Party On

This will be short and sweet. We’re getting ready to go on Eli’s first real vacation! I’m so excited, but also very busy getting 3 people packed up. Who knew babies needed so much? I mean, I guess I packed both he and I in one suitcase for our 4 day trip, but now he needs his stroller and pack n play, etc. I can’t wait for him to enjoy the splash park and meet all of his cousins. Wish us luck on this 8 hour drive! Goodness.It will be so worth it though. What we bought: A little pool floater for Eli. More saline for his nose. Invaluable purchases: haha I’d have to say the baby bath with the sling (see below). Also our glider. I use it for those middle of the night feedings. It puts Eli right to sleep. How my life has changed: We watch television on almost mute now. Don’t wake the baby is a definite rule here! Eli is grouchy if he doesn’t sleep.   Week 20        This week I figured out that if I lift up my feet I’ll spin around in my jumper. S...

It’s our anniversary and I couldn’t imagine how it could be any better. Josh and I are just spending the day with Eli, loving on him and pretty much basking in the joy he brings us. Our little family isn’t always easy, but it’s so so worth it. I bought Josh an adorable custom made family portrait from Henry James Paper Goods and he got me a Dutch oven. I can’t wait to make some crusty bread in it. I love that we got married during Memorial Day weekend. It gives us some extra time to celebrate. This weekend we went out to Red Robin, went shopping, went to dinner at Bound’ry (the dessert and wine were amazing, the rest of the food not so much), went to McCallisters, ordered in some Chinese, went for plenty of walks (as you can see we needed to burn some calories with all the eating that was done), and went for a jog. Today it’s all about the food again. We’re grilling some kebabs with grilled zesty corn and of course this morning I made raspberry rolls. Cucumber lemon water is also...

Well people, things are looking up. Eli seems to be feeling somewhat better. We went to the doctor Friday for his follow-up and they added a new medication to his regimen, but he’s no longer wheezing, so that’s a good thing. He’s also been sleeping a whole lot better and has woken up coughing less and less. I finally went to the doctor Tuesday. Turns out I’ve had a sinus infection for a bit. The antibiotics haven’t quite healed me up yet, but my fever is gone and the only lingering symptom is full, hurting ears. We’re on our way! We had a pretty good weekend so far. Yesterday Eli woke me up at 6 and he and I made some cinnamon roll pancakes. Then we cleaned the house, did some laundry, and headed out to the Bellevue picnic. Heck, I even got most of my scrapbooks up to date! Only the video one is left. That leaves today wide open for a whole lot of nothing. I can’t wait to sit around in pajamas and watch cheesy Netflix movies (after church, of course). It’s only going to get better. ...

Happy Mother’s Day from the house of the ill. We took Eli for his four month checkup and found out he has a respiratory virus. So now he’s on Albuterol via a nebulizer 4 times a day. It’s amazing how smiley he still is. I’ve spent most of this weekend wrapped up in bed battling a nearly 103 fever. After alternating between ibuprofen and Tylenol I’ve almost got it back down to normal. Even Josh caught the bug Friday. In spite of this we’ve still managed to have a pretty decent day. My first mother’s day present came Friday when I picked Eli up from daycare. They made us a little ornament that will for sure be on our Christmas tree here in a few months. Then Saturday we got some mother-son and family photos done. We’ve only seen one photo so far, but it looked cute! I can’t wait to share the rest of them. This morning Josh went and bought me some maple donuts, flowers, and a sweet card. Even if it was a present-less day, I have the best present in the world. I get to be Eli’s mom. What...

I think maybe I should’ve tried to be a doctor. Not because I enjoy biology or any reason like that- more so because it would’ve come in really handy these past few weeks. Poor Eli. First he had a cold, then an ear infection, skin allergies to various things (tape for sure, some detergents, lotions with scent), then gastroenteritis and potentially seasonal allergies. On top of that Josh caught the same GI bug and I have had this 2+ week cold. Some day our break will come, I’m just hoping that day is today. Tuesday night Eli started vomiting. At first it was no big deal, sometimes babies do that, but then it really got going. He vomited 12 times in 7 hours and most of that was pure bile. We contacted our pediatrician after vomit #4 and they said to try 1/2 oz Pedialite every hour for four hours to see if that helped. It didn’t. He couldn’t even drink 1/4 oz before he was sick again. So we took him to the ER. At first the doctors were all calm until the bile came up then there was conc...