Rough nights ) :

Poor Aubin.
Here's her medicine for the day:
morning: 1/2 Zyrtec, Motrin
lunch: Singulair mixed with a teeny bit of icing
bedtime: Zyrtec, saline nasal wash, Nasonex, Motrin

.....And still no relief! I called back the doctor and we need to go ahead and wait for another week to see how she responds to the singulair before he'll give us a referral to the ENT. I hated to call, but I just had to check in to make sure I was doing everything I could for her. I am hoping that we'll soon see improvement this next week.

Massive

That's the adjective the doctor used to describe Aubin's tonsils today. She has had a hard time breathing at night and sounds awful. Her passages are very swollen from allergies even though she is on Nasonex and Zyrtec. The doctor said that he wouldn't be surprised if she needed her tonsils/adenoids taken out. He put her on Singulair in addition to the other meds as a last ditch effort before sending us on to the ENT (ear, nose, throat dr.). I hope beyond hope it works. I do NOT want the image of my little Aubin in a hospital bed as a blog moment. Tomorrow I am going to Howard Hughes-ify her bedroom complete with allergy friendly sheets & air filter. Probably won't help, but I've got to try and do something!
I'm behind on my email replies and comments, so sorry everyone! I'll get to it soon. Getting ready for our garage sale tomorrow....and obsessively checking on Aubin every 5 minutes.

-LM

Zilker park

We met Nanna at Zilker park today. This picture is of Hayden on the train wearing his new frog hat (compliments from Nanna). We rode the Zilker Zephyr without incident and then went to Spaghetti Warehouse for a tasty lunch. Thanks Nanna for a fun day!

Bats

"The Bat" -by Ogden Nash

Myself, I rather like the bat.
It's not a mouse, it's not a rat.
It has no feathers, yet has wings.
It's quite inaudible when it sings,
It zig zags through the evening air
And never lands on ladies hair,
A fact of which men spend their lives,
Attempting to convince their wives.

Austin is known for its Mexican-freetailed bat colony under the Congress bridge. We too, have a colony living underneath the I-35 bridge. In fact, it has been said that our colony will soon be larger than the Congress colony! These bats nest and roost underneath the bridge during the day, and leave at sunset to go feed on insects east of the city. People gather every night to see the exodus of bats emerging for the evening. These pictures don't do the experience justice. As you can imagine, there is a strong smell around the bridge....and the sound of those bats! You hear a loud, high pitched, oscillating squeak sound. (does that make sense?...probably not.)
Anyway, I enjoyed sitting around, visiting with the out-of-towners about fire ants & guano before snapping my pics.

















I had to throw in a picture of a big Texas sunset from this evening.

Ladies Man

Hayden frequently comments that he's "busy" when he plays. When we were at the jumpy place the other day, he met a little female friend of his. They jumped, played, & had a good time. When he took a break, he came up to me and said, "Hey, mom. I'm having SO much fun getting busy with my girlfriend!"

Too hot for ice cream

Friday surprise

I had the camera ready before I told them the "surprise". What was the news? A family afternoon trip to the movies to see Wall-e! Dad took time off of work and met us at the theater. We had a great time and enjoyed the show. We all gave it two thumbs up!


PS......yes, Hayden is wearing his spiderman costume again. If he's inside, it's on. And NO, I don't let him wear it outside in the Texas inferno.