Evan's First Fever

Evan’s first fever was so high, he vomitted to the point of dehydration. So we had to take him to the ER. There he would be surrounded by a bunch of fat, bumbling nurses and two Student MDs who would ensure that he’d be traumatized with their anal prodding, killer catheter and torture needles. I’m sure finding baby veins is hard, but c’mon stabbing a baby four times is just unacceptable. Especially when one of the nurses filled an entire vile and then dropped it on the floor! They had poked up his left side so much that they had to draw more blood and put the IV on his right hand. So he couldn’t even suck his thumb for comfort.

All the blood splatter made the bed looked like a war zone. Evan was so exhausted that he finally just gave up and went to sleep. Thinking he was dead, one of the Student MDs tried to open his eyes and shine a flashlight in them. The nurses definitely put him in check, but I wanted to remind them that they weren’t at the top of their game that day either.

So between Mom’s busted foot – which meant no sight seeing and Evan’s first fever – which made him really clingy to his mom and dad, and wanted NOTHING to do with grandma and grandpa, their trip to DC probably won’t make their “Most Enjoyable Trips” list. SORRY MOM AND DAD!!

The Return of Dark Helmet

I'm sure we all remember the infamous "Dark Helmet" that Matty Lyons used to wear. Well...this is Paige's contribution. I guess we should call it the return of "Pink Helmet". We bought it for her to ride her bike with...but there hasn't been much of that yet. Paige is stoked on it either way!

Dad's Story

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thesteedfamily/files/

For those of you who haven't yet read Dad's story of falling in love with Mom - I uploaded it to the "files" section of the family website. It is a great story! It brought tears to my eyes to hear about the young Kerry and young Shanna and how the love began. Strange and Wonderful indeed! And now here we all are, nearly 38 years later - Wow! Thanks for sharing the story Dad - it was great!

Pringles

So to be productive, I've been trying to set goals for myself on accomplishing certain tasks each day. So on Tuesday when I got all four bathrooms cleaned I felt pretty proud of myself. In fact, I was on the phone bragging to my friend with a 7 month old - who still has a hard time getting in a shower, how on top of it I am. Then I look over, and Evan had pulled the Pringles out of the pantry and was smashing them in his mouth as quickly as possible.














So this is why I can't get anything done!

Tonsils!

Welcome to the Steed Family Blog! I want to hear all the latest from each family member including cute pictures of children!

As for the Baileys, as most of you know, yesterday Paige had her tonsils and adenoids out. She did great! We got to the surgery center at 7:30 and we were home by 10:30. The doc said those suckers were huge! Paige fell asleep in the car and spent from about 10:15 - 2:00 pm looking like this:

However, once she woke up and realized that ice cream, jello and straight juice out of the box (no watering down) was on the menu - she was stoked! The rest of the day she was happy, no crying. I'm counting my lucky stars. This is how she spent the rest of the day: