I wish I took notes during the week about what was going on in my life. I feel like I always forget something important.
Well, we got the blood drawn for William's allergy tests, but it wasn't easy. After getting a clean bill of health from the doctor on Tuesday, we headed back to the lab (in the same building) for them to draw blood. William was an angel and tried to be an still and calm as possible. After three pokes, though, he was not so obliging. He screamed bloody murder for a long time while they felt around trying to get his vein. Apparently it kept rolling. After all three women tried (hence the three pokes), they gave up and told us to go to the lab in round rock where they were "specialists" in pediatric blood drawing. I was unhappy (crying in fact), but I made an appointment for the following day in Round Rock. After morning Bible Study, we headed the 30 minutes to the clinic. It only took them two women and two pokes to get his blood. William was not so kind to them and holding down my infant son who has no idea what is going on was one of the hardest things I;ve ever had to do. I wish this were the end of my story, but alas... When I got home from the clinic, they called and said one of the vials had clotted and could I come back in? I told them no, and they suggested I go BACK to Pflugerville (where I was the day before) and let them do a finger prick to get a little blood for them to run the final test. I was livid, but raced to the clinic (which was almost closed) and they got the blood. Poor William. I know he feels like I pincushion. I should be getting the results today. If Francis weren't so allergic to citrus, I would have given up on the whole endeavor, but I don't want to poison my baby!
Thursday we made the long trek to Tyler in east Texas. We stopped in Corsicana to meet and have lunch with Francis's father before he left for China. He hadn't seen William in over a month, so it was good to catch up. We arrived in Tyler about 3:45, and with the help of my parents, we got our tent set up in no time. William really enjoyed his first camping trip, although he didn't sleep well at night. Thursday night was the roughest as William did not sleep (except in my arms which means I didn't sleep), the dogs were going crazy at weird times, some squirrel like creatures decided to mate next to our tent in the middle of the night, and a raccoon actually chewed through our tent to get to the dog food. Needless to say it was a miserable night.William can run on almost no sleep though, so when his aunts Chrissy and Dani arrived the next day, he was raring to go.
During the day, though, William enjoyed an endless amount of new experiences. He went on his first boat ride in a canoe. He got to sit in his Aunt Chrissy's lap and try to climb out to reach the water. She was nice and held onto him so that he could drag his hand in the water. William also got to have his first Easter egg hunt. I stuffed his eggs with animal crackers. He was a tad more interested in eating the plastic eggs than finding them, but other than that it went well. William was also fed all kinds of new food, including different kinds of cheese, beans, pieces of fruit and veggies, ice pops, gelato, and salsa. William REALLY likes salsa. He's a mess.
My little boy acted pretty nice for both the Friday and Sunday morning services on the lake. I can't begin to think what Mary went through when her son was nailed to the cross. I am so thankful that Jesus died for me though. He died so that I might live. He is risen!
Everyone in my parents' Sunday School class got to hold William this weekend and adore him in turn. It was fun to see people that held me as a child get to hold my child. I think next year he will be a semipro when it comes to camping. Although he really enjoyed himself, I think he would have liked it even better if he could have walked around on his own.
We are about to head to William's first session at the baby gym. We are considering taking a mommy/baby class and we get a free one to try it out. I'll let you know how it goes!
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