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Today my son turned Two years old. He is a fabulous thing. He has made great milestones in his life and I can already start to see little glimpses of the type of man he will become. Daniel is the reason I try so hard, he has changed me in so many ways. So today I say Congrats! to my little man and here’s to another great year.

You can find more pictures over at my wifes blog: www.southernmama.com

Thanks for Reading
David Bates

Last weekend was very hectic starting Thursday Night.
Daniel started to cry after bath time and we thought that it was nightmares as he never opened his eyes. So we just consoled him as much as we could. Thanks to the wifey for rocking endlessly while I slept.
The next day however I get a frantic call about 2pm to tell me to meet Jess at the doctors office as Daniel had been screaming profusely and scratching at his eyes. Now we where set to leave at 3:00 to go to the mountains for the weekend so I was already going to get off early and decided that I needed to go ahead a little earlier and meet Jess there. When I got there Daniel had cried himself to sleep and you could tell that his eye-lids where very red.

Once he saw the Doctor the theories began to fly… Pink eye, dust, chemical reaction from shampoo, and many more. Finally after two doctors we were told that it probably wasn’t pink eye and that it could be a scratch on his eye so they would prescribe antibiotic drops. So me and Daniel go home and Jess goes to CVS to get the drops. Let me just say that whatever drops they are they where like wonder drops. Daniel instantly started to feel better.

Upon a closer inspection from the Hawk (Jess) we saw the scratch on his eye. He is doing much better now with his eye… it is no longer red and he doesn’t try to hold it closed anymore.
I hate that the little guy had to go through that, but I am also glad that there was no permanent damage.

Thanks for Reading
David Bates

Christmas time is always a special time time of the year for me, family and friends come together and share presents, the past years events, and food (my favorite). Christmas this year has been exeptionally special with the little ones I have just finished putting together a massive train table and right now Daniel is jabbering at me to go and play. I belive the best part about Christmas with little ones is that for a brief moment you can forget about the worlds troubles and be three again. At least that is what I try to do.

Merry Christmas
David Bates

Enjoy some pictures:

My sister made a sketch of daniel last week and I thought I should show it off here.
She does these kind of sketches as a hobby.

Let me know what you think.
David Bates

WARNING!
Me and the wife just got the baby to sleep after he had a bath. We had just bought the Suave Dragonfruit 2in1 Shampoo Plus Conditioner for Kids and when we tried it he started crying furiously. I quickly rinsed it off but the damage had already been done. He recieved several burns to his scalp and left eye. I would advise not to buy this product, and if you have return it at once. It is not worth the risk, see for yourself.

We contacted Suave and gave them the lot # etc of the shampoo.

BTW, the marks around his chin are from slob.

We will be switching back to Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Shampoo, it is $6 more a bottle but worth it if the cheaper shampoos will burn my baby.

Thanks for reading
David Bates