I won!

I am so excited! I just found out that I won a painting by an artist named Kendall Boggs. He work is gorgeous! I found out that she was having an essay contest and the winner would win her painting called "Grace". I knew they were voting yesterday, so I woke up early this morning to check to see who the winner was, and it was me!!! 

You can see the painting and read all of the entries at Kendallboggsfineart.blogspot.com. Also, check out her website to see all of her gorgeous paintings at Kendallboggs.com. 

Steven and I are in the process of redecorating our home and I already think I have the perfect spot to hang "Grace"! 

7 Months Old!

Today, Miles turned 7 months old! I think that I have seen the biggest changes in him this month. He is doing something new everyday!

At 7 months old...

Miles can sit up really well, although I always put pillows around him because he will topple over occasionally.

He still only has 2 teeth... The top ones are taking forever to come in!

He has just increased his formula intake from 6 ounces to 8 ounces, is eating rice cereal and stage 2 fruits and vegetables. Green beans are still his very favorite, although he will eat anything!

He reaches for me, or Steven, or whoever he wants to go to.

He is learning to wave and will open and close his hand when he sees somebody, although sometimes his hand will be down by his side.

We can now no-longer leave him alone on our bed or on the changing table. I used to be able to put him in the middle of our bed surrounded by pillows to take a nap or strap him onto the changing table to go run his bath water. I can't do that anymore because I found him hanging off of the bed and hanging off of the changing table. It scared me half to death! He is such an escape artist! Even on the floor, surrounded by pillows, he will move a pillow out of the way and log roll to the other side of the room.

He is close to being able to crawl. He can pull to his knees with his butt straight up in the air, but then he gives up and log rolls over to whatever it is that he wants.

He is into EVERYTHING! You cannot turn your head for a second or he will be into some kind of mischief. Even when I think that there is nothing anywhere near him, he will figure out a way to get to it... It is definitley time to start baby proofing!

His favorite toys are his stuffed monkey, his plastic keys, and a soccer ball rattle. (Although he would much prefer to play with a remote control, my flip-flop, or paper.)

He is now giving us a fake smile. He scrunches his nose and will smile a big, cheesey grin.

He doesn't sit still for a second... ever... unless he is sleeping. If the child could run, he would take off in a second. He is full of energy and curiosity.

He loves to blow bubbles, and gets into giggling fits when he is very tired.


I know I say this every month, but time is FLYING by! At this rate, I am going to blink and he will be in college!

7 months old - November 13, 2009

6 months old - October 13, 2009

5 months old - September 13, 2009


4 months old - August 13, 2009

3 months old - July 13, 2009

2 months old - June 13, 2009

1 month old - May 13, 2009

April 13, 2009

Recovering Well...

Miles is recovering well from his RSV. The fever is gone, he is keeping food down, and his cough and cogestion are better, although they will be there for up to a few weeks. He has still not gone back to daycare... I want to make sure that he is fully recovered so he doesn't catch another illness on top of this one! So, he has been at Steven's parents' house all week! We are planning on sending him back to daycare on Monday.



Stay tuned for the 7th month update on Thursday! WOW! I can NOT believe 7 months have gone by already!!!

Cabin Fever

So, Miles and I have not left the house except to go to the doctor in the past four days. I am still not letting him jump in his bouncer, which is his usual form of entertainment. I can tell he is getting restless. At less than seven months old, my child gets bored very easily.

One new form of entertainment that he loves, is baths. This has been an activity that does not exert a lot of energy and he just loves. So, I have been giving him several baths a day, just to relieve some of his boredom.

Last night, I was desperately trying to watch the Alabama vs. LSU game, and resorted to putting my child in a laundry basket for entertainment. I told him it was a boat and he thought it was really fun. I gave him his plastic keys (the best $1.39 I ever spent) and he giggled and played next to me for about ten minutes. Then, he decided he had had enough of playing boat, and reached his arms up for me to pull him out.

So far, Miles has been able to keep two bottles down today. I am hoping we are on the mend. I think both of us need to get out of this house!

RSV update

Miles seems to be doing better today. Our biggest challenge is keeping him hydrated and keeping his food down. After he drinks, he starts coughing and then projectile vomits across the room. Sorry, if that is too much information.

I've learned that if I feed him while he is sitting straight up and give him smaller amounts at a time, he can usually keep most of it down. Right now, he is keeping about every other small bottle of formula down and I am letting him sip on pedialyte in between bottles. He even ate green beans (his very favorite food) last night and kept most of that down.

His cough and chest seem a little better and he is taking the breathing treatments like a champ. He just lays there and lets me put the mask over his face for the 7 or 8 minutes that each treatment takes. I gave him a treatment at 4 am, followed by a bottle (that did not stay down) and then he went back to sleep.

We have a big king sized bed, and have been letting Miles sleep in the middle. There is still plenty of room between each of us, but everytime we wake up, Miles is either snuggled against me or his daddy. He loves to cuddle!

He seems like he feels better today. I can tell his energy is building up. I won't let him "exercise" in his jumpers so he just lays there and kicks his legs a mile a minute.

Hopefully this will all pass soon. I hate seeing my baby sick!

RSV!

RSV season starts in November and on November 5, we found out that Miles has RSV!



He has had a cough for a few days, which we thought was either from his reflux or a post nasal drip. Yesterday, when I picked him up from Steven's parents' house, he had been running a fever of about 100. I took him home and noticed he sounded very congested. At about 10:00, he woke up crying and was running a fever of 102.2 and sounded even more congested with a rattley chest and nasty cough. At this point, I am convinced it is the swine flu and called the after hours nurse. She suggested that he sleep in the bed with us and to take him to the pediatrician in the morning. At 3:00, he woke up crying. We gave him tylenol and a bath and he went back to sleep until around 7:00 this morning. I took him to the doctor at 9:30, (earliest appointment available) and the doctor seemed to know right away that it was RSV. He had his nose swabbed for both the flu and RSV. Flu was negative, RSV was positive.


The nurse showed me how to give Miles a breathing treatment and he seemed to do fine... much better than I expected him to do. We left the doctor with directions to do breathing treatments every four hours, rest, and stay hydrated.

Poor little man!