Halloween Night

Not much to be said. Alex had fun driving in his little car. We did our neighborhood and after many many houses with their lights out we packed up and drove to another subdivision. That subdivision was packed but this time Alex did not want to be in his little car. He cried and screamed so we did 4 houses and came back home. I have very few pictures but it's a night I won't forget :)

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Hiatus...wow

I can't believe it's been since July that I haven't posted. I guess it's needless to say that I have been busy.

Alex has changed so much since those short months have passed. Here are some pictures. I hope to get some video up.

Halloween is tonight, so hopefully I can get Halloween pictures up too.

Alex is our mischief-maker, dare-devil. You will see evidence of that in the pictures.

New toy for Alex

Alex is getting tired of his toys. All toys for kids his age are expensive. I've been scouring craigslist for a play kitchen because I refuse to pay upwards of $75 for one. Well today I went to a garage sale and they had this kitchen http://www.step2.com/product.cfm?product_id=1283 for $5. Yes, five bucks. We saved $145!!! It just needs a few doors, Patrick cleaned it up and it's as good as new. Right now Alex tries to climb it to turn the lights on but he does play with it too.

Alex loves water

AT first he was a little scared but once he felt the water, he loved it!!!

Thanks Granny!

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some videos

don't forget about the picture link...it's after the picture of our dining set.

Finally!!!!

I suppose I could wait another 2 days and make it a full month until I post. Our new camera is broken so I don't have nearly as many pictures as I'd like.

We're in our new house now. Alex loves it, he has free reign of the kitchen, living room, hall, and his room. He loves to sneak in our room and climb straight up the computer chair to play on the computer. I will try to get more pics of the house but for right now I have pics of Alex. I'll put them on the shutterfly and give a link. Here's a video of him playing blocks.





He's helping us unpack.

Here's our new dining set and our red kitchen.


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Our (soon to be) New House

Living Room
Living Room
Kitchen and Living Room
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom

Me me me me me

That's the word of the week. Everything is "me". If he wants something, "me". If he dropped it and wants it, "me". He's also saying up, high, "I see (you)", no, Oreo (or uh ah), hello, uh oh, and eat- of course he's saying mama and dada. I think there's more but that's off the top of my head.

He is very daring, standing on top of toys, climbing into the kitchen chairs, standing in the dog bowl, anything and everything.

He has begun to pull us in the direction he wants us to go- he just pulled Patrick closer to his vacuum so he could fix it. He has been putting things in our hands or moving our hands to things he wants us to do for him.

Alex is hitting and biting (mostly me). That's not fun and it really hurts. He's very curious. When he goes to new places he explores and runs everywhere. He's a mile a minute, non-stop B-O-Y.

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Alex is dancing to Granny singing Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Forever let us hold our banners High High High High (and that's why he's raising his hands and saying Ah (high))

A busted lip

Today marks Alex's first busted lip. Daycare called me around 10am to say that Alex tripped over a toy, fell, and busted his lip. I went over there and checked on him and it looked gross- of course because it was fresh and he was sucking on it. It bled a lot they told me but he did fine. I called the doctor and they said as long as it didn't cut into the flesh he wouldn't need stitches. I'll post a pic later.

New Pictures

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We've been so busy. Almost every weekend we're across the lake looking for a new home. Alex is a handful. He KNOWS what he wants and will cry and whine RELENTLESSLY until he gets it. I suppose his parents had NOTHING to do with that gene.

Pics at Grandma's

That wonderful fever ended up being roseola. Here's the rash.

Our son is T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Today I get a note from daycare...he bit AGAIN. A kid took his toy and he bit her. Tonight when we were at home He was trying to hand me a toy, I guess I didn't do it fast enough and he bit me.

He wouldn't eat dinner....it's something he's eaten before.

He's climbing EVERYWHERE. He climbed into the bathtub last night, climbed on top of this car and fell back when it rolled, climbed on his Little People garage he got from Aunt Jen and then he fell and bit his tongue.

And, like his father, he has selective hearing. He can hear Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and "bye bye" but cannot hear "NO".

ugh...

More teeth

Maybe this will explain his extreme crankiness and clinginess. Sunday he had a slight fever and it was gone by Monday afternoon. Yesterday at his 15 month checkup while he was screaming from the doctor checking his ears and throat I saw the tooth coming in. It's the bottom right to the main first 2 teeth. So now he has 8 teeth, which he uses to bite me.

Click here and see the #4 teeth. Now he has 1, 2, 3, 4.

Pictures

Click here for 45 new pictures. Since we've been at Grandma's we've been busy. I have finally uploaded the pictures we've taken in the past month.

New things

Alex is getting really smart!!

