Monday, June 20, 2011

We Hate Allergies...

So my baby has very bad allergies. I didn't realize just how bad until this past weekend. She was with my mom when I got a text that her left eye was swollen. My mom sent me a picture and it DID look swollen, but I didn't freak out. When we picked her up it went down some and I decided to just wait until the next day (Monday) to see how it looked. OMG!! Her left eye was a little bit swollen, but the right eye looked like she'd been in a baby brawl! Her eye was almost swollen shut. It was so bad I wanted to cry! At this point, we were definitely going to the doctor's office.


I patiently waited for 8am to get here so I could call the doctor. Luckily they answered and told me to bring her right in. By the time we got there, here eye didn't look as bad, but the doctor did say he believes its mainly allergies. She was prescribed some eye drops (ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution) just in case there's a slight infection and told me to go get some children's Benadryl (1/4 teaspoon) to give to her as needed. As long as I have something to work with I'm good. So I give her the Benadryl and hope for the best. I picked her up from day care and her left eye finally looks fine. The right eye, still a little swollen. I just gave her the eye drops and Benadryl. Was hoping to wash her hair tonight but she wanted to go to sleep.


Hopefully tomorrow morning it won't look like it does in the picture. Even though she was only able to see out of one eye, she's still walking around getting into everything. I'll keep you posted on the eye and videos of her walking are coming soon!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Welcome to the Ryleigh's World

I have so many photos of my little Babycake that I could share, I wouldn't even know where to start, but, my oh-so talented cousin, Damon L. Thomas, just sent me a video last night that he put together of Ryleigh's 1st birthday party that sparked my enthusiasm to go ahead and get this blog started (finally). Check out the video - I love it!



'R' Is For Ryleigh - a celebration from Presidential Television and Film on Vimeo.



We celebrated on Saturday, May 21st, 2011 at Twist resturant in Buckhead. We really had a great time even with a little busy body that wanted to be all over the place. I think it turned out better than expected considering I had to make a last minute venue change. Thanks to everyone that was able to come! I'll get more pictures posted soon.










Here are a couple still images...







Ryleigh didn't really get too much into the cake. She took a couple swipes at the icing and was done.












Beautiful cake done by Caryn's Cakes in Atlanta, GA