Where are you, Spring?

We went searching for Spring recently.  Samuel looked behind all the plants and all over the yard, but couldn't find it.

Come on, Spring!  We are anxious for you to come visit us!

Sick Little Pup

Samuel landed himself in the hospital a couple weeks ago with pneumonia and RSV.  We were lucky we caught it when we did, but he was a "very sick little boy."  At the hospital, he was poked and prodded more than any little boy should be.  He had gotten so dehydrated that they could not get a successful IV in any of the typical places, like hands, wrists, or feet.  They poked him 7 times before they finally got an IV started in his head.  In three hours, he had pulled the IV out.  Fortunately, the doctors approved oral medications, so they didn't have to poke him again!  He was hooked up to oxygen the whole stay and had a lovely red glowing light on his toe that monitored his blood oxygen levels.  He hated being hooked up and pulled everything out many, many times.  But, he was a little trooper and after three days, he was finally getting enough oxygen through his body on his own and got to go home!

Monday: Note the oxygen, IV in head, and glowing toe

Tuesday: Breathing treatment in progress

 Wednesday: Feeling better, but blood oxygen levels too low to go home.

Thursday: No longer using the oxygen tube (still attached, just in case)

Thursday: Finally going home!

Thursday: Finally at home, playing in his new toy, a reward for being such a trooper in the hospital.

This and That

I've fallen a bit behind in updates.  The past few weeks have been relatively uneventful.  We finally settled on a new car and bought ourselves a nice, shiny Subaru Outback, which we like very much!  Aside from that excitement, we've just been rolling along the past few weeks. 

Samuel continues to grow.  He hit a huge growth spurt last weekend.  Sunday morning, he could just barely reach the doorknobs.  When he woke up from his 3.5 hour nap Sunday afternoon, he was palming the doorknobs.  We are pretty sure he put on an inch in just a few hours.  He's also been busy cutting molars and has two nice, new molars poking through, with two close behind. 

Here are some recent snapshots.

 It's never too early to start learning about chemistry.

Recent favorite activity: Removing all books from bookshelf (because he's tall enough to reach them now!)

Solution to diaper rash from *you know where*?

Loosely fitted cotton trifolds and a LOT of Desitin Maximum

Playtime with Daddy - he's hilarious!

Samuel's growth spurt meant forward-facing car seat!

Little Man feeling like a big stud!

Our first jungle gym visit

So much fun...

 We ended up with one tired boy!

One, Two, THREE!!!

I love listening to Samuel babble.  His intonation is just like Mike's and mine.  But, I love love love his most recent "phrase."  "Unh, Doh, DEE!" in exactly the same tone you'd say "One, Two, THREE!"  He's also made the adaption to "Unh, Doh, DEE DEE!" as though saying "One, Two, THREE, FOUR!"  Makes me wonder which of his primary care givers counts to three a lot???  I'm thinking the daycare provider, but that's just a guess :)

Snow Day!

We got slammed with snow this past week.  A week ago Saturday, we got 6 inches and another 10-12 last Wednesday.  We had so much snow Wednesday, in fact, that Mommy got to stay home and play with Samuel all day!  Daddy and Samuel ventured out into the snow Saturday to play.  Mommy and Samuel ventured out into the snow Wednesday for a brief photo shoot, simply to document the height of the snow.  It was so deep, there was no way Samuel would be able to play in it!

One Year Photos

Even though he was very antsy, our awesome photographer got some great shots of our little man.  Check them out on her blog.

http://kristareneephotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/samuel-1-year.html

Mullet? I think not.

Twice in two weeks, people commented on Samuel's "mullet."  Mike and I thought those were two comments too many and decided that it was time for Samuel's first haircut, even though the hair on the top of his head still hasn't grown in fully.  Here's the before and after (just of the back - we only took care of the mullet).

Nice, clean cut looking little man :)