first ER visit

So we have been quite busy lately, and in another post I will elaborate...but yesterday, Arabelle had her first ER visit.  Turned out to be nothing major, just a little scary.

We went see one of my kids from church in his first T-ball game, and it was nice outside; we took a blanket, a few toys, the camera, some sunscreen and were ready to watch a little baseball.  Well Arabelle doesnt really like playing where we put her...she has her own agenda most of the time...so we let her crawl on and around the blanket, exploring the grass and dirt...normal baby stuff.  After about 45 minutes of being outside, I decided she didnt need too much sun, even though I had applied sunscreen, so we decided to pack up and leave.  We got in the car, headed to lunch, and once we parked again and got her out of the carseat, her face was covered in hives and one of her eyes was just about swollen shut, and her nose was running.  So, John and I both having terrible allergies to lots of things, knew this was some kind of allergic reaction, go buy benadryl, and by that time, she looked horrible, and was very upset to say the least.  So instead of giving her the benadryl (I wasnt totally sure of the dose) and because of how quickly the hives were spreading, we decided to head to the children's hospital.  Just so you know, if you show up with a baby at a hospital, and say allergic reaction, there is no waiting involved.  They checked out her breathing and heart rate and all that good stuff, and thankfully she was breathing fine.  We saw a couple of doctors and waited for a couple of hours to make sure the reaction wasnt getting worse and then they sent us on our way.  And, by the time we left the only sign of a reaction was her little swollen eye...the hives had all but disappeared.

They werent able to determine what exactly caused the reaction, it could have been a number of things, but because john has a severe grass allergy, and allergies can be hereditary, we were thinking that's what did it.  I put the sunscreen in more places than just her face, so it probably wasnt that.  So, needless to say, we wont be rolling around on the grass again any time soon.

Here are some pictures from the before the hives started.  In the last one, you can see the beginning of hives...just barely on her forehead.

spring

This past weekend we celebrated being outside, and we celebrated Easter. On Saturday we took Arabelle to the park for the first time, and she loved sliding and swinging...I see a lot of park days ahead of us this summer. On Sunday we celebrated Easter at church and then stayed for a brunch afterwards. Arabelle met the easter bunny and there was no screaming...it was fun to see her reaction. Tomorrow morning we are flying to Atlanta for Andy & Crystal's wedding. It should be fun! Arabelle has changed so much it will be fun to see her play with people now. And, she's crawling...nonstop crawling. We have a few videos of it, I might get around to posting them soon.