Zoo videos

First taste of snowball

Alex tried his first chocolate and mango (not mixed, two different ones) snowballs tonight. He LOVED them. Now he's pretending to feed himself and Oreo with my cup and spoon.

We went to the zoo today and I have some pictures and when I finally get around to uploading them I'll put them up.

Agh, the F word

FEVER

Alex has had fever since Sunday night. He woke up from a nap with 103.5 fever, last night it got to 104.1, he's had so many baths and cool rags on him. He was a limp noodle yesterday. Today he finally perked up, and of course that was after Patrick took him to the doctor. The doctor said he wouldn't be surprised if he had roseola. However, the fever broke and we didn't see spots (*fingers crossed*).

Tonight he ate the most he's eaten in several days. He had rice and pork chops. He drank G2 Gatorade because he drinks more of that than milk and water.

and some more video

Alex's favorite game


Feed the Deedee (puppy)

This is a monumental post

It is my 200th post AND Alex read out loud today!



And here's Alex's new bathtub trick.

Updates

It's been a while. Moving is so hectic. We're still not all the way out. We have about 5 things left. We had to rent another storage unit because the one we got just wasn't big enough. I'm sure there are some things we'll throw out :)

Alex has been tickling Oreo. He calls Oreo Deedee which we think is puppy. He tickles him too. He says dooka dooka for tickle tickle, it's the cutest!!

He's started searching for belly buttons so if you're close enough he'll lift your shirt, pinch your fat, and jam his finger in your belly button.

There's so much, but I have to upload the pics and video. We've been so busy it's undescribable.

a new trick

Today Alex learned to climb on the couch. Gone are the days I can leave him alone while I get ready for work. I have video, it's uploading...

Granny bought him a Handy Manny lawn chair and he climbs up that and stands.

We moved

We're out of our house and into Patrick's Grandma's house.

Today Patrick put up Alex's slide that he got for his birthday. He had tons of fun. He used the slide to go up and down. When we brought him to the ladder he tried to run back around to the slide.

I don't have pictures yet but it's so cute!

Well, gotta go move more stuff now. The closing is set for the 27th so soon we'll be completely out of the old house.

The cutest

Alex has been doing many things lately.

Tonight he opened his mouth for a Nilla Wafer and his noonie came tumbling out of his mouth and he said, "Uh oh".

When Patrick or I make a goat sound, he does it....so cute!

Tonight he was fussy to get to bed. Patrick was holding him, I made a bottle. Alex usually spits out his noonie for a bottle. When I held the bottle up, he put the noonie in Patrick's mouth and took the bottle.

A whirlwind of a weekend

Saturday was Stephanie's bachelorette party. Granny watched Alex. Mommy was soooo tired. We picked up Alex around noon. He had a diarrhea diaper. Then, he had one while we were there. He's had 3 since we were home in about 2 hours.

So, he has a virus...yay :( Alex gets everything. So on top of the breathing difficulties and coughing we have diarrhea after every meal and every bottle.

If anyone wants to babysit so Patrick and I can make money, let me know :)

....and we have black eye #2

Alex was playing basketball with me. He was trying to turn around to share his ball. He lost balance and hit the bottom side of a toy. He broke the skin under his right eye and it's bleeding very slightly and turned blue within a matter of seconds.

Boys...

So that's what it's like to sleep a full night

For the last 3 weeks, Alex has woken up several times a night. Tuesday night he woke up no fewer than 12 times due to coughing. His cough was so bad it was as if he could have vomited. Last week I called the doctor and they said it was post nasal drip, just give him zyrtec, elevate his bed, and put on the humidifier. A few days later we went to the doctor because Alex's sternum was protruding. Then, the doctor said again that it was post nasal drip.

After Tuesday night's wakings I brought him to the dr the next day. The doctor (a different one) said he was wheezing and his coughing was due to bronchiolitis. Now he's on a nebulizer with albuterol and a "p" medicine whose name escapes me.

After 3 breathing treatments and one steroid treatment, Alex almost slept the whole night. Waking up once is just as good as waking none.

The doctor won't say if it's asthma, but my friend's son is asthmatic and she said her son started the exact same way.

So anyway, that's what's happening now.

Alex's First Mardi Gras

I guess saying that this is First Mardi Gras is wrong, because he was about 6 weeks last Mardi Gras. However, we did not go to any parades. So technically it's his Second Mardi Gras, but first in attendance.

I wish I had pictures to share, but my husband took NONE. He sat back in a chair and took no pictures. I may be a little bitter.

Alex was so cute!! He started throwing beads and stuffed animals from his ladder seat. (I'm pretty sure I asked the husband to take video of this cute event, alas, there are no videos either.) If no one was paying attention to Alex, he'd scream to get someone's attention, then throw stuff down. It was the cutest thing.

