Just over 2 months to go!

We have just over 2 months! Time is going so fast. I finally went through all of Alex’s clothes and pulled out the things that we find acceptable for a little girl. The funny part was I was ok with some things but Aaron said they were to boy!  We have a lot to do still. We are moving several rooms around so there is a lot to do! I really wanted to try and get as much done before Thanksgiving as possible but I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped. I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off and I did get some stuff done around the house, but nothing with baby girl’s room. We picked up a crib from my cousin over Thanksgiving so now I really want to get moving on her room. She won’t sleep in her room for a month or two but I would like for it to be ready before she arrives. We are so lucky to have a crib to borrow and clothes/other items being passed down from my family and Aaron’s.

The weekend of October 28^th, Aaron and I headed to Austin while Alex got to spend the weekend with Aaron’s family. On that Saturday, Aaron took the SIT (surveyor in training) test while I got to spend time with a good friend from college. After Aaron finished, we all went out to eat and talked football, fishing and what we have been up to. Vanessa, Aaron and I had a bunch of classes together. Vanessa and I also share a birthday so it sort of acted as a little birthday party. Her husband loves football probably as much as Aaron does, and they both also kayak and fish. We did have a little tradition going where the boys took us to a home A&M game each year around our birthday but that stopped last year. I am hoping that we can maybe start that up again next year! I woke up sick on Sunday and thankfully Aaron’s parents kept Alex Sunday night as well so I could rest and get better. Alex got to go to another pumpkin patch and bounce in a bounce house. He had a blast! Looking at the pictures, I’m thinking he didn’t miss us at all.

Friday the November 4^th I had book club, the 5^th Aaron hosted a bachelor party at our house so Alex and I headed to Galveston and Monday the 7^th I got to attend an awesome event at my best friend’s church. It was a busy weekend/start to the week but I had a lot of fun. My book club is full of a bunch of awesome ladies and I always enjoy our conversations about the book of the month or other topics. I’m so thankful that my best friend Meagan got it started! Alex and I had a great time in Galveston even though it was short. It was nice to just hang out with Rachel and the girls. On Monday I attended an awesome event at Meagan’s church called Table Grace. Table Grace is a women’s event where volunteers get tables to decorate (it stays a secret until you get there the day of); dinner is served by the men of the church followed by door prizes, praise and worship and a speaker. It is a really awesome event and it is so fun to walk around and look at the different tables. Our table was awesome! Meagan and Aston did a great job. I hope I will be able to attend again in the future.

On November 10^th we celebrated my birthday, on the 17^th we had the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for our good friends wedding and on the 18^th, Jimmy and Melissa got married! Whoop! Aaron’s parents came up on the 17^th and stayed through the 19^th so that they could watch Alex for us both nights. We can’t thank them enough. It was so nice to have two adult nights in a row with my wonderful hubby and our friends.

For Thanksgiving we went to Granbury and thankfully my dad was not called out for a trip! Aaron got to take his kayak out on the river, Aaron and my dad extended his bed extender so we can carry the kayaks up higher, and the boys fixed the wheels to make walking long distances with the kayak easier. Alex had a blast with my family and the dogs. I wish we all (both sides of the family) lived closer together!

Now for pictures!

At the pumpkin patch in Galveston

Bouncing with Cecelia

 My "twins"! Rebekah is 4.5 months older than Alex and she helped me test out my double stroller. Every one thought they were twins!

At Jimmy & Melissa's wedding. It was beautiful and we enjoyed the adult time!

Whoop! I love being an Aggie!

Alex and my parents on Thanksgiving Day

My dad and Alex!

Alex in Aaron's shoes. The best part was he actually walked in them!

My cousin has been bringing us toys that her girls are done with and we can't thank her enough!

My adorable boy on a buggy ride with my dad and Aaron. The boy loves being outside!

So Thankful!

As we approach Thanksgiving I wanted to take a moment and give thanks for my wonderful husband. This pregnancy has been very different and I have been a witch with a capital B. Now some people say to give myself a break – I have a young son so I am tired plus I work full time and other reasons that would normally explain some moodiness. When I get tired, I get grumpy. When I get hungry, I get grumpy and if I am both, well I am usually not in a good mood! But this has been different. It doesn’t take much to set me off and I feel horrible about it. I try to react differently but most of the time I can’t stop the witchy side from showing up. With Alex, my mood didn’t change at all so maybe it is because I am having a girl this time or it could be partly because I have been more stressed this time. The last time we were in Granbury, my dad even told me to be nice to my husband. I may be quick to get upset/mad but I am also quick to say I’m sorry.

