All better!

Just to let everyone know, Ryan is all better!  I can't believe how well and fast he healed!  Once all the blisters popped and all that skin came off, he seriously looked like a burn victim!  His entire back was peeling, so everyday he would take his shirt off and tell me to peel his back!  I know that sounds gross, but I really like to do it!  Not on the new skin, just the places that were safe to peel.  I know, I know, some people tell me that you aren't supposed to peel the skin...but I did anyway!  I slathered him with really good lotion that we use on him anyway because he gets really dry skin patches sometimes.  I also put some skin healing ointment on the really red parts of his shoulders and arms.  I was worried that he was going to scar or have permanent skin discoloration.  Nope!  All better!  I have learned from a few people now about swim shirts.  I had never heard of them before, but now that I see them I'm like..duh!  I've seen those!  So I will be trying to track some down for both my boys.  Thanks for all the ideas!  I don't have a picture to put on of Ryan just yet, but I will try to get one on soon!  The human body is an amazing thing how it will heal itself!

You Need to Wear Sunscreen...Oh Yes You Do!

The Kids went up to Grandma Shirlee's early last week and spent the day on Thursday swimming at the Veyo pool.  Ryan had a shirt on half the time until they ate lunch and he took it off because he was dripping water everywhere.  Well, it seems that his shirt was so awesome that someone else needed to have it and it disappeared.  Grandma put SPF 50 sunscreen on him and they continued to swim.  As you can see, the sun and Ryan's skin did not get along.

Grandma took Ryan to the doctor Friday who said that although he had such high SPF on, the water acted as a magnifying glass and just cooked him.  Grandma did everything she was supposed to do, it's just that the sun got the better of both of them.  Grandma and Ryan were the only ones to get sunburned, Cayden and Abby are okay.  We let the blisters pop themselves, and just cleaned up the "dripppings" as they happened.  You would think that he would be in a lot of pain, but he was such a good, strong, brave guy.  He slept on his stomach, and only cried for Grandma for a minute.  Although once Corey and I got there on Friday, he had a bit of a melt down seeing mom and dad.

This one is after the big one on his arm popped.  Most of it was liquid, but then there would be some that had the consistancy of gel.  It was wierd!

So for any of you who think that you don't need to wear sunscreen, you may want to think twice.  Can you imagine if he hadn't had any protection on?  What it would have looked like then!

Here is his skin on Monday, only 4 short days later.  The blisters were all gone on Monday morning, and his skin got very moist and supple when he was playing and got all sweaty.  The skin just came right off.  We left his shirt off for a while to let him "dry" off.We kept him cool while the blisters were there and only gave him one bath that washed off a lot of the .... liquid residue.  Since the blisters are gone, we've been putting lots of aloe and really good lotion on.  Today (Tuesday) he is peeling up a storm.  Not on the red new skin parts, but the rest of his back.  Wow!  All in all, it's been quite the holiday.  Just in case you didn't get the point....WEAR SUNSCREEN, HAT, CLOTHES...Just don't let the sun see you ever.  Just kidding!  But, you won't see Ryan in a pool the rest of this summer without a shirt on, that's for sure!

4th of July

Happy 4th of July Everyone!  We spent the weekend at Grandma Shirlee's and watched the fireworks up on the hill that were set off the Dixie hill and the Stadium.  I don't know the real names of the places, so sorry!  They were lots of fun to watch.  There was even a smiley face one that the kids thought was cool.  We planned on doing my families BBQ and fireworks on Monday night.  Come to find out (on Monday) that it was illegal to do ANY fireworks after the 4th!  Reminder...Monday was the 5th.  My niece works for a fireworks provider and hooked us up pretty sweet.  Unfortunately, all those great fireworks are still in the back of her car.  DANG!  We were really looking forward to having our own great fireworks show.  Now, they will sit in storage until next year.  We were really tempted to just do them anyway, but the fine if you were caught was $1000.00 and no one was willing to chip in!  It was a fun 4th of July anyway, but there was no Shock and Awe.

Blooming Wishes

We went to the Bellagio to see the flowers in the atrium.  Holy Cow!  They were so gorgeous and smelled so wonderful!  I was impressed with myself for knowing what some of the flowers were...like hyacinth, tulips, chocolate roses...yeah I know my stuff!

Take me out to the Ball Game

We went to the 51's game with Grandma Shirlee.  It was lots and fun.  I could say that the best part of the evening was the cinnamon roasted almonds, but that wasn't it.  It was when Corey got chosen to go out between 6th and 7th innings to "rake the dirt".  Well, she actually asked if I wanted to do it, but I said Corey would!  So he was a good sport and went out to rake the dirt.  The kids thought is was so cool that their dad's name got announced over the loud speaker!  We got 2 tickets to some comedy show down town.  So, that was the greatest part of the whole ball game!

Trip to the Dentist

The 3 kids and I went to the dentist during spring break.  I was brave enough to take all three of them to get their teeth cleaned and examined, but also to have it done myself as well!  They were great, and none of them put up a fight.  They were also really good while I was getting mine done.  I just knew someone would have a cavity, especially since they don't brush their teeth that great!  But guess who ended up with a cavity?....ME!

My Baseball Stars

Baseball season has officially began.  We are set for long Saturdays with each of them having a game.  We've got a new canopy for the hot weather coming soon.  They are both playing really well.  This is Cayden's second season in minor league.  Since it is the "spring season," they have to have drafts or try outs.  He was snatched up really quickly, as far as we heard.  His coach he had in the fall didn't get to get him this season.  We are on a new team, but it has been just fine.  In fact, we played his other team last Saturday and it was great.  His friends Tanner and Davis are still on the other team.  It was such a fun game!  Tanner pitched to him and before he started pitching, Cayden lifted up his batting helmet and stuck his tongue out at Tanner!  It was so funny!

Ryan has been playing really well this season.  He is on a younger team again, but it hasn't been as bad as I thought.  I was thinking he would be his silly self again and not pay attention, but he really has stepped it up!  He plays with his friend Tyler and they have fun together.  At Ryan's last game, he hit a long ball all the way to the grass behind 1st base! We all went nuts!  He ran to 1st, the coach told him to go on to 2nd.  When he got there, he thought "Why stop here?" and kept running to 3rd!  He had no idea where the ball was!  That wasn't important, he thought he hit a home run so he just kept on going!  The 3rd base coach had to grab his arm and pull him back to 3rd!  It was great!  He was on cloud 9 all night!