The Im Family

the pollen this year must be something.  rob started off the spring feeling like he'd gotten sick with a bad cold again (and again needing me to remind him that maybe it's allergies and not a cold).  and ozzy, poor thing, this past week, his little face puffed out like he'd been in a boxing match and lost badly.  it started a little over a week ago, we went to preschool and his teacher brought in maple seeds for the kids to investigate and throw around and watch as they spun their way down like mini helicopters.  immediately after, ozzy's eyes became irritated.  a week later, he was so red and puffy, the inner membrane of his eyes will so inflamed and swollen, they were literally swelling out of his eyes. the quick trip to the pediatrician with the advice to stay indoors if we can, dont open windows, wash frequently.  medications, over the counter childrens zyrtec (generic cetirizine), over the counter antihistamine eye drops (i bought Zaditor, which says...

finally, 3 and a half years later, i get started decorating ozzy's room.  glad we waited until we really knew what ozzy liked before doing this.  mimi's room is a mishmosh of all things girly with no real "theme."  if i were pressed for a theme: flowers and butterflies? ozzy's train obsession (it can not be called anything less than an obsession) made it an easy job of figuring what to do.  years ago, before he was even born, i bought the red quilt with white stars, thinking he was gonna be a fourth of july baby and planning to do red, white, blue theme originally.  but he was born much later, july 15th, so i halfheartedly added to the stars theme with some star finials, and glow in the dark stars on the ceiling.  and that's where i stopped. after years of looking at the paint and wood i bought to paint the room and slowly hatching some ideas to display his train, at the start of the new year, rob and i began setting up ozzy's big boy room. we stil...