Mom X2

I get this question a lot, "How's life with two kids?"

The short answer: It's amazing.
The long answer: It's really amazing.
The really, really long answer: It's really, really amazing!

I do think some people think I am like a super wonder women, but I'm not. I know there are people I follow via blogs and Facebook and wonder the same. I mean seriously you had time to go to the gym, work, take your kids here and there, make dinner from scratch, attend PTA meeting, do the laundry, wash the dishes, play with the kids, walk the dog, while taking photos of all of this and then slap them into a post all in the same day? Now that is wonder women. You'd find me still back at make dinner from scratch.

It's all about getting a routine for me that is keeping life, sorta sane. I used to be able to get up at 4 am for the day, no problem, but when kids (yes both) don't sleep through the night (I know even at almost 3.5 years and 6 months old) 4 am turned to 5 am which is now really closer to 6 am. I also stopped trying to work (edit photos) when the kids are awake. It's much to challenging and then I feel like I am missing out stuff, even if it's just bath time. Any client work doesn't usually start until after 9 pm and I put myself to bed every night before mid-night. It turns out I do need sleep! This was my biggest mistake for the past few months, I hadn't realized that I was so tired that I was actually physically sick from the exhaustion.

I am realizing I'll probably never get over the feeling like I am missing my kids growing up. But what I have realized the more time I dwell on that, the more I miss everything that I do get. Let's face it, we all can't be stay at home moms. I think I've got over mourning that, but honestly a part of me will always hold on to that hope. We have to keep dreaming! Having kids of my own now, I see the need to shoot beyond the stars, kids do, why can't we?

Evenings with two kids can be pretty chaotic---well that's more around dinner time and since Doug and I are lack of planners, we never knows what's for dinner. We get home around 5, so it's usually a rush so we can have something on the dinner table by 6. And then it's clean up from everyone dropping their things at the door on their way in and time to give the dogs such much needed attention.

After dinner time is my favorite. My jammies are usually on by 6:30 and my hair pulled up into a pony ( I have to be comfortable). Our evenings are filled out with building forts, playing Candy Land & Sneaky Squirrel games, reading stories, hide and seek, bath time, snuggles and then it's nap time. Yes, "Time to take a nap" is what Harrison calls bedtime. Little quirks like this, I'm sure I won't forget. A couple other things is when he is really excited about something he shouts, "Ewww," And when we were playing a game the other night and he took the lead, every time he would score and say, "that's not fair." A little expression confusion:).

Don't let this post fool you. Every single minute of every single day is not blissful. We are raising a 3 year old---chances are you have heard the expression that "3s are worse than terrible 2s." And at 6 months---that toothless, gummy grin isn't always on his face. Some days are survival mode, but this is real life and this is what I love about our life.


Enjoy a much needed miss-mash of photos.

 

 

It was spring...For a day anyways.

Where is spring? It's MIA.

Ice storm today...so lets think of happier times.

Sunday afternoon it was FINALLY warm enough to take our first trip to the park. Most of the snow was melted and it was about 50 degrees. A vast improvement from about a week ago and yes people it's April, but NOT spring.

We decided to take the wagon so we could have something to put both boys in. We opted out of getting a double stroller as they are so clunky and big and Harrison would rather walk or ride his bike.

I think Harrison was in heaven during our time there....He has been asking for WEEKS to go to the park. This kid definitely has spring fever!

I think Miles enjoyed the wagon ride, he's so curious about everything these days. I know he loved the swing, loved, loved loved it! He had such sweet contagious giggles swaying back and forth. It's so much fun doing all of these firsts again.

Later on Miles and I raced Harrison down some slides, we were pretty fast!

It felt amazing getting out and enjoying the some fresh air.

We are beyond excited to our trip to Wisconsin Dells this weekend, some much needed "summer type stuff" (and shopping) is weekend. This weekend also marks Miles half birthday. I can't not believe how fast time goes...I keep telling everyone, "I think the second one grows faster than the first." I'll start his 6 month blog entry tomorrow, but not likely getting his official 6 month photos until later this month. I am also beyond excited for family lifestyle photo session next month with Bliss Photography!

I'll work on getting a miss-mash of photos together for an entry. I'm still clicking, just not getting them up here as fast as I used too. Turns out, two little boys keep me very busy!

Linked 13: Faces

Last weekend we made a trip to Mall of America (MOA). Harrison had gotten an unlimited ride wrist band for Christmas that he hadn't used yet.