For now, I'll just wait for Granny to send us some pictures because I know she took some.

Some firsts

Hop on over to http://babynoble1.shutterfly.com/ to see the new picture blog.

I'll still post video and notes/commentary here.

Last 2 nights at dinner

pony ride FAIL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMlGnNDwk_Y

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Our day at the zoo

Zoo pictures

teething hell

As I type this, American Idol is paused, Patrick is trying to calm Alex, and I have a headache.

Alex is teething, and it's not a pretty scene.

I picked him up from daycare today and he was drooling like crazy. When we got home, he had a 102.4 fever, so we gave him Motrin. He wouldn't eat much dinner and was soooo fussy. Patrick tried putting him to bed but he just screamed. I tried, he just screamed. Since about 6:45 he's been crying, drooling, snotting, etc. He's putting his noonie in the back of his mouth and gnawing on it. I gave him teething tablets...still fussing. We called the pharmacy to see if we could give him some rx pain meds from his tubes surgery, they said "YES!!" So now we're waiting impatiently for the medicine to start working.

I think this will be a very very very long night.

Happy Birthday my little man!!!

So today we took One Year Old pictures at City Park. My co-worker, Jenny, took them for us. Thanks Jenny....It was so hard to choose. I'm buying 29 different pictures.

Oh, and make sure you have time before clicking the link, there's 159 pictures!
Click Here for Alex's One Year Old Pictures

Happy New Year everyone!

1st Birthday Party

We had our family birthday party this Sunday. Here are some pictures.

Much better today

Granny kept Alex last night and Patrick and I got some much needed, continuous sleep. He had no fever all day today, although he was still fussy but he's cutting teeth, so I venture to say that's why he's being a pain.

At least I had off of work and was able to stay home with sick boy.

So, we went to the doctor

Alex was given a baby decongestant. The dr thinks that he may have had a virus b/c the antibiotics should have worked by now and he shouldn't have had fever for 4 days on the amoxil. Since he still has massive snot and mucus she said to do the decongestant and hopefully things will start to clear up.

Last night Alex threw up 3 times due to choking on mucus. He finally cleared up after sitting in the bathroom with hot steam for 15 minutes. Patrick and I took shifts sleeping this a.m. because we were basically up from 1am-5am. He also ran to the drugstore at 3am for some vicks to put in the humidifier.

*Here's hoping tonight is better.*

Misery Christmas

Alex is not better. He's pretty much had fever all day except between 4:15am and 10:30am. His cough sounds disgusting, he's been whiny, crabby, clingy, and more.

Tonight when I tried to put him to bed (an hour early because he was so tired) he threw up all over me. Now, two hours later Patrick's trying to feed him and he sounds like he'll throw up again.

Tomorrow morning can't come soon enough. Alex is miserable, Patrick and I are both exhausted. I'm making a dr. appt first thing in the am and I really really hope Alex isn't super sick.

I wish I could take his place right now.

Our sick boy

In addition to the eye boo boo, Alex now has an Upper Respiratory Infection, a horrible juicy cough, and thrush. Today he had a fever of 103. He was so down in the dumps, miserable, whiny. Hopefully Christmas Day will be better for us.

1st attempt at saying his name

For a few weeks he's been saying "at". We thought he was saying cat. Now, I think it's his name.

Alex's first black eye

Today, Alex was walking (trying to walk) and when he gets to his destination he gets really excited and he rushes. Well he rushed into the edge of our computer desk. I assume he'll have a black eye for his first Christmas and Birthday.

You can see the spot on his nose but look at his eyebrow and right under his eye.

Peek A Boo

New Pics

Today we went to a gymnastics gym for a birthday party. Alex had tons of fun. He played with Kylee and gave her kisses...yes, Kenny, your daughter started it.

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We've reached a milestone!

Right before I took this he took 3 steps toward the tub. Then I ran out of the bathroom to get the camera for video. 11 months and 6 days he steps on his own.

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Our funny boy

We tell many people that we can just sit back and watch Alex entertain us. This is what he did tonight.

Santa Video

In case some of you were wondering why we chose this pose, here's the video that goes along with the photoshoot. After I turned off the camera I told the camera man to take one with Santa looking at him because it didn't seem like he'd smile.

Santa Picture

Thanksgiving

Alex shares

dang blasted ear infections

On Thursday, the daycare lady said he was pulling at his ear all day. On the way home I noticed he was holding his ear. So I made an appt for Friday am. Patrick brought him and the DR said it was teething.

