Take Me out to the Ball Game!!

Connor has had the chance to go to Baylor football, basketball and baseball games with the whole Pritchard clan this season. Sunday we met in Waco and watched the Bears take on the Sooners. I interned two seasons with the Baylor baseball team so I love going back.






And there goes the little bear:

I'm a Big Boy now!!

The doctor called today and said all of Connor's cultures were still showing negative, and that he thinks it was probably just a viral infection. So of course I'm glad that it wasn't anything bad, but at the same time it worries me that he had such high temperatures and nothing was found. But he's definitely back to himself and we are very glad for that.

Now onto the big story of the day. Connor is in a big boy car seat! He outgew his carrier long ago and we finally just got him a new one. The seat says he must be 20 lbs and 27" and he surpassed that at 6 months. So we let him try it out before putting it in the car and he loved it. I think it'll make traveling so much better now.



Oh and we were at a restaurant today and some random man walked up to Connor and said "you look just like your daddy!" Mommy gives up!!

No news is good news

I wasn't going to update anything until we received all the results from Connor's blood tests, but many people have been so sweet to write and call that I figured I'd tell what we know to this point.

When Connor went to bed last night his temp was 105 and then at 5:00am it was 103. Once the motrin kicked in, he was back to his normal very active self. In fact he was so full throttle I couldn't get him to nap.

Then we went to the doctor and he was NOT happy. I know they say kids this young can't remember, but he was laughing and playing until we were called in. Anyway, the UTI came back negative and the white stuff (I hate the term) on his tonsils is no longer there; just very red. The blood cultures still have to "cook" the doc said so we won't know anything until tomorrow or the next day. Later this afternoon his temp spiked back up to 103, but after tylenol it's back down to 99. SO...at this point we still don't know what's going on. The doc mentioned again his high white blood cell count, but until we get all results back, it's just a guessing game. Hopefully we will hear something tomorrow. He's on amoxicillin now and we're just going to watch his temperature and see if he has any reactions. It just makes me so sad when he can't even lift his head up off my shoulder b/c he's so sick :(

Thanks to everyone for thinking of us. I'm sure my little Energizer bunny will be back to normal soon!!

And I can't post without some kind of picture, so here's one from a few days ago:

A Hard Day

What a day! (and sorry this is a long post!) Yesterday morning Connor woke up fussing and felt warm. Josh took his temperature and it was 100. We continued to watch him all day and it stayed around 102.6. He was fussy and cranky so I put him to bed at 6:45. Then at 1:00am he woke up screaming...and did not go back to sleep until after 5:00am. Nothing I would do could calm him down. At 3:30 am I loaded him in the car and drove around, dodging deer. He fell asleep but the second I took him out of the car seat, he was screaming again. I gave him a bottle which finally put him to sleep for about 3 hours.

When he woke up his temperature was 104. I was a little worried but gave him some tylenol which dropped it to around 102. Then this afternoon it skyrocketed to 105.2. I knew this was too high to ignore so I called the doc who said to bring him in right away. (Poor guy didn't even get to eat his lunch!)

Once in there, we stripped him down but he was burning up, red all over and would not quit screaming...something very unusual for Connor. Other than some throat issues, the doctor didn't see much so he ordered some blood work. We went next door to the hospital and had blood drawn and had him tested for a UTI.

The tests indicate that there is probably some kind of bacterial infection, but we won't know for sure until all the tests come back. Before we left, the nurse gave him an antibiotic shot. That pretty much topped off the screaming and tears for us. I HATED watching him go through so much today!!!

After feeding him dinner, Josh said that Connor wanted to watch basketball with him. I was gone for 5 minutes, and when I came back, this is what I saw:
Hopefully everything will be okay and the Con-man can get back to his normal and very active self soon.

On the Hunt

We spent Easter in Livingston this year and hunting with a 10 month old is, well, a bit different. It goes something like this:
Dump about 10 eggs in yard (where baby can see them)
Baby crawls to egg
Baby puts egg in mouth
Repeat the last two steps

Because Easter was cold and rainy we had to "hunt" the day before. Here are some pictures from that.

Connor remains quite the character. He is now playing a little Monkey See, Monkey Do. Josh is the best at getting him to repeat things he does (a bit frightening, I know!) We also play the where game...Where is Daddy, Where is Mommy, Where is the fan...
The fun never ends!!!

Double Digits

Connor has now hit the double digits--he's 10 months today. He is so funny and such a joy to be around.




I'm done!


Here's what's going on in the Con-man's world:

~He likes to stand up in the bath & instead of playing with toys, he tries to unscrew the faucet---such little Josh!

~He has learned how to clap his hands

~He knows words: outside, doggies, birds, walk, daddy, fan

~He points to people, animals and in the direction of various sounds

~He still wakes up at 5:00am talking every morning

~He loves pulling ceiling fan strings

~He likes to play chase

~If you say 5, he holds his hand up for high 5

~Sometimes when I ask him for a Connor kiss, I get an open mouth kiss on the lips, nose, cheeks, or wherever he plants one. And I glady accept!

I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN!!!

My Girls

My "oldest friend" (we were born one day apart and have been friends ever since) is getting married next month, so with that comes lots of fun showers and parties. These are my high school girls and the greatest friends. When I graduated from high school, everyone said I'd lose contact with all my friends. Definitely not true. We e-mail each other at least 10 times a day every single day of the week. Needless to say, there aren't many secrets between the 4 of us. Here we are from Jill's shower on Saturday:

Me, Jill, Shannon, LeAnn


I am in Livingston now and we took some pictures of Connor in the gorgeous bluebonnets. However, we chose a very sunny time of day so most are of him squinting. We plan to re-do these this week, but here is a sneak preview:

Getting Ready for Easter

I'm sure I'm not supposed to post these pictures, but i'll take my chance. We took these yesterday but Connor kept crawling off the set so it was a pretty quick session. All in all, he did very well!