Aaron has been wonderful about it all. Sure we have our moments like everyone else but he normally helps to bring me back to an ok/good mood. He makes me laugh, makes sure I take some time for myself and helps big time around the house. He usually knows just what I need and I thank God for him everyday. He is my best friend and my rock. I feel so lucky to say he is mine and the father of my babies.

Aaron – Thank you for all that you do for me and our family. I love you more than I could ever express and I’m so thankful that God gave me you. Please remember this when my witchy side comes out! We have less than 3 months until our little girl is here and I am hopefully back to normal. :) I love you!

Just over 5.5 years ago!

Less than 4 months to go!

I want to keep in the habit of having at least one blog a month. I plan to have updates/monthly pictures of our little girl just as I did (after starting late) of Alex. Time is going so fast and it isn’t slowing down at all! It is hard to believe that we have less than 4 month until baby girl is here with us. I went to the doctor on the 12^th and things are looking good. The earliest I will be able to schedule the c-section will be Feb 3^rd.  I have a spot on my back that is still numb from the epidural with Alex, so I am hoping that I won’t go into labor before the date we end up scheduling.

I can’t believe that my little man is 14 months old. He amazes me everyday and some days he drives me up the wall too! He has been fighting me really hard with getting in his car seat but he doesn’t fight going into Aaron’s truck. He has the same seat in both vehicles but he is in the middle in Aaron’s and on the side behind me in my car. We thought he might be fighting me, but he did fight when Aaron tried to put him in too. After getting out in Aaron’s truck, I put him in a couple of times and he did fine so know we know it is something with my car. He was almost on his head the other day from fighting so hard. Needless to say, I don’t feel that great after having to fight him. It kills my back!

We are slowly working on getting stuff ready for out little girl. We are going through Alex’s clothes and pulling out the items that will also work for a girl (almost all of the A&M items, things with airplanes, ect) and putting those things aside for now. We have a lot to do though and it seems like very little time with all we have coming up. We are going to Austin for Aaron to take the SIT test and to hang out with one of my best friends, followed by Aaron hosting his buddy Jimmy’s bachelor party at our house (Alex and I have to get lost for the night), then a weekend break, then Jimmy & Melissa’s wedding, then Thanksgiving, then I have to go to Dallas for work (maybe), followed quickly by Christmas & New Years which puts us about a month out from meeting our little girl! November also has my birthday and December has Aaron’s birthday. We are going to be so busy.

October 15^th we headed to College Station for the afternoon so that I could attend one of our good friend’s baby shower! Elisa, Aaron and I all attended A&M together and we were all geography majors. We miss being in the same city as Elisa and Pete and we are so glad that we are able to help them celebrate the upcoming arrival of their little girl. I’m excited that we are having little girls a few months apart! Elisa looked amazing and the shower was great. The cake was awesome! The theme was Alice in Wonderland. Some how I didn’t manage to get a picture of just the two of us. Sadly I had to miss Melissa’s wedding shower which was the same day in Spring at almost the same time. 

This past weekend we went to a pumpkin patch. It was on the smaller side but we got Alex a pumpkin for school, took some pictures in our Aggie gear and had a nice time. We are wanting to check out another one near our house that is supposed to be good.

I am really looking forward to the holidays this year and spending time with our families. I wish we all lived closer together! Aaron and I were talking the other day about how two years ago; our Christmas card had just the two of us. Well, depending on when we took our pictures there was three of us but we didn’t know it yet. Last year it was the three of us and this year there will technically be 4 of us in the picture! Man how quickly things can change!

Now for some pictures from this month!

My parents flew in for dinner and to drop some stuff off. Alex got to take his first taxi ride.

He did well! Next time we will go up :)

One night when we went to check on him.

Having fun at the park in College Station with Daddy while Mommy was at a baby shower!

Aaron said he got mad when they went to leave!

 

 

Got some cool new shoes

Having fun rocking in the recliner.

He starting standing on his toy. We kept telling him no and moving him but he wouldn't listen. We told him he would fall.......

And he did.

Future daredevil?

Alex and his pumpkin!

Our growing family! Can't wait to have our little girl in the picture next year :)

Got Faith?

