We're Tired...

Well, what can I say? Our sweet baby son always has something new in store for us. Let me describe our week and then share with you today. After taking 4 days to recover from the stomach virus, we make it to Birmingham to visit with Jeff's family for Thanksgiving. It was great to see everyone and it was also very great to be able to go to the game Saturday and visit with some of my college friends and watch the Tide dominate. Thanks again to Aunt Laloy and Denise for keeping Lake.

We get back to the hotel Saturday night after the game, Lake is asleep and all is well. Then, about 12a.m., Lake wakes up crying. Think something just disturbed his sleep, but since we were right by him, there was no getting him to go back to sleep with us in the same room. We tried letting him sleeping in the bed. He would snuggle against me or Jeff...for about 5 minutes. Then he started playing and laughing. Not fun for Mommy and Daddy who are exhausted! Finally, we decide about 1:30 that we are just going to pack up and drive on home. Oh, and now that I can see with the light on, I can tell Lake is getting pink eye...that sinus infection did come like I predicted.

We get home and pray that Lake will sleep a few hours at least. He did, but only two. The poor baby's eyes were so yucky I decided to take him to the urgent care to get meds. I didn't want to wait another day for him to start to feel better. So I let Jeff sleep and go take him and get the medicines. Now, we will try to relax the rest of the day.

But wait, there's more. Lake wakes up from his nap and can't walk on his left leg!! Doesn't seem to hurt, no signs of injury, nothing. What in the world is going on? We watch for a while and then after a few hours decide to call on the on-call nurse to be safe. Of course, they are concerned with no obvious signs that it needs to be checked and we confirm with the pediatrician when she calls. So, BACK to the urgent care place!!

Ok, so over a period of two hours (past Lake's bedtime), Lake has to get x-rays of his leg (he absolutely hated and I could hear him crying - Jeff was with him) and blood drawn (like a big person through the arm!) to rule things out. This could be either inflammation due to cold/sinus (which apparantly is common) or an infection (either minor or a serious type). The doctor said they have to be really careful with this type of thing because of the possibility of a serious infection. Anyway, Lake started to actually begin to take steps on that leg again by the end so we are feeling pretty confident he's going to be fine. The initial tests and x-rays were clear and we are just waiting for the final one tomorrow.

So, like I said, we are tired! and so is my poor baby with all that he had to go through!

Recovering

I think we are finally turning a corner. My stomach has at least stopped hurting although I can only eat a few crackers at this point. Jeff seems to be almost back to normal. Lake is fine for the most part, but I think he may be getting another sinus infection. We'll have to watch it over the holidays and hope it doesn't turn into one!

I'm really hoping I'm well enough to enjoy food tomorrow!! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Attack of the Stomach Virus!

Uggghh, is about all I can say. I don't know if we got the more violent, adult version of what Lake had or not, but Jeff started getting sick Sunday night and up all night. I proceeded to wake up Monday with it about 5 and felt like I was barely alive by night! Jeff is finally feeling better today, but I'm still pretty weak, dehydrated, and still haven't eaten since Sunday. Cross your fingers I'm better soon and hopefully Lake doesn't get it if it turns out it's not what he had originally! We want to all be well for Thanksgiving!

Shake It!

A little fun on Sunday morning! Lake was feeling good this morning after we ate breakfast so we decided to dance a little (to "Hey Ya" by Outkast) and play (and yes, I was in a coat because it was freezing downstairs!). Too bad he's still not fully well. He threw up again today (now once a day since Friday) and still doesn't want to eat a lot. But as you can see, seems ok for the most part.

Sick Today

Lake has been sick today. He got sick at school yesterday and then seemed fine. Then he was running a temperature this morning (maybe from his shots yesterday). We knew something was up when he fell asleep in Jeff's lap and then just wanted to be held. He felt much better after I gave him Motrin. We then met Greg (college friend), Beverly, and Guy for lunch. It was great to see them. Lake was great and smiled and played. He was very entertained by 2 and 1/2 year old Guy. He would copy pretty much everything today too. He would do "touchdown" and raise both arms, wave bye-bye and all. Go figure, any other day, he just looks at us like forget it. He is such a super sweet baby though. Do they have to grow up? I'll be so sad when all of the baby fat goes away!

15 Month Stats

Lake technically will be 15 months Sunday, but we had his check-up this morning. Here are his stats:

Height: 31"/50%
Weight: 27 lbs, 11oz/85%
Head: 19.5/75%

So he's still a chub, but he is looking skinnier to us now. He does have a nasty cold right now, but hopefully he'll be better for the holidays!

Crazy Hair

Ok, we had some crazy hair this morning and I couldn't resist pictures! I think he slept with his head against the bumper all night after his bath.

Update: Lake's getting his other molar on the right side and hopefully the last tooth for a while! He is having a hard time with getting both upper molars at the same time! Very unhappy baby right now!

Playing at the Park

After a few days of gloomy weather, we finally had a period of time where we could go outside and play on Saturday. It was really cold and windy, but we toughed it out for a few minutes.

Latest: He has ANOTHER molar coming in now. His third! They are basically coming one after another taking about a week to come in each. His 11th tooth. He's definately not too happy about this.

Halloween Costume Video

I had to take at least one video in action in the elephant suit. It makes me laugh every time!