Seriously

What a long two months it's been. 2010 has not started of so well and all I can do is hope it gets better as I'm not even going to say it can't get any worse as the way my luck is going it will. To start I went into this year feeling confident that it was going to be a great year. I was not pregnant and will never be again, we had paid all the Dr. bills off for the most part, everyone was healthy. Oh and at dinner on New Years my prayer was that everyone we hold dear be in good health. Well....Things quickly changed right out of the gate into 2010. It started of my finding out that my dear niece was born with a cleft palate. Now mind you she is beautiful in every way but this was not expected and was a shock to my sister and brother in law. Then soon after my brother had his first lung collapse. Mind you he's 33 years old and this is just out of the blue. Shocking and very scary and more scary when it happened again a few weeks later and this time it was worse than before. He ended up having lung surgery and spent a week in the hospital. Emotionally it was just draining and seeing my little brother and his family go thru all they did was tough. Brandon however pulled thru and is on the road to recovery and we now just pray this is all behind him. So I thought this would be it, or at least for some time but OH NOOOOOO, Keaton comes down with a nasty virus that includes a high fever, and cough. He misses four days of school and then so graciously shares with Aiden his germs and this leads us into a whole nother emotional roller coaster. Sat. night before Valentines Day Keaton wake us at 12:30am screaming bloody murder that his ears hurt. We consoled him all night and planned on taking him to urgent care in the morning. While he was screaming Aiden was too and running a 102 degree fever and sounded just awful. We were up all night and headed out to urgent care first thing with Keaton. We should have brought Aiden with also as we ended up there a few hours later anyway. Keaton came home with drops and medicine and about an hour later I left to return to urgent care with a VERY sick Aiden. His breathing had become so labored and I couldn't keep him awake. I knew something was VERY wrong. Once at urgent care the nurse took his pulse ox and before I knew it I had 3 other nurses and the Dr. putting an oxygen mask on my poor baby and telling me we needed to head to the ER and he would be admitted. What????? I was just at the Pediatrician on Friday and she didn't seem that alarmed so I was shocked that they thought he was so bad he need to go to the ER and be admitted into the hospital. To make a very long story short Aiden was diagnosed with RSV and Pneumonia oh and not to the mention an ear infection. The poor kid was so sick and I could do nothing. We spent 4nights in the hospital and thankfully we are now home. Aiden is doing well. Still on oxygen 24/7 but eating well and smiling that amazing smile he has.
So seriously can we now have a break. My nerves can't take much more at this point.

Aiden 10 Months

Little Aiden is growing up and in a few short months he'll be ONE YEAR OLD~!!! For some reason this just is so hard to believe. Aiden continues to be such a delight in every way. I tear up if I allow myself to think of how fast he has grown. My last baby boy and I want to enjoy every minute of that baby part.

So here is the boys stats for 10 months.

*Weight almost 23lbs

*Heights 31inches

*Crawling like a mad man

*Cruising and learning to push his walker

*Standing alone for long periods of time

*Can scale stairs no problem

*Loves music and will dance when he hears it. Pretty cute to watch

*Having some separation anxiety start (not so happy about this milestone)

*No new teeth

*Eats EVERYTHING ..... Loves fresh bananas most of all and will eat an entire banana in a sitting!

*Loves books right now-pages threw them and of course chewing them

*Everything goes into the mouth

*I have given all my bottles away and hes on the boob most of the time and takes the cup now without any problem.

*Likes water and has a little apple juice and LOVED it!

*Started saying OH OH and something that sounds like HI, also very clear are Mama and Dada

*Still has a smile that lights up a room and uses it often, also has a very funny mad and sad face that is just plain pitiful.

*18 month clothes and size 4 diapers

Once again one great kids doing amazingly well !! We are so blessed!

A Reading Foul!!

Absolutely amazing is the words that come to mind when I sit with Keaton to read and do homework now. HE CAN READ!!! When I say this I mean really read books,signs, ect... not only can he read but he is a fantastic speller. I don't know why this absolutely amazes me as I've seen many children learn to read and do all kinds of things while I was teaching but there's something about watching your own child learn to do things that is so amazing and special. Now don't get me wrong he isn't reading chapter books yet but he is able to pick up many of the books we have and read the majority of what is written on any given page. His sight word list is almost mastered and he's kicking butt. I'm so proud of him and yet a little sad as my baby is growing up right before my very eyes. Love you Keaty!!