Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A Visit to Sun Gold Farm
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go and visit the farm who is providing our harvest box! (Just two more weeks until our first box!) I thought I had written a post about us doing a CSA harvest box this year, but I can't find it in the archives so I guess I never did. SO- if you don't know, CSA stands for "community supported agriculture" and basically, we paid in advance for a share of Sun Gold Farm's crop. They pack up boxes of vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, beans, herbs, whatever they're harvesting every week and we pick it up at the beaverton farmers market on Saturdays. We get fresh, local, organic produce every week at a great price, and they get to stay in business as a small family farm. Neat, huh? Anyway, they had an "open house" yesterday and we took advantage of it. It turned out to be such a beautiful afternoon- we went for a tractor-pulled hay ride and learned a little about the farm and got to walk through the fields and orchard and greenhouses and see what was growing! Everything is still cute little sprouts :o) (except for the strawberries, which smelled sooooo good ripening in the sun!)
Can't wait to share with you what comes in the boxes and what we decide to do with it all summer! Oh, how I love food.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Rowen's first cracker
"ooh a new toy"
"wait a minute! what is this?"
"I guess it looks okay..."
"let's see here..."
"hey! I like it!"
My baby's getting so big! He'll be 8 months old tomorrow- I thought it was high time he had his own cracker. It's nothing more than a giant rice krispie- the ingredients claim sweet potato, carrot, cabbage and spinach- but I sure couldn't tell!
going....
going....
gone!
I know, I know: you know you're a new mom when you upload eight pictures of your kid eating a cracker! :oP
Rowen's Rash, part two!
it's kind of hard to see in the photos- but his rash came back on friday- with a vengeance! 
Saturday morning he was covered in hives from his nose to his toes- so we took him to Urgent Care to have it checked out. As you can see in picture #2- he was fine. No fever or anything else alarming- just covered in little red bumps. Poor baby. After being there 2 1/2 hours, we finally got to see his doctor and he determined that it's a "non-allergic" amoxicillin rash. So there you have it. Because the rash was gone for two or three days (we can't remember exactly) -the first rash was probably caused by a virus, and the second rash from the amoxicillin. Hope he doesn't need too many antibiotics in the future....
Saturday morning he was covered in hives from his nose to his toes- so we took him to Urgent Care to have it checked out. As you can see in picture #2- he was fine. No fever or anything else alarming- just covered in little red bumps. Poor baby. After being there 2 1/2 hours, we finally got to see his doctor and he determined that it's a "non-allergic" amoxicillin rash. So there you have it. Because the rash was gone for two or three days (we can't remember exactly) -the first rash was probably caused by a virus, and the second rash from the amoxicillin. Hope he doesn't need too many antibiotics in the future....
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Sicky-Poo
Reason #5 why I've been a blog slacker:
Sweet baby boy had a little cold for just over a week when it turned into a fever. He's always on the go- so when all he wanted to do all day was lay on my chest and snuggle I knew he wasn't feeling good at all! It was 101-102 all day (last Thursday,) and when it reached 103 on motrin I called the advice nurse. She told me to keep an eye on him and see the doctor in the morning, with a few things to try and keep him comfortable. While Rowen was in a luke-warm bath and HATING IT, the pediatrician's office called me and told me to bring him right in. (it was after 7pm!) So we packed him up, took him to urgent care, where we discovered he had his first ear infection! Poor baby. :o( So we had to put him on antibiotics of course. Yuck. He slept with us for the night, fitfully, and just burning up. The weekend was all antibiotics, yogurt, bananas and rice, (to try and keep his poo normal - hello! someone could have warned me it was going to come out like puree'd sun-dried tomatoes!) motrin and tylenol. Sunday I think he started to get a bit of a rash, which got worse and worse throughout the weekend. We thought it was heat rash at first since it was so hot this weekend, but by monday it was looking more like hives all over his trunk. So I called the advice nurse again, and we took him in again. The doctor squeezed us in between appointments, bless his heart, and got him started on benidryl and an anti-fungal cream. The benidryl didn't help, which is great because that means he wasn't having an allergic reaction to the penicillin. After a day, the rash went away on its own, which means the whole ordeal was probably Roseola.