Definition of FAITH

1a: allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty b (1): fidelity to one's promises (2): sincerity of intentions

2a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust

3: something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially: a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith>

My faith has always been an important part of my life. I don’t really remember a time when I didn’t have my belief in God or the faith that goes along with my belief. My faith has gotten me through different life events and it has always been a part of my marriage.

One of the biggest ways faith has affected my life was my parents’ faith in me. When I was a sophomore in high school, I decided I wanted to graduate early. I had heard that it could be done and the implementation of a trimester system the following year would help make it possible. I met with my counselor who let me know that it would be possible with two courses taken outside of school and a full schedule all year. I went home and told my parents that I was going to graduate a year early. Naturally they met with my counselor to make sure it could be done. Once it was determined that it really could be done and we worked out a plan, it was settled. My parents had faith in me and my decision and believed that I could accomplish my goal. I went on to attend the only school I wanted to, A&M and I managed to graduate from college in 3 years as well. I had someone say they didn’t think I could do it again. I said watch me! If I had stayed in high school for another year, I don’t know where I would be. Would I have met Aaron? I would like to think I would have but I just don’t know. My parents faith in me has helped get me to where I am today and I am so grateful that they trusted my decision.

Aaron and I met at A&M where we were both geography majors. I was in a relationship all during college but we became friends through being in several classes together. We kept in touch some after we had both graduated and in January of 2005, it was our time.

I had been out of a long (4.5 years) relationship for a little while and I was feeling good about where I was in life. I had been on several dates but I was happy being single. I had a good job and good friends (turns out I was wrong about some of those people).

I had called Aaron on New Years day (just after midnight) to say Happy New Year and I told him I would call him the next day. I didn’t. Bad I know but it apparently wasn’t the right time yet. A week or two later, I did call. We talked and talked. We talked about what we had been doing since college, growing up and just about everything you can think of. He also invited me down for Mardi Gras in Galveston. I accepted his invitation and when I headed out Feb 4, 2005, I knew I was hoping that he liked me. I also knew that if he didn’t that was ok too. I had a friend and someone who I thought would be a good friend for life. I had faith that I was where I needed to be and that God would lead me to the right person at the right time.

After that weekend we took turns driving between Dallas and Galveston. It made for some long weekends but they were worth it. In May of 2005, Aaron got a job interview in Arlington and in June he was moving to the Dallas area. This was another area where we both had faith. We had faith in each other and faith that this was the right move. In December 2005, Aaron proposed and we started planning our wedding.

In 2008 we were feeling the need for change and we both felt strongly that we were being guided to the Houston area. After securing jobs, we put our house on the market and prepared for our move. We had faith that this was where we needed to be and we both believe that the moved saved both of our jobs. We know it saved Aaron’s. Our faith in God, led us to where we needed to be. The move also allowed us to be close to help Aaron’s parents deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and the damage that was done to his parent’s home and his dad’s office.

In the fall of 2008 we also decided it was the right time to start trying for a family. We had faith that it would happen at the right time. In December 2009 we found out we were expecting our first little one. In early 2010, Aaron’s work hours were cut back, paid holidays and sick days were taken away, and the office was to be closed between Christmas and New Years without pay and there was no end date insight. We had faith that we would make it through even though the idea of less money was scary with a little one coming. Thankfully his hours are now back to normal, but paid holidays and sick days are still a thing of the past.

On August 17, 2010 our little man was born. It was the most amazing thing I have ever done. The doctors knew quickly that something wasn’t right. Alex was on the bigger side (8lbs 15oz) and he got a little stuck. When he got stuck, he suffered a brachial plexus injury (click here from more info). Thankfully his injury appeared to be on the minor side but there was/is the chance that his left arm will never be quite the same. We had faith that our little boy would be ok and faith that if his nerves never fully healed that we do whatever it takes to help him adjust. Praise God because after therapy and prayers, looking at him know, you would never know he was injured at birth.

In June of 2010 we got a huge surprise – we are expecting baby number 2! Right away I was scared and I had a bunch of thoughts going through my head – I am still figuring out how to do this with one, can I handle two; how will we pay for this….. A lot was racing through my mind. After the second test came back positive, Aaron and I just looked at each other. He told me that it will be ok and that we will figure it out. I have faith that he is right. I have faith in the man I married and the strength of our marriage. I have faith that God with get us through any problem spots, the way he always has. I have faith that He is giving us this blessing now and not when we think we are ready for another baby for a reason. I am scared of the c-section I will be having but I have faith it is the right thing to do. My doctor discussed another option with me but knowing that even if the baby is smaller that she could still get stuck, makes this an easy decision. I couldn’t live with myself if my daughter was injured just because I wanted to avoid a c-section. I still remember Jodi’s words the first time we met her – any other children you have will need to be c-sections, if your doctor won’t do it, find one who will. Thankfully my doctor agrees that this is the best option but she did her duty to inform me of all of my options.

