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.

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.

2 New Videos

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