Avery's Adventure: June 2019

We received a call from Reagan's daycare saying she woke up from her nap and half of her face was really swollen. They thought she possibly had an allergic reaction to something. We ended up taking her to the ER just to make sure everything was ok. She was given prednisone and benedryl and that seemed to help. I thought about if she ate anything new or if we changed detergents/soaps, etc. I did use a different detergent but that was like two weeks prior and I assume that she would have had a reaction sooner. I did end up re-washing everything including sheets, towels and clothes with the detergent we used to use, just in case. The next day she woke up and her face and eyes were so swollen. She looked horrible. She was acting fine though so we gave her the prednisone and benedryl and it seemed to help. That Saturday, she woke up and she looked great. She then went swimming and had hives develop all over her legs. Sunday she was back to normal. It was very weird. We will probably never know what caused it. She didn't have a fever or anything so I don't think it was a virus.

During my last post I mentioned we found a baby chick on the ground in the coop. I am happy to say Eddie, the chick, is doing great. A few days later we went out to the coop and another chick was following its momma around. We ended up putting Eddie underneath Momma and the three have been inseparable ever since. It is so cute to watch the mother hen teach her chicks how to eat and how she protects them from the other chickens. Just yesterday Tim went into the coop and found a brand new chick laying on the ground. We did the same thing we did with Eddie. We put the chick in the incubator, will put it under the heat lamp for a day or two and then try to move it outside and put it under a hen.

Avery's last day of kindergarten was May 30. I can't believe she will be in 1st grade in the fall. I really appreciate all of the help she received from her teachers, specialists and therapists. I know the beginning of next year is going to be a little rough for her with new teachers, new kids in her class and new routines to learn but she will get the hang of it eventually, just like she always does.

Last year around this time we were getting ready to go on a vacation to Union Pier, Michigan with the family. We aren’t going to be going on vacation this year. We are going to be remodeling our kitchen. We are knocking down two walls and making it an open concept. I am not looking forward to living through the renovations but it will be awesome when it’s done. I am just scared of what problems we are going to run into along the way.

Our chicks born around Easter are getting so big! We put them out in their new temporary coop. They can see the other chickens but there is a fence between them for protection. Chickens pick on other chickens that are smaller than them so we cant move these 4 into the other coop until they are the same size.

Cutest pic ever. Snuggling with Momma

We are able to have baby chicks in the coop with the bigger ones because their mom protects them and attacks anything that tries to come near them.

Happy Memorial Day! Don't I look awesome?

Reagan was not having it

Reagan's trip to the ER

I tried to keep Reagan occupied

This is how she woke up the next day

The next day Reagan was fine until we went swimming and then her legs looked like this

Momma finished her Scarlett and Chewie paint by numbers. They turned out pretty good. It will be one year on June 15 that we said goodbye to Chewie :(