Monkey see….Monkey do

Kevin has had the wonderful opportunity of watching other kids in his class eat their baby food during the day. With 10 or 11 kids, someone is eating at any given time. And don’t you know that my baby is so nosy, he sits at the table and watches them. Well, all this watching has paid off! We tried giving him baby food again yesterday mainly because he’s not eating because he’s sick so I wanted to put something in his tummy. I put the applesauce on the spoon, he looked at the spoon and opened his mouth wide. He ate it all! I tried again last night before he went to bed and he ate it again. No gagging, no crying – just a wide open mouth!

We’ll continue to give him applesauce for next couple of days and then we move on to green beans…yummy! Kevin is feeling a little better. Went over to check on him at lunch and he was eating after waking up from his 2 hour nap. Man, my child can sleep like no other.

Ears are Clear

Kevin's ears are infection free...yay!!! He has an upper respiratory infection and a cough - that's all. Go Kevin - 5 months of no ear infections. I contribute that to his wonderful Dr. Brown's bottles. He never had colic and now no ear infections!

He is feeling better after a long 3 hour nap. I've run our humidifier since we've been home. No matter what room we're in...the humidifier is there. We're hoping for a good night's sleep!

Sick baby...tired mommy!

Kevin and I are getting ready to go to the doctor this morning. He has had a fever of 102 all weekend and has been coughing his little head off. Poor little guy has gotten very little sleep because of it. He had me up at 4:00 this morning after not going to bed until 11:00 last night. We're both exhausted. After saying all that - I must confess that I am typing this from work. Yes, I've been at work since 6:45 and Kevin is at daycare. The nice lady at the front said to keep it quiet that he hasn't been fever free for 24 hours and I could leave him there until his appointment this morning. Bless their hearts!

I'll post his diagnosis this afternoon and some fun pictures from Miss Emilie's 1 yr birthday party.

Two Teeth for Kevin!

Kevin's 2nd tooth finally came in yesterday. He now has his two bottom teeth. The first one that arrived a few weeks ago is now really beginning to show. You can almost see it perfect when he smiles or opens his mouth.

I forgot to mention that Kevin had another fun "first". To recap other events that happened first in his short life so far.... On his first Thanksgiving it snowed. His first Easter, he got his first tooth. And on his first day of school, he had his first almost tornado! We had, what the hospital calls, a Code Gray - which means Tornado in Vicinity. We've been having some pretty yucky weather here lately and living in Tornado Alley makes for such a fun Spring! Sure enough, his first day of school, the tornado alarms go off. He was in the hallway with all the other babies taking cover from what never turned out to be a tornado. A few minutes later the sun was out and it was a beautiful day! Living in Texas is great.

One exhausted baby!

Kevin could barely keep his eyes open last night. He fell asleep on me and I let him sleep about 45 minutes. I attempted several times to wake him up and all he would do is lift is head, open his eyes and lay right back down on my arm. He was asleep by 10:00 and I was waking him up at 5:00 this morning...he was not a happy camper (just like his mommy!)

He took his bottle and went right back to sleep. He was wide awake when we arrived at daycare and gave all the ladies a huge smile. He's such a flirt!

I dropped him off to play with his little friends...who are all adorable by the way! I check on him at lunch and if he's awake I get a little bit of playing time in.

More daycare fun

Have I mentioned that I love Kevin's daycare? I, being a first time mom, went over to check on Kevin at lunch yesterday and he was fast asleep. His teachers talked with me for about 10 minutes and filled me in on what a good day he was having. I love his teachers, too!!

We had a great night last night! Kevin was in such a great mood and spent most of the night laughing and playing. He crashed about 10:00 last night and slept until 5:00 this morning. He was exhausted.

I got him to daycare at 7:30 this morning and it worked out great. I was able to change his diaper, get his bottles together and play with him for about 20 minutes before heading to work. He is so happy when he's there and has so much to do and so much space to do it in. Life as a 5 month old doesn't get much better than this.

"I'm a big kid now!!"

My big boy is in daycare today...and neither one of us cried!!! He was not amused that I had to wake him up this morning to eat and get ready. I was not amused that he wanted to play instead of eat at 10:00 last night and then wake me up at 1:30 to eat again. And I shared this bit of info with him as he protested on his changing table this morning.

There was only one other baby in the room this morning so it was nice to drop him off in a quiet space. I know it will change in a few hours!

I can't believe the day has finally come. All the anticipation and preparation the last few weeks and now it's over....he's in daycare and I'm at work. Aaaahhh.....

*Side note....I have prayed for 2 things this last week. One: That it wouldn't rain. We have a 70% chance of rain today and I just knew it would be pouring when I dropped him off - 2 bags of stuff, carrying him inside and balancing an umbrella...not my idea of fun! Two: (don't laugh) That I would have a close parking spot at the daycare. Both prayers were answered. Although it's dark as all get out, it didn't rain. And when I pulled up to the daycare, a car was leaving a front row parking spot. God knew I needed all to go well this morning and it did!