Update: Good News

As I promised I would update you on Walker's doctor's appointment this morning. The good news is he doesn't have an ear infection!! The pediatrician thinks that his fever is coming from the cold and possibly his other tooth thats coming in. I don't want to be the over reacting mother, but I feel soooooo much better knowing his ears are okay. If he can just hang in there a few more days I know he will be feeling much better:) He did take his 2nd half of the flu shot like a champ. This was the first time for me to actually hold him while he got a shot:) Daddy was busy at work, so I took one for the team:) We love you buddy and hope you are back to your chipper self very very soon!!!

"Show In Tell"

Thanks to Walker's great grandparents he took "show in tell" to school today.

I know you must be saying to yourself, "What in the world is she talking about"....well.....Beck, Patrick's grandmother...Walker's great grandmother...sorry Beck...yes I said it, "Grandmother"..hahaha.

She sent us Pee-Pee TeePee's for the sprinkling Wee-Wee. They are five little fabric cone shaped cloth teepee's to put over his wee-wee when he tee tee's on us:) Lately Walker has gotten really good at spraying all of us, Ms. Dot especially. After he sprayed her several times last week I told her I would bring her in a surprise she could use, so Walker took them in this morning. Everyone thought they were halirious. I highly recommend them and they are soooo cute to use:) For all of you that have little boys you know exactly what I"m talking about and I'm sure you've gotten sprayed more times than you can count:)

Walker hasn't been feeling great. We are going to see the pediatrician first thing in the morning. He has consistently ran a fever all weekend. I'm just hoping he doesn't have another ear infection. He has a cough and a nasty runny nose. He also is getting his second tooth on the bottom. Keep your fingers crossed the fever is coming from the tooth. We are headed to see Moppy and Papa this weekend, so we need to feel better soon. I'll keep you posted.


Here I am working very hard at getting the water out of my sippy cup. I haven't quite mastered it yet, but I'm trying. Can somebody help me get the water out???

I'M KIND OF A BIG DEAL!!

One of our favorite movies is Anchorman. Will Ferrell or Ron Burgundy says to Veronica Corningston, "I'm kind of a big deal"! One day Walker maybe saying this to all of the girls:)

Enjoying some Daddy time. He is so funny now when you take his picture. He knows exactly when to cheese. Walker you are such a cool little guy!!

Walker is so fascinated with Ribbie. Ribbie is not so much enjoying the snapshot. The only time she's really interested is when Walker's eating in his high chair. I know these two are going to become buddies. Ribbie is in for a surprise once Walker starts crawling. I think it's going to take some time for them to figure each other out!

Stay At Home Dad

Today Walker's "school" was closed and Daddy's work was closed....so what does that mean???

Daddy and Walker had some major bonding time all day together!! Today was the very first time Patrick truly had to take care of Walker without ANY help. To be honest, I was very excited for this day to come. Patrick is such a great daddy and always such a huge help. I had to go to work this morning and it was very hard leaving them. I thought I would let you all know how the day went....did they both survive?????

It started on Sunday in our church nursery prepping Daddy for Monday. Both myself and Ms. Dot (Walker's "Grandma" at school) gave him strict instructions on what to do throughout the day. Patrick did his usual....smile and nod...smile and nod his head really not listening to anything we were saying:) He is very good at this. So, all day Sunday we talked about what needed to be done to keep Walker on his schedule. Yes, Brooke I know....yes Brooke I know......he said:)

The morning started bright and early at 5:30am when Walker started crying for us to come upstairs and get him. He has gotten use to getting into our bed in the mornings. Rule #1: Walker is not allowed in the bed until after 5:30am.

I received a phone call at 10:30am saying we just finished eating oatmeal and Walker's first bottle. What time did you guys get out of bed, I ask? Oh, we slept in until 8:45am he said...WHAT?!!? When I have him in the morning he's up ready to go a full day...not fair! He gave him a bath then another nap and headed to my office for a visit around 11:30am. I was so worried what Walker would be wearing to see my co-workers...well....Daddy did very well and picked out mommy's favorite "monkey outfit". Everyone loved seeing him at the office and we had a great lunch together. They left me around 1:30pm heading home to play. I called at 3:00pm on my way home to say don't give him his last bottle because I would be there to feed him and he says to me.....I haven't given him his second bottle yet...WHAT!!?*!....Well, honey we fed him his veggies and fruit at lunch and he hasn't been fussy for his bottle....so after my brief heart attack I say, but Patrick he hasn't had a bottle since a little before 10:00am....thats 6 hours ago....He's fine honey, he said:(

This is what I found when I arrived home......

