We Are Healthy and Happy!

Well, we have had a great couple of weeks with James not being sick! First we went up to Syracuse to visit with the grandparents and to go to a Hamilton rowing race. James loved seeing his grandparents! He also had fun at the Hamilton rowing race and enjoyed seeing Tricia, Justin, Steven, Adam, Alexis, Mrs. Houlihan and Mr. Houlihan and of course Hudson (James loves dogs!).

(James and Cameron at Pear Tree Point)

Next, we were off to Connecticut. James had a lot of fun visiting with Cameron and Aurora at the beach. It was so much fun seeing the babies first reaction to sand and the beach! They all had fun together, but after a long walk they were all in need of food, naps, and downtime. Hopefully as they get a little older they will have more fun together!

James also had fun with seeing his Gigi and Gramps and playing with them! Aunt Molly did a great job with him on Saturday going for walks and playing at the Park which he loved. He also enjoyed finely meeting Sarah Taylor! James was flirting up a storm with all of the girls. Even more, Saturday night was the first night since James got really sick that he actually slept through the night! It was very exciting for all of us!


James is also still enjoying solids and has even started chewing on bananas, apples, rice crackers and whatever else he can get into his mouth. We put him in his high chair and he really loves it! He loves that he can pick up food off the tray and he loves slamming his toys down on it too!

The Perfect Storm and Happy Easter

Last week presented another hard week for us. James went to the Doctors on Monday for his last shot of antibiotics. Only by the time we got there he had a fever and was presenting with some GI issues. The Doctor did some tests and confirmed that his white blood cell count was high so we were to see him on Tuesday if the fever did not go down. Tuesday presented even worse. The baby had 103 fever and was not eating. Off we went to Children's Hospital for some further testing. Luckily after all of the testing we were pretty certain that he only had a GI virus. So on top of ear infections, James was teething and has a GI virus. Fortunately, Thursday night his fever finally broke and by Friday he began eating again -- yeah to no longer feeding the baby with a syringe!

(Easter Sunday!)

After our long week of no sleep and dealing with a very cranky baby we ventured down to Connecticut for the Easter Weekend. Of course, James was still not himself -- still not sleeping, but we had a good weekend and James actually cut his First TOOTH! Its officially in. We were very excited. James had a lot of fun meeting his aunts and uncles and cousins too! Aunt Jan and Uncle Chris did a wonderful job pulling the whole family together for an Easter celebration. James also had fun seeing his grandparents and enjoyed taking walks by the water! James even did well at church, ultimately falling asleep during the sermon!

Now we are healthy, eating and on the mend. James is even beginning to sleep through the night again. Last night he slept from 7:45pm to 5:45pm with only a couple of peeps for his binki! Hopefully he will be back sleeping through the night by the end of the week!

A Hard Couple of Weeks

(James asleep crossed legged in his crib, trying to lean against the missing bumper -- the bumber was in the wash bc he had vomitted all over it and his bed -- he missed being able to snuggle! But was so exhausted that he did sleep a little!)

Well its been a trying couple of weeks. James had ear infection #3 a little over two weeks ago and was put on a strong antibiotic. He seemed to be doing better and a week after starting the medication he was on the mend. We had his six month check-up and found out that James is now 17 pounds 3 ounces (48th percentile)and 27 1/2 ounces (95th percentile)! The doctor was certainly pleased that James is finally starting to gain weight and is ahead of his developmental goals. Even better James' ears were starting to clear up!

We had to lower James' crib over the last two weeks because James can now pull himself up and we found him pulling himself over his aquarium! Scary to think of him falling out.

We had a pretty good week this week until Wed. night and when we went back to the Dr. on Friday we found out that James' ear infection was back. Now James has to have 2 shots in his legs for three days. Hopefully this antibiotic works -- we are keeping our fingers crossed. Because, if he doesn't he will need to go see the ENT :( . On top of all this poor James is teething, the tooth is almost completely broken. Hopefully once the tooth comes in we will get some sleep and poor baby James will start eating, smiling and sleeping again!

On a positive note, James through all of this is developmentally doing well. He is pulling up and even "army" crawling, pulling himself around the room. Its very amazing how fast he can get around the room by rolling and pulling himself. He also loves this toy that a colleague of mine handed down to us. Amazingly at six months old he loves to close the pop ups. He is fascinated with the "rubber ducky" song!