The Basham Family: May So Far

Wow, what a busy month we have had so far. So busy that there hasn't been much time for blogging. I'll apologize in advance for how long this post might be, but lots of exciting things have happened in the past two weeks. It might take me days to write this/upload pics, so here goes...

1. Camping Out! Mike and Collin pitched a tent on the porch one Friday night. Collin was super excited. After we got Katelyn in bed for the night, we headed outside to roast marshmallows. On the gas burner for our large boiling pot.

Then I came inside and Mike and Collin settled into their tent for the night. It wasn't exactly what you would call "roughing it". They played computer games and watched Veggie Tales on Mike's computer. Collin did stay up until 11:00 which I thought was pretty impressive for a 3 year old. It was Mike's idea to go to sleep even then.

I think Collin had a great time. All day prior he kept telling me how excited he was to go camping. Afterwards, he kept asking to go camping again. Can't wait to take him camping "for real" one day.

2. Katelyn has started sitting up for short periods of time by herself. Up to a minute without falling over so far.

3. Mother's Day. Collin and Katelyn each got me a rose bush for Mother's Day. We had a great time at a cookout at Nanna's house. The kids had fun in the mini water park and makeshift slip and slide that Gumpy made for them.

I think it got a little cold.

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

4. Katelyn got really sick on Mother's Day. She started running a fever that evening. I waited until Monday afternoon to take her to the doctor. I kept hoping maybe she was just teething. By the time we got to the doctor, her fever was 102.8. I was sure at this point that her ear infection had not cleared up. I wish I was right. The doctor could not find the source of her fever and so proceeded to try to find it. He had to use a catheter to get a urine sample to check for a UTI. He also stuck her heel to check her white blood count. I finally got her calmed down after that torture, when he came back to say that her WBC was really elevated (20,000). He said they needed to draw blood from her vein to send for blood cultures. He suspected a bloodstream infection because of the high counts, but said it could still be just a virus and not to worry. Yeah right. She also needed 2 antibiotic shots in case it was an infection. It was definitely the worst doctors appointment to date. We had to go back the following day for another round of antibiotic shots. The doctor said that day she probably had hand, foot, and mouth disease (a common childhood virus) because now her throat was red with pinpoint blisters. She said when we were there the day before, the other signs probably just hadn't shown up yet. Her fever lasted another day or so and so far she hasn't gotten any blisters on her hands or feet. Her urine and blood cultures were negative for any sort of bacteria. She's been fine since Thursday.

5. BEACH! We were supposed to leave for St. Simons on Tuesday but had to postpone until Wednesday since Katelyn was so sick. We went with our good friends Hugh and Ashley and their 3 year old daughter Macey. Here are some pics from our trip.

Katelyn's first time on the beach...