Coughs, sniffles, sneezes… and wheezes, oh my!

Once again I am delinquent in getting an update done. But I must admit that life is just busy. At work we are preparing for an accreditation review and I’ve been busy reviewing the last three years to make sure what I need is there. Not a small feat when added to the year-end reports and getting started with 2009. When I get home we are busy with dinner, playing, baths, and other need-to-do items… like falling asleep on the couch. There is just never enough time to get everything done.

Cooper had his first neb treatment on Wednesday. He came down with a cold not quite two weeks ago. His cough started to get worse and by Wednesday he was really wheezing. The daycare called to say he just wasn’t acting himself. I decided to endure the pediatrician’s office. I hate that feeling of “why are you bringing in what seems to be a healthy kid” when I know he doesn’t feel good. But when I got to the daycare there was no doubt that he needed to be seen. I hadn’t ever heard him wheeze as bad as he did. The thought is he has RSV, but since he is nearly a year old, he should be just fine. After enduring a neb treatment, we were sent home with an albuterol inhaler to give him several times a day. With a family history of asthma they said the wheezing with a virus was to be expected and he is very likely to have asthma, but I had hoped that he would be lucky and not get it. Last night I was concerned the albuterol didn’t seem working, but thankfully, he was able to sleep through the night and didn’t sound too bad this morning. Hopefully, he will be feeling pretty good by the end of the weekend. The occupational hazard of being a mommy with a sick, cuddly child is that you usually get it, too. So needless to say I’m tired and not feeling the greatest either.

Here is a quick update on what Cooper is doing…
Tooth #3 is through on the top and #4 is trying to come… more loose diapers… FUN!
He can walk on his knees, but not quite on his feet yet. He can cruise around the furniture and stand with just one hand supported.
He weighed 20 pounds and 12 ounces on Wednesday.

Cooper has a week before he is a year old. I am still in amazement that the last year has gone as fast as it did. We are probably going to have a small party with Mommy and Daddy next Friday and then Gramma and Papa come on the 9th and we’ll celebrate again.

Here’s to a quiet weekend!

Three week update...

Where has time gone again??? I am finding the days are blending together and are just as busy as before Christmas.

So what has happened during the last three weeks…

Cooper got his bottom teeth Christmas morning. I happen to be feeling his gum and sure enough there they were! I think his body also let us know they were coming in by giving us a week of loose diapers and vomiting. During the week between Christmas and New Years Day I think Cooper and I each went through three clothing changes every day. He would either poop enough to get on me, too or vomit to the point of drenching both of us and usually the chair we were in. Ugh. Thank God that is over! Until the tops one come...

My parents came to visit the Saturday after Christmas and my sister and her family came the Sunday after Christmas. It was great to be together. Opening gift with six adults and three kids was fun. Cooper loved the wrapping paper and by that time was a pro at ripping it off. Our living room looks like Toy Central.

Cooper graduated from the baby bathtub to the big bathtub. He loves it as he can slash better and move around more. Mommy gets a bit nervous when he gets on his knees, but he usually listens when I ask him to sit down.

Steve managed to pick-up strep throat, so was miserable for several days with a very sore throat. Thankfully, he is on the mend and feeling better.

Cooper turned 11 months old on the 6th. Wow. In just about three weeks from now he will be a year old. My baby is no longer going to be a baby… he will be a little boy.

Steve and I went out on date on Saturday and went to Marley and Me. I loved it! It was so well done and kept close to the book. I, of course, sobbed through the ending, but only from the love we have experience from the labs that have been in our lives. See it, if you can, but bring Kleenex.

I got some pictures on Sunday of us protraying the Holy family at the children's program at church in December.

Hmmm… the last three weeks have been a blur with just the day to day activities and being back to work after a week and a half off.

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks. Enjoy!