Doodle & I wore the same exact thing today-and I seriously did not plan it! As we were getting in the truck to leave this morning, I looked at his outfit & then at mine...um, this is a little weird. Both had on a navy shirt, brown pants & brown shoes.As most of you know, Brenden is hypo-thyroid. He has been since he was in my belly :) Here's a little background...
At my 20wk sonogram they noticed he had a goiter (which is like a bump in your throat where your thyroid is-kinda like it's swollen). So they sent me to a high risk obgyn. The first thing he did was pull Brenden's blood to test his thyroid levels, which consists of sticking a massive needle in my belly to draw his blood. We knew then, he was hypo-thyroid (his thyroid is there, but just does not produce enough "juice"). Which is supposed to come from your family, but neither Daniel or I have problems with it & don't know of anyone else who does, in our immediate family.
So, starting that week, up until I delivered, we had to go in every week to the hospital & they injected medicine into my belly for him. Which, again, consisted of having a big needle stuck into me, around my belly button-with um no numbing whatsoever! After the first couple injections, his goiter was gone! But he was still (& will always be) considered hypo-thyroid.
I had that done every week. It was the most painful thing ever. (Well, almost. I had kidney stones twice while I was pregnant. THAT was the most painful thing ever. I would not wish those upon anyone.) I did get to see him every week though, with the sonograms & that was awesome!
This apparently, is quite rare to find like this. Which, it seemed like we were always on the low end of the odds. I have O- blood. So, that meant I have to have Rogam shots at the beginning of my pregnancy & at delivery, because of the risks of mine & my baby's blood mixing. Well, since his blood was drawn every month to check his levels, I was able to get one of those shots every time we did that :) yay. Come to find out...he is O- also! Which there is only a 30% chance of the baby getting the mom's blood type. And, that meant, I did not need any of those Rogam shots after all.
I was induced 3 1/2 weeks early, so they could treat him out here. There were risks of him being deaf & having learning disabilities & other risks. He is the most perfect little man ever! We were so blessed to be able to catch this when we did & to treat it so soon & to have the most amazing doctor. He is perfectly healthy. He does have to take a pill everyday & will for the rest of his life, to regulate his thyroid levels. We go every few months to have his blood drawn & go to his Endocrin doc. There is a 25% chance of this happening with the other pregnancies, if there were to be one :) It just terrifies me to have to go through all that again, so if there were another one, it may be a while.
All this to say...Last week he was all over the place. He would get home from school & just not stop! He did not take any naps, which is totally not like him, & didn't eat very well. We had a feeling his levels were a little high, but weren't for sure. We thought he may just be acting like a 3yr old :) Today he had his Endocrin appt & his levels are high! That is exactly how he should be acting if they are high. So...his medicine is being lowered a little. It's just so amazing how many things your thyroid controls. And, it's amazing what doctors are able to do these days. We are so blessed & thankful to have such a wonderful & healthy little man!
Brenden & I in front of a FedEx plane, that everyone could walk through.
This picture says it all. Sausage in one hand, snow cone in the other. Having a blast!
Here are one of the jets, after he had just landed. There were four of these & then there were five Thunder bird jets also. So often, we will see one or two of these things just flying around playing over our house. It is so amazing what they can do. I so bad would love to ride in one, but I almost feel like passing out just thinking about it, so maybe not :)
i just can't stop thinking about this dang donkey. i really want one. i think our backyard is plenty big enough for one, but daniel doesn't seem to think so. not sure if our neighbors would appreciate him either. but i would really like to have one. i have already picked out his name too. his name would be kong. get it??
The three of us on the 30min hay ride...
This little guy was the cutest thing ever! They had some goats on the farm, along with this donkey. He was so sweet & loved to be loved on! I could have stayed with him all day. I want a donkey.
This place was all country! We loved it!
Daniel & Brenden going through the maze...
While we were on the hay ride, they told us to look out for a "hobo." Here he is. He did a really good skit!
Here are some of the Christmas trees they grow there. We will be going back soon to chop one of them down :) Can't wait!
This pig was going crazy over Brenden! He would not stop oinkin'! He was so excited-it was cute.
This is while we were in the petting zoo. Feeding a baby giraffe...
Feeding a camel (she had just had a baby who was SO fluffy & soft)...
Couldn't help but take a picture of the baby lamb in the tire...
Ok, here it is...one of the new foods this year...chicken fried bacon! I feel a heart attack coming as I'm sitting here. They seriously just fry up some bacon. I took a bite of it, & was not too crazy about it, but my mom, Daniel & Brenden liked it. Along with the butt-load of people in line getting it. I, personally, will stick to my usual...ready for this...fried pb&j w/ banana, fried oreos, & fried cookie dough(which just makes me melt)!!
Brenden standing in front of Big Tex...
Here are a few of the rides he rode...
This was a fire truck ride. As it went around, the ladder part went up & down, & he could spray water at the fake fire in the windows...
Daniel & Brenden on the caterpillar roller coaster. Which I think Daniel enjoyed more than Brenden. Here he is hanging onto the antennae...
One of the rides Brenden & I rode, which went pretty high in the air...
And, of course, we had to make a sand bottle thing. I made so many of these growing up. This was his first & he enjoyed playing in the sand :)
The ride home...
We love going to the fair. It's just a great tradition we've always had. I meet people that were born here & have never been to the fair! That just blows my mind. I mean...look at all the wonderful food you're missing! ;)
Another view to see the river...
At one of the places we went for dinner they had this old fire hose...
Downtown Gruene at night (which was about a mile from the place we stayed.
For our first time, we floated the Guadalupe! The water was ice cold. Although, after a while my butt & toes got numb, so it wasn't too bad :) Until we went over the rapids & got soaked. We had a blast and it was an experience! We did the 4 hour float, which was the longest, and I couldn't imagine going any longer than that. I found out, as we were getting out of the water, that Daniel saw a snake swimming with us-so glad I didn't know this at the time-I would have been in his tube real quick! Wish we had pictures of us on the river, but we didn't want to loose all the pics from the trip, if the camera got soaked. Here is the river, where we put our tubes in...
A family of deer close to our b&b...
