Another sorta allergy

So I say "sorta" because like pineapple Adara is now allergic to the juice of watermelon. I'll start with pineapple: wherever the juice touches her she breaks out in hives; itchy, red, whelps. She can eat it with a fork and nothing happens, it's only when there is contact with her skin.

Now she's had watermelon lots before (and even gotten it on her skin) and never had a hive problem. Yesterday, we were eating watermelon and all of a sudden she's freaking out because she's itching ALL over. We ran upstairs, took her clothes off, and put her in the shower. I didn't take pictures so you'll have to use your imagination while I describe what it looked like.

If you "draw" a line with your finger from your left ear lobe, across and under your nose, and then on to the right ear lobe that will be the starting point of the hives. Now they were all the way down her cheeks, chin, neck and stopped just at her collar bone. Her hands and arms were covered from her elbows down. And where some juice had dripped down her leg and onto her foot, she had a line of hives.

All it took was 15min., a little children's benadryl, and her hydrocortisone (that we use for eczema) to clear it up.

So it looks like, as with pineapple, the only way she can eat watermelon is with a fork. So keep in mind she's not prissy (well maybe a little) she has a juice allergy! :)

The best place to watch Dad...

...play video games. Seriously, it's like THE best spot in the room.

Camptastic

Adara and I went to Bear Creek to camp with Grandma and Papaw the last couple days (we left Ollie at home so he could do some home work..hahaha). We had a blast! The weather was amazing, although out there on the lake it did get a little chilly at night. We explored, fished, and roasted marshmallows. It was perfect.

From Catching up from Nic's phone

From Camping with Grandma and Papaw

From Camping with Grandma and Papaw

One fish, Two fish...

I'm so proud of our little fisher-girl! Yesterday, while we were camping with Grandma and Papaw, we went out on the boat. Adara had asked Papaw if he would teach her how to fish. So we bought some crickets and dug up some worms so she could try brim fishing (they're small and plentiful and as soon as you drop a worm or cricket in the water you usually get a bite). We ended up missing the brim by about a week, they've already left their beds, but Adara was able to catch two! Papaw hooked them and then Adara reeled them in. I only have a photo of her first fish but I managed to get a video of her second. The quality isn't that good (it was done on my phone, didn't want to drop our nice camera in the lake) but it'll do.

From Catching up from Nic's phone

From Catching up from Nic's phone

Wow

So it's been a long time, I know...hopefully now though (since we're not dealing with house issues for the moment) I can do a better job of keeping pictures updated.

This first album is just a totally random pile up of photos I had on my phone. They go from Feb. to May (yesterday to be exact) and are really in no certain order.