Don't drink the water!

We took Dax to Cottonwood Heights to go swimming on Monday. It was great fun! Dax couldn't possibly splash any more. Most of the time it's a very serious project as well. (serious face, splashing like crazy, watching the water very intently.) Well, I was talking to a client the next day and she was telling me that Cottonwood Heights had some parasite and people were getting really sick. Then I saw a blerp from the news talking about local pools and this parasite. None of us were sick so I thought we must have escaped the parasite..... until Thursday. Before dropping Dax off at Grandma Bowens for the day he already had 2 full, yucky diapers. Then when I picked him up at the end of the day, I learned that he had gone 6 more times! That wasn't even the end of it. Within 24 hours he had 14 messy, smelly diapers! GROSS! I called the doctor and after hearing that he had been swimming, they wanted to see him that day. So we went to the doctor and it was pretty much a waist of time. He never stopped pooping but he was acting just fine. So they didn't want to test or treat it unless it was severe. (I guess meaning not just non-stop poop, but that you would be feeling really sick as well.) So, for any of you that are thinking about taking your kids swimming or if they're sick already and want to take them to the doctor, hopefully this will help you. The parasite is Cryptosporidium, if you want to Google it. I guess the symptoms can last 6 days to 2 weeks. Dax drank the water and that's why he got sick and we didn't. Hopefully we can soon get away from all this poop!

sweet potato face

I took Dax in for a check-up a while ago and the Doctor asked me if Dax eats a lot of carrots. I told him how Dax just loves sweet potatoes. (wondering why he would ask that) He said he asked because Dax looked a little orange! Well seeing Dax on a daily basis I didn't really notice... until I looked through some pictures. If only he would eat green vegetables too. Maybe I should stop dipping things he doesn't like as much in sweet potatoes.

what color is taupe?

So, we wanted to paint our bedroom and bathroom a nice light taupe. Well we got the paint and started on it. We thought it seemed a little orangey but we thought if we got it all done it would work. Wrong! Nice peach walls. So, I went to Home Depot and picked out another nice taupe color that didn't have too much orange in it. Then we painted again. I was excited at first thinking that it looked perfect. Once it was done I started getting a sick feeling in my stomach because it just wouldn't work. This color had a green cast to it that just does not work with rust colored tiles. Brandon was saying that it was just fine, but I think he didn't want to have to move the toilet and repaint yet again. So, we left it for a couple of weeks, but I still would feel ill every time I went in there. So, being a hair colorist I thought if we mixed them together we should end up with that perfect shade of taupe that I was going for. I mixed a couple of spoonfuls and painted a sample board. I was right, it was perfect! So we mixed what we had and with the help of my awesome dad (Thanks again!), painted our bedroom and bathroom. When it came time to buy more, we weren't able to match anything close, we again had to buy 2 more gallons of the same ugly colors to make our perfect light taupe. Our bedroom and bathroom look great! Now I just need to get going on Dax's room, and the master bathroom, followed by remodeling our basement, getting a new fence, new floors, new doors, etc....

battle wounds

Now that Dax is moving around so much, we just can't seem to keep him from bonking his cute little head! I think in one day he bonked it a good 4 or 5 times. It's so sad, but I guess anyone who has been around a little one when they're learning to crawl, climb, and walk knows that there's not a lot to do about it. Unless we could put them in a big bubble padded helmet all the time... Hey, there's my million dollar idea!