I'm walkin'!

He is on the move.

How big is Willie?

Look out, this kid is a riot......loves the attention. Wonder where he could get that from!?!

Ha! Boy was I wrong....

And to think I thought J's fever was going to break last night and we'd be out and about today. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Poor baby was hot like fire all night long and miserable. this morning he walked out to the living room from our room and I propped him up on a pillow on the couch and that was it. He became pretty non responsive, was hot as can be and was lethargic. The only thing he could move were his eyes. Poor baby. So I called in and we had to go back to the dr. Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we got there it was packed of course. After a long wait......which normally would have been fine but I had J laying on me and well, I couldn't very well let Willie roam about unsupervised so he was on my back. Normally this is his happy place but not when I'm just sitting there. So he was ticked off. Anyway, we finally got back to a room and J's fever was 103.8. They treated him right there with ibuprofen and gave him 2 big shots full of antibiotics. We stayed for a while after to be sure there was no reaction and then we were on our way back home. He pretty well has just been laying around all day. He's in bed with JImmy now. They said he'll feel a little better tomorrow but much better by friday.

Please let this be it for a while. We can all get sick again in January but next week is turkey day and then it's only a few weeks until Christmas. So stay away sickies........

Almost 2 weeks!

Wow. It's been crazy around here. I got sick right after Hallowe'en and then we ALL got it. Poor J has been hit last and he is feeling blah! I think his fever will finally break tonight and he'll wake up feeling a lot better tomorrow. Maybe we can even venture out of the house to somewhere other than the dr's office!

EXCITING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN WILLIE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Willie is walking!!!!! He is so cute. He has taken bunches of steps and loves it, especially going sideways. He giggles the whole time!!! He's also clapping and loves to play the how big is willie game! He's waving 'bye, giving high five's and has a few good signs. He is doing so much better on the Prevacid! I can't believe in just over a month he'll be ONE!!! Where did my fat little baby go?

I have got to go to bed but had to share the walking news!

the story of J and his "horse man hat"

A couple of weeks ago I took J for a haircut. He's not a big fan of having short hair or having his hair cut. He's not interested in it one bit. Hoping it would loosen him up I talked it up with him for nearly a week....constantly. All day long our conversations would often go "hey J, we're going to get your hair cut Friday right?" "um, ya mommy. j haircut friday" At first he was unsure so I had to start thinking. Bribery was my answer. So I started with the "so J,when you get a haircut mommy will get you a little prize ok?". now the idea seemed a little more interesting. I was thinking I'd bring 50 cents to get him a bouncy ball out of the machine, ha! ha! Little did I know that when Friday came I'd be looking for a cowboy hat for J. We go to the hair salon and he kinda starts freaking out. "no thank you mommy. no thank you hair cut. 'bye." and then blows a kiss. after the first few times I'm thinking "do I just turn back now? how do i handle this? what's the worst and best case scenario?" I didn't want to just bail out but I (with Willie on my back too) was really hopinig to avoid the tantrum thing. I started panicking and remembered the key to sucessful parenting in public with a toddler.................................BRIBERY!!!!!!!! It was like the lightbulb went off! So I say "well, don't forget.....if you let mommy get your hair cut just a little bit I'll buy you a little prize". He thinks hard.....and says with his head tilted down looking at me from the top of his eyes, eyebrows raised and all, "umm....horse man hat mommy?" whoa! I wasn't expecting that one! Now I'm thinking oh my goodness, please let them have a horse hat at Walmart....., "ya baby. mommy will buy you a horse man hat". He grinned from ear to ear and when the lady came to cut his hair he just grinned and suffered through it like a trooper. I was thrilled when we got to the toy section and there it was sitting on the shelf like it'd been waiting for him......a black horse man hat. Wouldn't you know that horse man hat has come everywhere with us since. He LOVES his horse man hat! If we're fixin' to leave the house he runs to get his hat. No matter what, even if it's to go to the gym. It is so funny. Also, he has to wear his hat to get his "work done". Like if he's dumped all the puzzle pieces, he has to put his hat on to put them back together. Or the treats are dumped from his bucket, he put his hat on and as he's putting everything back in the bucket and says he's getting his work done. "oh mommy, horse man hat for work done." Too stinkin' funny. He loves his horse man hat and looks so cute in it. My friend Jess said "he owns that hat!" awesome.