Cellulitis :(

Poor Steven!! I promise we don't beat our child! Here's the story. I was doing hospital orientation which was every day for eight hours the first week...when I got home Friday I noticed Steven's eye was a little bit red. When I asked Mike about it he said it had kinda been red all day, so I decided to just watch it. It got to where it was a little swollen, so I called my sisters to see if it could be allergies or what. I didn't think it was pink eye because the actual eye itself wasn't red, just the skin around it. Anyhow, we decided to just let it be and see how it looked in the morning and take him in to a quick care instead of an ER. Well...around 10:30 Steven woke up crying, which is so not like him! He sleeps so well usually! When I got him out of the crib this is what I saw...

 It had swollen so much! So of course I freaked out a little bit and I was ready to take him in right then, but after getting some benadryl in him and talking with more sisters, we decided that it was okay if we did wait till morning. So that's what we did!

 The next morning I got him out of bed and he couldn't even open it :( above is a picture of him right before we took him to the doc, so after a little bit of being up he was able to open it some thank goodness. What the doctor said is that he must have gotten a bug bite or a little scratch or something that caused an infection in his skin called cellulitis. She gave him a shot (really two shots, one in each leg because the dose was too big to go in one leg) and said to bring him back in 24 hours. She wanted us to keep a close eye on him and make sure the swelling didn't get worse and if it did then we'd need to take him to the ER for IV antibiotics. We kept an eye on it and kept up with the benadryl. I was back to work the next day for a 12 hour day shift, so Mike had to take him in the next day.

Can I tell you how grateful I am for modern medicine?! Look at that eye 24 hours later! Can you believe it? She sent us home with azithromycin to give him orally twice a day which he takes like a champ! My sweet baby boy is back to normal looking and I'm so glad that everything is okay and he was such a trooper through it all. Even when he woke up in the middle of the night with his eye so swollen he was fussy, but we could still get him to smile and laugh. Love my boy!
 

 I actually look like I have a little bit of coloring when I'm next to Steven! Poor kid got my coloring :/

 The next big news is that Steven has teeth! I didn't even know he was teething silly boy, until my sister noticed his bulging gums and a little tooth under the surface! Two days later, his first tooth arrived and I could tell a second was on the way. That one didn't break for another week though. Don't know if you can really tell in the top one, but the bottom one shows them both pretty well. Its super cute because you can kinda see them some times when he smiles and talks now :) The only bad part about them is he can no longer give me kisses on my chin...it hurts because he bites with them now! Sorry for the post overload, but I think that somewhat updates us now so hope you all enjoy!

Little pit stop in good ol' Arizona then onto TEXAS!

 On our way down to Texas we stopped by Mike's brother Jason and Jenn's so they could meet Steven and we could see them and the kids. I don't know why I didn't get any more pictures :( It was a lot of fun seeing them as always! While there we went to the park. Steven has been in the swing before but we've always forgotten the camera so these are the first pictures we have of him swinging. He loves it! He loves being outside period, but as you can see from his happy face he also loves swinging :)

 And yes! We arrived in Texas! It was a long and it seemed at some points never ending drive, but we are here safe and sound. Steven did really well...he's such a good boy! The most annoying part of the drive were the hills where the truck would sometimes get down to 35 mph. ANNOYING!! But its over, we're here, that's that. I've started work and I think I'm really going to like it! It reminds me a lot of the first hospital that I worked for so I'm excited for that big hospital feel again. There are going to be things I miss about the small hospital, but mainly its the people I'm going to miss the most. Mike's classes are going well, and Steven is loving spending time with cousins and family.

Mike is enjoying spending time with his family too...here he is with his big bro Kevin and his little boy Parker. Parker is obsessed with basketball and so he was pretending to play a basketball game with the big kids. It was cute hearing him get excited when he thought he'd made a basket :)

 

While here we've been able to go swimming...here's little Capri and Steven together. They're only 4 weeks and 1 day apart in age! Its been fun to see them play together :) 

Steven playing with lego block things...he loves them :)

While still in Rexburg I made some little ties for Steven...here he is modeling one, and below that are the ones that I made. It was super fun and pretty easy really!

