The First "Trip"

This morning I had to take my sweet baby boy to the ER because of a very high temperature. He has had a fever of 100-102 for the past 3 days but the Pediatrician said viruses could take 4-5 days to pass so we have been treating with Motrin and Tylenol. This morning when he got up he was not a very happy baby at all and he was BURNING UP to the touch. I took his temperature 3 times and all 3 reading were in the 105 range. I knew this was entirely too hot for a baby so I decided to take him to the ER immediately instead of waiting 3 hours for the Dr office to open. Turns out everything is OK, thank God!!! They did a chest x-ray and a urine sample for further testing, and both came back clear. We are home now and Brock's temperature has been normal for the past 8 hours. He has slept a lot today and not had much of an appetite but I am hoping we are on the down hill of this nasty "virus". Whatever that word means....

I got my new camera today so I will be putting up some pictures as soon as I can.

Spring/Travel/10 Months

Happy 10 Months Sweet Baby Boy!!!

Joe is gone this week on a 2 week trip to the UK and France. I will be joining him in France at the end of the week and am so very excited! I feel very fortunate to get to travel with Joe occasionally and think that a Mommy and Daddy vacation is just what we need. Not to mention the awesmoeness of spending a week in Paris and Nice with the Love of my life. This will not be my first time to leave Brock over night but it will be the longest I have gone without seeing him BY FAR. The few times he has stayed the night with my parents I am usually there by 10AM to pick him up. Thinking of not seeing my Sweet Baby for 8 days gives me pretty bad anxiety but I know he is going to be just fine with his Nana and Mimaw. Chris will come stay here on the weekends and my Mom will keep him at her house during the week. I am taking my computer and have downloaded Skype to I can see him and talk to him every day. Brock is so close to walking, I am very afraid that he is going to decide to take off while we are gone. Hopefully he will hold off for his Mommy and Daddy :-)

This week Brock has his first cold with a fever. He got a runny nose back in January but never ran a fever with that. Starting yesterday he seemed a bit fussy and just not his normal happy self. He started running a small temperature but I thought it was probably just teething. This morning when he got up his temp was 102 and I got really scared! It went down by 7AM to the 100 range but I was still feeling very concerned. I took him to the Dr this afternoon and it is a virus of some kind. I am happy that it isn't an infection and so thankful that it isn't the Flu. They did test him for the Flu to be safe and luckily that came back negative. We hope that in the next couple days he is feeling better and fever free.

As for new stuff Brock is doing, he is all over the place!!!! He can crawl from room to room, he can pull up on pretty much anything including me, he can walk with his push toys and stand unsupported. He hasn't taken any steps on his own yet but I think that is coming very soon. I am trying to start "table food" for Brock so he can get used to chewing and eating things that are chunkier and more like real food. I still make his dinner separate and he struggles a bit but seems to be getting better every day. Now that it is getting warm outside and staying light longer, Brock and I have spent many days playing at the park and have started back up our neighborhood walks. Brock loves to go to the park and swing and slide on the slides. He also enjoys playing in the grass and eating the leaves. Typical boy I guess :-) I am anxious for summer so we can go swimming at our pools and boating with Papa. We didn't get much pool or boat time in last year since Brock was so little, the weather was SO HOT and the lake was so empty. I would even like to get him in swimming lessons if I can. I know he is young, but Blake and I started very young and have always loved the water and we're always very good swimmers. There is a place by my house that has a under 2 class so maybe I can get us signed up for that.

PS I am sorry I don't have any new pics to include with this update. I had a camera fatality and will be replacing it this week. I have been using my phone for pics the past few weeks but it just isn's cutting it......