Gracie had a good weekend and got alot of mom and dad time. On Saturday, it was just Gracie and I and we had a good day playing outside, we even did a little shopping for some necessities and some food. Gracie kept telling me "store" and "food". When I asked her what kind of food we should buy, she told me "chicken". Which just happens to be her favorite food in the world. She took all of a 20 minute nap and was ready to play some more. We had a good day and Gracie was in a great mood.
On Sunday, Gracie was quite grumpy in the morning, so we sent daddy to church, as I was pretty sure that she wouldn't go to Sunday school. We watched church on TV - the Sunday Mass. It's amazing how she will sit on my lap for that, but doesn't do so well in actual church unless it is music time. We met daddy at the mall for lunch, helped him pick out a new winter coat -- which Gracie found to be very fun. Gracie wanted to wear all the men's coats and walk around. She was quite the little goofball. We went home and took a 90 minute nap and she was in a good mood all afternoon. When it was time to go to bed, she kept telling me she was awake and she was. She finally fell asleep at 11:00 p.m. This was a mere 2-1/2 hours after her regular bedtime. I'm not sure what was up with that as she was in a great mood. She was restless all night long, but awoke in a fairly good mood.
On Monday morning as I was about to get her dressed, I noticed she kept itching her neck, then I noticed hives all over her stomach and back as I went to take her pj's off. The hives had a welt like appearance as they were in big patches. So her neck, stomach, and back were covered but nothing else. I have no clue what caused them, the only thought that might be a possibility was that she wore Jeff's new coat around the house, perhaps there was something on that, although she was totally clothed when she did. Knowing Gracie's history with anaphylactic reactions to some allergens, I kept her out of school and daycare to monitor and be ready to get medical attention if need be. I gave her some Benadryl and other than it making her tired and grumpy that seemed to do the trick. She didn't have much of an appetite at all for lunch. She did inform me she didn't want her banana, but she wanted "pears". So I got her pears and she ate some of those. By about 2:00 p.m. her hives had pretty much cleared up. We went outside for a walk, but she wasn't very energetic. She enjoyed a stroller ride as well. At one point she wanted to go "bye, bye" and was so tearful about it as she went to the car, that I put her in her seat and we just took a drive around town. I even got her an ice cream cone at McDonalds and her appetite was nice and hardy for that. She also was very talkative all day. I loved that.
Gracie ate a huge supper last night and I could tell she was feeling so much better. She still had a bit of a hard time falling asleep, but had a good night and did not want to wake up this morning. She is back to school and daycare today.
I hope you had a good weekend too!
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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