Probably not the best decision to head to the largest mall in (I think it's still the largest mall in the US) the weekend before Easter and on a Saturday. The lines were so long!

During one of our many waits in line my husband (Doug) decided to get out the camera and start clicking (which like never happens without a wife prompt). A little while later he asked me...."Did you check out those photos I took?"

Photos curiosity of my husband---I'm loving all of these faces!

 

More Faces @

Tracy, Carla, Hanne, Heather, Janet, Jenn, Rhonda, Tracey

 

Mickey Mouse is cool.

There's no doubt about it, Mickey rocks the world four our 3 year old. I can't wait to take him to Disney World someday or likely a Disney Cruise. If it were up to me my bags would be packed and we would on our way there now. However we are waiting a few more years to make our first trip there so he's a little older and can hopefully remember the trip for years to come. Time will fly, we'll get there soon, but until then we enjoyed an amazing production of "Fantasy on Ice" by Disney (March 1st). Harrison was sick this day---fever probably near 102 at least, but we went (the tickets weren't refundable). I think he would have been so disappointed if he didn't get to go,  I know I would have.

The whole performance, just phenomenal. My favorite part had to be Toy Story 3 with the soldiers. Harrison loved Mickey/Goofy---I think he would have been happy if they just stayed on stage all night. Oh, and we had awesome seats!


Proof in eyes, he was sick:(  But I just love that smile.

 

Mickey & Friends

 

Cars

 

Little Mermaid

 

Tinker Bell

 

Toys Story 3

 

Expecting...

No, not us! Maybe I should have saved this post for April 1st.




I've been WAITING to share this news since Christmas! My brother and his wife are expecting their (first baby) baby boy in July! How they waited so long to make the announcement public...I'll never know!

I'm glad I got to be a part of their big news! Here is a couple of peeks! I'll have more photos posted on my photography blog when I catch up on a bunch of posts there too!

They better invite me to do some newborn photos or maybe I'll just invite myself!

 

 

 

Harrison's Solo: Itsy Bitsy Spider

I always tell Harrison to talk to Miles or sing to him it will make him stop crying. Last night he was pretty fussy. I was in the middle of picking up some stuff from bath time and I heard Harrison say to Miles (unprompted), "I'll talk to you."

 

 So, it's not his best singing, but totally candid, probably one of the cutest videos ever of him. 

 

 

Sick Buddy

This all started about a month ago---the coughing, fevers, boogers and puking.

Miles had his first round of RSV a week after starting daycare. Since then he has been constantly on the mend.

The most recent bout of concern started Monday late evening when Miles started to run a temp. However Tuesday morning it was gone and he was back to himself. Tuesday evening was a repeat of Monday evening. Again in the morning he was fever free. However by Wednesday afternoon he woke up from nap with a fever or 101.6. When I got him home despite the Tylenol it continued to climb to 102.5 and despite additional doses of Tylenol his temperature had risen to 103.4.

Alarmed by the climbing temp despite fever reducer Doug called the ER to question at what point to bring him in if he fever continues to climb. The ER instructed us that if he fever persisted over 103 we needed to bring him in. Finally after a third dose of Tylenol it seemed as though it took effect and his temp lowered to 102.5.

I tried to make an appointment to get in with his primary doctor today, but he was booked, so we saw a different physician. The appointment was almost hour and a half long. It was confirmed almost immediately he had a right ear infection (Harrison was 5 months old when he got his first ear infection too---that led us on a road to 2 sets of tubes). But they wanted to be sure that was the cause of his high temps and he was also so congested both in his chest and head.

To help clear out his lungs we tried albuterol  inhalations. The doctor came back to listen to his lungs for a second time after the albuterol . She said, "that didn't really help his breathing, if anything that helped me his his wheezing better." She then looked in his throat and it was full of secretions which explains why is puking 2-3 sometimes 4 times a day. The doctor then left to consult with our primary doctor. She came back listened to his lungs again. We then had his 02 level checked it, which was good at 97%. She listened to his lungs for the third time and said, "At this young of an age I really worry about having that many secretions as he has, but his 02 level is reassuring." "I talked to Gerhard about steroids, but if the albuterol  didn't help his breathing, he's doubtful that steroids would help right now, either inhaled or orally." "I think what he has is viral--another strain of RSV."

