Thumbs Up For Kate!!

Kate has an announcement to make:

She is going on three weeks now, so maybe she has kicked the habit!!

She had sucked her thumb so hard the nail was coming off. She was also having trouble with her little teeth staying glued do to fatigue from the sucking. We used some spray on her thumb that tasted AWFUL. I know because I tried it first. It really only took a couple of days. We are so proud of our baby girl!!

Six Months!!!

Happy Half Birthday to Baby Wade!! Wow this has been a big month for Wade!!! He has had many firsts and learned some new tricks....like sitting up!!

He can sit up for short periods of time, but he tumbles over without warning. He looks like such a big boy now!

The first big thing that happened this month was we scheduled surgery to unclog his tear duct in his right eye. The only catch to that was he would not be able to eat after midnight on the day of the surgery. Since he was still eating twice during the night, I knew we had a lot of work ahead of us to get him prepared for his big night. First, I started putting him in his crib at night. He had been sleeping with me, but kept waking up and trying to turn over. This was causing him some frustration. It took him a few nights to get used to his crib, but it has been so much better for both of us. Second, with the advice of his pediatrician, I started him on solid foods. He has oatmeal mixed with prunes and some veggies every evening at 7pm. A few days after we started with the solids and sleeping in his crib, he started making it through the night without food. He still wakes sometimes but usually finding his pacifier for him does the trick. We are sleeping so much better but there is still room for improvement.

Though no surprise, Wade loves to eat! He makes no funny faces with the different flavors. He has happily and eagerly ate everything I have offered to him.

We have had lots of teething going on this month. He is trying to cut four at the same time!! He now has three teeth on top, with another expected any day, and three on the bottom. That is six teeth!!! One of the bottom ones I was not even expecting. I just found it after I noticed him chewing on his little index finger (his preferred teething tool). He has been fussier than usual. We have had a couple of bad days, but with a little Tylenol we made it through the worst of it.

If you click on the picture below you can see three little white teeth poking through. He has a rather unconventional order of getting teeth! He is still missing one of his front teeth. What is it with my kids and front teeth?

It has gotten colder this month. I still have not bought him a coat, so he has to ride like this when we get the kids from school...

Wade even saw his first snow this month. It was only about an inch but it counts. We have also had very cold temps down in the single digits and negative wind chills. He has stayed nice and warm inside. His brother and sisters have been crazy enough to go out and play in it though.

Wade had his eye surgery on the 27th. He did pretty good. He got upset and hungry when the surgery did not start when scheduled, but he made it. We are still not convinced the surgery worked. He is still having problems with that eye. We are diligently putting the drops in it. Wade does not like the eye drops. It takes both of us to get them in successfully. The doctor said to give it a week and see how it was.

Wade does lots of playing. The big kids like to play with him and keep him entertained. His favorite toy is probably his exersaucer. He is paying more attention to the dogs too. He smiles when they walk by him. He also loves for you to sing to him. His favorite song is "Jesus Loves Me."

We all enjoy nap time! He tends to take a good nap in the morning around 10am. The afternoon naps are hit or miss. He usually goes down for a nap around 3pm, but may only sleep 30 minutes. That may have a lot to do with the kids coming home from school and being loud. Depending how the 3pm nap goes he may take another around 6pm.

I just thought this was a funny picture.

The boy loves his bath! He loves to splash, splash, splash!!! Prepare to get soaked!

Wade weighs about 19 pounds. I am not sure how long he is, but trust me he is long. We go for his shots and well check around the middle of the month, so I will let you know then.

It is hard to believe his first year is already half over!! He brings so much joy to our lives!! We LOVE you Baby Wade!!!

Snow Play

Luke came and got me this morning and told me to get my camera. He was playing in the snow before school. It was 10 degrees with a windchill in the negative numbers, but my kids were outside playing. I wonder how cold it has to be for them to stay inside. We have had snow on the ground for three days now. It is not much snow, but some is better than none. Luke and Rachel have had a two hour delay from school for the past two days. I think I could get used to that pretty quick. They had muffins and hot chocolate for breakfast and a little snow play before school this morning.

For Lukie

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Not A Snow Day :O(

What??? We have to go to school today!!??? But there is snow on the ground!!

Yes you do.
My little snow bunnies...
Wade's first snow.
Can you believe yesterday it was 78 degrees and right now the temp is 16 degrees with snow and ice on the ground? Crazy!!!

Our Little Spelling Bee

Rachel qualified for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth grade Spelling Bee this year. The Spelling Bee was to be held on January 27, 2011. The same day Wade was having the surgery on his eye. I explained to her that I would not be able to go to the Spelling Bee because I would be at the hospital, but Memaw Linda would be there to root her on for us.

Well, the Saturday before Luke got really sick. We took him to the doctor on Monday. He had the flu!! The poor guy was sick for five days. He was still running a fever the night before the Spelling Bee. We all knew Luke would not be able to go to school the next day, which meant Rachel would have to do the Spelling Bee without us there to watch her.

She studied pretty hard the week before. I was worried she had not prepared enough though. I was so nervous and worried for her. The morning of the big day we were at the hospital and my neighbor was sending me text messages letting me know the progress of the Spelling Bee. It was just killing me that I was not there to watch her and take pictures. Rachel progressed right along through the rounds. My big fear was that she would be the first one out or get out in the first round. How silly of me to worry. There were 42 kids in the Spelling Bee. Rachel placed fifth!!! We are so proud of her!!!!

Teething

Update: Wade was working on four teeth. I found one today that I was not even looking at. Still waiting on two more to pop out. They are both so close.

Wade is working on cutting three teeth....at the same time. This is how he feels about teething....

He has been really fussy the past few days. One of the teeth came through this morning, so now we are just waiting on the other two. I feel so sorry for the little guy.