at the park

the weather was finally nice and we got to take aiden to the park yesterday! he's been to the park before - but just in a stroller - so now that he's walking we wanted to take him to play! once we got there we sat at the picnic table and ate - and then it was time to play

here he is on his first swing ride...


and he LOVED it!

then we went on some slides!



and we explored the park



we had a lot of fun! aiden really seemed to enjoy it and i can't wait to go back with him!

medical frustration

aiden was running a fever last night - about 102.3... we gave him some motrin and put him to bed - we would see how it was in the morning... he woke up around midnight - i took his temp again and it was down to 99.5... but since he still had a fever i gave him some tylenol... and he went back to bed - well he woke up around 5:30am - he had a fever - 102... so we decided that i would take him to urgent care when they opened up at 9am

well they checked his tubes and they were fine and then they did the flu test and it came back positive... all i was told was to watch to make sure he doesn't have trouble breathing - well around 1:00 his temp had rose to 103 - i gave him tylenol and we laid down for a nap - we woke up at 3:00 burning up... his fever had gone up to 104.1 - so i called urgent care and told them how i was there this AM and wanted to know if this was normal - they had a nurse call me back and she told me that i had to take him to the ER - that he will need fluids and it is so dangerous for him to have a fever like that when he is this little. so i called adam and he came home and got us so we could go to the ER.

we check in... they check his temp, weight, oxygen and ask all the questions about why we were there... then we do the usual ER waiting - and then we finally make it to the back - get asked the same questions - and then told that everything was fine - he has the flu and Tamiflu doesn't really do anything... it just treats the symptoms - most people don't take it because it's so expensive (yeah - learned that today) and that he's going to run a high fever while he is fighting off the flu - give him tylenol and motrin to keep the fever down (doing that) - give him lots of fluids (doing that) - and watch for lack of liquids (saliva - pee - chapped lips - no tears when crying) if you see that - thats when he needs to come back. That'll be $200 - thank you.

that being said - besides having the high fever - you wouldn't really know he was sick - he doesn't act much differently when he's sick - he is still goofy and wants to play and laugh. he is doing well (for the most part) just a little cranky -and cuddly!

let it snow!!

well we woke up monday morning to all this SNOW! (i thought we lived in GA!?)
here is what our front yard looked like....

and here is what out back yard looked like...

we measured - we have 5" of snow!

i bundled aiden up and we went outside... he took one step in that slippery snow and fell down!

he crawled around...

lost one of his mittens - and ecko came out to join us!

mommy wanted one more picture - aiden was ready to go back inside!

these boots from grammy and poppy were way too big - so instead of wearing them outside - i used them as a teether once we came back in!

daddy had to work (the jail is NEVER closed) - so mommy and aiden spent the day at home - playing with all of aiden's toys and watching a little bit of sprout... here is what our living room looked like at the end of the day...

it was a busy day - we have another snow day today... although i am determined to get out of the house today... hopefully to the gym this evening! i hope everyone is staying safe and warm!!

as promised....

we have a walker!

so aiden started walking on the 23rd - only about 4 steps and then he would fall... well today i picked him up from day care and his teacher said "he's been walking a lot today!" so i thought that was pretty exciting. well we got home and i was making dinner and aiden started to walk from the living room into the kitchen - he stepped away from the couch and started to walk to me... he walked about 6 feet!!

i've been trying to get video of him walking - but it seems like every time i have my camera he falls and crawls!

i will have a video to share soon!