Another good doctor's appointment

If you have seen Paxton lately you probably know that his eye has been red for about a month now. I have just thought that it was allergies because it was always worse when we would go outside and especially the morning after we spent a day outside. It never bothered him and he never itched his eyes though.

Well, I took him to the doctor because it was looking worse than before and he didn't think that it was allergies. So he sent us to an opthomologist to have it checked out. Well that totally freaked me out. Here I had been giving my little boy benadryl for a month thinking that it was allergies, and now it might not be.

We just got back from the eye doctor and he did confirm that it was allergies. Whew! I was so worried that I had done major damage to his little eyes from an infection.

Paxton's Cardiologist checkup

Today we had Paxton's yearly checkup with the cardiologist. I wasn't too worried about it because he has been so healthy and active and never really has had any health problems. The appointment went great!. The cardiologist said that he does still have the ASD, (Atrial Septal Defect http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11065), but it does seem to be smaller and everything else is just fine. So that is great news. We just have to follow up in another year again.

Paxton had so much fun at the appointment. While he had his blood pressure check he got to play with bubbles, which we have never done before. And he absolutely loved to cord to the blood pressure machine in the room. I don't think that I have ever heard him laugh so hard before.

Paxton's newest achievement

We started having the physical therapist come and work with Paxton this week. I was really excited to have her come and show us things to work on with him. Well, she came in and pull out a toy and he cruised the whole length of the couch to get to it. He has never done this for me, ever! It was so exciting. I can occasionally get him to do it again, but he really has to have some good motivation to do it.

He is so active and just loves being able to play. I joke with friends and family that if we go outside I need to cage him in so that he won't get into everything. He absolutely loves the dirt and playing in the bark and gravel. He is so very busy and loves every minute of it!

5K Fun

Saturday was the 5k run that my mom and I have done the past few years. My dad actually participated in it too this year which was really fun. I don't know why, but I was really nervous about it because I am not in as good of shape as I have been in the past. It was really fun. My dad beat both my mom and I by a minute and a half. And my mom and I beat our last year's time by almost 4 minutes. So we actually did pretty well. Paxton also came with me and he loved to watch all of the people walking around us. Every so often he would just start laughing and it made everyone around us laugh too.

I say this every year, but I hope next year to be in good enough shape to run the whole time and maybe place in the top 5.