Every parent dreads ER trips.

By Wed. night I was starting to panic since Abel’s 104 temp. was not dropping on Tylenol and Motrin. Of course, by that time every clinic close to us was closed and the only thing that was opened was the Outer Banks ER-one hour away. To top things off, Wed. night was the day of our mini hurricane. Driving in a storm at night and taking your baby to the ER just isn’t fun at all, but you do what you got to do. My mom, Seth, Abel and I prepared ourselves for the long night ahead.

Thankfully, everyone in the OBX ER is on vacation and so there wasn’t too many people in the waiting room. You could tell they were all beach/vacation related accidents. We only had to wait about 30 minutes (which if you don’t know is REALLY fast for an ER). They had an adorable children’s area in the waiting room. If there is anything that slightly looks like a car, Abel is all about it. (One day at Target he was obsessed with a lady in a wheelchair, because he assumed she was driving a mini car in the store. We had to follow her for awhile, that was interesting.)

The word “car” is about 85% of his vocabulary. He can say about 15+ words, but car is the one he says ALL of the time. Can we say, OBSESSED?  It can get a little old hearing “car, car, car” ALL day long.

You can kinda see how sick he is in this picture.

Surprisingly, even though we were at the ER for Abel, he was the one that kept us laughing. He truly is a HAM, even with a 104 temp. He laughed and had a ball at his first ER trip. You can see for yourselves from these pictures. Thankfully, our little guy is doing much better and thanks Abel for making our first ER trip with you somewhat fun.

(Keep in mind it is the middle of the night and Abel had not slept a wink!)

He is becoming quite the momma’s boy (or as he would say “nanny’s boy”). Yes, he still can’t say mommy! I’m definitely nanny…. I’ll take what I can get.

His famous “cheesy” chin! We all love it around here.

He gets his big mouth and long tongue from yours truly.

And for your viewing pleasure, check out this adorable video of him. Thanks to daddy Seth for always bringing the cameras along. (You can see I was totally out of it by this time, but Abel was still going strong.)