Bye Bye held in place sleeping device

Well I have always bragged on how wonderfully Kale sleeps. I mean even before we was 3 months old the kid was sleeping through the night and sleeping until 9 or 10. He has always slept through the night since he was born when it comes to he has never been the type of baby who gets me up at 6 or 7 and doesn't go back down. He had always slept till 8. Well here lately he pretty much sleeps till 10, which is wonderful for me because I get to sleep in! Well once he got close to 3 months he had dropped his 4 or 5 in the morning feeding and didn't wake up until 7 to eat and then went back down until 9 or 10.

Well here lately he has not been sleeping until 7 or 8, he started waking up at 4 or 5. Well when I went in there every time he had worked himself out of his sleeping device and was laying all crazy like scrunched up at the top of his bed. So we finally threw it out. I talked to my mom and she said he probably didn't need it anymore anyways. Well last night he still didn't sleep good. I really think he is getting close to teething. The kid has started drooling like no other and loves, loves, loves chewing on his hands. He will stick his hand so far into his mouth to chew on it he gags him self...NO GOOD. I think I am going to put his teething ring in the freezer and let him start chewing on that, especially since he is doing so good with holding rattles and putting them in his mouth. I really do think he is starting to get the sensation of teething. I put my finger in his mouth to kind of feel around and he started chewing on my finger pretty hard too...and now he also will chew on the nipples to his bottle when we are feeding him. I don't really know, but we will see. I don't mind getting up to feed him but I don't get how he went from sleeping so good to sleeping and then going back to waking up at 4. I am almost looking forward to going to Atlanta next weekend because he sleeps so good in my parents room because of their loud fan. As long as its not blowing on him, the kid hates for fans to blow on him. I think we need to get him a fan like my parents have. It drowns out the noise and makes it so much easier for him to sleep I am sure. I know they soothed me to sleep while I was growing up.

So Kale already has a bank account :) Ryan's mom works at bank of america and has for forever. Well she opened him an account and she put money in it and so did one of Kale's great aunts. So he already has a good bit of money and it will only grow. I like that idea. I think it is wonderful and will be something for him when he gets older.

This weekend Carters and Oshkosh were having a sale. It was 50% off the whole store. My sister called us and sent us two other coupons where we could get 75% off our whole purchase. The coupon she gave us was for 25% off your total of 50$ or more. We decided we couldn't pass up this chance at such good deals and also Kale needed some six month clothes. He is not in them yet but the way he is growing it probably won't be too long. So we decided while this sale was going on we might as well get him some. so we packed up and headed to lake park. When we got there Kale started screaming. He had HORRIBLE gas!! And of course I had taken out his gas medicine and didn't have it. I had to hold him and rock him in my arms to soothe him. On the way down there Ryan had said he didn't want to spend too much money and I agreed. We were trying to run a tight budget until the next time he got paid. Well while I was holding Kale Ryan looked around. The man went nuts. I never thought he would be a freak clothes shopper for Kale. He was running around the store picking up pretty much everything he saw and throwing it on our stroller. Well after he looked I looked too because I wanted to get some stuff I liked too. Well needless to say we spent alot of money. We spent well over $100 just in carters alone and still had to go to oshkosh...haha oh well. It's ok if we spoil our little boy. It was funny though because Ryan couldn't blame this shopping expedenture on me. We then went to oshkosh and again spent a good bit but they didn't have as much for Kale's age as carters..We went way over budget but our little boy will be the best dressed little boy in town!!!!

