Love These...

Today when I got home I had an email from Erin with a few pictures she took of Bryson earlier this week. I. Love. Them.

Just wanted to share...

Quote of the Day

~WARNING: The following post is about poop! Read on only if you can handle it!~

So, unfortunately with this new formula we are now experiencing constipation problems. I will admit that I'm a little bit panicky after watching Bryson strain and strain, only to find a small "marble" of poop in his diaper this afternoon. So, we've given him prunes and tried a few other home remedies. I was literally praying for poop! You definitely do things you would never dream of when you're a mom. Well, right before bedtime I decided to change Bryson's diaper one last time, even though I didn't think it was even wet. I opened the diaper and suddenly hear Jason in the background:

"OH MY GOSH. It's a real human turd!"

I have never laughed so hard in my life...

Still praying for more of this real human poop...

Here Comes TROUBLE!!!

Just wanted to share a quick video of our little man on the move. We are DEFINITELY in trouble now!

-Firsts-

Bryson has been feeling much better! We got cleared by the pediatrician to go visit our sweet friends who just had a baby, so we decided to head to The Woodlands yesterday. Along the way, Bryson had a few firsts we wanted to share.

Bryson and I picked up Jason at the golf course on our way. This was Bryson's first time to visit the golf course, and I really loved watching Jason introduce him to everyone. Such a proud daddy! I LOVE this picture I got of the two of them. We can't wait for spring when everything will be green and the bluebonnets will be out!

We stopped and ate lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, P.F. Changs! I know Bryson is going to love it just as much as I do- he sure did love this horse!

Then it was on to the real reason for our day out. We got to meet baby Landon for the first time. He was born on Monday and is just beautiful (in a boyish sort of way!). Melissa and Derek are also doing well. This trip definitely brought back memories of Bryson's birth last summer. It is almost hard to remember Bryson being this little, and that was only six months ago! Now he is one busy little boy. He was hard to hold onto at the hospital, constantly wanting to get down and crawl on the floor.

Landon is such a sweetheart. We were so glad to finally meet him.

Congratulations to the proud Mommy and Daddy! We can't wait to watch our boys grow up together!

Operation Disinfect

Well, unfortunately the few laughs we got on Sunday were only a tease. Bryson screamed ALL NIGHT LONG. I ended up taking him back in to see the pediatrician yesterday, just wanting to have his ears checked out and make sure nothing new had started there. Luckily his ears checked out great. The doctor said that his throat even looked better, but that it was just going to take him a while to get back to feeling good again. The good news is he has put on some of the weight he lost through this whole ordeal. So, looks like we are on the right road--- it just may be a long road!

So, having gotten the worst (hopefully) of this awful virus behind us, I became very focused on one mission last night. Our house has officially been disinfected, sanitized, and sterilized from top to bottom! All of the toys got a bath in bleach water, and the cloth ones were thrown in the washing machine with color-safe bleach (even though most of them said not to wash them- we'll see how that turns out!). I sterilized all of the pacifiers and bottle nipples. Everything else was wiped down with Clorox wipes. Hopefully we got it all!

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Now that Bryson seems to be feeling better, he is once again on the move! Yesterday he discovered the door stopper. He must have crawled over to it about twenty times. He loves to pull it back and then laughs at the noise it makes. So cute!

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And in other updates, we had a HUGE first yesterday (1/18/10). Bryson wanted to see Halle so he pulled up on Jason- to a standing position! I thought that it was probably just a fluke, but then he did it a second time. I was able to get a few shots of his second attempt:

Things are looking up around here!

Finally...

We finally got a laugh out of Bryson this afternoon! He has been so sick since Tuesday, so even smiles have been hard to come by. When he started laughing, I had to grab the camcorder. What a sweet sound for worn-out parents. This makes it all worth it!

Enjoy!

One more time!

Well, Bryson is STILL sick. He is still running fever, very congested, and not eating.

I called the pediatrician's office this afternoon, and they wanted to see him AGAIN. So, off we went.

Bryson has white puss pockets all over his little tonsils (no wonder he screams every time he takes a swallow from his bottle). I saw it! :(

Luckily his ears look great- so it looks like we may have dodged a bullet on that one. Now it is just a waiting game.

Meet our two new best friends:

Bryson actually drank 3 oz of grape pedialyte tonight! We need him to drink up so he doesn't get dehydrated and end up in the hospital on iv fluids. I was surprised at how easily he took it. It smells like grape kool-aid. :)

I have recently been told that it helps to put Vicks on the bottom of babies' feet if they are really congested. I asked the doctor about it this afternoon. He laughed, looked at me like I was slightly crazy, and said "Sure!". At this point I almost had a breakdown and told him I was very desperate. We'll try anything at this point...

So, the diagnoses remains. Bryson has a horrible viral throat infection. Nothing we can do but wait it out.

Please pray for Bryson, and for our sanity and health as we spend most nights awake taking care of this sweet baby.