I am so thankful that we were both raised to believe in God and to have faith. I pray that our kids will believe in God and have strong faith. I thank God everyday for all of the amazing things in my life – my wonderful husband, my son, my daughter, our family and our friends. My faith has been a big part of my life, these are just a few instances, and I know it will continue to be a big part of my life. Below are a few of my favorite bible verses:

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who gives me strength


1Corinthians 2:9 No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.


Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest


Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me

Alex is 13 months old & bean is a GIRL!

I can't believe my little man is 13 months old and that I am 19 weeks pregnant with a little girl! Time goes by so fast. Alex is now almost a full time walker and our little girl is right where she is supposed to be. Life is good.

Alex had a great birthday part! We just did something small at our house. We thought he would dig right in to the cake but he didn't. I think he didn't care for the texture of the icing on his cake because he would eat the pieces of the big cake that we gave him. When we went to my parents for Labor Day, my mom made cupcakes and Alex had fun with the icing on it :)

My Dad and Alex

Cousins! Next year there will be another little girl in the picture!

The weekend after his birthday party, Alex got his first professional hair cut. We had cut it a couple of times at home but it was time for the real deal. He did really well but it was expensive. I think I may try it next time. We are getting close to needing to cut it again! I sure hope our little girl get hair like Alex!

He looks like such a big boy now!

On Wednesday the 14^th, we found out that our little bean is a GIRL! We are extremely excited to be having a girl this time. We both wanted a boy with Alex and I knew I wanted a girl this time. Not long before we found out, Aaron was leaning towards wanting a girl too. We are pretty sure we will be done after this one, so one of each is perfect. Of course all that really mattered to us was that the baby was healthy and growing like it should be. The 14^th was also an exciting day because my friend Marisol gave birth to her little boy! I hope I get to meet him soon.

On the 15^th, my wonderful father-in-law turned 70! Yesterday was his birthday dinner but Alex and I had to miss the celebration :( Thursday night I felt really really sick and I wasn't feeling much better on Friday morning. I decided to work from home and take Alex to daycare. Thursday morning, Alex woke up really congested and he wasn't any better on Friday morning. I was concerned about his ears since he had just gotten over a double ear infection that required two rounds of antibiotics. I decided to get him an appointment on Friday to make sure he was ok. I'm glad I did because it turns out he has strep! He has not had a fever so I was really surprised. I had it about 5 or 6 years ago and my fever was around 103. He is also working on 6 teeth! My poor little man!

Right now we are looking forward to the cooler weather sticking around to go on walks with Alex. We are also going to start getting our little girl's room cleaned out and ready. I have to go through Alex's clothes and pull out all of the items that will work for a little girl. Thankfully almost all of the A&M items will work for a girl! We have her first name but we are working on the middle name. Now for some more pictures!

Labor Day weekend at my parents - riding in the razr

In my dad's truck

Sleepy after going to Cabela's and having lunch with Rita and Clint

Having fun at dinner one night

Such a big boy!

Going for a morning walk!

Life has been going so fast but it is not going to slow down anytime soon. Our litttle boy is growing so fast and our little girl is going to be here before we know it.

Who needs Thanksgiving to give thanks?

It seems that so often, people are only reminded to give thanks for the people and things in their life around Thanksgiving. I want to take a moment to give thanks to our family and friends who are always there for us.

To our family:

Thank you so much for your unconditional love and support. We would not be where we are today without you. You raised us well and I pray we inherited your ability to raise good children.  

To our friends:

Sometimes I get bummed that I do not have a friend from when I was little that I have experienced major events with during our lives. I guess I see a ton of people who have close friends from when they were growing up and sometimes I wish I had that. Aaron of course has his brother and sister, but he also has a couple of close friends that he has known since he was little. They may not talk as much as they would like, but they are always there for each other. I’m usually only bummed for a few minutes because it doesn’t take long for me to realize that it doesn’t matter because the friends I have are the ones I need. God placed them in my life because he knows what I need and the friends we have are the ones I need in my life.

