Sunday, April 19, 2009

Hello Spring!

This weekend we decided to enjoy the beautiful sunny spring weather and redo the landscaping in the front of the house.  We first went to Tumbleweed Gardens on Saturday to look at some trees.  When Love Bug and mommy arrived, Dada and Roo had picked out a beautiful Japanese Maple.  But that one tree would have cost the entire budget, so we didn't get it.  This morning we loaded up the whole family and went to Lowe's.  Roo decided to be a good helper and push the carts for us.  This made shopping take a bit longer and cause Dada to lose focus.  Even better, Roo was not the only 2 year old picking out plants for his family this morning!  Luckily, Mommy is a bit frugal and figured out that we could get all the plants we need for the cost of the 1 tree we looked at Saturday.  We spent the rest of the day planting.  Mommy was excited to use the truck to pull the azaleas out; that was fun!  Hours later, we completed our project and it looks great.  It's nice to see the pretty brick on the foundation, and to just see something new. We still need one more of the Emerald Vitae for the leftmost portion of the front to anchor that side, but for a single day, we did pretty good.
Oh, and we're taking Grandma's advice on the solids with Love Bug.  We figure, if we keep on trying he'll eventually open his mouth for the food.  No luck yet, but at least he's not crying about it anymore.   
Finally, take a look at Roo's hair.  He's a pretty cute floppy haired kid.  If you look back through the blog, you'll see that he hasn't had a haircut (at least not a professional one) since last May!  At this point it's hard to imagine what he would look like with short hair.  Oh, and please excuse his outfit, it's his Sunday best....ah yes, mommy would be happy if she never saw those shorts again :)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Solids are Yucky!

Because of Love Bugs allergies, we thought it would be good to attempt solids starting at 4 months.  The allergist and pediatrician gave us the green light....Love Bug didn't.  We figure to get through all the first foods and to do them each for at least 3 days to see if he has an allergy would take a long time.  So off we went, trying the icky cereal first, no luck.  So we tried some veggies, no luck there either.  And then we unsuccessfully tried fruit.  
So here we are at 5 1/2 months and we can't even get the kiddo to open his mouth for the food....unless he's the one putting the spoon in his mouth.  We're sure when he's ready to have solids he'll let us know; until then, we try once a night just for practice.  We just can't wait for the messy fun to start :)

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Leave is SO Overrated!

Little Love Bug has had a variety of doctor appointments since he was born. On Sunday he came down with a little cough, by Wednesday it got worse. Mommy took him to the doc on Wednesday and she couldn't hear anything. But by Friday, it was worse and he still had a low grade fever. Back to the doc we went and then off to get a chest x-ray. Diagnosis: pneumonia. We're grateful we caught it early enough that he didn't have to go to the hospital. His follow-up is next Friday morning. Mommy is out of sick leave and credit...glad we weren't planning on a vacation this year!

On a lighter note, last weekend Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Matt and Cool Aunt Carol came to visit for Grandpa's birthday. We caught Roo sneaking some birthday cake!