All milestones have been reached

So as of yesterday all of our milestones have been reached. I know I have said before that we were not doing tummy time like we should. Kale just didn't like it and we didn't do it. Well after the weekend at my parents house I started working with him hard core because I didn't want to be the reason that my little baby was behind, because like it says in my book they can't learn to roll over and lift their heads if they aren't given the time to practice. So last week I worked with him everyday. I gave him tummy time about three times a day and would do it until he got angry; I didn't want him getting too upset. He had learned so quickly to hold up his chest. It's so funny because he went from one day not lifting his head hardly at all just being interested in eating his hands to pulling almost all of his chest off the floor. It just goes to show you they do it when THEY are ready not when you are ready for them too. Well then yesterday he was in a really good mood so I put him on his tummy. In my book it says to pick an optimal time. You don't want to put them on their tummies when they are hungry or tired because they won't get anything accomplished. Do it when they're happy, dry, and fed. So I have been following that advice. I had just got off the phone with my mom and put him on his tummy. I looked up to say something to Ryan and as I did, I almost missed it, the kid just rolled over like it was nothing. Like he could have done it for weeks. It took no effort and he rolled all the way over not just halfway. I was so excited I started screaming for Ryan to watch and I put him on his tummy again so that Ryan could see. I wasn't sure if he would do it again but I was hoping he would. He did. I videotaped it so my mom can see in case he decides not to do it the next time we're in atlanta. I was so proud of him though. We gave him praise and made him do it like four or five times and then stopped tummy time for a while because he had, had about enough. It is amazing to me how quickly he picked this up and it makes me wonder if we had been working with him like we should have from day one how quickly he would have been rolling over. Our kid is a very fast learner. He makes his mama proud!

That was the only milestone he had left to reach for his age. He just turned three months old two days ago so now really the only thing we have to work on this month is him putting weight on his legs when his feet are on a surface when you lift him up and we have to wait for him to actually laugh out loud. He squeals with delight but we have yet to hear his laugh that is something that I can't wait for. I am so proud of my little boy! And even though it doesn't matter if he develops on time it makes me feel good that he is even doing things that he might be doing at his age and doesn't have to be yet. I am glad that I am a stay-at-home mom right now and can actually work with him because now is the perfect time.

So last night it became official he is a mama's boy to the T. He was watching me as Ryan was holding him and kind of fussing so Ryan told me to leave the room. I guess because Kale was too focused on me. So I left and as soon as I did the little boy started to bawl. Ryan told me to stay gone and let him handle it. Kale would not stop crying so Ryan came and handed him to me. He immediately shut up all he wanted was his mama

11 weeks old

My little boy is growing up so fast. It is so sad! In a way I can't wait till he is crawling around and I love watching him grow and hit his milestones and do something new everyday;however, I wish I could hit pause on his growing and keep him this small for a little bit. He is so cuddly and loves his mommy to hold him and love on him. I want it to stay like that forever! This is him with Mr. Bear. Boy does the kid love Mr. Bear. He does get tired of talking to him after a while but who doesn't get tired of the same old thing. Kale will talk to Mr. Bear forever and smile at him and grab at him. It is so awesome. Mr. Bear's nose lights up and he will stare at it and Mr. Bear sings like 4 or 5 different songs. Kale loves him! This is at my parents house last weekend. We sat Kale in the bumbo. He loves sitting up! I think he will sit up kind of fast or at least it seems like he would but who knows.

Well Kale has reached all the milestones for this month except rolling over. He is getting REALLY close. I think he is starting to like tummy time a little more. Or at least he can stand it for a little bit longer than he used to. It's our fault that he isn't rolling over just because we really hadn't been working on tummy time with him as much as we needed to. However now we have kicked it into full gear. He is getting so close to rolling over, it won't be long AT ALL.

So yesterday I got so tickled. He is getting really close to saying mama. It really sounded like he said it yesterday. I told Ryan to listen and you could tell by the look on his face it sounds like he is saying it. Ryan wants him to say da da first; but, not to be ugly, I really just don't think that is going to happen. I mean I am here with him all day. It sounds like he is saying mama already but I will wait to say he is until it is a litle more apparent. He does it when he cries like mama come make me feel better like you always do. I can definitely say the kid is going to be a talker. He will talk your head off. The other night he did the cutest thing ever. He has a play phone that my sister gave him because he loved it so much while we were in Atlanta. I am not too worried the kid does not know his colors he can play with a pink phone. He loves it though. Well I was pretending different family members were calling to talk to him and I would put the phone up to his ear. When I did he would start cooing away into the phone. I did it for like every family memeber and he "talked" to them all. It was the cutest thing ever. I wish Ryan would have videoed it.

