This past week started off with a trip to the doctor for Tyler's four month well child visit. He weighed 16 lbs. 6 oz. and was 26 inches long. Sydney weighed that much, but was an inch and a half longer, when she was 13 months old! I feel more justified about complaining that he is getting heavy.

I showed the doctor how Tyler's left ear is a lot further forward than his right and his left cheek is larger than his right. She went to consult with the other pediatrician, and they decided that we need to do a CT scan to see what is going on. That is scheduled for the 23rd.

On Wednesday, I had my first experience with calling poison control. I had been working on the laundry to get ready for our trip to Utah and thought all of the kids were watching TV. Zack kept complaining about wanting a snack, and I kept putting him off. When I had finished with the laundry, I went to the kitchen to get them a snack. Our jug of water from the fridge had been left out and was tinted pink. I picked it up and noticed something red at the bottom of it and couldn't figure out what it was. Then I saw one of my Zyrtec pills on the counter. Then I saw another one and a Sudafed. I started to panic so the girls came into the kitchen to see what was wrong. We only recovered 14 out of 85 Zyrtec and 2 out of 30 Sudafed. I started to panic as I realized that there was a chair pushed up to the counter and Zack had gotten into my meds. Then I remembered the water and realized that all of the stuff at the bottom was the pills. However, I had no way of counting them since they were turning to mush.

I call poison control, and she told me to watch him for any usual behavior or irritability and that she would call back in an hour. After 45 minutes, Zack fell asleep in my arms and wouldn't wake up. The best I could get from him was an eyelid flutter then he went back to sleep. I called the pharmacist at poison control again, and she said to take him to the ER. He woke up in the waiting room, but was just dead weight in my arms. He didn't even seem to notice as they hooked up monitors and the blood pressure cuff. A couple of times he just slumped over sideways and went to sleep.

After watching him for a while, they determined that he had probably taken some Zyrtec, but not enough to cause any real problems. They sent him home to sleep it off, and I pushed plenty of water into him. By the next day he was fine, but I would not let him out of my sight.

Thursday was the crazy day of packing, and Friday morning at 7:30, we hit the road on our way to Utah. We stayed the night at F. E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, and were on the road again at 7:15 on Saturday. Apparently June in Wyoming is AWFUL. It was 32 degrees and we got caught in a snow storm. The wind was blowing hard and bitterly cold. And here we were in our shorts and sandals. Brrr.

However, we made it safely at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon and were able to see most of the family. The kids actually did really well in the car, thanks for the DVD player we purchased for these road trips. Seventeen hours of driving is a lot. We actually only had 21 hours of travel time with meal and bathroom breaks. Not bad. Not bad at all.