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.

Ear Infection #5

On Monday afternoon, I had to go get Andrew from Day Care. He had woken up grumpy from his nap and had a low grade temperature. We came home and he went straight down for a nap. he slept good for a couple of hours and then he got up and seemed normal. He went to bed good, but woke up crying at 11:00 or so. He stopped after about 2 minutes and seemed to have gone back to sleep. We then heard him playing in his bed from 1 till about 3. Don't know why he was doing that, but at least he wasn't crying. (It is difficult for me to sleep even when he is in there playing) He went back to sleep and then woke up crying at 5:15. We went and got him, he was warm so we gave him some tylenol and put him back to bed. He slept for another hour and then was crying again. What a long night! I decided to take him to the doctor Tuesday morning, because it is just not like him to do that at night. The doctor confirmed what I thought, he had an ear infection in his left ear. To make things worse, his cough/cold/runny nose had gotten worse on Monday so that was making the ear infection evern worse. The doctore gave us 5 prescriptions for Andrew. I was thinking that this was going to cost a bundle, but it ended up only being $32. I got him on the medicine Tuesday morning and he had a pretty good day. He slept better last night. Only woke up crying once due to a completely glogged right nostril. We got that sucked out and didn't hear from him until 7:15 this morning. What a relief. I have a new appreciation for children sleeping through the night. Monday night was the first night that he was up that much since he started sleeping through the night at 7 weeks old.

More Misc. Pictures

Here is Andrew playing on his Lion. He now likes to push it right in front of the window (behind him in this picture), have the blinds pulled up and then he stands on the seat of the Lion and peers out the window.

Misc. Pictures

Here is Andrew after eating his supper. Mommy likes to keep the bib on, just in case!
Andrew, are you pushing???
Yum Yum!
Playing in my diaper.
Hi Mommy! I like Daddy pushing me in this storage bin. It is alot of fun.

Bathtub Fun

Andrew really enjoys taking baths. Lately, he has decided that it is more fun to get the water out of the bathtub than to keep it in the bathtub. Last night, Andrew really got me good with his splashing. He's been standing up more lately (within reason) and I have noticed that he has been doing his 'business' quite freakwently (spelling?). Silly little boy.

Tennessee Vacation (July 2008)

In July, we went on a family vacation to Tennessee. We met Mom & Dad, Kenton,Tori & Kallie at a cabin in Wears Valley, TN. We stayed at the Big Bear Den, wouldn't recommend this cabin to anyone. We have always stayed with Cove Mountain Realty and always had a great experience, but this was our first not so great experience. We still had fun though. Here is Andrew in Gatlinburg checking this big white bird out. I don't think he quite knows what to think about it!

Here is Grams with Andrew and Kallie (Andrew was ready for his nap at this point!)
Andrew & Kallie playing in the living room. Andrew actually got this scrub brush from under the kitchen sink (right after he got into the vinegar under the kitchen sink!)


Mom & Dad with Andrew & Kallie on Klingman's Dome, the highest point in the Smokey Mountains.


Our little adventours boy. He is afraid of nothing. He loves to climb, balance . . .










We had a swimming pool for each one of them, but Andrew had to keep going back and forth between the two of them!
Andrew wondering why Kallie is playing with his toys!
Andrew getting bored with the swimming pool!
Too cute!