Great-Grandpa

Today I got to go and see my great-grandpa Red and the place where he lives. He held me and made me smile. My cousins, Maryn, Brynn, and Leah came too! I always love seeing them. I like to watch them play. I can't wait until I can crawl around and play with them.

You want to know something cool that mommy didn't know when she named me...my great-grandpa was called Abby as a kid because his real name is Albert and so his daddy called him Abby for short. Then when he got into high school his friends called him Red because of his red hair. Everyone still calls him Red, even today, and his hair isn't red anymore. I think I'll call him Abby!

My first real day out

Yesterday was a really big day for me! AND unfortunately mommy forgot her camera to document my day. So you'll just have to settle for reading about it. It all started with going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for my great-uncle Stewart and daddy's cousin, Thomas's birthday. I got to spend lots of time with my relatives on daddy's side. It was so much fun. There were so many faces to stare at.

Then, from there I got to go to church with mommy and daddy for the very first time. I met lots of other friends in the nursery. My friend Oscar was there so it was good to see a familiar face. I did a really good job, mommy and daddy never had to be paged. Daddy came and picked me up a little early so that I could sing with them in "big church." I hope I get to do that every week. I love singing! When church was over I got to meet lots of mommy and daddy's friends. They thought I was really cute and everyone said I have big, bright eyes. I liked that! I think the best part of the whole day was when I saw mommy and daddy's friend, Mr. Dave. He was doing this thing that made me laugh! I just couldn't stop! I can't wait to see him again! Hopefully mommy will bring her camera next time and you can see what Mr. Dave was doing and how silly it was!

Happy 6 months to me!!

Today I am SIX months old!! Can you believe it!?! Wow!! I went to the doctor this morning and had another check up. Daddy came with too so that was really fun. My doctor said I'm doing really well. My cold is almost all gone! Yeah..no more boogie ball. I hate that thing!!

While at the doctor's office I got the best news ever...I get to leave the house!! That's right, you read correctly, I no longer have to be kept inside and away from people. I get to go to shopping, eat out at restaurants, attend church, and visit friends' houses! I can't wait!!! Hopefully you'll start seeing a lot more of me! I think mommy is more excited than I am! Ready or not world...here I come!

Some other facts about me at six months are:
weight - 13 lbs 10 oz 20th percentile
height - 25 1/4 in. 30th percentile
head- 16 3/8 in. 25th percentile

I also had to get four more shots today. It wasn't as bad as I remembered it. I think that's because daddy was there. Right after it was all over he started making me laugh and I forgot all about what had just happened. Thank you daddy!!

Now that I"m home, I'm going to go and take a nap. Have a great day!

This is mommy and me at the doctor's office right before I had my shots.

Family night

Last night was so much fun. Mommy let me skip my "catnap" before bed and so I got to have dinner with mommy and daddy. It was so much fun. I sat in my bumbo on the table while mommy and daddy had dinner. It sure looked delicious, I can't wait until I can eat it. But I'm loving my cereal for now. Mommy says I'll get to try some vegetables this week. I hope they taste yummy! During dinner, we all talked about our days and I showed daddy some of the new sounds I'm making. I am talking a lot more now!

Too cute for words

Mommy and Daddy keep telling me I'm too cute for words. Daddy took these two pictures on his phone, they're his favorites. The first one was when I was 4 months old and the next one was when I was 5 1/2 months old. Can you tell I'm getting bigger?

walks

With spring in the air, mommy has taken me on some fun walks. She said its good for me to get out of our house and get some fresh air. I still have the sniffles and something funny that mommy calls "the runs." Daddy and mommy are both getting my cold now too. Mommy said we need to get out of our germ infested house and the doctor said it would be good for me too. So she got me all bundled up and put me in my stroller. It was a lot of fun to be able to sit up and look at everything we passed by! I'm really excited for the warm weather and for cold and flu season to be over so mommy and I can go out on the town (only a few more weeks)!!

Walk #1

Walk #2

Good news

I'm back from the doctor's and she said that I do NOT have RSV and I'm not dehydrated. Yay!! I'm so glad! She said I just have my first official cold and that I'm building a strong immune system! Woohoo!! Thank you Lord! I'm going to go take a nap now since I missed it earlier! Talk to you soon.

Weekend report

This past weekend was full of ups and downs. Saturday was an up, but on Sunday things went downhill...

On Saturday I got to have cereal for the first time. Mommy and Daddy said I did a good job for my first time. I'm excited to keep trying it. Check out my video at the very end. Oh and thanks for voting...as you can see in the picture and video, I ate in my bumbo since that's what most people voted for.


After eating, I went for a walk with mommy and daddy. It was beautiful out. It was a tiny bit windy but I LOVED that. Anytime I felt the wind on my face, I would start to giggle. It was so much fun. I also really liked the fresh air and all the fun things to look at. It made me excited for cold and flu season to be over with so mommy can take me out all the time. She says there's a big world out there for me to see and explore!



Saturday night my grandma and grandpa Seaberg came over to play with me. I hadn't seen them in a while so that was really fun. They thought I had gotten so big since the last time I saw them. I got to show off some of new tricks...like bouncing! They were really impressed.

The bad part of the weekend was when I woke up at 1am on Sunday with a cold. I was really congested and had a fever. I couldn't sleep well at all. Mommy had to stay up with me all night and hold me. All day Sunday mommy and daddy gave me Tylenol to help with my fever and saline drops to help with my nosie. I really don't like those saline drops nor do I like this thing mommy calls the "boogie ball." I don't like anything being put up my nose.