So last night, Alex woke up at 1230 and 430 and was just weird. It wasn't the normal wake up in the middle of the night. Then he got up again at 630 and was fussy and inconsolable and fidgety. So we're sitting on the couch watching Blues Clues and I see drainage coming out of his ears. Both ears.

How can a daycare worker and parent know he has an ear infection but a dr can't see it then the next day it's so bad it's draining?

I'm so mad....another copay.

Bathtime Fun

Starting to Walk

We're Home

We left this morning at 5:30. Alex was taken in at 7:30 and we were with him in recovery by 8:00. After he woke up he was cranky cranky. He was starving. The last bottle he had was at 1am and I woke him up for that one.

We spent about an hour trying to make Alex comfortable. He was flopping and flailing everywhere, screaming and just miserable. Nothing we did made him happy, except for when he played with Patrick's Sunglasses or the wire for the nurse call button. Finally we got the all clear to give him a bottle and then we had a much happier little boy. Now he's playing like normal and seems totally fine.

Surgery Tomorrow

Alex is getting tubes put in his ears tomorrow. He has had an ear infection for a month and a half. The hospital is supposed to call today and let us know what time it's scheduled for.

Happy Halloween

We did not Trick or Treat. Alex was in bed by 7. Plus, with him being sick I really didn't want to bring him out in the night air and cold.





Here is Alex's new favorite thing to do.

Thank goodness for ear drops and tylenol

Last night was so much better. He was up from 1-3 but it wasn't crying. He had a bottle then laid on my chest for about a half hour. I could not fall asleep or get comfortable so Patrick took over. He came to bed around 3 or 3:30.

I don't know what helped ease the pain but he's on a new antibiotic, some numbing eardrops and tylenol. We will be using that every night...:)

I got more sleep when Alex was newborn

Sunday night Alex was having breathing issues. Monday night he was up every hour from 8:30pm-6am. It was pure misery. Patrick was at work so I got to do all the fun stuff by myself. At 9pm he woke up screaming, I put him back to sleep. At 10:30pm same thing. About 10 minutes later, he was screaming again. I thought he was cold so I changed his PJ's. 10 minutes after I got him to sleep he was screaming again. Now it's about 11pm, he wakes up again. Now he's inconsolable, screaming, flailing, spitting, snotting, crying....it was really bad. At this point I'm walking around the house to calm him. I end up on the couch where he finally relaxes. We fall asleep. He's on my chest.

Patrick gets home from work at Midnight, offers to take care of him but I figured, no, Alex is settled, I don't want to wake him. Well, he still woke up every hour, still screaming, etc. Finally it was morning. I heard my alarm clock and got up. As soon as I moved off the couch, Alex's eyes popped open. I put him in his crib to play then as I got ready, Patrick took care of him.

I brought him to daycare and everything was fine.

Flash Forward to Tuesday night. Same thing except he started the waking later in the night 1:30am until about 3:10am he cried. He took a bottle from Patrick but afterwards, cried. We tried gas medicine, he spit it out. We tried tylenol, he spit it out (oh, I did gas medicine on Monday night and I thought it worked). He didn't want anything. At about 3am after listening to all the crying, I called the after hours number for the doctor. Of course, that was the cure for crying. I should have called the number at 2am. They called back and said to make an appt in the am. Well, at 4:30ish Alex was up again. I can't remember the details but I know at 5ish he ended up in the bed with us. At 5:30 he fell asleep. At 6 my alarm went off. At 6:30 I woke up and so did Alex....I woke up because Alex started to cry again. Expecting to get ready for the day, I take him out to change his diaper and he's burning up with fever. Since daycare won't accept them with fever I had to take off work. I took him to the dr and they said he has an upper respiratory infection, severe ear infection, and bronchiolitis (wheezing). He slept most of the day. He's totally not himself. He's lethargic and just pretty much staying in one place (TOTALLY NOT NORMAL FOR ALEX). After his nap I took his temp. It's 102.6. So, now I'm just waiting....

I suppose I'll be up again tonight. The dr gave us ear drops that should help with the pain and he's on a stronger antibiotic for the infection.

On a side note, on Wednesday, 11/5, Alex should be getting tubes in his ears. He's had an ear infection since 9/15. This is his 4th round of antibiotics. If Alex is still sick the surgery may be postponed.

Little Piggy

It seems like Alex is starting to not want jarred baby food. He had grits today for lunch (because I forgot about them at breakfast time) and for dinner I tried to give him jarred vegetable beef. He had about 3 bites then started doing raspberries. So I switched to corn and sweet potatoes which he loves and he only had a few bites of that. Then I decided to see if he would eat a waffle. He almost ate an entire waffle- of course it was plain.

Now I'm going to have to start actually planning and cooking.