Just in case we have not had enough fun around here, Cooper thought of the stellar idea to rash things up a bit. And I’m not talking your basic diaper rash from on-going diarrhea (which he DOESN’T have, thank goodness). No, I’m talking about a nice bright pink maculopapular rash! Go ahead, check the link. I promise it’s not too gross or anything. I’ll wait.

Back? Okay.

So he’s got this rash, and while I was 99% certain it wasn’t serious, I was 100% certain they boot me out of daycare with the biggest foot they could find if I walked in with that child looking like that.

What do you mean, “like what?”…go back up and look at the dang link. Sheesh!

Soooooo….Justin’s home with him today again and Cooper otherwise seems fine. No fever, better appetite, less diarrhea, more mobility, and better mood. Just to be sure, I made the rounds with my mom, the nurse; the nurse at the pediatrician’s office; Mr. Google and My Friend Wiki; and finally got to speak to the pediatrician. Seems that it’s just a harmless rash that some kids get in response to something in the liquid suspension of the antibiotic…that it’s not indicative of a reaction to the medication itself. So I got her blessing to continue the augmentin (and just keep an eye out that he doesn’t have any severe symptoms, like breathing issues), to continue the florastor (that stuff is GOLD, baby!…two doses and no diarrhea!), and she faxed me a note to tape to his forehead when I bring him back to daycare tomorrow.

I did neglect to ask the doctor, however, if beef-basted dog biscuits might cause a rash…

And what a rough morning.

Technically, the person attributed to the quote “Vote early and vote often” is Al Capone, but since there was that one Google source that seemingly misled three of my participants, I accepted Chicago mayors Daley Sr. or Thompson as answers as well. Especially since I wasn’t alive when any of these men were alive to truly know who said it first (although I can guarantee it probably wasn’t Daley Sr. since he had a worse command of the English language than our current President…really, he did…go look it up).

So out of the six final participants, the winner is: Marti from My Life As Momma!

Marti, please be sure to email me your mailing address at colleen @ colleenrummel . com! And thanks to all of you who participated and all of you who voted for me over at Burgh’s site the other day. Or even if you voted for Flea cuz I like her a whole lot and she totally deserved to win.

Folks, I have the distinct pleasure of announcing to all of you that I have been nominated by Mr. Husband over at The Burgh Baby for my astute and thought-provoking comment regarding a photograph of his lovely daughter, Alexis, (taken by Burgh Baby’s Mom).

Now it is up to you, lovely people of the blogosphere, to vote for the winner. However, if you vote for me, I may send you blackberry jam should the berry bush every cooperate. Or I might send you a partially-eaten almost-famous apple pie (what? you expect your mail carriers to NOT take a tasty bite before delivery?). Or I just may plauge shower your own blog with my crude comments sweet thoughts regarding bodily functions parallels in my own life to yours, forever rendering us BFFs.

So please, stop by Burgh’s place by Monday, 7/28/08, 9pm EDT, and vote early, vote often (just go do it from another PC or change your IP address since someone won’t let you flood the ballot box…not that I tried or anything).

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for me, I will be heading up to terrorize Karen and her family with my own family! At least I will be coming bearing my almost famous apple pie.

p.s. can anyone name the person I’m quoting in my title? All correct comments received on this post by 10pm EDT on Tuesday 7/29/08 will be thrown into a random generator with the winner to receive a $10 Starbucks giftcard.

THE END.

Okay…not quite.

But we have a TOOTH!!!! Twelve days after his first birthday; this child of mine even surpassed my late toothedness…I got my first tooth a week prior to my first birthday.

I don’t have photographic evidence yet, partly because anything that comes close to Cooper’s mouth goes in it, including cameras; and partly because I found it as I was putting him to bed this evening. Plus, Justin is way better at those close-ups and Lord knows he needs to get in on some of this teething action cuz I am about up to my ears in fussy kid stuff.