First spend the night trip with Kale

so Friday afternoon Ryan, Kale, and I headed to Valdosta after Ryan's doctor appointment which went well by the way. Everything looks like it is healing up correctly and the bone will soon start to grow over the screws and will be fused together. He started work today, and his back didn't bother him today, which was really good. Not to mention I am finally getting to sleep with my husband, he had been sleeping in the guest bedroom because that mattress is a little firmer and finally he is back in our bed. I feel like I have a husband again instead of a roommate haha :) Anyways we left for atlanta around 4:45 and Kale was good getting in his carseat, normally he fusses getting in. Some babies like their carseats and some don't. Kale is definitely the half that does not like it so much. He did so good the whole ride down there, he didn't fuss hardly at all except when he had a wet diaper and when he wanted to eat and he always gets fussy as he gets tired. He didn't really full blown start crying until right before we got there and he had just had enough of his carseat. I mean I get tired of being in the car so I am sure he does too. He was just really ready to get out.

We made really good time for having a baby in the car too. We got there in about 4 and a half hours, which was super good. We went inside and Jayden was so excited to see Kale. She pointed to his picture on the fridge and told me shh...that is what we tell her when Kale is sleeping. It was so cute. She immediately wanted to hold him and love on him. She loves katering to him, covering him up, wanting to put his passy in his mouth. Anything and everything she can do. We hung out with my parents for about an hour and then my mom watched Kale and Jayden so Ryan, Justin, Amber and I could go to McCrays, its a new bar in the square of Lawrenceville and I have wanted to go there since it opened but could not because I had kale in my belly.

It was nice to be able to hang out with my sister and Justin too. We have never really done anything just the four of us so it was good times. McCrays was a little pricey. I mean a 16 oz cup of beer was like 5$ and their menu was a little pricey too but Ryan didn't mind. He said we never get out and for me to get whatever I wanted and to have fun. We definitely did have a good time. We went home around 1 and I laid in the bed with my sister and Jayden and slept until the boys were ready to go to bed and then Ryan came and got me. In the room we sleep in at my parents it is kind of tiny and so Kale's pack and play couldn't fit in the room so he slept in my parents room. I kind of felt bad because I didn't want my mom to have to get up with him but I didn't know what to do. I didn't sleep in the next morning. I am so used to getting up with Kale I woke up and went in the room to check on him. My mom said he went to bed around 11:30 and slept until 8 woke up and ate and went back down until about 9:45 which is when I went in there. He probably would have slept later but I went to get into the bed and my parents have a water bed and I am sure the whole moving thing woke him up. Kale has been sleeping great we are really lucky. We put him down at about 11 and he sleeps till 7 wakes up, eats, and goes back down until 10. That is amazing, because he isn't even three months until next week. I mean we really could not ask for a better baby. The boy is wonderful!

Saturday we got to hang out with the family for a little bit and then had to get ready for Reba's wedding. We were running late, go figure but got there in time. Her wedding was so beautiful. It was definitely the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen pictures of or been to. She definitely was a beautiful bride as well. It was so nice seeing the old mellow crew. The people I had so many good memories with and hung out with for 3 years. It was like we had never been apart we just picked up right where we left off. We definitely had a good time however we got a hotel room because we didn't want to drive home after drinking and it was so hard because that was the first time I have ever left Kale over night. I kept thinking about him and talking about him. Everyone I am sure was like geeze can she talk about something other than her son, but no I can't he is my life and is so wonderful. I called my mom the next morning when we woke up and she said he had slept wonderfully again. We really are lucky because a lot of babies don't like new places and get freaked out and sleep horribly but he slept wonderful, just as good as he does at home. That also makes me feel better about taking him to the beach in a couple weeks at least I know I won't be sleep deprived. He also slept great in his pack and play which is another good thing.

At my parents house we put him in his bumbo because he loves to sit up on the couch its like he knows he is doing something that is a big boy thing and it just makes him feel so good. He loves the bumbo. He just smiles away when he is sitting in it. It makes him so happy.

