Cole's rash on Saturday
Cole had an MRI scheduled at John Muir Hospital. Dane and I brought him in at 7:30am for his
pre-op. Cole was given an id bracelet, which he protested over and the nurse took it off. The nurse gave Cole a little "happy juice" to put him into a relax/ drunk mode. Our baby, that we took straight from bed to the hospital was still wearing his sleepers, you know the ones that zip up w/ feet. A half hour went by and Cole was in complete happy drunk mode when the nurse decided to place the id bracelet back on him. As she was doing this I was looking down at what she was doing and noticed his hand was covered w/ tiny red spots. I questioned this sight and zipped down his sleeper to see if his chest was covered as well. Yes, he was covered with a hive looking rash. The nurses rushed to Cole's bedside and exclaimed that he is allergic to
Verced (the juice concoction) ,put Cole on the respiratory monitor to check his breathing, and called the
Anesthesiologist to come ASAP. He arrived and was very disappointed in Cole's allergy to
Verced, stated that an allergic reaction to this drug is rare, Cole will have to go straight to recovery to be watched for 1hr, and the MRI would have to be rescheduled.
Wow, what a fiasco. You never really think about how an allergic reaction that presents itself as a rash could possibly go into further effects until you have nurses and doctors running around and showing such concern.
Cole is fine, the hive-like rash went away after 2 days. He seemed pretty oblivious to it. :o) We will try this again w/ out Verced Friday the 30th. Please pray that they find nothing and that he is fine.
Cole's rash on Saturday
How do you explain what New Year's Eve is to a young child? You bring them outside in their jammies and let the scream, "Happy New Year!" while hitting pots and pans at the stroke of midnight.
Tanner loves his Shel Silverstein Where the Side Walk Ends
So close to see Santa, the boys wait patiently in line. Tanner's request was for the Tribot or T-Rex Robot. Cole was in complete awe to udder a word. 
Cousin Erin, Tanner, family friend Sierra, and Cole
Bless Erin's heart, she had so much patience for the little ones
Sierra decorating the rooftop
Tanner decorating his side
Cole will starts the landscaping
What a beautiful Gingerbread house!
Cole decided that the Christmas tree wasn't complete without snow. We caught him halfway through joyous moment. I walked into this hearing him squel w/ delight, "Look Mommy, it's snowing!" He managed to empty a couch pillow's stuffing and created a winter wonderland. If you look closely, you can see that his snow made it's drift to high places on the Christmas tree. Oh, how Dane and I laughed. What could we do? A three year old filled with excitement in his own creation of snow fun. ;o)
We took the boys for a drive, looking for a nice location that would provide a great nature backdrop for the boys' Holiday '08 photos. While out on our excursion, we ran into flocks of Turkeys. Tanner was so tickled with delight at this wonderful Thanksgiving icon that he has been learning so much about at school, he couldn't believe that they were real and right outside our car. We also saw herds of deer. They were so beautiful.
Cole points out the running path. 
And there they go!
