Parenthood | Darrell & Sharyn

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Professional Photos

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May 25, 2018

Back in September, we had some professional photos taken while we were at a pumpkin patch. Because of the package I bought, I was entered into a drawing to win a free 1 hour photo shoot. I found out around my birthday (between all the seizures, hand foot mouth disease, and car accidents) that I won the drawing. We scheduled a date for early May, but Edward’s little accident made us need to reschedule for a later day in May. We finally got it scheduled and went and had them done in downtown Snohomish. Jon with Jon Kaplan Photography was amazing! Morgan was not feeling into anyone taking his picture and we tried a bunch of things before needing to resort to suckers. Overall though, he got a bunch of great photos. These are some of my favorites.

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Edward’s Hospital Stay

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May 16, 2018

On Friday April 27, Edward had an accident and what should have been a small thing ended up needing stitches. We rushed him to the ER and they sent us down to Seattle Childrens. Edward liked the hours we got to sit in the ER waiting for the doctors to decide what we were going to do because they gave him the TV remote and full control over it. While we waited for the specialist to show up, he and Daddy got to watch the entire new Power Rangers movie and a couple other little shows. After the specialist showed up, they decided that he was going to need stitches, but they would need to do anesthesia which required use of the OR. So, Edward was checked into his own room and moved upstairs for the first surgery the next day. He was definitely groggy throughout the whole ordeal. It took a bit to wake him up in the morning (the boy sleeps like a log and didn’t even wake up while they were checking vitals, or moving him from his room to Pre-op. They took him into surgery and Darrell and I grabbed some breakfast while we waited. After about 45 minutes, the doctor came out and said everything looked good and went over what we were going to need to do for the next few weeks. Another half hour later, we were allowed to go back into Post-op to actually see him. He was still super tired, so they couldn’t get him to wake up (like a log I tell ya!). We tried a few different things, but what worked was asking him if he wanted to play Magic with Daddy. That popped his little eyes right open. They gave him a popsicle and we got to head back to the room. After he ate a little bit and moved around, they let us come home. It was a super long 45 hours, but made me soooo grateful that we live near one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation. He is doing really good now and we are just waiting for the rest of the stitches to dissolve. He got 10-12 stitches and only 2 of them have dissolved so far. Could still be another month or so, but he has had his follow-up and been released back to full activity.

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February 2018

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April 23, 2018

We had a fairly chill February. We didn’t actually do much. Our wednesdays are our busy days. Edward has school, then swim lessons and then we head over to the rec center to go swimming for a few hours. It’s a blast and the boys usually sleep really well that night.

We had a decent day and Daddy had a really long dentist appointment, so we wandered down to Woodinville and played at a park there. The boys also got some fun riding their bikes around.

We went down to the Bellevue Mall and attended the Chinese New Year Celebration. It was fun and the boys liked all the music and dancing. Edward especially liked doing the crafts.

We also took a trip up to Burlington. I found a post on Facebook about a company who was opening up their showroom for kids to come and ride their bikes. They had all sorts of balance bikes available for the kids to borrow. Edward was struggling switching from the trike to the bike, so we figured if he saw other kids, he would maybe get the feel for things. He was a little unsure of at first, but after a couple hours, he was moving with the kids. We went ahead and got him a balance bike and he is loving it and is all over the place with it now. Still not confident enough to get the pedals going, but he is fast on the balance bike. Morgan got to try a little bit at the company, but he was still a bit small. He keeps trying at home. Maybe this summer he will be out there with the bigger kids.

And of course, we spent time around the house just doing our thing.

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October/November

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December 20, 2017

October was a busy month for us. Not only did we have Morgan’s birthday, but there was other friends’ birthdays and of course, Halloween. The boys made out this year. Darrell’s work does a Trick-or-Treat at work where they decorate 3 floors and let the kids of employees come and wander and get candy. They got a bunch of candy and Edward was excited. Morgan just loved all the balloons and attention though he was a really cute little monkey. Edward went as Iron man again. Just before Halloween, we finally pulled out the pumpkins and got them carved. Edward was able to draw his own face and we helped him carve it. Morgan just loved gnawing on the chunks of pumpkin.

Our November was slammed with ups and downs. We did a lot of family stuff this month. We had a zoo trip and the first weekend brought snow. It was the earliest we had ever had snow. The boys loved it and Morgan was so mad when we had to bring him in because he was getting so cold.

Just before Thanksgiving, we got hit with more news. Morgan had fallen down and then bruises just started spreading all over his legs. We went in and found out that they felt he had low platelets, so we had to go over to Seattle Children’s Hospital to get some blood drawn. On our way to the hospital, we were rear ended at a stoplight. It was a bad day in general and things seemed fishy. I went ahead and filed with our insurance so they could figure it out. Unfortunately, they determined that it was going to cost more than the car was worth, so they totaled it. It became stressful to deal with, but after almost 6 weeks of back and forth, we finally got it all taken care of on our end. We have a salvage now, but at least the car is now paid off and all ours.

Morgan’s platelets ended up being really low. They want them to be around 150k, and Morgan’s were at 35k. So we had to do blood draws weekly until we saw what they were doing. After 4 weeks, his platelets came back up and we were back to good.

With Edward now in Preschool, he gets to do all sorts of different arts and crafts for the different holidays. These are the things he got to do for Thanksgiving. He also helped Mommy make the rolls for Thanksgiving.

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Great Wolf Lodge

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December 13, 2017

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we took off for Great Wolf Lodge for our first family vacation that was actually a vacation instead of a visit to family. We were excited to go and Edward was excited to practice his swimming. The first night was great and we spent some time at the waterpark and then we went down to the lodge area and watched the little clocktower show and while Morgan wasn’t interested, Edward loved it especially the “snow” that came down.

The next day, we did a little bit in the morning, but Morgan was a little out of it. I took him back to the room and let him take a long nap. Towards the end of his nap, his spiked a high fever and seized. It was scary being away from our house and having him sick. We called our pediatrician and they said to go ahead and just try to keep him cool, but we would be ok unless he had a second one in less than 24 hours. We called down to the front desk to see if they had a thermometer so we could take his temperature. They sent up the first aid guy and they were on top of things. It was nice to see that they were on top of things. So, I spent the whole second day in the room with Morgan trying to keep his fever down. I let Edward and Darrell wander around and see everything and play. Unfortunately, around dinner time, Morgan had another seizure, so we ended up at the local ER and they kept Morgan overnight giving him fluids and testing him to see if we can see why he had a fever and a seizure. While at the hospital, he started to get some spots and they were a little worried that maybe he had chicken pox. It was a very long night for all of us. We were finally released early with nothing except a noncommittal rash and possible UTI.

The next day, we got ourselves packed up and let Edward finish a couple things at the resort before we headed home. Edward had a blast even though we didn’t get to do everything we wanted to do. We promised him we would go back someday.

We had a followup appointment with our pediatrician the next day and got the information that he didn’t have a UTI, and it wasn’t just a random rash, but the beginnings of a full blown case of Hand Foot Mouth. It kicked off a couple weeks of back and forth illness in our house. The pediatrician also gave us a referral for a neurologist but the earliest appointment is the beginning of March, so we are waiting.