Sweet George

Don't you want to just eat him up!!

Not much to report on G this week, other than he's just as sweet as ever. I did take him to the pediatrician last week and confirmed that he does have eczema. The pediatrician has him on a hypoallergenic formula until Saturday to see if that helps and gave us an antibiotic which has helped tremendously, as you can tell. "Little G" weighed in at 18.2 lbs and was 27 inches long! He is finally taking more in at a feeding. Both his teachers and I have felt almost like we have had to force him to take 4 or 5 ozs, but the past few days, he's all of a sudden been wanting around 7 ozs! Hopefully, this is a sign that he will be ready for solids at 6 months.

Other than that, G is about the same as ever. He was really good in the car this past weekend on our Easter trip to Mimi and Tooey's, sleeping both ways. George was able to enjoy his first St. Patricks' Day parade:





Although it wasn't all fun and games:



He even got in on some Easter loot:



George is also wanting to sit up more and can unassisted for a very short time, so we graduated him to the next stage of the double stroller and he seemed to love it:



The big news for the upcoming week is that on Wednesday night we are going to pick up Daddy at the airport!!!! Taylor will be here for a few days. No doubt, he will be amazed by how much our sweet George has grown since he last saw him.

You WILL have fun...whether you like it or not!!

This past week has been a blur. When I went to Goddard on Wednesday to pick up the boys, Mr. Man was showing signs of his first case of pink eye. We went home and I prayed to God that it wasn't pinkeye. Well, hopefully, God must be saving answered prayers for later since Liam woke up on Thursday with a wicked looking eye. So, I took my 1 millionth day of leave this year and took him to the pediatrician. Sure enough...pink eye. The good news was that he felt fine and we had a fun day just me and him. G went to school so as not to contract the disease.

Friday didn't look good either, so while my students attended an assembly that had months and months of planning and their easter egg hunt with a sub, I packed up the car (not an easy feat) and headed down south to VA Beach to see Mimi and Tooey.

Saturday was so nice. Tooey, Liam, G and I went to a St. Patrick's Day parade in Norfolk. Liam had never been to a parade and seemed to really like it (minus the loud horns and sirens):



The bathroom was a big concern for me since I have rarely ventured out with Liam for a lengthy period of time with him in underwear. Sure enough, as soon as we got there, he had to go, so I ran with him to a church nearby and praise Jesus, it was open! So no problems there.

Liam got to see a lot of things he'd never seen before. His favorite was definitely the little racey cars:



and just hanging out with his Tooey. These two are two peas in a pod:



Sunday, was the main event, though...the whole reason I spent 4 hours packing all of us and loading the car (I soooo wanted to just throw suitcases out of the top window of our 3 story townhome by the end). The easter egg hunt!! We hadn't been down to VA Beach since Taylor left and I thought this would be a great excuse to invite ourselves down since Liam enjoyed it so much last year. Well, it turns out, the jokes on us. Maybe we should have reviewed the photos from last year before getting all hyped about the hunt:



So, lets review holidays that Liam enjoys. Halloween...yep!



His birthday...definitely.



Christmas....wish it were every day!



Easter....um, I'll pass.



No really, Liam, this is fun. You pick up the colorful eggs and there are treats and candy in them. You get to put them in your basket and take them home!

Hmmmm....nope, I'll pass! Plus, I CAN'T REACH IT!



Liam, we've been here for 10 minutes now, begging and pleading with you to just pick up the damn eggs. PICK THEM UP!!

Okay, if I HAVE to, I'll force myself to pick up these two large candy-filled eggs.



(BTW...Tooey looks really suspicious in this photo...like maybe the FBI should be looking for him).

Okay, you don't like to egg hunt. How about a visit with the bunny:



Yep...that's our child. Quite the joiner. At least he's cute. Plus, he can make a really cool farm for ya:

Growing TOO fast!!!!!

Well, we've been very busy in February. We have been working hard on getting a routine down and adjusting to life without Daddy. George has been a lot to keep up with! At just four months old, he got his first two teeth and began rolling over from front to back. Unfortunately, when he turned five months, he began rolling back to front and forgot how to roll front to back. The end result is that he refuses to stay on his back (instantly rolls to his tummy) and gets really pissed off that he's on his tummy and screams. There are videos of him rolling both ways on the video site (linked from this or Liam's websites). He has also began to get up on his knees. Yikes! Not yet, George!! His teachers are constantly amazed by him and are always saying he is doing things that he is just too young to do. This kiddo is growing up way to fast!!



We are using an alternative vaccination schedule for our little man. He has done really well with his shots and has tolerated going every month. On the downside, he seems to be developing a nasty case of eczema which will not go away. Right now, we are testing a hypo-allergenic formula to see if that helps at all and I'm going to try to take him to the pediatrician tomorrow. Poor little man is so red and itchy!



We are delaying solids at least until 6 months. This actually works out well since Daddy will be home at that time and can experience some of G's firsts. He is still not sleeping through the night which makes for a tired and cranky me, but trying to grin and bear it and remind myself that one day he'll be in college and I'll be desperately missing him.

Will let y'all know how his appointment turns out. Hopefully, we can get this happy baby feeling happier!!

Can you tell we've been busy?

The past month has been all about adjusting and getting into a routine. While I won't recount everything that's been going on (how thrilling is that?!), I'll touch on some highlights for February:

Liam learned how to write his first letter (T)



Self-help skills have been big this past month!



We celebrated the kick-off of the Nascar season with Mimi and Tooey



Liam celebrated Valentine's Day by making cookies with Mimi.



Visited with Daddy (but we don't have photos)



And the icing on the cake....FINALLY said farewell to paci and haven't looked back!!



For those who are worried....fear not, for paci is safe in KS with Daddy! :)

More excitement to come!