This week in Leyland Life...

We highlight our trip to Raleigh N.C. and the CRAZY allergic reaction Annabelle had.

We spent the night in Raleigh after meeting up with Mary, Terence, Mercy, Madelyn and little Isabel.
The kids were having fun on Saturday morning in our hotel. Mary and Terence had some time to themselves and we watched the kids. 6 kids in a small hotel room. Good times!! Actually, any time with my nieces is completely treasured and we had fun.

I figured a bubble machine would make things fun. Fun for us, probably not the maids.

We were able to see the area Mary and Terence are moving to and we took the children to a fun children's museum.

Connor was not too impressed as it was geared for very small children but towards the end he started to throw off the "I'm too cool for this" attitude.

This is how the allergic reaction started out with Annie. This picture actually shows a picture of when she had already had some Benadryl and it had calmed down. It started as lots of little bumps and then her ears began to swell up and her face was full of big red patches.

This is Sunday morning after a few hours of being on Benadryl. Her forhead was HUGE and her little eyes were nearly swollen shut. It scared me to death but as soon as she had a dose of her medicine I could see improvements. The doctors told me to watch her and if her mouth started to swell up then to rush her to the E.R. Luckily it didn't happen.

She was so unhappy, bless her little cotton socks :(

It went away and we have not been able to figure out what caused it which makes the worry even more intense. It could happen again. She is seeing an allergist and we'll try to get to the bottom of it.
Here she is yesterday. Her skin is normal again and her beautiful eyes are not swollen and puffy.
She's back to her gorgeous little self.

OK OK... here's some more

I figured y'all wanted more of the goodness :)

Apparently they are cousins ;)

This is the same kid in the previous post but a bit older.

My personal Fav!!!

I can't breath...

I am dying here!!!!!

I just found the funniest site that has pictures like this

and this

and this


and this

and this

and this

and this

and this

Go here for more. I love it!!!
You can thank me later :)

And just in case you think I am being mean and mocking these people. I'm not, they submit their own crazy photos for a laugh.

This is what Annabelle's life is all about these days. Eating, playing and sleeping like the beautiful baby she is.

Connor and Daniel recently made the pinewood derby car for cub scouts. Poor Connor was saddened when the car was hugging the rails. They tried to make it low and sleek and unfortunately it was too low. Poor dude. He took it well thought even though in every race he came last. ;( Last year he did great though.

This is the newest member of the family. The boys thought it would be fun to have a small 4-wheeler to start out with. It is a blast for all of us.

Annabelle is more obsessed than any of us. It is nuts how bad she wants to be on it all the time. She walks by the garage where we keep it and though she hardly speaks she can figure out a vroom vroom noise :)

I forgot we had Chloes little 4 wheeler and that suffices for now. She is my little tom boy.

Here is another example of Daniels supreme babysitting skills. I am always amazed at how he entertains the kids while I am out.

We had a beautiful snow storm last week. For more pictures click here

I have a lot more pics that I will post in a few days. For now, here are some more Annie shots as per the grandparents request ;)

The Leylands
xx