We're so advanced!

Ok, I always promised myself that I wouldn't be one of those parents who brag all the time about how advanced their baby is but I'm totally going to in this post. My baby is the first one our pediatrician sees who has.....drumroll please.....RSV! I know, everyone reading this must be sooooo jealous of the breathing treatments that we have to do every 4 hours and the fun that we're going to have. If you want to call me this weekend, I'm sure I can put the little man on the phone so you can share some of this fun with us!

I'm hungry...

I left the fridge open for a second and turned around to see this....what can I say, the guy likes to eat. On the topic of eating, stay tuned for pics of the boy eating green beans...very funny.

Christmas 2009

Dallas apparently hasn't had a white Christmas since 1975 so I had to make sure to take lots of pictures of Christmas 2009 so I can tell Little Man he has seen a white Christmas, even if he doesn't remember it.

This was our house on Christmas Eve after it had been snowing a few hours.

We went to my parent's house for Christmas Eve dinner (we usually go out for Mexican but stayed inside thanks to the weather and had fajitas)...this is their backyard.

The front of my parent's house...I was covered after being out there for only a minute!

Our house Christmas Eve.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Wait! I'm not dreaming...pictures to come later today!

Sad day

Yesterday was a sad day in our household. I knew this day would probably come during our married lifetime but I guess I was hoping that it didn't happen so quickly. Yes folks, Husband lost his wedding ring. After giving it to him (engraved with my birthday and our anniversary and all) over 4 years ago, he went pheasant hunting in Joplin, MO and left his ring on the TV in his hotel. What's sad is the cleaning crew took it and were probably thinking they'd net more than $10 from pawning it but we thought about the possibility of him losing his ring and this is why we got a cheap ring. What's funny is how Husband chose to tell me he lost the original symbol of our love. When he got back on Sunday, I was in a mood b/c I had dealt with a sick baby all weekend and he was getting drunk and shooting things...not a fair trade. Instead of telling me Sunday, he told me he had bad news on Monday when I got home from work...I was confused b/c he had a ring on. The man actually went out Monday and bought a new ring that looked EXACTLY the same sans the engraving. His original ring was a 10 1/2 but the new one is a 10...the 10 1/2 would have taken 2 weeks to order and he wanted one that day! Any suggestions on what I should engrave in this one?

Randoms

I've fallen way behind in updating pics so here are a few from the last month or so.

Santa's coming....I know him!

Can you see me?

Awesome...

...even more awesome.

Chiling in my blue shirt.

Go bears...

I found a box...

...and fell out of it.

Feed me.

Roadtrip!

Odd...

Cabin in Broken Bow, OK

I just thought this was funny

Helmet hair and Stats

Well...got some new this week that sucks a bit. We took the little man for his 4 month checkup this week and the doctor commented on the flat spot he's got on the back right of his head. I noticed this when he was very young (probably a month old) so we've been trying to do neck stretches and rotate how we hold him and how he sleeps to see if it gets any better for the last 2 months. The doc recommended that we contact Cranial Technologies to see about a consultation which we had this morning and the little man will officially need to wear the helmet. Fortunately, my little flat head is at a good age and shouldn't have to wear it too long but it still sucks. Always looking for the silver lining, I am very excited about getting to decorate the helmet and putting him in funny shirts like the one I found that says "In a few months my head will be round but in a few months, you'll still be ugly", "It's called Plagiocephaly Look it up" or "Don't mind me...just reshaping my head". I've read horror stories about the cost of these things but fortunately (according to the preliminary information), our insurance is great and covers the majority of the cost. We got pictures done this morning and it's amazing to see how lopsided his little head really is when you look at all the angles. Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes as planned!

On another note, we officially have a chunky tub of love according to his latest stats. He currently weighs 17.6 lbs (92%), is 25.5 inches long (75%) and I don't remember his head circumference but it was in the 42%. He has officially started eating rice cereal and loves it. He will start to cry if I don't shovel it in fast enough (see weight percentile for explanation)...this kid is going to end up eating us out of house and home. Last night I went to Target for diapers (he's in size 3 now) and oatmeal cereal and there was a couple behind me checking out holding a baby boy who looked about the same size as my slug. The dad asked how old little man was and when I answered 4 months, they both went "WHOA!". I looked at them a little funny and asked how old their monkey was...he was 10 months old. NICE.