Growing Boy

I know I have talked about how fast Kale is growing but it really sank in today when I was packing up his premie and newborn clothes. It is hard to believe we brought him home and he was wearing premie clothes and now he is in 3 months. I was looking at the premie clothes in disbelief....thinking to myself did my son actually wear those? haha he is so big now it is hard to imagine him that small again. As I was packing his clothes away to make room in his closet, because this kid has a ton of clothes...I mean I think we could open up a baby clothing store :) Ryan was watching him and we hadn't opened up all of his toys yet because there are some that he is too young to play with right now. Well I was having Ryan open a set of toys and Ryan yelled for me to come in there and he said HURRY. I was scared Kale was hurt and came running and as soon as I rounded the corner I saw him putting his rattle up to his mouth. Ryan had put it up to his hand and he had grabbed it. He absolutely loved holding it too.. It was like he knew he had reached a milestone and was so proud of himself. He was just shaking away at the rattle and pulling it up to his mouth sucking all with a big smile on his face. It was the cutest thing ever and Ryan and I just stopped and watched him so proud of our little boy. He is doing pretty much everything he should be doing at this age according to our what to expect in the first year book. The only thing he hasn't quite yet accomplished is rolling over, which is kind of Ryan and I's fault because he absolutely HATES to be on his stomach. He HATES tummy time. I mean he screams and screams doesn't cry but it is a very pissed off scream when we put him on his tummy for tunmy time so we don't do it as much as we should. I mean it really isn't that big of a deal to me. My sister didn't do tummy time with Jayden that much because Jayden hated it and Jayden never crawled but started walking at a super early age. So, if Kale is like Jayden and just doesn't crawl that really isn't that big of a deal to me. Not every kid crawls. I mean ofcourse I would love to see my little boy crawl as I think it would be just the cutest thing in the world but it is not something that a child has to do. It is not something that is going to mess them up if they don't do is what I am trying to say. So we will see. We are trying to warm him up more and more to tummy time but the kid just doesn't like it. I mean if that is the only thing he is not doing is rolling over then I think he is just perfect and every child develops at their own rate. and Kale is doing everything else he should be doing at this age. He definitely has him vowels down, I really think he is going to be an early talker..and I KNOW he is going to be a talker like his mama and not quiet and reserved like his daddy. You can just tell he wants to talk so bad by the amount he coos. I mean the kid could write a book in coos.. HAHA :) he tells a bunch of stories :) I love it though. My mom says she thinks its because Ryan and I talk to him as much as we do. It said in the parenting book to talk to them like a normal adult and leave pauses for their responses. Ryan and I have been doing that since day 1 and now he responds to you during the pauses just in his own language :) I mean anytime he is awake one of us is always down on the floor beside him talking to him. He loves it and we love it. We have gotten tons of comments from people and doctors on how much he coos and they have never seen a baby at that age coo that much andalso on how alert he is for his age. So that is how I know he is definitely going to be a talker...haha but its ok I was and I will always be here for him to talk to. He loves his toys now though. We have this toy that sings to him and lights up Mr. Bear it is a toy that he can lay under or you can change it to where it looks at him while he is sitting up in his bouncer. The kid adores Mr. bear he smiles at him and talks a hundred miles a minute to him. That toy keeps the kid occupied for hours. It is awesome..it is something that will come in handy once Ryan goes back to work and I need to cook dinner, I can just bring Mr. Bear and Kale and his bouncer in the kitchen and be good to go. I like though that he enjoys his toys and keeps himself occupied that shows independence and that is something that Ryan and I both want to teach Kale at an early age. We don't want him to be the type of little boy who grows up and relies on me to do everything for him. He is going to need to be independent and support a family one day, so we want him to learn this at an early age.

He can follow objects now and it is so funny. Ryan will fluter his hands like a bird and move them all around and Kale will follow them with his eyes it is the cutest thing EVER. He also can bring his hands together which another thing he should be doing at this age. He is doing so good and growing so fast it is bitter sweet. Ryan and I have decided that once Kale is a little over a year we are going to try for kid #2. Hopefully it will be a girl because Ryan only wants two kids but I told him I HAD to have a little girl and we were going to keep having them until I got one. So hopefully baby #2 will be a girl. But how I look at it seriously is its all in God's will we will seriously try again one last time if baby #2 is not a girl but if baby 3 is still not a girl then I take it as God just doesn't think I should have one. Probably because he knows I am a shopper and would put us in serious debt shopping for a little girl.....there are so many cute dresses :) I even spend a lot with Kale. We are going to the beach in a couple weeks so I bought him 2 more bathing suits at old navy on Friday. They were on sale for $8 and you can't beat that and he needs more than just one bathing suit!! :) That was my reasoning..I mean we will be at the beach for a week.

