First real illness

We thought your discomfort & irritability was because of teething, but you have your first viral infection. :( You had a low grade fever yesterday and were a little unhappy, but we attributed it to teething since there was also an awful lot of drool & gnawing on our fingers. Your daddy was home with you today & your temperature went up a bit so he took you to the pediatrician. They pricked your finger to do a little blood test and determined that you have a viral infection. I'm staying home with you tomorrow and my plan is for us to cuddle all day!

Hurricane Irene

We're currently awaiting the effects of Hurricane Irene. So far, it's been a pretty uneventful & rainy day. The weather is supposed to get worse as the night goes on but hopefully your first hurricane will be nice to us!

New sounds and smiles

Today you started making raspberry-type noises and giving us these big, bright smiles where you scrunch up your face. It's so fun to see you try new things all by yourself! The raspberries and smiles crack us up!

You also love your jumperoo now! You bat at the animals, jump up and down, and giggle almost the whole time.

We took down your baby swing today too. I was a little sad when I was taking it apart, but you've graduated from that to your highchair! You're not eating anything yet, but you now sit at the table with us.

The big quake

We had an earthquake today! You won't remember it but I will never forget it! I was so sad to be at work and away from you but you were in good hands at Miss Harmony's. Our house wasn't damaged and I think the only thing that toppled over was a water glass. The earthquake was 5.8 and we had an aftershock of 4.2 around 8pm. You were already in bed and I was on my way up to grab you and hide under something, but the tremors stopped before I even got to the stairs. Things like this make me really hate working so far from home!

Swimming!

You went swimming for the first time today at Nana and Pappy's house. I was a little nervous because the water was a little cold, but you didn't even flinch! You kicked around in your little floaty and had a great time. You start swimming 'lessons' in a few weeks and I can't wait! You are a little fish already. :)