2010 Tick Count

Jake: 1

Hannah: 0

Leo: 1

Okay, that one was gross

It's tick season again. Unfortunately we didn't realize the ticks were out in full force yet so Jake had one in his hair for the past couple of days. How do we know it had been there that long? Because it was quite swollen with blood. Absolutely disgusting.

Luckily I got it out without popping it and the bite will heal nicely but man, oh man, that was disgusting.

Tick Count

Jake: 6 (5 dog ticks, 1 deer tick)

Hannah: 1

Tick update - part 2

Jake: 5

Hannah: 1

Kitchen cabinet: 1

Good eyes Jake! Find them before they find you!!

Tick update

Jake: 5

Hannah: 1

This one was kind of gross because we didn't see it last night and Hannah discovered it under her armpit this morning. Since it had been there all night it had actually started to swell up a little with blood. The good news is that I've gotten so good at taking them out that it was a quick procedure.

The very first time Hannah got a tick we had such a terrible time getting it out that she screamed and cried for so long and so hard that she had broken capillaries in her face the next day. This time I pulled it out and she said "Is that it?"

We've come a long ways over the past 2 years.