ended our day with some yummy ice cream from Baskin Robbins (Luke's favorite)!!


It was a great Fathers Day!

A silly Aiden sitting and eating his din din!

Mommy and Aiden being silly!

The Callas Men

Aiden being a goofball (AGAIN) for daddy!!

I LOVE my life

I SHOULD say this more often!

I am so very lucky. I have the greatest family and friends but most importantly, I have the most wonderful husband and he gave me the best thing that someone could have given me....our Aiden! Sometimes I take things for granted, but after spending these last two months home, I sort of look at things a little differently.

Times can be hard, but at the end of the day, we have each other, and the time that we spend together is far better than anyTHING we have!

Aiden and I spent the afternoon out back last night after Luke went to work and we just had the best time. My heart melts every time he smiles at me, or says "mamma". On several occasions he walked up to me with BIG open arms and gave me the biggest bear hug he could muster (of course he immediately runs away to play some more).

For these simplicities, I'll say it again....I LOVE MY LIFE!

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Little WAITERS!

Mackenzie and Aiden just love to wait at the window for daddy to get home. I finally caught them in action!!

Congrats to Nanna!!

Aiden's Nanna, Robyn retired today! We are so happy for her and now that she's done working, Aiden is going to have his Nanna around SO MUCH MORE! She's already been there for us so much and we couldn't be more grateful. We feel so lucky to have her around.

Thursday they had a retirement celebration for her so Luke, Aiden and I headed down to take part in the festivities. We had great time. I think Aiden was a little overwhelmed at the number of strange women coming up to him telling him how cute he was, but he enjoyed himself, none the less.

Congrats Nanna on all your years of service and welcome to retirement!!