Gruene Peanuts

For the first time in a long time our family left San Antonio! We traveled to the exotic town of Gruene which is about 45 minutes away from our house and it was fun! Our plan was to find really large belt buckles for my mom's wedding as well as some awesome Christmas and wedding gifts along the way. The town was quaint and I really liked it but we didn't find anything that either we couldn't make ourselves for $20.00 cheaper or was the perfect fit. We'll have to try a different small town!

Anyway, Tyson slept the whole way there and stayed in his stroller the entire time (which is unheard of these days!) While we were in this small shop with samples of salsas, jams, and sauces I gave Tyson a try of some chocolate peanut butter on a cracker. He loves chocolate and so seemed thrilled at first. A few minutes later though he started grabbing at his tongue. He does this when he doesn't like something but this time he was really starting to fuss. Shortly after that he had hives all over his face. His wrist and elbow also were covered. Fortunately for us there was a man and his wife who recognized the symptoms and gave us some benedryl from their car. We were so grateful! Poor Tyson was so swollen! Even his eyelids had hives on them! It was so scary as a mom to see a reaction like that happen so quickly and I had nothing to give him but anti-itch cream. We took him to the car and stopped for some ice cream so he would stop scratching himself. Luckily the benedryl worked very quickly and he was fine the whole ride home.

His aunt Heidi has severe peanut allergies so we have been careful to only give him small amounts. So far he has had a peanut butter cookie, one peanut butter m&m and some candy covered peanuts. The last item gave him welts around his mouth but we weren't entirely sure if that was an allergic reaction. We will no longer be giving him any amount of peanut anything for the rest of his life! I'm so grateful he ended up being okay and for the kindness of that couple in Gruene! Hopefully we will always be able to keep him safe.

40th Anniversary Gala

A couple of weeks ago Christian's professor invited (as well as generously paid for) us to attend the Dental school's 40th Anniversary dinner and dance. Dinner was $150.00 a plate and was in a fancy hotel downtown. Dinner was amazing! When I was a kid (maybe 10) my family was asked to sing at a John Denver fundraiser where the dinners were $300.00 a plate but the food was so gross my sister tried to feed it to the rancher's dog! I guess that's sort of what I was expecting, but to my surprise it was delightful! There were ten of us at a table and we got to sit with our good friend's the Riggs and got to know some other people from Christian's class. It was so fun! Finally, we went outside to the dance where we danced the night away! Actually, it was a little embarrassing. When Christian and I got there, nobody was dancing at all, but it just so happened that the band started playing, "I Will Survive" the moment we got there! That was one of my all time favorite songs as a teenager and so I knew all of the words and had matching dance moves to go with the whole thing! I'm so glad I married Christian! He was a good sport and danced with me the whole time even though it certainly wasn't one of his childhood favorites! Then this photographer dude started taking all of these pictures of us since we were the only ones dancing! I'm sure he mostly got pictures of me doing crazy dance moves and Christian laughing as he watched, but oh well! Anyway, it was amazing! Thanks to Dr. Rugh for inviting us to the gala and to the Garlicks for watching Tyson (who had taken a 4 1/2 hour nap that day!) and to Jennifer for lending me her earrings and dress! She helped me feel so beautiful! Also, thanks to my little sister for texting me directions as to how to dress in 'cocktail attire' She's the best! Finally, a big thanks to Christian for taking me out for a night on the town! I love you baby!