We need to continue to do a good job keeping him hydrated especially with his puking. If he still has a fever on Saturday, he should be seen again. The grunting/wheezing he is doing is due to him working harder to breathe (this stuff is scary) If he starts having more difficulty breathing he will need to be seen again obviously. I think once the antibiotic takes hold and helps keep his fever at bay with a combination of Tylenol and IB-profin we should be out of the woods. Until then we cuddle, feed and wait.



I-Phone Photo Dump #5

From zapping monsters with the remote control, to daddy and Mile snuggles, roaring like dinosaurs, Spiderman medicine, house hunting, making cookie dough (just to eat)...is just a few bits and pieces of the last month.

A glimpse of life through the i-phone

 

 

 

Miles @ 5 Months

Man oh man I feel like time is flying so fast.


It's been 5 months Wednesday since this guy joined our family.

Words can not describe how much joy he brings to our lives everyday.

 

Recapping the last month...

 

These feet captures taken at his 4 month session. Probably the top ten photos I have of him. There is just something about those 10 tiny toes

 and these baby rolls.

 His eye contact is amazing.

 He tried real food & not sure he approved...

 He had a big day... his Baptism

 

We had a private baptism right before the church service. I really enjoyed it, the whole family gathered around the baptismal fountain, making it much more intimate. I had wanted to get photos of the actual baptism, but I forgot camera battery on the charger, awesome right? Doug ran home after the baptism so we could get a few shots after the service.

 

During the service Miles slept like a dream in his Aunt Kim's arms (well actually he slept through his entire baptism as well). When he woke up he was feeling less than photogenic. It turns out he had a fever of 102, so what we did get, he was a champ. Harrison was still running a temp near the same which is why he isn't in any of these photos.



 

He's lucky to have his Uncle Ben and Aunt Kim in his life (his Godparents).

 

 Miles with Grandma McKee and Great Grandma Otto.

Snuggles with his Aunt Kim again :)

 

Lack of photos from his special day...yes. When I put down the camera it doesn't continue to take photos by itself. I wish it did. We missed photos of Miles with Grandpa and Grandma Nelson, his cousins and Auntie Potter. A special thank you goes out to my Mom for helping me put together this day and hosting the luncheon, she's amazing mom and grandma.

 

 

Yes, this guy is really 5 months old.

 





 



Sleep: Well... I got an e-mail from one of the site's I follow yesterday called Baby Center. The e-mail started out: "Most babies sleep through the night by now." MOST. MOST, but not Miles. Nope this guy hasn't slept through the night since he was 4 months old. He stopped sleeping through the night when he got RSV. Since then he hasn't been well health wise. Running temperatures at night, still coughing and just not being able to go more than a few hours between feedings even when he got back up to full feeds again. I guess his body is telling him, I need to grow! Doug's been fantastic about getting up with him at night. I have a terrible time falling back asleep after I get up in the middle of the night. I've tried nursing him in bed, in which we both usually fall asleep but the more I do that the more he thinks he can nursing for comfort tool rather than to get down to business and eat like he should be doing.

 

 

At 5 months I wouldn't say he has regular sleep pattern. Evenings are more predictable than days. Most evenings he likes to settle down for bed around 9 and gets up at 1-2 am and is back into bed until about 5/5:30 am. He's still sleeping in rock and play and most likely will be until he starts sleeping through the night again. Anyways, I'm not quite ready to hand him his eviction notice, I like him in our room still.

 

Feeding: He is our 3 hour guy. No matter the amount of the feeding he's hungry every three hours. I think this is just him, he's been this way since he was just a few days old. Typically most feedings are between 4-5 ounces. We also tried rice cereal this past month. He didn't especially dig it, but he didn't hate it. A few days following his first bites of cereal I tried again, about the same reaction. Last week I tried bananas with him, he liked those a lot less than the cereal. I've got apples in the cabinet to try next, Harrison loved those.

 

Personality: He's so much fun...I swear  he is the most talkative, social baby I've ever met. Anyone that meets him always comments on how much he has to say---so I'm guessing he's taking after his Momma in that social category. We call him our story-teller, LOVES, LOVES to be talked too, full of smiles, coos, giggles and blows raspberries.

