235 Days Old…January 28, 2012

My 5 days project completely slipped by me yesterday because of our adventure in the hospital over the past few days. Luckily I had taken a picture of Jackson and Anderson in the crib before we got discharged.

If you didn’t know, Anderson was admitted to the hospital on Thursday for dehydration due to a viral infection. He had started running a fever and was vomiting on Wednesday night, and by Thursday at lunchtime we were sitting in a hospital room waiting for an iv to be inserted. He was so dehydrated that his veins were collapsing and they couldn’t get the iv in and running. It took 3 tries, and during that time he didn’t even have enough fluid in him to make tears. It was probably the most pitiful thing I have seen as a parent, and it was so hard seeing him that sick. He was sick Friday, and Friday night the nurse was concerned with some swelling in his iv port on his foot. They tried to put another iv in, but his veins were rolling and after another 3 tries they gave up on the iv. The doctor decided to wait until Saturday morning to do blood work and see if he was he was better. By Saturday we got the word that he was well enough to come home. I won’t say that he is nearly back to normal; at times we were doing good to get 1/4 ounce of formula in him, but hopefully within a few days he’ll be back to his sweet self. He is spoiled rotten right now from 2 days in the hospital being held just about constantly, but we’re not going to worry about that right now! He’s had it so rough for the past few days that he can get all the cuddle time he needs.

That’s it for today. I’ll be back in 5 more days, hopefully with news that Anderson is 100% better!

230 Days Old…January 23, 2012

Before and after eating a sweet potato puff! Anderson loves his baby food, but he’s not a big fan of anything solid yet. He eats a little bit, but we just love the faces he makes as he is doing it. Tonight in the bathtub Anderson started showing us the sweetest little smirk when we were talking to him. He was cutting his eyes from Jeremy to me and back to Jeremy again and we were loving his sweet little face. I think he knew it from our laughter!

That’s it for tonight. I gotta get the munchkin to bed. See y’all in 5 more days!

225 Days Old…January 18, 2012

Anderson finally got the all clear from his doctor for his ears. We’re still battling a cough, but we’re finally able to treat it with Mucinex cough. That,  in addition to the Zyrtec he is on means that he’s been pretty tired lately. He even fell asleep in the middle of his baby food at school today. Hopefully he’ll be back to normal in a few days.

He’s modeling his new outfit in his picture today. I know I’m biased, but he’s one cute kiddo! See you in 5 more days.

220 Days Old…January 13, 2012

Anderson came home from school today with a mohawk. You can see it in the pictures that Jackson took of us. He was having a great time playing with our camera, and he got Anderson laughing so hard with his antics. Anderson laughed so hard that he fell asleep as soon as he got into his exersaucer!

Being a baby is tough work!!!

215 Days Old…January 8, 2012

Today you went  to church and then spent the afternoon at Nana’s house so your big brother could go to a birthday party. All reports I got said that you were an angel like always!

We took your 7 month pictures yesterday and you did so good! You’ve been busy laughing at Jackson since you got home and it’s only a matter of time before the two of you are wrestling like crazy. I better hang on!!

See y’all in 5 more days!

7 Months Old!!!

Happy 7 month birthday Anderson! Even though it’s January we took your 7 month pictures  outside because the weather has been so warm. You thoroughly enjoyed yourself and tried your hardest to get handfuls of grass every chance you could. The best part was watching you and Jackson play in the backyard. You were loving it when he was blowing bubbles and thought him swinging on the swing set was hilarious.

At 7  months old you weigh over 18 pounds and are very tall and skinny. You eat a jar of baby food for breakfast, 2 at lunch and 2 at dinner, in addition to 5 bottles a day. You had yogurt for the first time a few days ago and loved it. We’re still waiting for your first tooth to come through; it seems as though you’ve been teething for 4 months now and so far all we have to show for it is a bunch of drool!

You are trying so hard to get on your knees and scoot, especially when Jackson is playing and you want to check out his toys. I don’t think it will be long and you will be pulling up. You love to stand up on the edge of the couch and show off. It’s all fun and games until you get tired and fall down!

We’re still waiting for you to sleep past 3:00 in the morning, but we know that you will sleep through the night soon enough. You’ve blessed us so much with your  sweet laid back spirit that we’ll take a few hours less of sleep in exchange for your amazingly easy personality. We love you to the moon and back little man!

210 Days Old...January 3, 2012

I can't believe we are 5 months away from Anderson's birthday! Time is flying by! Our sweet little guy will be 7 months old on January 7th. He's had a rough few days with his ears. The antibiotic shot seemed to help his ears, but gave him a nasty case of thrush. We've been treating it for a few days now, and it's better, but I'm hoping that he won't have the same reaction to antibiotics in the future. He's been a trooper though. He's rolling all over the place now and trying so hard to pull up. I'm gonna have to watch him like a hawk since he seems bound and determined to get moving. His big brother Jackson was walking by 8 1/2 months old, and it seems as though Anderson is going to try the same thing.

That's all for today. I'll be back on Saturday with his 7 month candid shots. Have a great day!