Oh my...Mommy's in Trouble!

7 Months & 4 weeks old

I was in the kitchen making myself some soup while Andrew was playing with his new toy. I glance over to him, and I find him STANDING! He was able to get up on his feet all by himself!! Here is picture proof :) He sure didn't crawl for very long...

Drew's First Christmas

This christmas was more special than usual because we were able to experience it with our sweet son for the first time! We started off the festivities Christmas eve at my Aunt Jill's house. Andrew was exhausted so I laid him down for a nap while we ate dinner. By the time we were all done with dinner and dessert, it was time for presents and Drew happened to wake up! He was more interested in the wrapping paper of course than the actual present :) When we got home from Aunt Jill's, we did Christmas with Nanni and had our family Christmas (minus Drew's presents, he had to wait until Christmas morning). Christmas morning quickly came and Drew woke up around 7am. Grandpa Frank wanted to come see Andrew open his presents too :) After presents were opened and wrapping paper was eaten, it was off to Grandma & Grandpa D's (Ken & Diana's)! We were blessed this year because Auntie Danielle and her boyfriend Dustin were able to come home from Kentucky for Christmas. After MORE presents were opened there, it was off to Great Grandma & Grandpa Hills house for dinner and even more presents! It was very nice to see everyone and dinner was delcious as usual! I tried to get Andrew to take a nap during dinner, but there was far too much too see...so basically, fat chance that was happening. After the Hills' we actually went home for an hour to take a nap because mommy, daddy & Drew were so exhausted! after our nap, it was off to Grandpa Franks for our final Christmas! Needless to say that after our 6 Christmas' we were all very very tired!

DREW CRAWLES...and just like that, my freedom is over

7 Months and 3 weeks

Yesterday morning, Brad and I were playing with Drew on the floor of our bedroom and to our amazement, he got up on all fours and started crawling over to me!! He's been practicing for the past couple weeks on trying to crawl and yesterday he finally did it and got somewhere! I am so very excited for him and his newest accomplishment...but I can't help but be afraid for all the stuff and dogs he's going to attack :)

Drew's First Bought of the Stomach Flu :(

We gave Andrew his last bottle of the night and tucked him into bed. About 30 minutes later Andrew started to cry so I picked him up. One giant burp later, he spewed every last bit of his bottle...all 6 ounces all over me! No big deal, just a gas bubble right? WRONG! The spew kept coming and coming! I was up with Andrew literally all night as he projectiled on me (and everything within an earshot) over 7 times. In other words, I had to change my and Andrew's clothes over 7 times...oh it was AWFUL! The poor guy would fall asleep and then 20 minutes later would wake up screaming and then puke. The morning finally came but the puke shower I was experiencing never ended! I couldn't get any formula or solid food to stay in there so I started to panic...especially when he didn't have a wet diaper since the night prior. I called the Kaiser advice line and they told me to bring him in asap as they were concerned with the lack of wet diapers. The first thing they did was weigh him. To my horror, I learned that he only weighed 14 pounds 6 ounces...he dropped over a pound in one day! The doctor said that was pretty common when a child vomits for so long. She recommended that we take a trip to the treatment room and try to get him re-hydrated. They started him off with 5 ounces of flavorless Pedilite mixed with sugar free crystal light lemonade powder to taste (it's important to only use sugar free because sugar messes with the electrolytes). I was instructed to give him 5ml of the solution every 5 minutes until he went to bed (that's barely 2 ounces every hour)! I was also told to stop giving him formula until he goes a while without vomiting and then slowly re-introduce it in 2 ounce increments (formula and milk products just fester in an already sour stomach and induces vomiting). We were loaded with a bunch of syringes and sent home. We gave him the Pedilite mixture for almost 3 hours (every 5 minutes remember) until he finally fell asleep around 7:30p. I plan on doing the Pedilite treatment through the morning and then slowly introducing bland foods back into his diet. Poor little guy...always seems to be something going on with him! Hopefully we can all get some better sleep tonight!!

Can It Be? 7 Months Already?

Today marks the 7th month of Andrew's life! He is able to hold a bottle and feed himself...although he doesn't due to sheer laziness, he is able to get up on all fours and rock back and forth (he is so very close to crawling!), he can sit up on his bottom like a big boy, he thinks he's tuff stuff when he is able to ride in a shopping cart and sit in a restaurant high chair, and he laughs uncontrollably when I hold him and a dog at the same time! He's a very funny little boy and finds humor in everything! He plays this game with daddy where they both lay on the couch and pull a string from the blanket that's sitting on the back of the couch. They pull the string until it snaps from out of Drew's chubby little fingers and they both crack up...it's pretty cute!

This past Thursday was Thanksgiving and the Ciari's (my god parents) came over to my dads and with them, they brought their off road quads. It was too cold and late for Andrew to ride them on Thursday but he was able to ride them with daddy on Friday. I wasn't there because I was on the annual trip to San Francisco with my mom, my cousins and my aunts. Let me tell you...I MISSED him so very much! We left Friday morning and didn't come home until Saturday at 5:30p. It was good for Brad to spend that time with Andrew though! They had a fun time from what I gathered :)