 

He knows what he wants. Miles is the kind of baby like what I have labeled a face out. He wants to be looking at everything so don't you dare hold him inwards or cradle him like a baby, he doesn't want to miss a thing! Most evenings he is carried around in the baby Bjorn; I don't know what we would do without it. He's trying hard to sit (loves his bumbo) I actually thought he'd be sitting by now just because of his eagerness to be part of everything. When laying on a pillow or his boppy he is constantly trying sit himself up further. It looks like he is trying to do crunches. With all of his attempts he's probably got a six pac under those baby rolls. :)

 

Like I said, he knows what he wants. He doesn't want tummy time. Which is the reason at 5 months, he hasn't rolled over yet. Some attempts are better than others to put him on his belly. Just the other day he let me prop him up well, looked around while on his belly...I quick ran to get the camera and that was the end of that; I guess that's how it usually goes.

 

Bath time is almost everyday. He's a fish...LOVES to be in the tub. Scroll down to the post below this---he can now bumbo in the tub with Harrison, they both love it! Sometimes when he is fussy I just give him a bath and it works like magic. I'm excited for his first trip to Wisconsin Dells water park next month.

 

He loves to touch and grab things and seems to easily get bored now if he doesn't have a toy or a blanket out in front of him to grab. Oh and he loves to pull his mommas hair too!

 

Appearance/Size: I know you can't tell by the photos---but he has so much more hair than Harrison had, it's darker too, but I don't expect it to stay this dark. I was a blondie as a child, not to mention his blonde dad.

 

Mr. Chunk weighed in at 14lbs 7 ounces at his doctor appointment today (more his appointment in later post). He's gained about 6 ounces in last month, which is phenomenal given all of his recent sickness. I expected less of a gain. I guess this goes back to him being every 3 hour kind of feeder.

 

Milestones this month:

-Trying baby food

-Getting Baptized

-Fighting 2 strains of RSV & first ear infection

 

What I am looking forward too:

-Sitting (I am SO excited for this)

-Rolling over

-Sleeping through the night again

 

 



 

 

 

Momma said, "There are going to be days like this."

Any mom that works outside of the home can relate to this post.

The last week has been a total reflection period. I don't hate work, but I hate the fact I am missing my kids lives. Each morning starts out at 4:30 am and ends at about 11 pm. I get to see my  kids awake about 3.5 hours of every day. One hour of that is spent feeding and prepping them to get out the door in the morning. The evening is an hour of getting dinner made, picking up things and taking care of that everyday stuff. That 3.5 hours quickly rolls down to 1.5 hours a day. Most weekends are filled with cleaning, open houses and photo sessions. I am sleep deprived beyond belief. I want to make it clear, I am not complaining, but rather venting the reality parenting and real life.

Most evenings are chaotic with sleep deprivation. I'm crabby, I'll be the first to admit it. I find myself having the quarter of the patience I normally do with Harrison; it's not fair to him. There isn't enough time for play, enough time to snuggle, enough time to ask my husband, "How was your day?"

I try to plan time out for the kids individually/together. Date nights for Doug and I sometimes make the calender. Never did I ever think I would have to get out calendar to schedule time with my own family. It's not fair. My kids deserve a mother that has patience, a life that isn't being rushed and ran by a clock.

I am missing out on the everyday real life stuff. Slow down growing boys.

 

Linked 13: Comfort

It's still early in the linking year...so I have plenty of time to eventually post linked theme on time, right?

If you read the post below you know our littest guy has been sick---making for several sleepless nights at our home. Last night was a very restless night, Doug and I took turns getting up with him, or I should say staying up since we weren't really sleeping.

After Miles finally gave in....there is nothing like finding comfort in your own bed.

More Comfort @

 Carla, Hanne, Heather, Heidi, Janet, Jenn, Kristin, Rhonda, Tracey and Tracy

UGH. Sickness

So are you tired of reading about sickness? Believe me I am tired of typing about it. I am so done with winter---all the coughs, fevers and sleepless nights that go with it. However with mother nature dumping another 6 inches of the white fluffy stuff last night...it's like the tunnel that just got darker.

Miles has been sick ever since his vaccinations one week ago. I'm not one of those people who blame vaccinations for everything, in fact I'm not blaming them at all. Saturday/Sunday following Friday's well check Miles ran fevers around 100, which is and can be common following vaccinations. His appetite (for a boy that can certainly eat) starting weaning Sunday. Monday the cough started, Tuesday I took him to urgent care and that evening the low grade fever returned. I got the spiel from the doctor, "it's just a virus." I think it's funny how doctors treat parents like they have never had a sick child before. God knows I think we went through everything with Harrison...I don't bring my child to the doctor unless I really have a red flag.

