When did sleep become optional?

This week has been crazy! Sunday night Kevin had me up and Monday night Ben was very sick. The rest of the week went great until last night. Kevin is sick AGAIN! We're going to the doctor this afternoon because I am not making another weekend trip to the Urgent Care Center. Kevin woke up with a yucky nose, red and swollen eye and a cough. Sound familiar?

It amazes me how the motherly instinct comes out and you forget about yourself (and your constant lack of sleep) and just move on. Staying up all hours of the night rocking my sick baby is so natural. I never once think about how tired I'll be the next day or how jealous I am that Ben is fast asleep in the next room (okay..maybe a little on that last one!!)

We're celebrating my grandmother's 76th birthday tomorrow. Kevin just loves her to pieces. I have to get the pictures off my camera tonight to make room for some more. Thank goodness for large memory cards. I haven't cleared my camera out in almost 4 months!!

Picnic, carrots and bluebonnets

Here are some updated pictures of Kevin. He had a picnic at school on Friday so my mom met me up there to see Kevin's room and teachers. He was thrilled to see us!

Last night I was feeding Kevin his carrots and he decided that he was very curious about the food on the spoon. So I let him explore.... The pictures and video speak for themselves. (Excuse the dryer noise in the video!!)

And last but not least, we took advantage of the 80 degree weather today and took pictures in the bluebonnets with my mom and grandmother. Kevin did great and was very curious about the flowers.

Enjoy!!!


Why eat carrots if you can play with them?

Kevin eats squash....yuck!

When I picked Kevin up from daycare last night they quickly reported that he should be all rested up for the night. He took a 3 hour nap yesterday afternoon. That's on top of the hour and a half nap in the morning. Holy Cow - this kid can sleep! We're right back on schedule now that he's feeling better. He was asleep by 9:45 last night and daddy was waking him up at 4:45 so I could feed him. Thanks, daddy! We were sleeping good.

Last night we tried squash for the first time. He wasn't a big fan of it but I think it is just something to get used to. I do not like squash at all! I am very particular about the foods I eat. They have to be a certain color, smell a certain way and the name really does play a role. Seriously...squash?? That's what you do to a bug. Why am I going to eat that? Cauliflower looks like broccoli that's sat out too long. Peas are slimy and again..the name! Carrots I just don't like. I could go on for hours....but back to Kevin. He is loving his baby food. Green beans are his favorite!! He likes them more than his sweet fruits. That shocked us both. One more round of buying food and then we're going to start making it. He's eating so little right now that it doesn't do any good to make a huge batch when it takes him 3 days to go through a small jar of food now.

I'll post new pictures of our squash experience and cute pictures we got of Kevin in the bath the other night.

Much better

Quick update... Kevin has been on his antibiotic for 24 hours and is feeling much better. Fever free and eating up a storm - finally!! Ben is feeling better and is returning to work tomorrow. And last but not least, I am better and very ready to return to work and our normal schedule. Kevin had me up every 2 hours last night so I am really hoping tonight is better. He's feeling better so that's all that matters!!!!

Another 1st for Kevin...An Ear Infection

Kevin has experienced yet another first in his short 5 months. He has his first ear infection. I knew something was wrong with him other than the URI but was told that a fever for several days was normal. Ben stayed home with him on Thursday and I stayed home yesterday. I kept thinking he'd get better since he was home away from daycare germs. After his afternoon nap he woke up crying..pretty normal for him..but this cry didn't stop. After 30 minutes, I woke up Ben and called the hospital triage nurse. She said to take him to the ER and thought he could have an ear infection. I knew it!! He had been pulling at that left ear for over a week now and he's just not getting any better. I decided that spending my entire Saturday in the ER with lots of very sick children was not my cup of tea so I headed to the Urgent Care Center instead. I arrived a 3:30, was back in a room by 4:15 and out the door by 4:30. Diagnosis: Left ear infection. We have an antibiotic and ear drops for the pain. We came home and Kevin ate some green beans and downed a 6 oz bottle. He hasn't done that in a week. We're on the road to recovery. Thank goodness!

We're ALL sick!

It's official - our entire family is sick. Ben woke up this morning feeling worse so he made his way to CareNow. He has a double ear infection and a sinus infection. Kevin is still sick and we can't seem to get his fever down. We're also having problems getting him to eat. He's doing great with his baby food and has loved his green beans this week but when it comes to formula - he can't breath well enough to eat. I am feeling better...just very tired. Will this ever end????

We're all spending the weekend at home trying to get better. Please pray for us...especially that Kevin will start eating again. Our biggest concern is getting him better. We may be visiting the doctor again on Monday if our weekend doesn't get better.

Updated pics and Emilie's 1st birthday

Finally have a moment to post our updated pictures!