Saturday, September 30, 2006
Too Much Fun
I've been having way too much fun with Andrew to think about blogging. He's getting more and more personality, and trying SO hard to crawl. I've been saying for weeks now that he's THIS CLOSE, so I give up on guessing when he'll actually do it. He gets closer every day. Along with the increased mobility and increasing efforts at MORE mobility, however, has come more clinginess and fussiness. He gets tired and crabby, and so frustrated that he can't get where he wants to go NOW. He wants to be carried around everywhere so he can move without having to get frustrated about it. Hmmph. He is a ton of fun, and too fast to keep up with, so I've been busy. Happily busy, though. I love this kid.Uh, oh, he just rolled out of the room. Gotta go catch up with him!!
| posted by Anna at 9:03 AM
Thursday, September 21, 2006
In Sickness & Health...
Wow. The past two weeks have been CRAZY. Andrew was SO sick, and when he doesn't feel well, the whole house suffers. He had a horrible cough and cold, and was waking up every two hours because he was so congested he couldn't breathe. It was like having a newborn all over again...except not the newborn we had with Andrew. Andrew always slept at least 4-5 hours at a stretch. Anyway, he was pulling at his ears, but everyone kept telling me it was probably just teething. After a few days of it, though, with the cold getting worse, the night wakings STILL going every two hours, and Chris and I walking around in a daze not even knowing what day it was, I finally took him to the ped. Turns out he did have a cold...not much to do except what we were already doing (humidifier, BabyRubm saline nasal spray and aspirator...), but he also has some fluid in his ears. Just a bit, but with all his other symptoms, the ped decided to go ahead and treat him for the slight ear infection instead of waiting 'til it got worse. He's been on antibiotics for a week now and is SO much better.Me? I'm sick now. Same stuff Andrew had...without the ear pulling, of course. I'm so congested and sick. Yuck. Thank God I have a fabulous husband. I was able to take some nighttime medicine and sleep in this morning while Chris took care of Andrew during the night and when he woke this morning.
Speaking of that, why is Andrew still waking up in the night? He goes right back to sleep...All it takes is giving him back his paci, but sheesh. We want our good sleeper back! Is it because of the new mobility (he is SO close to crawling), the fact that he is now wearing CLOTHES to bed because its way too cool at night to be naked (for the past 4-5 months the kid has only worn clothes when leaving the house), or is he just way too addicted to the paci? Do we need to start weaning him now? I'm thinking maybe its the paci. Any ideas on how to wean him of it at 6 months if we do decide to take away the paci?
I guess that's it for now. I'm still in my PJ's and Andrew is napping. So is Chris. Poor guy was up with Andrew 3-4 times last night while I was totally out of it from the Benadryl...paci issues, of course. I might just go crawl back in bed and get a little more rest before Andrew wakes up again and I take over for the day. :)
| posted by Anna at 8:11 AM
Friday, September 08, 2006
Blah
We had company last weekend, and today we're heading out to Alabama for Chris' mom's 60th birthday...so yeah. We've been busy. Blah blah blah. Andrew is still my favorite baby in the world. I'm working on downloading recent pics right now so you can see how delicious he is. :) I've been a terrible blogger lately, but I will make up for it...eventually. Sorry! 
| posted by Anna at 9:28 AM
Friday, September 01, 2006
Andrew is IT!
Mini Miao has tagged any baby who wants to be tagged. Andrew definitely wants to play, so here goes!3 Things That Scare Me
*Lightning strikes! Ooooh, when that happened last week I was totally freaked out. I still have nightmares.
*The sound of that big thing Mommy occasionally pushes around on the floor while complaining about all the furry stuff that comes off the living stuffed animals that live here
*The sound of Daddy using power tools. (Loud noises are rough on me, as you can tell!)
3 People That Make Me Laugh
*Daddy! He's my favorite toy!
*The blonde animal that makes that loud barking sound when people come visit. She likes to lick my toes and I think that's the best thing EVER!
*The baby that shows up when I look in my mirror! He's so cute!
3 Things I Love
*My blue fuzzy blankie I cuddle at night.
*Flying through the air like Superman!
*My paci. Ohhhh, sweet paci. Love my paci.
3 Things I Hate
*When Mommy and Daddy leave my sight.
*When Daddy stops playing "Superman" with me.
*Not being the center of attention.
3 Things I Don't Understand
*Why Mommy won't let me eat and drink everything she does.
*Why Daddy won't let me eat and drink everything he does.
*Why the furry creatures that live here run away when I grab their tails.
3 Things On My Desk/Table (or my playmat)
*My favorite orange rattle
*My mirror
*Something cold to chew on
3 Things I'm Doing Right Now
*Sleeping
*Cuddling my blue fuzzy blankie
*Holding onto my gorilla's foot
3 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
Like Mini Miao, I will never do that.
3 Things I (think) I Can Do
*Eat & drink whatever I want
*Feed myself
*Totally manipulate Mommy & Daddy with one of my dazzling smiles (well, I KNOW I can do that!!)
3 Ways to Describe My Personality
*HAPPY!!!!
*Content - as long as I'm the center of attention!
*Observant - I notice everything!!
3 Things I Can't Do (yet)
*Sit up for more than 30 seconds
*Crawl...but I'm soooo close!
*Walk...but I really want to.
3 Things I Think You Should Listen To
*Baby Einstein "Traveling Kids" CD
*Any mellow, soft music
*My nonstop babbling
3 Things I Think You Should Never Listen To
*Anything that takes attention away from me
*Daddy's 80's Christian heavy metal
*Anyone who thinks any other baby is cuter than me :)
3 Absolute Favorite Foods
*SWEET POTATOES! Yummmmm...makes me want some right now!!
*Bananas
*Applesauce
3 Things I'd Like to Learn
*How to hold my bottle - I'm trying so hard!
*How to hold my books so I can chew the yummy corners
*How to turn on the magic box in the den and work this "TiVo" I hear so much about.
3 Beverages I Drink Regularly
*Formula
*Water from my beloved sippy cup
*Whatever Daddy sneaks and gives me when Mommy isn't looking
3 Shows I Watched as a Kid (that would be NOW)
*Baby Einstein videos
*Surviving Motherhood, with Mommy
*Wrestling, with Daddy, when Mommy isn't looking
3 Babies we will tag
*Mimi
*Gideon
*Gatito
| posted by Anna at 8:02 PM
