Road Trips (12-13 weeks)

 Two weekends in a row I went on a road trip!  Last weekend we went to Grandma's house. It was my first time in the car that long and I did pretty good.  We made it to Albert Lea before I needed to eat. I wasn't real impressed with having to go back into the car seat again.  Luckily the trip from Albert Lea to Grandma's is pretty short.  I got to meet a lot of relatives!  This is Mommy's cousin Jeff's wife Amy holding me.

 This is my Great Aunt Judy and me snuggling on the couch.

 This is Daddy..of course.

 We had a great time at Uncle Steve's birthday party. The next morning we went to the fire station for a pancake breakfast.  Luckily I had a firetruck shirt to wear so I fit in really well.  I got to meet a few people there too! 

 Daddy and me and my firetruck shirt!

 We made it home with no issues.  Big sister didn't need any potty breaks and I slept the entire time. Those two are related as it seems like as long as the car is moving, I sleep.  If we stop, I wake up. 

 Big smiles at home!

 

 This weekend we went on an even longer road trip to Wisconsin.  It was my first time at a water park.  My big sister really likes water parks so I think it's important that I like them too.  I got to try out my new swimming duds.  I looked pretty adorable.

 Water park time. It was hard getting my attention. Too much to look at!

 I didn't do a lot of swimming but I did somewhat enjoy this bouncy swing thing.  I wasn't smiling but I wasn't crying so we'll call that success.  It was a little overwhelming! 

 We went to the water park with some of our good friends and stayed in a big cabin.  It worked really well and was big enough for us all.

 I was the center of attention at this moment. 

 

This was the whole crew.  From L to R  Me, Megan, Brennan, Ethan, Logan and Nolan

The trip home was fun!  We stopped in Menomonie and had lunch and got to see where Mommy went to college.  We also saw where she lived and where Uncle Steve lived when he went to that college too!  A nice trip down memory lane for Mommy.  She can't believe that she graduated ten years ago! 

I've gotten really "chatty".  This is a video of me talking.  I think I was discussing my favorite fish friends.


What else is new with me?

• Last Monday (4/15) I weighed 14.9 pounds according to Wii fit
• I slept all night (from 8:30 pm to 7:30 am) two nights in a row.  My parents were thrilled.  I haven't been able to do that since.  But most nights I wake up once.  Sometimes twice if the first time I wake up is early. 
• I am a drooling machine!  Some days I wear a bib to catch the drool so my shirt doesn't get so wet. 
• I am starting to roll to the side but not all the way over. I love just laying down on a blanket and looking around and kicking my feet. 

Part II of blog

So Mommy got most of my blogging done yesterday during nap time but was waiting for the videos to process.  Luckily she didn't finish because most of the excitement of my week happened after 6 pm.  I started having a cough on Sunday when we were leaving our water park vacation.  Mommy didn't think much of it because Megan has had an intermittent cough for about a week that never turned into anything.  No fever, no chills, no runny nose, not acting sick, etc.  Nothing!  On Monday my cough got a little worse and Mommy declared that I had a cold.  I was still in pretty good spirits and Mommy thought she'd take me into the doctor if I got any worse.  I drank my nighttime bottle and Mommy put me to bed like usual.  Once I laid down I was not a happy camper.  Usually I just fall asleep but I got irritable and started wheezing.  Daddy brought me downstairs and after I calmed down I stopped wheezing so Mommy thought I was probably ok.  We spent some time in the rocking chair and the wheezing came back so my parents decided I should go to urgent care.  This was more exciting than usual because it was snowing like crazy outside (I know!  Late April Winter Storm Warnings are ridiculous!)  Mommy braved the roads and we got to Urgent Care.  My cough and wheezing got worse and worse.  They tested me for RSV, influenza, and got a chest x-ray.  The RSV and influenza were negative but the x-ray showed I have pneumonia.  I got a nebulizing treatment and some steroid medication to help me breathe.  At one point they talked about me being transferred to the children's hospital for an overnight stay but my breathing improved with the nebulizer so I was able to go home.  The doctor said I should sleep in the same room as my parents so I got to sleep in my pack and play.  I got up at 4 am for another nebulizing treatment and some milk and slept again until 7:15.  This morning after dropping Megan off at preschool we saw my regular doctor who was pleased at how I was doing this morning.  No need for a hospital stay. He said it was good I got treatment last night as I would have ended up in the hospital otherwise.  So now I'm relaxing, taking my antibiotics, not enjoying my nebulizing treatments very much, and taking it easy. 

At the doctor I weighed 14 pounds 6 ounces.  Last night I was 14 pounds 10 ounces.  I think the 4 oz difference might be due to how heavy my diaper was last night! And I had just had 7 ounces of breast milk before getting weighed last night.  I was 24 3/4 inches long so that means I either grew nearly 3 inches in 1 month or they did a really bad job of measuring me last time.  This length makes more sense for accuracy as I'm now wearing 6 month clothing. 

So please keep me in your prayers that I recover from this icky illness quickly!  Despite feeling icky, I've still managed to be in pretty good spirits and was very smiley at my appointment this morning.  My doctor was training a new doctor and she said she wanted to steal me as a patient because I was so charming. 

Happy Easter..and the next week (10-11 weeks)

 Happy Easter everyone a week late.  Megan got to give the official Easter greeting from our family on her blog last week.  I was pretty grumpy in our family picture but Steve managed to capture a few smiles from me! 

This is me after a nap, some milk, and a change of clothes after I spit up all over myself and quite possibly, my grandpa.  Everyone was really proud of how well Grandpa handled the spit up. 

 

 This is me wearing my Guidant onesie that my parents bought at the company store before it closed and Guidant became Boston Scientific. As you can see, I wasn't really in the mood for a photo shoot on this day! 

 One of my favorite places to hang out is on the changing table.  Just something about being up high I think.  Reminds me of being carried.

 The Easter bunny brought me a nice basket of toys and new pacifiers.  The Easter Bunny did not get the memo about what I really wanted.....a more manly bouncy seat!

 

 You are never too young to start learning the piano in this house!

A happy moment in the car seat. My best times are in the car seat it seems.

 

More smiles in the car seat!

 

My babbling and my sister and her talking..and talking..and talking.

Other happenings!

• According to Wii fit I was 13.4 pounds last Monday
• Most of the time I go to bed around 8:30 and sleep until sometime between 3-4:45 a.m.  My record is 4:47 a.m.  I then go back to sleep until sometime between 7:15-8:30 a.m.  Everyone is feeling better with this plan!  I take three naps a day.  My longest nap is usually my early afternoon nap.  My morning nap is usually an hour and my "get me through the rest of the day" nap around 5 is usually 45 minutes or so. 
• I went to my first Macy's flower show. I don't have any pictures to show you because I slept through the ride there, the time at the show, and the way home.  Check out Megan's blog next week for highlights since I really don't have much to say about it.  It was nice I heard.
• Megan was really social with trips to a couple indoor parks and the bouncy place but again, I mostly slept.  Mommy tries to plan our outings for times when I'd be sleeping as it's much easier!  

Thanks for checking in with me!