Andrew & Mommy

Here is a picture of Andrew & I this past Sunday before church. Andrew is all dressed up in his Sunday best and looks very handsome! We went to the ENT this morning. We saw the doctor and he recommended that Andrew get the tubes in his ears. He is scheduled for his surgery on December 4th. I am praying that he won't get another ear infection before this date.

We are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving at Mom & Dad's next week. Kenton & Tori & Kallie, were going to come, but they are closing on their house this Friday and are going to use the extra time at Thanksgiving to paint, etc....

Yes, another ear infection

Andrew had been acting funny all last week and then when he got a temperature on Saturday evening (while we were at our SS party), I figured his teeth really must be bothering him. I didn't think that it was an ear infection because he had not been waking up at night. That is my #1 sign for ear infection. He did good on Sunday but then woke up at 2 Sunday night/Monday morning with a fever and then another fever in the morning. Ok, off to the doctors office, again. Sure enough, both ears were infected this time. The doctor gave him a 3 day antibiotic (never heard of a 3 day!), by Monday evening, he was back to normal. He is doing alot better now. He still has his awful cough, but at least the ears are better and no more fever. We made an appointment to see the ENT on the 18th. We want to see what he has to say about tubes. Seems like everyone that has got them, it is the trick. We hate to keep him on antibiotics so often. Plus, with the cold season fastly approaching, he is bound to get several more.

Sleeping in till 9:10

I couldn't believe it yesterday morning when I woke up and looked at the clock and it said 8:57, wow, Andrew is still sleeping!!! He had been up at 2:30 playing in his bed and then had a coughing spell at 6:15 for about 45 minutes and then he had fallen back asleep. I really didn't think he was capable of sleeping in that late! What a nice surprise. We had a good time with each other yesterday. After he drank his milk and had his oatmeal we headed off to Curves for me to excercise. We then came home and he played, had his lunch and then played some more and then was off to bed at 1 for his nap. He had another coughing spell, so I went in there 30 minutes later and gave him some cough medicine to sooth his throat. It helped, but he was wide awake. I left him in there, cause he had to take a nap, and finally, after another hour he went to sleep. He slept for about 1 1/2 and started coughing off and on which led to crying off and on, so I went in and got him. At least he was happy! I recently took him off his reflux medicine to see how he would do (I was so sick of giving that to him 4 times a day, 30 minutes before a meal). He hasn't had any problems and he has actually been sleeping better and been happier during the day. I wonder if that medicine was making him cranky at times. Hummm??? We then went to Target for grocery shopping and then came home. I fed him supper - his favorite mashed potatoes and a baby meat - and then gave him his bath and then Ben got home so that I could go to a baby shower. Yesterday was a very pleasant day!

Shopping Fun

For my birthday, I asked Ben if we could go to the outlet mall in Dawsonville, GA. Of course, he said yes. We went over to mom's on Friday and then headed for the shopping center Saturday morning. Mom was kind enough to watch Andrew for the day. Shopping with Andrew is fun, for about an hour or so, not 6 hours! We got to the outlets at about 11:30 and got a quick bite to eat at the food court and then hit the stores. Are main goal was to get the Christmas gifts for the neices & nephews and then for each other if we found anything. We were able to get all the kids gifts and then for each other as well. I think we accomplished alot for 1 day! All we have left is for our parents and then something for Andrew - almost forgot about him :o)

I started sneezing on last Wednesday and then started feeling yucky, again, on Friday, so I went back to the doctor to get my second round of antibiotics. I am feeling better today, but still tired. Since I was there, I got the flu shot too. This is the first time that I have gotten it, hopefully the illness's will stay away.

2 naps to 1

Andrew is fastly becoming a big boy. He has decided that he only needs to take 1 nap instead of 2. For the past several days, I have tried to lay him down for his 2nd nap, and every time, he plays in his bed for about 30-45 minutes and won't go to sleep. Tomorrow, I am going to try to lay him down for his first nap a little later than normal. I am going to shoot for noon instead of his normal 10:45 time and I'm not going to wake him up. Hopefully, he will sleep for 3 hours. He has never slept for more than 3 hours during a nap, so I don't think that is going to happen. This is also an adjustment for me. It was such a long day yesterday not getting that 2nd nap of downtime for me. It becomes challenging to keep a 1 year old occupied for an entire day all by yourself, especially when they want you in their sight the entire time and for you to play with them.

Teething Issues

Yesterday, Andrew woke up very fussy. :-( He was pretty much crying all morning. He was acting tired, so I put him to bed for his 1st nap at 9:45. It isn't suppose to start until 10:45 so he will sleep till 1:00. I thought that if he woke up fine, it was just because he was tired and if he woke up fussy again, maybe his ear infection had come back. Well, he woke up fussy. I decided to take him back to the doctor, just to make sure. The doctor said his ears looked good. So what could it be. Well, I thought, he hasn't gotten a tooth in a while, let me check his gums out. Sure enough, 2 molars, one on each upper side had just broken through. I guess that is what it had to be. We doctored his gums up with Baby orajel and gave him some tylenol. He did better the rest of the day, but was still crying and didn't want me to leave out of his sight. He slept through the night, thank goodness and woke up tired this morning, but in a pretty good mood. He cried when I dropped him off at the nursery. Hopefully he is having a pretty good day.

Pensacola Trip

We left last Friday for Pensacola to see Ben's dad for his birthday. The party was to be on Saturday at Ben's sister Ruth's house. We were almost to Montgomery (half way) when I asked Ben to call his sister just to get some more details about the party. It ended up that she told Ben that 4 of her 5 kids had had the flu last week. There was no way that Andrew was going to be around them since he was just recovering from an ear infection/cough/runny nose. I told Ben that Andrew & I would just stay at his dad's house during the party and that they should go on to the party Saturday evening. Ben then said why don't I take you and Andrew home and you guys go over to your parents for the weekend and then I will go back to P'cola. This is what we ended up doing. Needless to say, it took us 9 hours, a tank of gas and 420 miles to go from Hampton to Covington which should only take 1 hour. I don't think Andrew would have made it another 10 minutes in the car seat! He was very mad about being stuck in the seat! I think it is about time to buy the portable DVD player for him! We had a good time at my moms and it sounds like Ben & his Dad had a good time in P'cola.