Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!  We went to Birmingham for the holidays.  The boys rode up with mommy and their fuzzy brothers (Hardy and Ridley) rode with daddy.  We stayed at Granddaddy’s house and had Thanksgiving lunch at Granny’s house (with mommy’s family) in Oneonta and Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Dana’s house (with daddy’s family) in Helena.  Everything was wonderful! We enjoyed getting to visit with family.  Noah got to meet extended family at these gatherings.  In keeping with his holiday tradition, Joshua got sick Thanksgiving morning, but felt better by the afternoon.  And being the generous boy that he is, he shared with his mommy who got sick the next day and missed the second half of the Iron Bowl.  Of course, given the outcome, I’d say I got to watch the best part.  The boys also got to see their cousins, the Green family, who were staying at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.   While I missed out on the Black Friday shopping, I did get to do some shopping on Saturday with one of my sisters, which was fun.  Also Grandma cooked a yummy lunch on Saturday which we enjoyed.  Then we stayed at Aunts Celeste and Elaine’s house for our last night in town.  I enjoyed spending time with everyone… and all the help with the diapers!

Noah is all smiles in his picture but he had a raised rash show up all over his body (even on his eyelids) over the weekend. I had been lotioning him with Aveeno baby crème which we have always used on Joshua’s skin. It didn’t seem to help, in felt Noah acted like it stung him. I took him to the doctor’s office and they said it was eczema. Joshua also has eczema, but his is really, really mild compared to this- in fact, it doesn’t even look similar. I have started lotioning him with Aquaphor ointment and otc cortisone crème so hopefully he’ll be feeling better soon. There is nothing worse than a pitiful baby.