Spencer is obsessed with all things super hero. He is especially fond of this little guy. He got him with a Spider-man car from Great Grandma and Grandpa Oliver for Christmas a couple years ago. Now that he's old enough to know what superheros are, he is in love. He lost his Spider-man and after not being able to find it for a couple months he finally decided he just had to have another one. So he took all his leftover birthday money and did 5 other jobs around the house (took all afternoon) to earn enough money to buy another one- but this time he got one with a Green Goblin too. Then we found his original one at Grandpa Woodstock's house a few weeks later, so he's going to give the extra to Rod for Christmas :)
For school we did Flat Stanley. He sent it to Kyra and Sadie in Texas.
He asked about it every other hour for the first couple days. Luckily he forgot about it. But when we got him back and he remembered, he was so excited to open it. He looked at the pictures over and over again.
Got my haircut again.
My dad came up to visit mom's grave for the 2 anniversary of her death. I can't believe it's been 2 years. But then again it feels like she's been gone a long time. I still miss her like crazy, but it's been amazing how much closer I've become with my dad and with my brother's and sister. Our heartache has brought us closer together.
On the day my dad came up my cousin Keola was also passing through with her little baby. My dad was nice enough to take us all out to eat. We went to a Mexican restaurant in town that had this cool guy in the lobby.
On the day my dad came up my cousin Keola was also passing through with her little baby. My dad was nice enough to take us all out to eat. We went to a Mexican restaurant in town that had this cool guy in the lobby.
Keola with her sweet little boy Landon.
That same day Spencer also ate a lemon granola bar with cashews in it. I didn't know it had cashews, so when he ate one bite and then started spitting and shuttering, I just thought he was just being over dramatic because he didn't like it. After about 5 minutes of this I took a bite of the granola bar to see if it was really gross and noticed the nuts. I looked at him and his lip had started to swell. I gave him some allergy medicine and then my dad took him into his room to lay down. Then I hear my dad calling me. Spencer had thrown up and he was starting to break out in hives. I gave him some more medicine, but for the next half hour he kept throwing up and the hives were getting worse and worse. Then he started holding his chest like it was hurting him. Steve and Dad gave him a blessing and we decided we should probably take him to the hospital. Luckily it's only 2 blocks away.
We had to give all our insurance info at the front desk the whole time he was throwing up and his hives were getting worse. In the picture anywhere you see red-ish tint- that is not him over-heated or sunburned, it's the rash. oxygen was a little low so they put him on oxygen. Then he got an IV (the most traumatic part for Spencer) and got him full of benadryl and steroids. He fell asleep and we hung out there for a couple hours to make sure it didn't get any worse and finally got to go home.
He had to take several doses of benadryl and steroids the next several
days to make sure the reaction was completely out of his system. But
within a few hours of getting home the hives were gone and he acting
like nothing had ever happened.
On a happier note- We went to a parade in town. A helicopter with Santa Claus flew over head. This was Roddy's face the whole time. He loves helicopters.
The rest are self explanatory random pics:
Rod's Selfies:
