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

Alex Videos

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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.