THEY SURVIVED HAPPY AND HEATHLY:)

I wrote this because I wanted everyone to know what a wonderful husband I have and how much we love him!!!! I thank my lucky stars that I have a husband that will change diapers, feed him, change his clothes, bathe him, put him to bed and etc.....Not only do I have an incredible husband, but a best friend. Walker will soon realize how lucky he is.....

We love you and thank you for being you:)

Can you see my toothie??

As I promised you can see Walker's first tooth a little more, so I thought I would post a picture. The pictures are a little blurry, but it was hard getting the camera to focus on such a small little thing. He also sticks his tongue out every time we try and touch it. Just look for the small white spot on the bottom:):) And yes, we do wash his clothes....he was just finishing up a snack!!

Breaking News............

Breaking News Friends............

Walker has his first TOOTH:):)

The tooth is on the bottom almost in the middle. It has broken the skin and we can sure feel it! Patrick and I just checked on Tuesday night and we felt nothing. Today when I picked him up from "school" his teachers could hardly wait to tell me. It just happened over night. I will post pictures in a few days when it comes up a little more!!!!!!! YEAH!!!

HAPPY 7 MONTHS OLD WALKER LEIGH

Happy 7 Months Old Walker Leigh!!!

My, My, My....where has our little baby gone? Happy 7 months old my darling. I know I say this all the time, but you are growing so fast. You are so much fun and you are becoming such a cool little guy. Your personality shines so bright just like your smile!! Your smile and your laugh melts our hearts. Walker it is such a wonderful feeling to know how much you love and trust your Mommy and Daddy. You are still saying Da Da Daddy and another new word is Ta Ta Ta. Not sure what that means, but its something new. I'm still waiting to hear Ma Ma Mama. We count our lucky stars everyday for you. You bring so much joy and happiness into our life!! We love you so much buddy!!

These days you are into everything. You have mastered sitting up. Every once in a while you will fall over, but I think its because you are ready to move around on the floor. You love to roll on from front to back and back to front. We keep thinking any day now we might see a tooth, but nothing yet. As much as you are drooling we should see the first tooth very soon. Our pediatrician said she could feel them coming in. You have started eating Stage 2 baby food. You love the apple blueberry fruit. Blueberries are one of Mommy's favorites. You are really getting good at clapping and love for us to make animal noises. You especially love Daddy's monkey sounds. Walker, you think you're a big boy! Last Saturday it was about 68 degrees so Walker, Daddy and Ribbie enjoyed some time outside. Check out how much his hair is growing and yes it's still BLONDE:) Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine Walker would have blue eyes and blonde hair. I'm sure his hair color will change, but I love it for now!!!

Thank you Moppy and Papa for my really cool high chair. I love to sit in it and watch mommy cook in the kitchen. This week I have also mastered feeding myself puffs. I can put the puffs in my mouth all by myself. It took me a few days to learn how, but I've mastered it....yeah!!!! I am also slowly learning how to use a sippy cup. I don't quite understand, but I am trying really hard. You also love playing with your spoon after we get done eating. You have finally realized you can't stick the spoon down your throat:)

Music To My Ears

Mommy, I can finally hear the music we sing in the car on the way to school again!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!! we went yesterday morning to have Walker's two week check up and his ears are squeaky clean again!! He finished his round of antibiotics on Thursday like a champ. I can remember growing up and taking the pink medicine too. I loved Amoxicillin, because it tasted like bubblegum. And yes, I even tasted it again just to bring back some memories of my childhood. I was a little concerned this week because he had been pulling on his ears again, but our pediatrician said it was because the puss is gone and he can hear again and things are loud and vibrating off of his eardrums again. Good theory....makes sense to me. He is also not wheezing in his chest so we think the Prevacid is working too. Hopefully, we will not have to see her again until March for our nine month check-up. Did you know that a baby who is in "school" will have a cold on average 120 days out of the year their first year of life.