Between college, work, and the friends I have made through Aaron, I have friends that I know will always be there for me and that will be in our lives until the end. I know these people are my true friends and knowing that brings great peace and comfort. We may not say it much, but we love you dearly and are so thankful to have you in our lives.

I have a 1 year old!

A year ago today, I leaned in bed to kiss Aaron bye and my water broke.

A year ago today, we made calls to our family (and work!) to say that Alex was finally on his way.

A year ago today, my parents left to head to Houston and made it with about an hour to spare before push time came. I was surprised and happy that my dad came too. I wasn’t sure his schedule would make it possible.

A year ago today, Rachel came to the hospital to offer support and be our photographer.

A year ago today, I only thought I knew what love was.

A year ago today, my love for my husband and our family, especially my parents, grew and it has not stopped growing.

A year ago today, I felt the most overwhelming feeling of love and joy when I held Alex in my arms for the first time. My love continues to grow every day for my sweet boy. I didn’t know I could love this much!

I thank God everyday for giving us Alex and trusting us to raise him.

I thank God everyday for the love and joy Alex brings to our lives and for the opportunity to do this again with baby number 2.

I can’t believe my little man is a year old! Where did the time go?!?

My cousin Jennifer has two girls and she has been kind enough to pass along unused toys to Alex. One of the things she sent our way was a walker that Alex can push and walk behind. We had tried several times to get him to walk with it but he would just stand there. One day I got home from work and Aaron says to Alex “let show Mommy your new trick.” Aaron put him behind the walker and off came towards me! It was so cute. He didn’t even have the whole kick your feet in front of you funny walk. He did really well. Aaron said when they go home Alex crawled over to it, pulled up and started to walk. Now if he can stand by it and push it, he will walk with it, even laundry baskets.

Aaron’s parents came up one weekend to help watch Alex so Aaron and I could do some spring cleaning. We didn’t get as much done as we wanted but we still got some done and got to spend some quality time with his parents.

This month started off with Alex being completely recovered from the flu. But the flu was replaced by pink eye about 2 weeks later. Fun Fun. Aaron was out working in the field all day Monday and Tuesday, and I too had a lot of work to get done. I finished what had to go out on Monday and headed to get Alex. I got him into the doctor and got his eye drops started. Tuesday he still had some goop, so Alex headed to work with me. I can work from home, but sometimes it is slow and I had some stuff for another office to get out. I thought it would be better to just go to work, kick some butt and then head home. I had given my boss a heads up and Alex might have to come with me and he was thankfully fine with the idea. I brought toys (the quiet ones) and shut my office door. I did have a staff meeting that morning that Alex also attended. Aaron couldn’t believe I took him in there, but what else was I supposed to do? He did well and we all had a laugh when my boss said that we had a new employee and that we start them young here. I got all my work out and headed home. I was impressed with how he did and it is nice to know that in a pinch, I could do it again if I really needed to.

He wore his tie to go to work with Mommy.

We had to have an outfit change durning the day. He did really well at my office!

Our good friends Jimmy and Melissa bought a house with a pool and we went over there one night for dinner and swimming. We had a blast hanging out and Alex had fun in the pool. My boy loves the water!

A week ago I went to Phoenix for the day for work. I missed being home to wake Alex up and get him ready and I missed being home to put him to bed. I got home late Wednesday night and then Thursday afternoon, Aaron and his dad headed out for a fly fishing trip. They had a blast I got a lot of time with my little man. I didn’t get all that I need to get done around the house but hopefully I’ll get a lot done today. We are having Alex’s party this weekend and we are so excited to have my parents coming for the entire weekend! We still can’t believe my dad got the whole weekend off - Praise God!

Now for some more pictures of my sweet baby boy!

Trying pancakes for the first time. Yummy :)

My happy boy with beautiful blue eyes!

Alex and Cecelia at lunch

 

 

My silly little boy yesterday

Alex's party is going to be this weekend, so I will have a post early next week with his one year picture and some pictures from his party.

Happy 1st Birthday to my sweet little man!!

11 Months old!

I can't believe we are only a month away from Alex's first birthday! Where has the time gone? He is getting so big so fast.

