Week Forty-One

We all rested at home over the weekend since I had been sick ... so we slept a lot and played some and just took it easy ...

On Monday I had my 9 month check-up so Mommy took me to work with her ... I wasn't feeling well at all and she felt really bad for having to take me ... even Miss Roxanne said I just didn't seem myself ... so I was quite cranky all day ... but I did do pretty well at my appointment ... I weighed in at 22 pounds and I am 30 inches long ... both the 95% for my age ... pretty good for a preemie

I had the whole week off because I was finished at my old school and don't start my new school till next week ... so on Tuesday and Wednesday I got to go to Grandmommy's house in the afternoon while Mommy and Daddy were at work ... I love going to Grandmommy's ... we play and read stories and she cuddles with me and I get to watch Eliana run all over the place ... boy I can't wait until I am big like her ...

Thursday and Friday I got to hang out with Daddy for the day ... we always have a great time ... once I start my new school there won't be many days when I get to stay home with Daddy because school is right by mommy's work ...

On Friday night Daddy put the baby gate up to block off the family room and they started working on baby-proofing the room ... ahhh ha ... the room is almost mine!!!

Week Forty

Mommy was still sick all weekend ... Daddy too ... but not me ... so I played a lot ... and took long naps with mommy and daddy ... it was great to snuggle up with them ...

Monday I went back to school ... I was really happy to see everyone ... my teachers told mommy they were really sad that I was going to be leaving but they understood how nice it would be for me to be closer to her ...

On Tuesday I turned 9 months old ... time sure flies ... here is my 9 month picture



On Tuesday Mommy stayed home sick so I stayed home with her ... Daddy had to go to work so we had the house to ourselves ... we sat in bed and watched Little Einstein ... sang songs and read books ... it was a great day ... by Tuesday afternoon it was snowing kinda hard and really raining ice ... by night time mommy knew she would have a snow day so I got to spend another whole day with her and daddy ... we had a fire going in the fireplace and I crawled all over the place ... I am getting much faster now ...

I didn't want to take a nap at all on Wednesday but when I finally laid down at 1 I fell fast asleep ... mommy and daddy were impressed with how quiet I was ... at 3 Daddy deceided to go wake me up to give me a bottle ... when he went in my room he was shocked and called mommy in ... my crib and myself was covered with throw-up ... and I hadn't made a peep ... they were so upset and felt so bad ... daddy gave me a bath while mommy cleaned it all up and called the doctor ... they were closed because of all the ice so she was waiting for them to call her back ...

I still acted hungry so mommy gave me a bottle ... I played with it more than I drank out of it ... and not 5 minutes later I threw it all up ... all over mommy and daddy ... we all changed clothes and mommy gave me some pedialyte ... she thought I was liking that better than my milk and I drank a whole bunch of it ... I love the cold grape taste ... well not even another 5 minutes I threw all that up and the doctor still hadn't called ...

so we all changed clothes again and headed for the Emergency Room ... at our hospital they have an infant emergency room so they took me back right away ... even though I hadn't had a fever at home by the time we got there it was 102 degrees ... the doctor said it was good they brought me in ... I had rotavirus and kids get dehydrated from it fast ... they gave me something to settle my stomach and motrin for my headache and I started feeling better right away ... which made mommy and daddy feel better ...

we went home and I drank pedialyte ... and I tried to go to sleep but I just didn't feel good ... so mommy sat up with me all night long ... I eventually fell asleep in her arms ... but she sat with me until it was time for her to go to work so I curled up in bed with daddy and slept for a while ...

I was feeling a bit better by the afternoon and after hanging out with daddy all day I curled up with mommy ... we were both so tired that we fell asleep and I slept ... daddy got up with me once during the night for a little while so I could have something to drink and take some medicine for my fever ... then I went back to bed ... I slept till 10:30 in the morning ... and when mommy got home from work daddy told her I seemed much better ...

but I started feeling bad again and spent most of the evening crying and really fussy on Friday ...

