Overnight Baby Food Eating Machine

That’s a mouth full which is exactly what Kevin has when he is inhaling his baby food. I don’t know if it’s a growth spurt he’s going through or just the realization that he can eat baby food but holy cow…this child can eat. We were a little concerned that he’s yet to double his birth weight. I have a feeling he’ll be close to it by his 6 month check up on May 13th.

In the past his eating has consisted of maybe 5 or 6 bites of food before refusing to open his mouth. Now he eats an entire jar of baby food…yes, an entire jar in one sitting. It’s the funniest thing to see him swallow and open his mouth real big for the next bite. I remind him that this is not his last meal – he can slow down and enjoy the food.

I’m buying the frozen fruits and veggies and will be making his food this weekend. I am so excited!! Starting Monday, I am sending a jar of food with him to school to have at lunch time! My baby is eating big boy food at school now. Where did the time go? After his check up on the 13th when we’re given the thumbs up to start juice, we are buying sippy cups, too. Yay!!!!

He’s on his own little schedule of now waking me up at 4:00 instead of the other way around. It’s kind of nice that we’re waking up when daddy gets up. He gets to enjoy Kevin for a little bit in the mornings.

No more...I give up!

Why does it seem like everything falls apart at the same time? Our beagle,Jersey, is sick. We took her to the vet today and they think she has a herniated disk which can be treated with a steroid shot and anti-inflammatory. We're still trying to get her to eat..which she hasn't since Friday. Daddy gave her meat and cheese to take her medicine so I'm sure she's loving that!

Kevin throat is better but now he has a horrible cough. It keeps him awake and is making him miserable. Will this ever end? He was acting better over the weekend but daycare reported that he has been very fussy today. No fever yet so I'm hoping it's just a cough this time.

We had a great birthday party for my grandma on Saturday. I will post pictures later. My favorite conversations of the day....

Grandma talking to my aunt about Ben before the party:

Aunt: So what's Ben up these days?
Grandma: Oh, not much. You know he's a fireman now?
Aunt: Really? When did that happen? We just saw him at Christmas.

My crazy grandma thought that Ben was a fireman. She sees him ALL the time. We go to church with her for crying out loud. She's a mess!

And my absolute favorite:

My cousin Hannah told me "You know the next time you see me at Thanksgiving or Christmas...whichever comes first - I'll have glasses and braces. I laughed out loud when she said "whichever comes first!" She's too cute.

And not to leave out another cousin - who in all seriousness asked if "Kevin's squishy part on his head was still there". He was terrified of his soft spot at Christmas and wanted to make sure he was safe to touch. Sweet Joshua!

Kevin loved seeing everyone and was a great baby. He took a nice little nap on my uncle's shoulder who quickly let me know that he didn't want me to put him down - he wanted to snuggle with him a little longer : )

I have such a great family!

Clear ears but yucky throat

Kevin's doctor's appointment went well. She said his ears are perfect but he has 2 ulcers in his throat - resulting in the fever and fussy baby. His right eye is also red and the same virus he has in his throat is causing the pink eye. Basically it's the strep throat virus..which means antibiotics do nothing at this point. That's not a bad thing since his last medicine made him sick every morning. Poor little guy!

We are to mix 1/2 tsp of Maalox and 1/2 tsp of Benadryl for the ulcers. After that we start giving him allergy medicine because thanks to his family..he has allergies. Yuck! He's acting like he's feeling better and is eating very well. Just hoping for a good night with lots of sleep.

And apparently Ben was offended by my last post when I implied that he doesn't help me at night. That's far from the truth. Ben is a great help and usually only goes to bed 30 minutes before us. Most of his days are 12 hour shifts so I am the one sending him to bed..he doesn't abandon us. Thanks for all you do, Ben. We love you!!!

Glad it's the weekend and we get to rest while Kevin gets better.

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!!!!