Fun weekend...Not so fun week

Cooper was the most sick I have ever seen him last week. He had a cold for about a week but then on Thursday morning when he woke up, he was not being himself. He cried and cried and cried. So, I called into work and told them I needed to get Cooper to the doctor. Before I took him, I took his temp and it was 99.8. When we got to the doctor a half hour later, it was 100.5. He did nothing but lay on my shoulder and could barely lift his head up. Then the doctor took and strep test, and sure enough, he had strep. He had it so bad that they said he needed to just get a shot instead of taking an oral antibiotic. I took him home and we just cuddled the whole day, which if any of you know Cooper, he doesn't stop playing for cuddling no matter what. Later that day he seemed to be getting worse, almost lethargic. His temp got clear up to 103. We called the on call doctor and they said, "We aren't as worried about the number as we are keeping him conscious." That freaked me out. He was laying on my shoulder shaking uncontrollably crying for a blanket because he was so cold. We had a fan blowing on him and the front door open and tried to keep cold rags on his head. Cold baths and keeping cold rags on a 20 month old doesn't work. Matt keep talking to him and would tell him he loved him and Cooper wouldn't even open his eyes or move but he would say, "I love you too." Then we kept asking him if he was ok and he still never moved but would say, "uh hu." It was the saddest day ever. We ended up walking around outside with him for about an hour in a onesie to try and break the fever. I never want to see him like that again. Fortunately, he is doing much better and by the next morning he was back to normal. Since he wasn't contagious after 24 hours we decided to go to Gardner Village with my mother and sister in law and my cute neices. It was great to get Cooper out. He hates being stuck inside.



We went inside the petting zoo. Cooper thought it was great.



Grammy, bought Cooper a pony ride but Cooper wanted nothing to do with it, so we just took a picture.



Here are the kiddos. Yes, Cooper is stealing Brooklyn's food :)



My mother and sister in law. I sure lucked out getting such a great family!



Cooper and Jaycee loved dancing in front of the the witch playing the piano. It was cute.



This is how Cooper fell asleep in the car on the way home from running errands Saturday morning. He sure loves Mickey and Elmo.

THEN...Saturday night, our friends came over to eat pumpkin pizza and carve pumpkins.



Cooper thought it was so much fun. He wasn't quit sure what his dad was doing though.



I love that man!!!!



Cooper was so intense about his pumpkins.



Coloring them was his favorite. It was our first experience with markers. I think those will stay up high and out of Cooper's reach for a while.



We tried all night to get these two to smile for a picture and this was the best we could get. Cooper LOVES playing with Molly. He chased her all night long and laughed and laughed. He is already a big flirt!



Matt carved this amazing Elmo pumpkin for Cooper. He did such a great job.



Jeff (one of Matt's best friends) carved this one. AMAZING!!! He is such an incredible artist.



Hadley and Jo...Things aren't the same without you.