First Mommy Boo Boo

So Kale has had a cold like I have written about before and he just can't seem to get over it...The PA the second time I took him to the doctor told me that they really didn't like to give little babies his age medicine and since he was already on medicine just showed me good ways to suck the boogies out of his nose and told me I was doing an awesome job and to keep up the good work. So friday night my parents were on their way down to visit and Kale was having a hard time falling asleep because his nose was stuffy. It always gets bad at night right before bed. So I decided I would suck the boogies out one last time to help him sleep better. Well we have been using saline drops which are in a little bottle that looks exactly like the swimmers ear drops that we got Kale not to long ago in case he splashed water in his ear now that he splashes around. Well without checking the lable I grabbed the bottle thinking it was the saline drops grabbed his booger sucker and went in there to suck his nose. I squirted the drops in his nose and he started screaming at the top of his lungs. I had no clue why he was screaming so bad, because we had been doing this for a week now and he doesn't necessarily like getting his nose cleaned out but he has never pitched that big of a fit. I immediately picked him up and started comforting him not noticing yet that I had put swimmers ear drops up his nose. As I was comforting him I looked down at the bottle and started freaking out. I immediately started crying and Ryan got on the phone with poision control because the swimmers ear drops is pretty much alcohol. I felt like such a horrible mother and kept asking myself how I could have been that dumb and made such a stupid mistake. Ryan was on the phone with poision control for a while and Kale had calmed down and fell asleep in my arms. Well because of his cold and the medicine he is on the toxologist told us to take him to the ER because it could cause respritory depression. I immediately started bawling my eyes out and rushing around to get everything together to take him to the ER I called my parents and told them what was going on. When we got to the ER we were pretty much seen immediately. My parents met us there and I was taken into one of the rooms. The doctor came in and was like we heard all about you, your the one who put swimmers ear drops in his nose right? I can tell you that, that made me feel great and I started to cry that much harder. He told me that it wasn't a big deal and that he didn't know why poision control had us come in here. Kale was acting absolutely fine alert in my arms and cooing away. This doctor couldn't get over how alert he was for his age either :) We have a very alert little boy what can I say. He told me they were going to hook him up to the monitors and monitor him for two hours because that was just procedure. So he was hooked up to the machine that monitored his heart rate, respirations and something else that I can't really remember. My mom came back in the room with me and Kale was just happy as could be. I think he thought we were on some kind of adventure it was 12 a.m. and he was bright eyed and didn't look like he was going to be going to sleep anytime soon. He was cooing away at my mom. I think he was telling her the story of what I had done to him. The doctor told me not to worry it was an honest mistake, but I still felt absolutely horrible. I mean I never thought I would be a mom to make that kind of mistake. I know all moms do at some point, but I just didn't think that I would be that kind of mom. I guess I wanted to be perfect. Well they monitored him for two hours and then the doctor came in and said he was absolutely fine so we got to take our little baby boy home. But BOY was it a scare. I will definitely hopefully never make a dumb mistake like that again. Kale went to sleep in the hospital around 12:40 and because he went to bed so late that night, which he normally NEVER does. He slept till 11:30 the next morning. I just wish he went to bed at his normal time and slept in like that everyday. It was a huge scare for me and Ryan and I really hope that nothing like that ever happens again. If something had gone wrong I would have never forgiven myself that little boy is my everything and I hated the fact that I had hurt him :(

Growing Boy

Before Kale was born we invested in a very expensive camera the rebel and Ryan has finally perfected taking pictures. He has taken some really good pictures lately!!