Doug brought Miles to daycare for a few hours Wednesday. Wednesday evening his symptoms got worse. Thursday we kept him home. His fevers have been clustering in the evening at at night for the last 2 days. He continues to cough so hard he vomits (twice in the middle of the night last night). We put a call into his regular doctor yesterday as there have been several confirmed cases of RSV in his infant room at daycare. Just as we thought, the doctor doesn't feel a need to test for RSV---because it's a virus that can't be treated by any antibiotics.

The order is to continue to watch him too see if we notice any respiratory distress/turning blue to bring him in. That certainly makes me feel at ease...not.

Seems so unfair, especially at just 4 months old. There are no treatments besides the saline spray and Tylenol we have been using. He continues to eat very little. The only time he will eat a little more is through nursing. If I wasn't nursing this time around I don't know if he would be eating anything at all.

I'm home with him again today. He's catching some rest this afternoon, I'm hoping to catch come zzzs too.

 

Miles @ 4 Months

Time to dust off the key board and post something on here.

I'm late on Miles 4 month update, but what have you come to expect from me? They always say you never take as many pictures of the second child or keep up with the things you did with first born. Miles is getting the shaft... I promise to be a better blogger about him and take more pictures!

4 months---

Sleep: He's been consistently sleeping through the night (minus this past weekend with fever and cold following his 4 months well check-up and shots). He usually put him down at about 9 or 10pm and he wakes up anywhere from 5 to 6:30. He's still sleeping in our room in the Sleep and Rock or Rock and Sleep---whatever it's called made by Fisher Price. Doug talked about transitioning him to his crib the other day. I changed the subject, I don't think I'm ready for that yet. I need to soak up every little baby moment, knowing he just maybe our last baby.

Feeding: Miles prefers the all you can eat buffet. He'd nurse all night you let him. I guess he's a boob man. When I have to whip out the artificial boob (aka--the bottle) he drinks 4-6 oz a feeding. I continue to supplement 1-2 bottles a day of formula because there is no way that I could figure our another time to pump a third time during the work day. I travel so much as it is now. It's an obstacle to find a empty parking lot and climb into the back seat and hook myself up to the milking machine. My co-worker actually told me the other day she used to pump and drive and the same time. That sounds like a good idea, but if I was pulled over I don't know what I would tell the officer. The best thing about taking the time to pump is that is forces me to take a break in my work day and it's a much healthier than taking a 15 minute smoke break.

At Miles 4 month check up he weighed in 14lbs 1 oz. That is roughly 1-2 lbs more than Harrison weighed at this age.  I keep thinking Miles just looks so much bigger than Harrison did. I searched all over for Harrison 4 month check, but being a preemie, his check ups were same regular intervals as Miles are. Miles has stretched out to 24 inches long. That's quite the length jump from birth when he measured 18.5 inches long. Head circumference (which I rarely pay attention to) was 40.1 cm. All around he is in the 15 percentile for weight, length and head circumference.

Personality: He laughs out loud and squeals in delight. He's becoming very ticklish (I think he gets that from me). I love all of his toothless smiles. Overall he is a happy baby. I couldn't have imagined that we were ever be where we are after what he had in store for us his first 6 weeks!

He loves the bath. We are on a e/o day bathing routine but I'm sure he wouldn't object to more often. The excitement on his face when his feet hit the water. Other things that excite him are music, flashing lights, rattles, bouncing, peek-a-boo and singing. If we were only entertained  that easily.

Call him Mr. Social. This is the biggest difference I've seen between Miles and Harrison. Miles is very talkative...lots of cooing and gurgling back. I am hoping his personality stays the way it is, Doug and I were always pretty shy as children.

Appearance/Size: He looks huge to us! We visited the children's museum yesterday and as we got off the elevator a lady said, "Oh look at that newbie." She had to be talking to us because we were the only ones that were on the elevator. From photo to photo he doesn't look very big, but lugging around the heavy car seat tells us he is packing on the baby chub.

Milestones this month:
-Starting daycare
-Laughing out loud
-Grabbing at toys

What I am looking forward to:
-Rolling over
-Long naps
-More smiles & giggles

And since I've been less than a regular blogger lately I am jamming his 4 Month Well Check Appointment and daycare up date in this post.

