Turning 1 and other stuff

So it has been way too long since I have posted anything. It has been a heck of a year so far. The winter was pretty rough on our little guy. We were hoping that the medicine that the asthma specialist gave us would prevent any problems from the wither weather. But as it turns out he was not getting the medicine because he would fight the nebulizer treatments. He had 3 bad colds and they would last for weeks. It seemed like every time he better he would develop a new one. We are finally out of the woods. He is just getting over his double ear infection. His newest issue. And he is now using an inhaler to help with the asthma. He seems to be doing much better with the inhaler and I have not hear him wheeze since he has been using it.

It looks like he will be walking in the near future. He is able to stand up without holding onto anything. Although he is not very interested in doing it. He did take a few steps on Tuesday last week. And a few steps on Friday.

He is talking up a storm. He says "dada" all day long. He is also making a sound that sounds like "baby" to us. Who knows what it actually means.

The month of the never ending cold.....

So January has been one heck of a month for us. Aiden started out with a cold at the beginning of the month. Which quickly turned into bronchitis due to his asthma. And it just would not go away. On top of that he also had an ear infection. Poor little guy! I took him to the doctors a few times because he just was not getting any better. The doctor finally diagnosed him with RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) after 2 weeks of being sick. This is not very serious in adults, but in babies it is pretty serious and especially for babies with breathing problems (e.g. asthma). The doc told us that if he got any worse that we were most likely going to end up in the pediatric unit of the hospital. I was not looking forward to that. Our poor little guy has had a rattle in his chest from all the fluid and a horrible cough that could wake the neighbors. His nose runs nonstop and he has just been miserable.

He is just now starting to sound better, about 4 weeks later. The docs gave him Orapred to clear up the remaining fluid in his lungs. But the downside is that it works by weakening his immune system. He already has a weak immune system and now with the meds is it even weaker. So we still can't go anywhere. Aiden and I have pretty much been cooped up in the house for most of the month and we are going crazy! I am hoping that this doesn't last much longer.

Other than that not much else is going on. He is getting two more top teeth. The ones on either side of the top two. He is growing like crazy and so is his attitude. I feel like I spend my entire day saying "No," and making Aiden cry. I know I am teaching him by setting boundaries but I hate seeing him cry, even if it is for his own good.

Some recent video of our little guy

The hiccups are SO funny!


riding around on my new airplane!


Grammy can clap and it's funny :)


this video is a little long, but he is so cute crawling around!

Happy New Year!

It has been quite a year! I can't believe that my little one will be 10 months tomorrow. My how the time flies.

I received the coolest gift from Aunt Sandy. It is the ZOKU popsicle maker. I saw it in a magazine and thought it looked like fun. It makes popsicles in 10 minutes. Aiden and I tried it out yesterday and had a blast with the popsicles. We made blueberry peach pudding pops and orange juice pops.

Christmas and LOTS of SNOW!

Chugging Along

I can't believe that it is almost Christmas. Where does the time go???

Aiden has learned how to crawl properly and also pull himself up on things. Walking is not too far away. Today he stood up on a toy and then let go and was standing without holding on. I am so proud of him but at the same time I am not ready for him to be such a handful. I can't walk away from him any more because he gets himself into trouble and he is FAST!

Thanksgiving and SANTA!

Well it has been eventful around here. We had Aiden's first Thanksgiving. I know I am a little late in posting about it but we have been busy.

He enjoyed the sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and broccoli. I think he likes the turkey but I am not sure. He also had a great time visiting with his Daddy's family. We had a great Thanksgiving week.

We also took Aiden to see Santa today. He did not want to smile at all. He was too busy looking around at all the stuff in the mall. But hey, at least he didn't cry!