Hello Gorgeous

My favorite tree bloomed a few days ago! Not really sure what kind of tree it is, but it explodes with these little clusters of pink flowers and smells sweet. Bugs must like it too, the tree just buzzes with energy as they swarm around the flowers.

All is well..........I hope

Dane had his Dr. appt today. I had to work so Brad went. I hate that. Not Brad going, but me not being able to be there and hear from the horses mouth.

It went pretty well I think. The Dr. thinks Dane is having episodes of pediatric benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Basically, just like the adult version. They listened to his heart 2x and it sounds perfect and he doesn't believe in any sort of way that it had anything to do with that. He also mentioned that if it had anything to do with his brain it would be occuring more often, and also involve more things like.....coordination, learning, etc and it doesn't. Not even close. Dane is way advanced for his age in almost all levels.

I'm calling myself cautiously optimistic right now. I'm still keeping a close eye on him. We were told that if it happens again to call in and they will give us a referral to Childrens Hospital for more testing on his ears.

On a lighter note, here's a couple pics of Dane while we were at the Zoo last friday.

Can you believe how big he is!?!

No way does this kid look like a 2 year old!

Easter

Happy Easter!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to my niece Claire! Love you so much.

We had a Easter/birthday bash on Saturday.

Here's Dane and The Easter Bunny aka Grandpa Longshore :)


Dane hunting eggs

Later, We went over to The Peterson's for Easter dinner.
Here's Breanna (nina) and Dane blowing bubbles.




Dane had a strange little episode at the Easter egg hunt. This is the 2nd time something like this has happened so we're alittle concerned. Brad will be taking Dane to the Dr. this week to talk to him about it, but here's what happened. Dane was fine, running around, laughing, hunting eggs and then we saw him bend down to pick up a egg and he fell over. He couldn't get back up, he would get to his knees and then fall over again. As Brad got closer he could tell something wasn't right as Dane again face planted in the grass. When Brad got over to him Dane said "I'm spinning." and Brad said Dane's eyes were darting all over like he was dizzy. Brad picked him up and carried him into the garage where we got him something to drink and held him for awhile. He was pale, cold and clammy to the touch. He never did have a fever. The whole thing probably lasted 20 minutes or so. It was scary but he was fine afterwards. He fell asleep on the way home and slept for about 2 hours. Brad and I checked on him every 10 minutes during the nap and he woke up acting like his normal self.



Any thoughts on what would have caused that to happen?

Fun in the "Bud"

I may have mentioned this before but Dane calls mud "Bud". I have no idea why. He can say words that begin with Mm just fine, but not the word mud. It's so cute to hear him talk about getting all "buddy" :)

I knew that this may be problem from the start. We have a small "pond" (mud hole) that only fills up if we get ALOT of rain or 30" of melting snow. Needless to say, it's full right now. Zoey led Dane out there yest (which I'm certain she did on purpose) and he followed her right in. He loved every minute of it! Luckily he had on the rainboots I'd bought him the weekend prior. He stomped and splashed and I just clicked away. He was soooooo happy.

Look at that smile! :)

and then of course he had to pee.......

Well, It's a good thing we live in the country. The bad thing about this mud hole is never being able to just leave Dane outside to run inside real fast. Seems like a good spot for a child to drown. Going to have to keep my eye on him till he understands and speaking of which, I ran inside to throw some laundry in and when I got back out, Dane was soaking wet from the knees down! Oh, Geez.