My first illness...

Last week was quite eventful. That's why I haven't written. I'm recovering from my first illness. I'm fine now, so don't worry. But, before I get to that I've got to tell you about the fun stuff that happened before!

On Tuesday, the 11th Mommy had to work late. So we got to hang out int he morning. We went to her work and visited everyone. I got to see both Kathy's, Rosemarie, Emily, Linda, and Sharon! I was ready for a nap though, after everyone held me I got kinda fussy. Mommy had Kathy S hold me and she is an experienced Grandma. She knew just how to put me to sleep. I fooled her though, because when Mommy put me back in my car seat, I woke back up. After that I went to stay with Dawn until Daddy could pick me up. Daddy and I were hanging out on the couch. I learned that I can sit up. I was practicing it for a long time.

On Wednesday, Erin came to visit us. She was telling Mommy stories about how she's getting ready to move into her new condo. Her and Mommy talk a lot when they are together. It's hard for me to keep up sometimes. I was busy trying to stand up while Erin was helping me.

On Thursday, I started to cough so I went to Grandma Katy's instead of daycare. I didn't really know why I was doing it, I couldn't stop it from happening. Mommy took my temperature and said that I didn't have a fever so I was ok. My cough then turned in to sneezing and coughing. Mommy called the Dr.'s office and they said that if I didn't have a fever I didn't need to come in. I went to Grandma's again on Friday afternoon, Mommy stayed home with me in the morning because I didn't sleep well on Thursday.

On Friday night, I was miserable. I could NOT stop scratching my right ear. That made Mommy think this was more than just a cough...so she said she was going to take me to the Dr.

Saturday Morning, we went to State Farm's parking lot. We got my seat inspected and adjusted. I got to play with Mommy in the back of the car most of the time. However I did get to meet the Neigh-bear. He was pretty quiet. I got my picture taken with him. After that it started to rain. Once we were done with that, Mommy took me over to the Dr.'s office. Dr. Kaye wasn't there so I saw someone else. He said that both of my ears were infected and that I needed medicine.

I wasn't quite sure what they meant by medicine. Mommy took me home and then went to get the stuff at Walgreen's. When she got back she had a bottle of some stuff. It has a big long word on it. Since I can't read I just figured it will help me get better I'd better take it. Mommy used this pointy thing to give the medicine to me. I wanted to hold it. Then all the sudden this thick stuff was in my mouth. The taste is hard to describe, but it's definitely not formula or Mommy's milk.

I also got what Mommy keeps calling ear drops. There is another little bottle that it comes in. Mommy has Daddy warm it up before she gives it to me. I don't like it when it's not warmed up. It must work though because once I had them in I could hear a LOT better! I started talking because I could hear again. Mommy was worried about me making these sounds...but she's getting used to it.

I didn't sleep well on Sunday night, which was day two of medicine. I think it was because I didn't realize how sick I was. Mommy said my body was working real hard to make me feel better and that it needs help from the medicine. We didn't go anywhere on Sunday or Monday. Mommy picked up my illness on Monday and so we slept most of the day.

Tuesday I was feeling better. Mommy worked all day and then had to go to a meeting at night. She wasn't feeling any better after her meeting. Wednesday she went to the Dr. She got some medicine too. Mommy said she had a sinus infection. I don't know what a sinus is, kinda sounds like a name of a person. I don't think I would want to be friends with Sinus. Especially when he makes Mommy cough like she was and she kept making noise with the white things by her nose.

Mommy started to feel better on Wednesday after she got her medicine. Since I was feeling better, I slept from 8 pm - 2:45 am! I did that for Mommy, she need some rest. Mommy thanked me for sleeping so long. I'm glad I could help out. Last night I slept ok, but woke up too early for Mommy.

Mommy had something cooking overnight, because I could smell it. She asked Daddy to help her with it because she needed to take it to work with her. She said it was for a staff retreat or something. Daddy took me to see Dawn because Mommy hadn't taken a shower yet when it was time to go. She picked me up early and we went to see Dr. Kaye!

I had what they called my 4 month 'well baby check.' Here are my stats:

Head: 17.25 in - 90th percentile
Height: 24.75 in - 50th percentile
Weight: 15 lb 3 oz - 50th percentile

Dr. Kaye said that I'm doing real good! And she said that Mommy and Daddy can start to give me some cereal. I'll keep you posted on that, I don't know what it is...

They also made me cry. I'm not a fan of it either. The only good thing is that Mommy was there to make me feel better. Mommy said that I had a fever tonight. That explains why I was not happy and I tried to tell her by crying when we were at Grandma's for dinner. She gave me some other medicine for that, and it's helped a little.

I'm off to bed I'll talk to you all later...be sure to look at my pictures!