A week of firsts...

Figuring out my rings might make a nice flotation device...

Mommy waking up before Daddy and Mikey...

Eating a teething biscuit and making a GINORMOUS mess...

Meeting my Great Grandma D. for the 1st time (a silly snow storm ruined the 1st plans for a visit in December). Aunt Sue and Uncle Harvey were here too but Mommy didn't get a picture with her camera. Mikey loved them and hopes to see them again soon!

Eating my first veggie puff and not liking it - can you find the veggie puff in this picture?

Drinking from a sippie cup...

And last but not least, pulling myself up! Right now Mikey can make it up to his knees, then he usual falls over or Mommy scoops him up because the little dare devil is scaring her to death!

Weekend fun

This weekend was full of visits from grandparents. Saturday we had a visit from Grandpa Dan and Grandma Kathy and on Sunday Grandma Sheri came over. It was an extra special weekend because today is Grandma Kathy's birthday...Happy Birthday Grandma! Mikey had lots of fun! At the very end is a video of Mikey scooting across the floor. I just realized our camera can do this so I have been trying all week to get some video. Hopefully next time it will be a little more exciting, but you can see how quickly he moves around. Tonight he crawled for just a little bit on his knees, so it shouldn't be long before he is doing that instead of the scooting. Enjoy, hope everyone had a good weekend!

Yeah Panthers!

Having a bottle with Grandpa...and pretty much holding it all on my own.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

By request...

Ok, so I know its been a while since the last post. Mommy's friend Alisa put in a very polite request for some more pictures. So here are the pictures...

We have an appointment with the ENT tomorrow for a checkup on Mikey's tubes. Hopefully all is well, but we are little worried as Mikey has another cold and has been a bit cranky lately...I'll post more tomorrow(or within the next week). :-)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

So much has happened since our last post! First and foremost, Mikey had tubes put in his ears on the 13Th. We were up bright and early that day because we had to be there by 6am. But its such a quick surgery we were home by 8am! Mikey did so well, he was his usual happy self shortly after we got home. Grandma C. came down to help out that day and we even managed to get some shopping in! That very same day Mikey started army crawling and he hasn't stopped since. Once he spots something he wants he just scoots right over to it...time to start baby proofing the house! Today we had his 6 month appointment - Mikey weighs 17lbs 6oz(50%) and is 27 1/4 inches(80%). Mommy can hardly believe it, our little boy is growing so fast, sniff sniff :-( Each day we grow to love this little man more and more. Every day is new and exciting and we can't wait for what the next day will bring!

The day of the surgery and my ears are already feeling better.

Working on the army crawl...must have learned that from daddy :-)

We had to put drops in Mikey's ears after he got tubes...I don't think he liked them. He fell asleep like this after we put them in.

My new favorite toy...the remote.

Sound asleep after the doctor's visit today.

Mommy wishes she could wake up this happy all of the time!

This tag keeps me occupied for minutes at at time.

That's all folks!

ENT update...

Just a quick update...Mikey and I went to the ENT on Wednesday. As we suspected the doctor recommended Mikey have tubes put in his ears. The fluid in his ears is causing him to have multiple ear infections and also not allowing him to hear everything he should be hearing. Which is not good for development at this age. So our little man will be having the surgery done next Thursday. It sounds like it will be pretty quick and should give the little guy some relief right away. We are very excited our little man will be feeling better soon!

Ear infections, pink eye and maybe...teefers???

So I'm starting to feel like I post the same thing every time. But this winter has not been good to us! Last week we went back to the doctor, again. Mikey had a double ear infection, again. Now I really do like our Pediatrician, but do we really need to visit her every other week? Last week we had the pleasure of going 3 times, yep I said 3 times. Since Mikey has already been on 4 antibiotics Doc decided to go another route...shots! Poor little guy had 3 of them. Needless to say we scheduled an appointment with the ENT. We go on Wednesday to see what he has to say. All week Mikey has been drooling like crazy, chewing on everything in sight and just a bit on the fussy side...we think he might be teething but we're not too sure as nothing has sprouted just yet. And to end our week we were told that another baby at daycare had pink eye...mommy's first thought-"well it has been a whole week since we have been to the doctor." Sure enough Mikey woke up this morning with pink eye. Lucky for us we called in and they were able to prescribe something for him without a visit to the doctor! On a positive note, Mikey started on cereal this week and seems to be doing really well with it. I think he just likes eating dinner with mommy and daddy. He has also been blowing bubbles/raspberries all week long, I'm pretty sure he knows it makes mommy and daddy smile :-) And last but not least, Mikey would like to wish his Great Grandma Dunagan a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Really mom, you need a picture of this?

Mmm, doesn't taste too bad.

Just a little bit on my face, not too bad for my first time!

OK, I've got one sock off now what should I do with my foot?

Oh yeah, put it in my mouth...good stuff :-)

3 visits to the doctor, 2 antibiotics and many sleepless nights...

Well just 5 short days after Mikey's 4 month appointment we were back to see the pediatrician. Mikey had a pretty bad cough that sounded similar to the one he had with the bronchiolitis. So not taking any chances Mommy took him to see the doctor only to find out his cough sounded good, but that Mikey had a double ear infection...so we received antibiotic number one. Roughly a week later daycare called to say Mikey just wasn't himself and not eating. At doctor visit number two we found out Mikey still had an ear infection in one ear...which led to antibiotic number two. The 3rd and hopefully final visit to the doctor was just a recheck for Mikey's ears. At that time the doctor said everything looked good. We have asked about tubes several times and they think Mikey is still too young for them, as does Mommy! So everyone keep your fingers crossed we can make it through this winter:-) Its almost over right? Ok so I know its been a long time since the last post but hopefully here are enough pictures to make up for it...

Mikey working on sitting up while Daddy perfects lying on the couch.

Daddy's boy!

Mikey pretty much rolls straight to his belly now. This is him "flying" while doing tummy time.

One morning I could hear some strange sounds coming from Mikey's room. I peeked in only to catch him turning on his Ocean Wonders Aquarium off and on with his feet. What a little genius!

Opps! You caught me!

Mikey is always grabbing his feet now-mostly at diaper changes. Tonight he managed to get a foot in his mouth, yummy!

Here is the excersaucer we got for Mikey. He loves this thing-his seat spins around so he can see all the toys. Mommy enjoys watching him as much as he loves playing in it.

And it tastes just as good as the walker did :-)