The Dreaded Sickies

NOW

Then

Our house has seen the plague all winter long...i am in need of some Spring weather to get the windows open and some voodoo to release the sick bug who just wont leave. I am not going to make you suffer through all of my boring tales of our nasty brush with the cold this weekend but lets just say my washing machine did triple duty!!Yuk!! All during a weekend that was jammed packed with events including two baby showers, one that i hosted! But back to my kiddos. Hailey is back up and running at full speed like nothing ever happened. Grant looks better also. He is starting to eat more than just the BRAT diet(for those of you who don't know that is-bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast) he even got formula today for the first time in almost three days. He is a happy baby to see it and i am a happy mommy for it to stay down! No poopies either..two semisolid stools...wooppppppiiiiiii!!!

He isn't out of the woods yet. He has basically been sick since November. We went back and started looking at old pics after his doctor apt. last Thursday and you could slowly see a decline in his size just from the pics. He was a chunky 9 mth old and now he is a scrawny 1 yr. old. In October he was 19.4 and now he is only 1oz bigger. But he has gained head circumference and an inch in height which shows he is doing okay and getting some nutrients. He has had one BIG ear infection since November and they are finally sending us to the specialist. We are hoping to hear from him today and get an appointment. Then we are assuming after he sees him the dreaded surgery...tubes...will be right behind that. So probably by the end of March my baby will have tubes and hopefully we can put this dreaded thing behind us!

He is developmentally on target and doing fine, just small. He is waving by, giving high fives, standing for longer times and occasionally taking one step..not brave enough to try more. He says dada, moma, doH(dog), and sometimes i think he says doe(done)...and maybe hi when he talks on the phone...it is hard to say with the last two because they are relatively new things he does..they sound different but cant tell if it is gibberish or actual words. The doctor says that because of his ears and all the the sicknesses he has had this winter it is to be expected that his weight is low. He says if after he gets the tubes if he doesn't start to gain weight then we will figure something else out but that is not something to worry about now.

Feb 2009-He was 29.25 for length, and 19 lbs. 5 oz. for his weight, then his head was 47.

Nov 2008-He was 28.25 for length, and 18lbs. 12oz. for his weight, then his head was 46.

**but his weight in October was 19lbs. 4 oz.**Please pray my baby becomes healthy and makes it through all of this okay. Surgery is scary even if it is something as routine as tubes...he will have to be put under. I am nervous!!

My hungry little caterpillar on his birthday!!

My kids have never been very messy eaters...he was a little green but not bad!

He seemed to enjoy the cake as much as we did!

He really wanted that candle...dangerous stuff!

Mom decided to take some pics of him here at home. To capture his special day. Look at this perfect little foot!

This summarizes exactly how he makes me feel everyday

He leaves me in awe of his cuteness and curiousity!

Little fingers exploring and learning about the world....i created him with God's help!!

What a little miracle my precious boy is!

Nope, not me, Monday!

I definitely did not let my son's #1 extra-large birthday balloon that cost $10.00 fly out of my car. I did not leave the car door wide open on a windy day and totally forget that it was ever even in the car when i was done. Then i did not also look all around the church for at least twenty minutes swearing i must have already brought the balloon in.

I did not forget to read our two new valentine's books to my daughter and finally read them to her a day later and tell her we would pretend today was valentines day..so it was all okay nope not me.

I did not let my daughter watch tv for the entire evening after i told her that from now on weekends would be family time and no tv was allowed for any of us...and i did not sit in front of the tv and do homework...or act like i was doing homework while really watching tv...not me!

I did not let my one year old eat his snack straight off the kitchen floor, that had not been swept, because it was so much easier than letting him continually dump them out of a bowl.

I did not take hundreds of pics of my son yesterday on his birthday with his nose dripping all the way to his mouth and never notice it until i was editing the pictures..nope not me!

I absolutely did not wear a nursing bra today even though my son hasnt nursed since five weeks old and turned one years old yesterday...not me...i would never do that instead of grabbing one of the other hundred normal bras in the drawer.

I definitely did not tell everyone i know that i want another baby badly and have them torture my husband all weekend begging so i could have my third baby. Then i did not feel so overwhelmed last night when my son slept on my chest for the whole night...that i felt like giving him away no not me and i didn't wonder why i wanted two kids...or more for that matter..that would never have happened to me!!

I did not, in no way, go to Mcdonalds today instead of making lunch so that i wouldnt have to lift a finger to cook and in no way wanted to rush the children to nap as soon as i was home so that i could blog about all the things i didnt do, no way, not me!

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My baby hits the BIG "1" in 9 days!!

He is so close to taking those first unassisted steps!

He stood so nicely for the pictures. I was proud!!

I almost see a smile slipping out!

There is my big boy smile!

I love this face. I can't believe how blessed our life has become since Grant was born. He is such a great baby and makes me smile continuously. He is very sweet with a great disposition. He rarely ever cries but is full of mischief. He is always trying to figure out how things work. I have a feeling he will be like his father and will love to take everything apart and change it somehow. Always a new adventure. He lights up my life and has made me realize just how different every single child is. They are all different and special in their own way!