Sweet baby boy had a little cold for just over a week when it turned into a fever. He's always on the go- so when all he wanted to do all day was lay on my chest and snuggle I knew he wasn't feeling good at all! It was 101-102 all day (last Thursday,) and when it reached 103 on motrin I called the advice nurse. She told me to keep an eye on him and see the doctor in the morning, with a few things to try and keep him comfortable. While Rowen was in a luke-warm bath and HATING IT, the pediatrician's office called me and told me to bring him right in. (it was after 7pm!) So we packed him up, took him to urgent care, where we discovered he had his first ear infection! Poor baby. :o( So we had to put him on antibiotics of course. Yuck. He slept with us for the night, fitfully, and just burning up. The weekend was all antibiotics, yogurt, bananas and rice, (to try and keep his poo normal - hello! someone could have warned me it was going to come out like puree'd sun-dried tomatoes!) motrin and tylenol. Sunday I think he started to get a bit of a rash, which got worse and worse throughout the weekend. We thought it was heat rash at first since it was so hot this weekend, but by monday it was looking more like hives all over his trunk. So I called the advice nurse again, and we took him in again. The doctor squeezed us in between appointments, bless his heart, and got him started on benidryl and an anti-fungal cream. The benidryl didn't help, which is great because that means he wasn't having an allergic reaction to the penicillin. After a day, the rash went away on its own, which means the whole ordeal was probably Roseola.
Happy to say, my little happy monkey is back to himself as of yesterday!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
$631.61
reason #4 why I've been a blog slacker:
$631.61 is how much we spent on Rusty in the month of May. I just finished the May budget and that's such a crazy amount for a stinkin' pet that I had to share. Anyone want a dog? haha.
I can't remember all the details at this point, but basically it's been a month of unmentionable bodily functions which we had to purchase a mini carpet cleaner for. Several trips to the vet, many tests, x-rays, etc and medicines... and get this: we never figured out what was wrong. Matt's positive it's his food, which is the same food he's been on for ages. I'm not terribly convinced, but we don't have another answer so we'll go with that for now. Maybe in a few weeks we'll introduce it again. Maybe then he'll keep it down. *fingers crossed* So- yeah. All month long I've been making him "dog food" of rice, chicken broth, cottage cheese, oats, boiled defatted beef, etc. It's been a joy, let me tell you. (can you hear the sarcasm?) Poor baby, though. The first couple weeks of May he was so weak, shaking, in pain... it's hard to be mad at an animal when they're so helpless. Even if they do cost you your entire paycheck. *sigh*
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
New Home!
Reason #3 why I've been a blog slacker:
Actually, he got to play with Nana while the rest of us moved. Thank you thank you thank you to Lindsi, Trevor, & Brit (my siblings,) Tim, the Reid's, BJ, Matt & Kristi
for helping us move, Kristi for helping me unpack and organize my kitchen, Mom, Lindsi, and Kathleen for helping to paint Rowen's room, Jered for helping prime the apartment, and all the little people that helped make this day possible. lol. Seriously, we were so blessed with lots of help and we LOVE you guys!
Oh No! Don't pack me, Momma!"
here's a little "tour" curtosy of Matt- the place is a disaster, but it IS less than 24 hours since we moved in. It looks much better now of course, but we still have a ways to go! Can't wait to hae everyone over :o)
Pulling Up!
Reason #2 why I've been a blog slacker:
Oh dear- about a week ago, he started pulling himself up! I've only caught him doing it a couple of times, but he sure tries on everything.
Oh dear- about a week ago, he started pulling himself up! I've only caught him doing it a couple of times, but he sure tries on everything.
the army crawl
Reason #1 why I've been a blog slacker:
Sorry that this is a month old (and completely un-edited)- but as you can probably guess, I have my hands full now! Blogging isn't exactly top on the priority list. Keeping my son away from cords and outlets and such, however, is. Isn't he so funny? By now he's at top speed- getting everywhere as soon as I turn my head! I'm really going to have to concentrate on growing the eyes in the back of my head. They're not in yet! When I sat down to type this, I dropped him off in the living room on a blanket full of toys. He played for a minute, and right now he's in the kitchen playing with a box of tupperware and lids that haven't found a home in our cupboards yet. and maybe never will- they bring him such joy! haha. We've also noted that he must dress in overalls at all times. Onsies are destroyed without mercy as he scoots around the floor! The neck gets stretched out with each pull, baring his little chest as he goes. (Not to mention that he's a human mop - ew!!)
Sorry that this is a month old (and completely un-edited)- but as you can probably guess, I have my hands full now! Blogging isn't exactly top on the priority list. Keeping my son away from cords and outlets and such, however, is. Isn't he so funny? By now he's at top speed- getting everywhere as soon as I turn my head! I'm really going to have to concentrate on growing the eyes in the back of my head. They're not in yet! When I sat down to type this, I dropped him off in the living room on a blanket full of toys. He played for a minute, and right now he's in the kitchen playing with a box of tupperware and lids that haven't found a home in our cupboards yet. and maybe never will- they bring him such joy! haha. We've also noted that he must dress in overalls at all times. Onsies are destroyed without mercy as he scoots around the floor! The neck gets stretched out with each pull, baring his little chest as he goes. (Not to mention that he's a human mop - ew!!)
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