Last night I slept a little better but not great. I got up every two hours. Daddy put a little pillow under my mattress so I was elevated and could breathe a little better. But I move around a lot in my sleep so after two hours my feet were the ones elevated, not my head. So I'd cry and ask mommy to help me and feed me. I had a really hard time eating and would throw up everything I ate and a lot of mucus from my nose too. Mommy said the doctor wants to see me this afternoon to check my fever again and to make sure I'm not dehydrated or have RSV. Say a little prayer for me.

(I can't believe I have to go back to the doctor's again. I think they just miss me and that's why they want me to come back in!)

My first attempt at eating cereal...

beyond blow-out

Everyone tells me I look like my daddy. Mommy says that unfortunately I have her insides (hence all the issues). So I'm daddy on the outside and mommy on the inside!

Warning!!! If you don't like poop stories you may want to stop reading

Well I'm not quite sure how to say this in a nice way but, like mommy, I'm not very "regular." The doctor says that's ok since I drink mommy's milk. She wasn't worried that I was only going every 4-5 days. She says that means I'm just absorbing all the nutrients in mommy's milk. Recently its been longer. A few weeks ago mommy had to give me something called a suppository. It helped me out a lot. I felt much better.

Well...as of yesterday it had been 12 days since I had gone #2. So, mommy gave me another suppository. We both thought it would be just like the last one. Boy were we wrong. Mommy gave me the medicine and then we cuddled and waited. Within 5 minutes there was some serious action. It felt amazing at first but then I realized it wasn't so amazing...there was poop EVERYWHERE!!!

12 days of poop came out and went up my back, out my arms of my onesie, out my neck and into my hair as well as out my pants and all over mommy. Both mommy and I were covered in poop. To solve the problem mommy put me in the tub with all my clothes on. She quickly threw away all my clothes (including her's), they were just too ruined. I took one bath to get the poop off of me and then mommy took me out of the tub, scrubbed the tub clean and then gave me another bath to really clean me in fresh, clean water.

Needless to say I was exhausted after all that (I forgot to mention that I was screaming at the top of my lungs the whole time - it just smelled horrible!!). I took a three and a half hour nap after it was over! Mommy said I was a trooper and said that if we ever have to do that again, she'll just hold me over something called a toilet until it's all done (and she said she'd make sure daddy was around to help us)! I hope we NEVER have to do that again!!

this is what my face looked like right when "it" happened

Fashion Show

Guess what...my head is starting to get too big for most of my hats. They don't fit over my head. So mommy and I had a little fashion show trying on every hat that I own checking to see which still fit, which were cute and which needed to go in a box. We've discovered that of the 15 hats (there could have been more) that I have, only a couple fit. The picture below is of one of mommy's favorites. What do you think?

Sunday

I forgot to finish telling you about my weekend. On Sunday, Daddy put my highchair together because on Saturday I get to try cereal for the first time. I really like my highchair but mommy and daddy aren't so sure I'm big enough for it yet. So, we compared it to the tray that attaches to my bumbo. Which do you think I fit better in? Should I eat in my bumbo or my highchair? (vote now on the side!)

Dancing

This weekend was so much fun. First some friends came over on Friday night. Then, I got to spend the day Saturday with my daddy. He read me a Winnie the Pooh story. Then, I got to hang out with Grammy and Poppa. They came over on Saturday night. I showed them how I can break dance. They were so impressed and couldn't believe it. Check it out...I spin around on my back!!

First I start out facing you...

Then, I start spinning...

and spinning...

and spinning, until I'm all the way around! It's a blast!!

Good News

My tummy doctor called mommy today and told her that my biopsies were clear and perfect. Great news. However, he has no idea what is causing the blood. So, he said if I do it again, he would recommend I go to an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. Not another doctor!! Mommy said that she's not worried and thinks I'm all done with that nonsense. She says I'm too cute to keep doing that. I hope she's right!

5 Months

With all that's going on I totally forgot to announce to all of you that I'm 5 MONTHS old!! Isn't that so cool. I'm getting so big. I weigh 12 pounds now. Mommy and Grammy say that I'm starting to fill out a little. But, I'm still in 3 month clothes (however, they're too short). The next size (3-6months) are the right length but way too wide. Mommy said I get to try eating cereal soon. I'm so excited to try it. Daddy needs to put together my high chair. Hurry daddy, I'm ready!

These pics were taken on my 5 month birthday!

The Endoscopy

Thank you everyone for your prayers. I am home from my endoscopy and everything went really well. I did a GREAT job surviving without eating. The doctor said my insides looked great but he took some biopsies and we won't know anything for a couple days. Here's all that happened...

Mommy fed me at 2:30 in the morning and then got me up at 7:15. She put me in my carseat and we went to the surgery center. Then, I had to put on some really big boy pajamas (take a look at the pic below). I wasn't very happy about that. Then, a really nice anesthesiologist came and got me. She put a little mask over my face and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was brought to my mommy and daddy and then I got to eat. After that, I was checked out a couple more times and my IV's were taken out and I got to go home. I'm resting now.

I'll let you know when I hear about my biopsies. Thanks again for everyone who prayed for me! It worked! God answered your prayers...I did a great job and my insides look healthy. Now, if I can just stop spitting up blood we can put this nonsense behind us!

This is me in the hospital boy pajamas.
How embarrassing!!