Also...have to give a shout out for this weekend and the Avengers! Anyone who knows my husband knows that he loves these guys! So when they came out with them all on Dr. Pepper cans of course he had to have a set. Ridiculous as I thought it was, he's acutally been able to sell off the remaining sets on ebay, paying for his original set and making money as well! Good job honey :)

And last but not least, I love my boy...this is a video from Rexburg that I just found and love! He loves looking at himself in the mirror, and here's proof! :)

Easter in Jerome...

 This year we were able to celebrate Easter in Idaho where we had an egg hunt and Steven found some eggs...

 and a basket full of fun toys/books/candy! Thanks Grandma! (no really thanks...it was a lot of fun!)

 I had to include this picture because Mike always complains that Steven will fall asleep on  me but never on him...never again can he say that! Here's the proof :)

 This was actual Sunday Easter when Steven found his basket from us. He got the outfit he's wearing in these pictures, it was a gift we got from someone that we regifted :), some more eggs and candy for Mommy and Daddy, and a little chew toy.

I wasn't able to get many more pictures than this :( but here's Steven with his cousin Megan. It sure was fun seeing family and spending time with them before heading down to Texas! Thanks Binghams! :)

Videos of Steven talking, saying "Da da" and more...

Here are some cute videos of my little man that I've been wanting to share for a while now but just haven't had time to upload them till now. So I'm sorry for the video overload. There's one of him playing peekaboo and then a couple of him jabbering and at the beginning you can kinda hear him say "da da" which makes Mike completely happy. Please don't mind the annoying voice of me in the background and instead focus on the cuteness of my child :)

Mike loves to do this to Steven and make funny noises...kinda cute :)
Steven LOVES peekaboo! He has started putting things on his face and then taking them off. I don't think he really understands it fully yet but still pretty cute :)

The previous and next video are of him jabbering..I liked them both and so they're both here...don't feel like you have to watch them :)

This is Steven eating a puff for the first time. We gave them to him too early though (we're kinda anxious parents) and they gave him a diaper rash so we're going to wait till he's older to give him them again.

First Green Beans!!! He didn't like them too much :) But still way funny and cute :)

And last but not least...Snow Angels! Please don't think I'm a horrible mother by taking my young son out into the snow. I promise he had on multiple layers and didn't get wet or cold at all...we really were only out there for a short enough time to get this video and that was it. Hope you enjoyed these as much as I did!

6 Months!!

My baby is 6 Months OLD!! I still can't believe how fast time has flown by and that it has already been half a year. Honestly do they ever stop growing? His official 6 month day was last Friday, and that's when we went to the doctor...he now weighs 19.9 lbs and is in the 85%, is 27.8 inches and in the 90%...he's slowing down, but thinning out it seems! I sure do love my little guy. He now is sitting up, rolling over both ways, grabbing his feet, still putting everything in his mouth, and turning in circles on the floor and in his crib (honestly...he's never in the same position as what we put him down in). He's still as happy as can be and smiling all the time (unless its for iChat or family pictures silly boy). He also has a fascination with his tongue gnawing on it and just yesterday has started to make sounds like, "ya ya ya" and "da da" much to the delight of Mike :) Thanks for coming to our family Steven! We sure do love you so much! :)

Marjorie comes to visit!

I'm so glad I got to meet you! :) Thanks Marjorie and Chris for coming to Idaho...it was so good to see you again and Steven loved meeting you!

Cute cousins Jared and Spencer-Miles was there promise, he just didn't like pictures :) Even though we didn't get to spend a ton of time with you, we were glad and grateful for what we got...love you guys!

So about a month ago Steven started sitting up with just holding our hand for a little bit of support...and about two weeks ago he started sitting up on his own! He's getting so big! Its fun to be able to leave him on floor with some toys. Its also funny because now he's not content to lay or even be leaning back in the bouncer. When I put him in it he'll just sit there, or pulls himself up to play with the caterpillar on his piano. I really liked these two cute photos...hope you enjoy them as well!

Love my boy! :)

Random Pics

When I have to work that night, Steven and I usually take a nap together because he sleeps lower when he's by me. I don't mind it too much :) Mike came home on day and took this picture of us...love my sweet boy!

Steven is getting so BIG!!! I still can't believe he's already 5 months old. Its crazy how time flies!

Thankfully he's not too terribly big yet :) Mike has fun dressing Steven up in all of our clothes, here's an example :) And finally below is a video that is super cute. I feel bad that we try to make Steven cry, but he's so cute when he does! He started jutting out his lower lip as seen in the video and I just think its adorable. Anyways...enjoy!