Yo Baby!!!
Baby Dude finally got his grill...matching Mommy & Daddy's grillz are on the way! ;)

Okay, I'll be serious now. I've got a friend who like to play with her photo editing program, and have some fun at my expense!

Click on the picture for a better look at the Grill!

Confused about grillz? Check this out for the scoop: Grills on Wikipedia

1st Birthday Party!!

We had a combined party on Sunday for Baby Dude, Aaron's Mom and myself. It was a great time...lots of family, friends and good food!

Baby Dude about wore himself out. Here's a cute picture of him zoning off watching Baby Einstein after the party. A friend of mine did the cool effects.

Nothing much to report.
I just love this picture.

He's already one year old. That just blows me away.
His belated birthday party is coming up, and his mom and dad are very excited.

Why can't they stay little? 

12mth Check Up!

- posted by Miori

Overall, a good appointment! He weighs 18lbs, 15.5oz (5-10%), length is 28 7/8in. (50-75%) and still Mr Big Noggin at 18 1/2in. (50-75%). The height/weight thing makes him sound long and skinny but he's really pretty nice and round, lol.

The Ped is pretty sure that he had Rotavirus. Yuck! The good news is that he is completely over it and back to eating like a little piggie. He's back to his regular strength/amount of formula too...for now.Once this can of formula is gone in a week or so, we will start him on lactose-free milk - ie Lactaid. He can have no more than 16-20oz per day. A month later, we will transition him to whole milk...and if all that goes well...drumroll....we'll start to wean his Prevacid the next month!She feels like if he can't wean from his Prevacid well by 15mths, then it's time to see a GI. So, okay...we'll see how it goes.

We need to keep offering him our table food and even the things he hasn't liked...just to avoid creating a picky eater. We'll see how that goes...all he wants right now are Cheerio's and bananas!

She's going to do a referral to a neurosurgeon at Children's to look at the shape of the back of his head. I'm not super worried about it but just want to rule things out...and she feels the same.

Definitely gonna stay rear facing in the carseat for a while...which is fine by me!

He got 3 shots...poor kid, he's been poked and prodded so much the past week!

Oh - and she thinks that he is ahead in terms of social/emotional/language skills, but a bit behind in his gross motor skills. Sounds like my kid for sure! She'll only get worried if he's not walking by 18mths and isn't concerned about his funny crab/bear crawl.

I think that's it! So tired of being in that office...3 times in less than a week...but they are great...just tired of Dr's, kwim?

Here it is, the new Blog. Boy, these 'web log' things are great, aren't they?

Today I have a lot to talk about as it has been a busy weekend. First, let me say that a stomach virus is a bad thing, but a stomach virus that attacks a baby's belly is ten times worse. Baby Dude got a bug last week on Friday, and he finally beat it one week later with a little help at the hospital.

Yes, we waited as long as we could, but after five days of vomiting and diarea, and two visits to the doctors office, we had to get some extra help for the little guy. It was heart wrenching to see him scream as they put the IV into his arm. Baby Dude has a good set of lungs on him, that is for sure, but it was a bit disconcerting to be told by the nurses that it is a good sign that he has tears as that means he isn't too dehydrated. I felt that he won't have any tears left if he keeps on screaming and crying. I just wanted them to finish so I could hold him.

24 hours later, Baby Dude was getting back to his cute little self again. When we brought him in, he was like a limp noodle, and his eyes were just pleading for some relief. The IV fluids did the trick and allowed him to get his strength back enough to fight off this dang bug. Add to this, he is teething at the same time. So today was a back and forth between a happy healthy baby and a baby velociraptor.

We didn't have a camera with us, but there was a cute scene the morning after he was admitted. Just picture him in a high chair, with a blue baby hospital gown on with rocket ships, feeding himself puffs with his right arm while his left arm is off to the side hooked up to the IV. I guess you had to have been there. lol.

That's all for now.