First trip to the pumpkin patch

Well, this week has been a fun one around our house. Can you sense the sarcasm in that statement??? Part of it was- fun that is... You can definitely tell that it is fall and the nasty "bugs" are back. Lucas had just recovered (if you can call it that) from his previous week of feeling under the weather - the runny icky eyes. We had finished up the 7 days of ointment in both eyes and things were looking good! I wasn't at the top of my game, scratchy throat and then I lost my voice but I can deal with it. I just wanted Lucas to feel better! So things looked pretty good Saturday, we decided to venture to the pumpkin patch in Ashland and visit some family along the way. We stopped in and got to see Todd's Great Uncle David, Great Aunt Kitty and cousin Barry for a bit which was great to catch up with them and let them visit with Lucas. They have a little "bazaar" type store on route 1 up that way. Can I just say that that is not a fun place to take a crawling little one to! We were all over the place trying to steer him towards the baby safe toys :) But it was a nice visit none-the-less.

When we got to the pumpkin patch we jumped right on the hayride to head out to the pumpkin fields. Lucas LOVED this part! He had so much fun watching the other little kids and playing in the hay. I was really shocked that he didn't even try to eat any!

We picked out a pumpkin just for the little man :) Mommy and Daddy got one too.

Our last stop was at the pumpkin man to capture this years adventure as a 1 year old. Look how big he is getting! We can't wait to compare this to the many years to come :) All in all we had a great day and adventure to the pumpkin patch, these are the days I love the most this time of year!

That evening mommy and daddy got to enjoy a few hours out at a wedding reception while Lucas relaxed at home with Ms. Chandra. She was his favorite teacher from the infant room at TLC. They had a great time playing while we were gone :) It was a good thing we got to enjoy Saturday because starting that night, Lucas and I both started feeling crummy again. The eye gook came back in full effect for him and my throat and cough got worse. We layed low on Sunday while daddy played football with some friends. On Monday things were still rough for the both of us so we took a sick day and spent most of it trekking to Dr's offices. Todd took a half day and helped out so I too could go see my Dr. Lucas' eye was still runny, he was pretty congested, and starting to run a low grade fever. Lucas' Dr. couldn't rule out a sinus infection and so he put him on Amoxicillin. He was himself for most of the day, a little cuddlier ( I am not complaining :)) but for the most part, happy little Lucas! The fever came back Tuesday so we stayed home again and had another day of R&R. We took a chance and went back to work/daycare yesterday. He did good, not quite back up to par with his normal self (at least the eating machine part ;), but I HOPE we are both on the road to recovery!!! My throat and glands are still really sore, not sure if I will have to head back to the Dr. or what. He gave me a Z pack Monday but warned that I might need something else if I didn't see improvement.

So we are taking it easy and saying prayers for a few healthy weeks to come. I know he is building up that little immune system but I swear mine is taking a hit too! Thank goodness Todd has stayed healthy through this round :)