4 Month Well Check: The appointment went as normal---wake them up. take off the clothes, even the diaper so they are freezing cold, weigh them, stretch them out, hear them scream and once you get them calmed down it's time for shots. Happy Well-Check! However shots this time were the same as at his two month appointment but he spiked a fever the next morning and it followed the next day as well. It also made him lose his appetite. From the time we woke up at 5 am Sunday morning he only drink a total of 4 ounces by 1 pm. Despite the fever and lack of food he was happy.

Daycare: The road I didn't want to go on again. It's not that I think daycare is a bad thing because it's not. There are parts of it that I love and parts of it I don't. Monday of last week Miles started at daycare. Day one went well (for both Mom and Miles). Doug came with to drop off everything. It was day #2 that was mom's (my) breaking point. He slept from the time Doug picked him up at daycare until 9:15pm when he finally let me wake him up. Then ate and went back to bed. I never saw awake more than a half hour the entire day. Talk about missing your kids life while you at work. It's was like I'm paying someone to do the job I am supposed to be doing. The next morning I bawled the entire morning. I think the 5 weeks I've been back at work, thinking I was doing OK was bottled up and exploded. Am I better now? I like to think so. But there are moments like when I picked him up today and staff member asks, "So which one is yours?" That makes me look at daycare as a baby factory. Oh, and he's got a cold after 4 days too. I'm still adjusting, I think Miles is too.





I've got more pictures...I promise to post soon!

Tubes: Round TWO

Kudos to us for getting two kids and ourselves up and out of the house by 5:45 am this morning. The subzero Minnesota weather was not an incentive to get up and going.

We needed to be at the hospital by 6:45 am for Harrison's tube surgery.

 Harrison was in a fantastic mood for not being a morning person.

The wait was the worst part of the whole thing. The wait for the actual surgery to start and the wait for him to come back from recovery.

At least there were cool toys to play with while we waited...

He totally rocked getting his weight check and vital signs done. A favorite of his was this oximeter. He even tried it out on daddy. The nurses were FANTASTIC with him which only made him more at ease.

The one thing he couldn't have was food/water... He didn't take that lightly. Surgery started at about 7:50 and he normally doesn't eat until 8ish, but the early start left him saying, "I'm hungry." Distractions weren't making a dent in his request.

The first thing out of surgery? Well...Marshmallows of coarse.

 

As far as the surgery itself. Doug took him back to the OR room. I just couldn't do a second time. When he was 13 months old the first time he was so unaware of what was going on, but at 3 now, he totally knows. The nurse I talked to the evening before on the phone said, "If you have any doubt you won't do well, don't take him in, kids can read your nerves/fears." The last thing I wanted to do is freak the kid out more than he was already going to be.

Doug carried him back, blanket, plug and Spider Man. I wanted to get a photo of this, but I was a little pre-occupied with worrying. It wasn't worrying about the actual procedure as much as how it would be bringing back to the OR room. When they left I listened intently for cries. I heard cries, but not Harrison cries. Doug walked back into the room and said, "I'm impressed, proud of him, he didn't cry or even put up a fight...He didn't want to lay on his back at first but willing turned over and was out in a matter of seconds with the anesthesia.

While Harrison was in surgery Doug and I talked about how AMAZING this kid is. Yeah he does have some things to work on (more about that later), but overall, he is one incredible kid. His behavior has been impressive at home in the last several weeks and his language/communication is growing in leaps and bounds. He is now talking in complete sentences regularly and is shocking me everyday with new things. Tonight he said to me, "Momma, you have to talk louder, daddy didn't hear you." Even just a few weeks ago he wasn't able to talk that complete. The kid knows most of the days of the week, loves singing, counting, knowing left from right, all of his colors. Wow.

Not only is so smart, but he can put a smile on your face when your sleep deprived, crabby or just plain blah. He is the funniest comedian I know and the best big brother any kid could ever ask for.

Recovery time took longer than the actual procedure... It felt like we waited forever, but it was really more like 30-45 minutes for him to wake back up. He arrived back a little groggy but only mention of anything of discomfort as he said, "Momma, I've got water in my ears. This afternoon at nap time he complained his head hurt and he wanted a "puppy treat" (a code name for chewable Tylenol).


I brought home a large stuffed Spider Man home yesterday evening. Harrison totally earned him today. The nurses nick named him Spider Man. He was just glowing with excitement.

After nap- we clicked a few of him and his NEW Spider Man. I'm a little sad it was getting dark out at images aren't as crisp and yellowed due with lack of natural light. They probably can be fixed, I just didn't want to fight with color balance tonight.