Hives

So Eli had an allergic reaction to something this weekend. We think it might be to grass, but I took him to the doctor today and he said that the majority of the time a kid gets hives, you never find out what it was. He said it could be a virus, an allergy, a pollen that blew in from 800 miles away, or something else. Helpful, I know. :) However, he said if it persists or keeps coming back we can take him to get a blood test for allergies. So in the meantime he's on Benadryl and a couple different antihistamines until it clears up. We're on day 4 here, so hopefully it will get cleared up soon. I took a few pictures on Saturday. They're kind of sad, but I thought I'd put them up anyway.(His face and eyelid got swollen Saturday afternoon).

Luckily it hasn't seemed to bother him at all. I would've felt a lot worse if he seemed really uncomfortable, but he's still been his happy little self.

Jeremy's family has a lot of allergies, and I told the doctor that and asked if it was genetic or whatever. He said the tendency is genetic, but the specificity is individual - meaning there's a higher chance he'll have allergies, but what he is allergic to is not genetic.

Anyway, so that's what we've been doing. It has been AMAZING weather here lately. We spent some time doing yard work on Saturday (mostly while Eli was napping, since we think it may have been a grass allergy) and it's so fun to be outside! We're getting really excited to plant our garden in a couple weeks. Jeremy's allergies have been really bad lately, so he's been Mr. Sneezy, but even that couldn't stop him from enjoying the sunshine and 70+ degree weather.

So that's the news! Thanks for stopping by.