Xander's February

Xander's basketball team, though they're missing several players.

His season continued to be frustrating! Xander did a great job playing almost the entire game each game and they did get a few more wins under their belt. Unfortunately, when they had one of their head cases show up, it was a disaster. Xander, however, just continued to go out there and play hard!

He usually got at least 8-12 points a game, several rebounds, and even a few blocks! It helped that he was usually the tallest on the court.

He has been working hard in scouts and was able to earn his Life. Now, on to Eagle!

Some service shoveling snow...

and some cuddles with Cleo.

We did have a bit of a scare one night with Xander. We had taken the kids out to eat at Noodles and, when we got home, the boys wanted to watch a movie on their own so David and I went upstairs. About 20 minutes later, Noah came running upstairs to let me know that Xander wasn't feeling well. When I came down to see what was up, he complained that his stomach was really hurting. He didn't seem to have a fever so there wasn't much I could do for him. Then, about 10 minutes after that, Noah came up again saying Xander had itchy spots all over his back and arms. I have never seen hives hit a body so quickly. As I started examining him, spots started to appear all over his legs as well. The poor kid was miserable, itching all over. I was so worried that I almost took him in but Uncle Ryan said as long as he wasn't having a hard time breathing and his tongue wasn't swelling up to just give him benadryl and he should be ok. And he did start feeling a bit better...

his swollen ear.

Some spots were still there a couple of days later; it's almost like they stained his skin. Needless to say he hasn't wanted to go back to Noodles.