I look at my son and I get so sad because now I know what everyone always was talking about when they told me to enjoy every minute because they grow up quick. He is such a big boy now. He weighs 11 lbs and 15 oz. He has also grown two inches and he is doing so much now. He splashes in the bath. He knows to hit the water. He is starting to say his vowels and it sounds like he says no. It is so cute he did it when he was getting his shots and he also does it when I have to suction out his nose. I mean I am sure he is not saying no but it sure does sound like it is so cute. And the little booger is getting smart. He knows now that when I am going to suction his nose he starts to turn his head back and forth so I can't get into his nostrils. He is such a little booger. He also screams now. He does it when you are not listening to him talk and talking back and he also does it when he is mad. It is the cutest thing ever. I love it!!! But he is growing so fast. Soon enough he is going to be crawling around and saying mama first of course but it makes me so sad. He is growing up and he wants to be treated like a big boy. He no longer likes to be held like a little baby he likes to be held like he sitting up. He also loves it when I lay down and pull up my knees and lay him against my knees sitting up. He just coos away. He is a very vocal baby. He is always talking. He definitely gets that from his mommy. Last night he was fussy because I had to suction out his nose and most of the time he absolutely hates it, sometimes worse than other times. Last night was one of the times when he absolutely hated it and I think he just felt really bad last night. However he started crying really bad and Ryan was trying to calm him down so he took him into the bathroom and let him see himself in the mirror. It was like he was in aww.. It was so funny. He was seeing himself for the first time and was like woah who is that. Ryan loves to stare in the mirror and so does his brother. It is like they are obsessed with themselves. Still to this day it makes me laugh to see Ryan get out of the shower because he has to check himself out as he drys off. He stares into the mirror the whole time and does these weird faces. It is almost like he is thinking man I look good. Ryan's mom says that they get that from her. Well Kale is obsessed already with staring at himself in the mirror we have taken him in there quite a few times when he is crying hardcore and as soon as he sees himself he instantly stops it is hialrious. He will definitely be like his daddy. Gosh what am I going to do with two men in the house who love to stare at themselves haha :)

Mini-Breakdown

So the other day I had a mini-breakdown. I really haven't had a serious break down since Kale was born. However, with him being sick and me being emotional because "George" is in town I had my first one. It has been so hard because since Kale has been born I have been a single parent really. Ryan's back started bothering him right before Kale was born. I can remember the night it started I was having really bad braxton hicks and I started bawling my eyes out thinking I was going into labor and he was in so much pain and he said that he didn't know what he would do if I went into labor that he wouldn't be able to help out as much and I started freaking out.

Well with Kale being sick he has been a lot more fussy and Ryan's back has been bothering him the past couple of days and so he hasn't been able to help well the other day I just lost it. I was so exhausted I just started crying. Ryan asked me what was wrong and I told him it was so hard and he said your mom told you it was going to be and I told him no, not being a mom or even a parent that is easy I never thought that being a mom would come so naturally for me. I know this sounds conceded but I am an awesome mom. I especially know I am when my son looks at me and the way he looks at me. It is not just me who sees it either everyone does. The doctor today was freaking out because Kale was just staring at me and he couldn't even check him out because Kale was just staring. He was like geeze he is definitely a mama's boy, he really loves you. I loved hearing that. He finally had to turn his head and hold it in place so he wouldn't turn his head. It was the cutest thing ever and just made me feel so good inside. I know I got way off subject, but what is hard is since Kale has been born really I have had to do everything by myself. I mean I am seriously like a single parent. I know what a single parent feels like and I can definitely tell you that it is tough work. I mean Ryan doesn't get up with Kale at all during the night I do. Even when he was little and not sleeping through the night. He is finally sleeping through the night and will sleep until 6 or 7 in the morning which is great and I am so proud of him. Sometimes though every mom needs a break or some her time. I don't get that. Just lately has Ryan actually been able to hold Kale and even then it is only sometimes. So it just got over whelming that day because he had stayed up the whole night before sick and I only had gotten two hours of sleep so I just lost it and started crying in Ryan's arms. I know he feels really bad but it just sucks. I really can't wait for his back to get better so I can have help and can have those breaks. After my breakdown he did let me go to the movies with two of my friends which was really nice. It was nice to be away for a little bit and have some me time and just enjoy myself. It has been so long. I am not trying to complain because my son is my everything. I never knew I could love something so much. He is the best thing ever. But everyone gets over whelmed and has just had it up to their ears and just needs a break. I am just glad I finally got one and since then I have felt so much better things haven't been as rough.

