Talan is learning all kinds of crazy things from his super cool cousin, Justin. 

The Vocabulary is growing.....slowly

I've been waiting for this for the past 9 months...

Today Grams put herself back in Talan's good graces after not inviting him to Friday the 13th fun with grams night. She came over this afternoon to specifically read books to Tal. He couldn't be happier because he is in a book reading mood, and I have read this book 9 times so far today, so I was also happy to see her. 

The thing about Talan is he has really good hand eye coordination. He loves to stick his corndog stick into his straw, or the stick from his quiet book into the nebulizer tube. If he can stick something inside of something else, then he is happy. Aside from shooting hoops it might be his favorite thing. 

Today he ended up with a paper towel roll which he figured, after chewing on the ends, was a perfect place for his hands. 

(his mangled lip happened last night when he fell out of his bed and hit who knows what. He needs to catch a break)

Uncle Clint thought it would be funny to put his hands behind his back. This was no match for the escape artist.

Hyper-sensitive strikes again!

I can't believe it's only Wednesday. Here is a recap of my week so far...

Sunday:

Talan claws at his scalp until it bleeds, and rubs his eye until it is swollen almost shut. 

--I thought Dr. Mante said he couldn't have seasonal allergies until he was at least 2. Take that Dr. Mante. 

Monday:

Eye is still swollen and Tal is now wheezing. Because of his eczema he was high risk for food allergies, and because of his food allergies he is high risk for asthma. So wheezing is no good. I called the Dr. and practically begged for a same day appointment. After a breathing treatment, and a q-tip shoved all the way up into his nose cavity, he was diagnosed with RSV. In case you don't know what fun RSV is, let me tell you. He could wheeze for 4 weeks, it is highly contagious, and there is no cure. It just has to run its course, with the help of a nebulizer 3 times a day. 

--So, yay for no asthma, and boo for something that sounds exactly like a 4 week asthma attack.

Tuesday:

Tal and I spend the day cut off from civilization. Since he has new age Leprosy. And I try to track down the snot-nosed little kid who gave him this "disease" 

--Good news: Wheezing is gone.

Wednesday: 

The day starts of with new wheezing and coughing up two lungs at once. I called the Dr. and asked if I should take him to the ER. After 40 minutes of no answer and Tal struggling to breathe we packed up shop and headed for the hospital. There was no waiting for a room or a doctor. Apparently everyone wants to look at, but no one wants to sit in the waiting room with a diseased kid. Tal got a breathing treatment, this time with a mask, chest x-ray, steroids and Tylenol. The steroids and continued breathing treatments will help with the inflammation in his chest making him breathe easier. 

Now we're home and Tal has to take so many meds I'm actually going to make a spreadsheet. 

Nebulizer every 4 hours

Claritin every morning

Benadryl every 4 hours

Alternate Tylenol and Motrin every 2 hours

Liquid steroid every 6 hours

Back to the doctor in 2 weeks. 

Things that made the doctor and ER trip worth it:

Sometimes I forget I live in Kansas and there is a certain lack of professionalism. Here are my two, "did that just happen?" moments:

1. On Monday while at the Dr., I was holding Tal down, the nurse had the nebulizer shoved in his face and Tal was screaming like he was having a slow painful death. I was trying to talk to him and calm him down, which wasn't working much, so the nurse thought she'd give it a try. She holds up the nebulizer, and shows Talan the medicine smoke coming out of it. After that it all went down hill because she opened her mouth. 

"Look, it looks like cigarette smoke. Are you smoking a peace pipe? Like a little Indian."

Talan wants no peace with that "peace pipe" or anything that makes him have to sit still. 

2. Before I say this, I just have to mention, we have been watching alot of The Office lately where this is said multiple times every episode, which is mostly why it's funny. 

The ER brought us a student doctor. Every question I asked, he had to go ask his supervising doctor. When I had asked about medicine for Tal's cough and he came back to say that the supervising doctor said according to the board of pediatrics, something or other, cough medicine is useless. 

I replied- "So there is nothing I can give him that will help him with coughing at night?"

Newbie--"That's what she said."

Hopefully by April 23rd we will be able to enter civilization once again.

He was pretty proud of this:

Do you think he will be embarrassed by this someday?

Grams hates me!

Every friday the 13th that comes along is "hang out with the grandparents day". Grams picks up all the grandkids, and they have dinner and a movie. Its become a tradition.  Ashton looks forward to it, and now that we only live a couple miles from Grams he is guaranteed to take part in the festivities. 

Apparently, Grams decided Tal had to be 4 before he could go on this excursion. Talan, incredibly sad that he was the only grandchild left out of the party, decided this was not fair. That is when the war began. When she came to the door she saw little Talan holding these protest signs:

Grams has not said whether Talan is permitted to tag along on the next friday the 13th in November. She now has the protest signs hanging on her bedroom wall. I do not think Talan meant for the effect of these signs to be bedroom decor.

Case Closed...

Missing: 

12 binkis

Time Missing: 

A gradual disappearance over the last week.

Suspect Charged With Binki Heist: 

Talan Makai Coates

Comments:

About a week ago I caught Talan hiding his binkis under his shoe in Ashton's sock basket. He wised up and realized he needed a more secure holding station for his beloved binkis. For the past week I've been searching for this location. Today the case was solved. 

Evidence:

When suspect was asked to give a statement he declined. Instead he gave a face of shock and dismay that his binki heist had been outed. 

Today the park was not all about the slides and steps. It was about what was happening on the other side of the fence. 

He brought his ball and was ready to join in the basketball game happening on the other side. The only problem is Talan is about 4 feet shorter than the other players and tends to travel with the ball a lot. He wanted more than anything to play though. Maybe next time Tal. 

Get ready to be insanely jealous!

Today I sat behind two 8 year old girls who kept looking at each other and clapping high above their heads. Today I sat next to three teenage girls with extremely loud screaming tendencies. Today I wanted to claw my eyes out with a dull fork, because today was the day I saw, 

The Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience!

I will say it was definitely an experience. I'm pretty sure the middle one that all these girls in the theatre were fawning over was wearing a women's suit. Ashton was the only boy there. He was much too embarrassed to take on the clapping, screaming frenzy of the girls in the theatre, but I did catch him dancing a couple times. 

So, recap...

Overall I give it two thumbs up for Jonas Brothers fans, as well as two thumbs up if you feel like doing something that makes you want to jump out of a window.