Thanksgiving Week

This week was Thanksgiving!!!! Caleb had to work, so we did our own little dinner by ourselves. i thought i would hate it, but afterwards, i kinda thought it was fun to have just our little family! :) i went all out with the cooking. we had a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied yams, stuffing, and even pumpkin pie! since i am NOT a cooking fan, i was incredibly impressed with myself. everything tasted delicious, even the pie that didn't quite work out right lol. Caleb left for work at his usual 3:45, but we were happily surprised when he got to come home early around 6. we had planned to go black friday shopping after Caleb was home, but since he got home early we decided we could go around midnight. we wanted to find something fun to do to use up the time,so Caleb went and got a redbox for us to watch as a family. we picked gnomeo and juliet, which i thought was pretty cute lol. our black friday adventure started around 11:30, with a wide-awake baby who REFUSED to sleep at all beforehand, and we headed off to begin our night at the dreaded walmart. it was just as crazy as i remembered it being the year before, but we worked out a system that consisted of me staying with Connor and the stroller, and Caleb going into the crowds and getting what we were looking for. i liked that system alot lol. our second stop was kohls, which had even crazier lines than walmart had! but, we got everything on our list at an amazing deal, and ended up saving more money than we spent! by the time we left there it was nearly 4 am, but luckily Connor was asleep. our last stop was babies R us, to catch the amazing sale on a highchair and a bouncy toy i REALLY wanted to get for Connor. Babies R Us didn't open til 5, but surprisingly there wasn't much of a line, so we stayed in our car til it opened, and then we got in and out in seriously like half an hour! the lines at the checkout were non-existent, and we were able to get everything from there we'd hoped for, plus some. it was great! we didn't get to bed til like 6 though, and it was exhausting the next day. but soooo worth it!

Caleb started his new job this week at the Papa Murphy's down the street, so he worked friday and saturday. he's been working his butt off, and not complaining at all. i love him so much for working to hard so i can be home with connor! we had a bit of a scary incidence though while caleb was at work saturday :(. i had been eating icecream, and of course connor wanted some. he'd had icecream before, but not this specific kind. so i shared a bit with him, thinking it would be fine like all the other times. but less than five minutes later i see hives on his leg and i'm like HUH?!?!?!? and when i turned him towards me his face was COVERED! i freaked out! i took his onesie off of him and nearly lost my mind when i saw them all over his body. :(  after a phone call to my mom i put him straight in an oatmeal bath, which helped a little bit, and asked a friend of mine to run to the store for bendryl. because she's an angel, she did. once i got it in him it was helping wonderfully...until he threw up all over me, him, and the couch. then i freaked out AGAIN! my poor little boy :( of course the hives came back, and stayed all night and all today. they're finally going away... but i still feel so horrible! i'm hoping at his 6 month checkup on wednesday the pediatrician will be able to help us figure out what caused it. if he has a food allergy i'd like to know about it now, so i never cause that to happen to him again! :( it was definitely a scary experience. i'm just grateful he didn't have any troubles breathing or anything. definently a thanksgiving week i'll never forget!!!