Kale's first sickness :(

Ryan and I have decided that we absolutely hate taking Kale to the dr. because it seems like everytime we do he gets a stuffy nose afterwards. Well this time it was bad. He went for his two month shots and a couple days later came down with a ridiculously stuffed up nose. He kept Ryan and I up the entire night because he couldn't sleep because he couldn't breathe out of his nose that great. I didn't mind him keeping me up, I just felt so bad for him because I was doing everything I could to make him feel better. We turned on the cool mist humidifier and I was suctioning out his nose, we were using saline drops. I was doing everything I could. I just had to wait until the morning to call the Dr. Well he woke up at like 10 that morning, he slept in late from not getting much sleep the night before. I immediately called Dr. Griners office and had to wait on the phone for 20 minutes. I finally hung up and then tried to call back and the line was busy. I got pretty frusturated because I mean how busy can you be? And the recorder says we are expierencing a high number of calls, I was like geeze how many people call a doctors office that early in the morning. Well I finally just decided to leave a message and wait for them to call me back. They called me back around 45 minutes after I left my message and I explained to them Kale's symptoms. They called me back and told me that Dr. Griner wanted to see him so we went in. Kale hasn't seen Dr. Griner since his two week check up. That Dr. must be one busy man because we have seen his PA's more than we have seen him. That is one thing that Ryan doesn't like about his office. Is the fact that we never see the Dr. we always see his assistants. Back to the subject though, they worked me in and I didn't have to wait that long before Kale was seen. Dr. Griner said everything looked good but that Kale was really congested and that he didn't like that so he put him on a antibotic and a cold medicine. He told me if he wasn't better in a couple days to call back up there. Well he hasn't gotten any better. So I called this morning and told the nurse and she called back and said that Dr. Griners PA John wanted to know if I was using the saline drops and the humidifier. I wanted to be like yes lady I am doing anything and everything I can to get my son better. SO after I told her yes, she said that he would like to see Kale. I went in immdiately because they go to lunch from 11:30-1:30 and I wanted to go ahead and get it taken care of and figure out what is wrong with my little boy. This PA was amazing I really loved him. He talked to me for like 30 minutes afterwards because he just retired from the military himself. Anyways, he showed me how to suction Kale's nose, which I know how to do and did tell me to leave the saline drops in for five minutes before I suction but he said other than that he looked and sounded great and that they don't like to give babies his age too much medicine so he wasn't going to prescribe him something else. I just really hope that Kale gets better. It sucks being a mother and seeing your child feeling so crummy and your doing everything you can do and they just feel misreable. I hate seeing Kale sick. It seriously is the worst feeling in the world. Last night he slept horribly again and so Ryan and I got zero sleep. Ryan stayed up with him until four a.m. and then I was up with him the rest I ended up just having to hold him in my arms and let him sleep.
We will see how tonight goes. I hope he gets to feeling better really soon!!!

New Puppy

Yesterday Ryan drove the three hour drive to pick up the newest addition to the Metty family. People think we are crazy for getting a puppy and having a 2 month old baby, but we are awesome parents and we can handle ANYTHING. And if it does end up driving us crazy it is our mistake and we will learn from it and know never again to get a puppy with a new baby but so far it really hasn't been too bad. His name is Winston, we named him after the teddy bear Ryan bought or should I say won me before he went over to Iraq when we first started dating. I carried that teddy bear everywhere with me and slept with it at night. It helped me deal with Ryan being away and made me feel like a piece of him was with me. Well after we got Lou, we left him with Lee for a weekend, BIG MISTAKE, seeing how he doesn't know what responsibility means, but that is another story well ofcourse Lee didn't keep a good eye on Lou and Lou decided that Winston was a toy and chewed him to shreds. I was heart broken when I came home and found Winston in a million pieces because that was the first thing Ryan had ever gotten me and he was important to me. So when we were thinking of names to name our little pup I thought of Winston and me and Ryan thought it was perfect.

We really got the puppy because since Kale has been born Lou has been a little depressed and jealous. Ryan used to give Lou tons and tons of attention and ofcourse now that Kale is here Kale is number one in Ryan's eyes and Lou took the backseat and Lou just does not like this. So he really hasn't been himself since Kale has been born. We thought that getting him a friend would kind of help him have something to play with and something that is showing him attention when we just can't.

Winston and Lou absolutely adore one another. Winston is constantly nibbling on lou's tail, ears, neck, whatever he can get his little puppy teeth on and Lou will put Winston's whole head in his mouth, but he doesn't bite. Lou is a completely different dog. It is so cute too because anything Lou does Winston wants to do too. It is absolutely adorable.