Week Thirty-Nine

Mommy started feeling like she had a cold on Saturday afternoon ... so we hung around the house ... Daddy built fires in the fireplace all weekend and I practiced crawling around ...

Sunday night Mommy and I went over to Grandmommy and Granddaddy's house ... they got back from a 2 week Panama Canal cruise and missed me a whole bunch ... of course grandmommy held me the whole time we were there ...

Mommy and Daddy decided to keep me home from school for the week ... I got to hang out with Daddy everyday ... it was great ... we watched Little Einsteins ... practiced standing up at my music table ... took naps together ... I love when I get to stay home with Daddy ...

On Monday mommy was still pretty upset that it took her so long to get to me when there was a problem so she called a school near her work ... it is only 5 minutes away and they told her to come on over for a tour ... well she liked it so much and they had an opening that she signed me up ... it is smaller than where I go now which is good ... only 12 kids in the infant rooms instead of 30 so they are hoping that helps in me not getting sick as often ... and the director is so very nice ... I am going to start there on Monday February 26th ... and I will get to ride to and from work with Mommy everyday ... we will get to spend so much more time together because I won't take her 2 hours to pick me up and get home anymore ...

So next week will be my last week at the school ... Mommy called and let them know ... my teachers will be sad I am sure because they love me so much and are so good to me ... and so are my friends ... but I'll make new friends and I'd never trade getting to spend more time with mommy ...

Week Thirty-Eight

The zoo was awesome ... we went on Saturday afternoon ... I had the best time ... I saw some elephants and panda bears ... a whole bunch of beautiful cranes ... otters and sea lions ... some Mexican wolves ... a lot of animals weren't out because it is winter time but mommy and daddy became FONZ (Friends of the National Zoo) and said (weather permitting) we are going to go at least once a month ... I didn't even nap the whole time we were there ... it is a great place and the weather was really nice the whole day ...

Monday and Tuesday I went to school and played with all my friends ... but I was so excited because I got to stay home with Daddy on Wednesday ... it was supposed to snow really hard and daddy was going to be home so he wanted to hang out with me ... I also went to see the ENT on Wednesday morning ... he said my ears still had fluid but weren't infected ... he said one was looking a bit better but the other had no change ... so they are all keeping an eye on me for the next month to see how it goes ... of course it didn't snow on Wednesday, mommy said there were about 4 flakes of snow ... but I did get to play with daddy all day ...

On Thursday I got to stay home with daddy again ... mommy forgot about an appointment she had scheduled for daddy and since grandmommy was still out of town I got to go with daddy to a job ... the perfect little angel that I usually am disappeared and I screamed the whole time we were there ... the customer said he didn't mind but I know daddy did ... he called mommy from the car as we were leaving and said I wasn't going to come with him to another job until I was maybe 22 ... I am sure he will change his mind in the future but for right now I don't blame him ...

Friday the school called mommy and said I woke up with the left side of my face all puffy and red and my eye red and swollen and watering ... she left work immediately but it still took her an hour and a half to get there (of course it started snowing on her way - 2 days later than it was supposed to) ... she was really upset that it took her so long ... by the time she got there my face wasn't red and puffy anymore and my eye looked a lot better ... but she took me by the nighttime doctor anyway ... we had fun hanging out and waiting for the doctor ... but mommy didn't believe anything she said ... she said I had pink eye which mommy didn't think was right ... and that I had double ear infections ... even though mommy told her I had just seen the ENT and he said there was fluid but not infected ... besides I was in too good of a mood and had no fever to have ear infections so mommy followed her instincts ... she didn't give me either of the medicines the doctor perscribed and woke up this morning and made a Saturday appointment to see one of my doctors ...

And woohoo for mommy she was right ... the doc said I didn't have pink eye and that yes there was fluid in my ears but it wasn't infected ... mommy has good instincts ...

Mommy did notice on Friday night that my two bottom teeth have started to poke through the surface ... can't really see them yet but you sure can feel them :)