Just before Alex turned 10 months we had to start introducing formula. My supply had dropped and my freezer supply was going fast. Alex wasn't sleeping through the night and it was rough on us all. He didn't care for straight formula, so we ended up having to mix it with breast milk. He was getting bottles at daycare but nursing first thing in the morning and at night. We were trying to introduce bottles at home, but I had to act like I was leaving for him to take one. After a weekend where we were left with only 3oz of breast milk, I told Aaron we had to figure something out. Once we found out we were expecting #2, we knew why my supply had dropped and not come back. The ready to feed formula was our answer and we are now fully transitioned to formula with Alex taking a bottle from me. I was hoping to make it to 1 year with Alex and I was close. I am hoping with this next one that I will be able to make it the full year. I know your milk can take longer to come in when you have a c-section and I am hoping that it won't effect my ability to breastfeed this one. 

For July 4th we headed to Granbury. My dad was on call starting on Saturday and we got lucky again. He was not called out on a trip! My dad got a new toy that we hadn't seen yet. It was in the shop when we were in town for Memorial day. My dad got a 1986 Rolls Royce! I still can't believe it. I got to drive it around some and we tried to get the car seat in to go to town. We couldn't get it tight enough in the middle and I didn't think about trying the side seat. Next time I will have to try. We also got to go swimming and just enjoyed being with family.

My new car! HaHa

Alex is ready to drive!

Alex splashing Grandad!

July is full of birthdays on Aaron's side of the family. His brother's birthday is the 7th, his mom's is the 9th and our niece Cecelia's is the 13th. Cecelia turned 3 this year and her party was on the 9th. We headed to Galveston on the 8th with a stop in Kemah to have dinner with Andrew. Cecelia's party was nice and her face was pure joy when she saw her big gift - a swing set! She ran right to the slide. I was in charge of taking pictures and I got a couple of good ones as she saw the swing set and started to climb for the slide, but then my camera died. Alex got to swing too and he had a blast. His laugh brings a huge smile to my face! We headed home on Saturday to have a day to get stuff done around the house and relax some.

Cecelia seeing her swing set for the first time! She was excited!

Sunday night/Monday morning, Alex woke up and sounded like he could get sick. He did a tiny bit and then dry-heaved. It broke my heart. Sure enough, when he got up for the day and I fed him a bottle, it came right back up - all over me. Aaron stayed home with him in the morning and then we switched. Aaron went and got some pedialyte while I finished getting ready. Aaron started to give him small amounts and he kept it down fine. He gave it to him around every 5 minutes or so and after two hours, he gave him a small bottle. He kept it down! We thought we were in the clear because he only got sick the one time. Boy were we wrong!

Alex woke up a bunch crying Monday night but every time I went in to check on him, his had is paci. I felt him to see if he felt warm, but he didn't. When we woke him up to get ready for the day, he felt warm so I took his temperature. I felt horrible - it was 102!! I gave him medicine and started planning what we were going to do. Aaron had training all day Tuesday and Wednesday and I had several projects that had to go out. We had spoke with Aaron's mom about coming up if Alex didn't stop throwing up, so at 5:30 in the morning, Aaron called his mom to see if she could come watch him. I got him into the doctors office and it appeared that he just had some sort of virus. His temperature stayed down all day with medicine and we thought things were going well.

I had to work late and when I got home, Aaron said that his temperature had gone up to 104.8. They gave him medicine and had me check it again. I got 105.1! We decided we were taking him to a pediatric urgent care. Luckily it is still under my insurance. After running several tests, it appeared it must be just a bad virus. While we were waiting for the doctor at one point, we were discussing how my brother-in-law was sick as well. He had gone to the doctor and found out that he had the flu. We mentioned it to the doctor when she came back and she was surprised but said that we might as well test to see if that is what Alex has as well. She didn't think it would be but it couldn't hurt to test. She came in and told us he did have the flu. After calling several pharmacies, the doctors office finally found one that has thera-flu. He is now thankfully doing much better and has been fever free since late Thursday night/ early Friday morning. We can't thank Aaron's mom enough for coming to help us out. I have a feeling she really enjoyed her one on one time with Alex and I know he enjoyed his time with her. We are truly blessed to have family that is so willing to come help.

We can now see Alex's top right tooth coming in and it appears that the top left isn't far behind. I feel like my poor baby can't catch a break. He has been sick twice in the last two months and he is teething :( It has been a rough month for all of us. My morning sickness is worse this time around, I feel a lot more tired this time and I am a lot more moody! I was sick for the first half with Alex and things aren't looking much better this time. I'm sure having an 11 month old doesn't help anything!

Showing his two bottom teeth!

Happy 11 Months Little Man! We love you so much!