This is the longest I've gone without updating the blog since we started it. It's been a crazy few weeks! I'm happy to report that while the boys aren't fully healed from the "sickness", we are all way better off now than we were 3 weeks ago. Nolan's cough has finally started getting better this weekend, which is awesome because it's not waking him up at night anymore! He relapsed a little this week, spiking a 102 degree fever Monday afternoon at daycare. Thank god for retired parents! My dad came to the rescue and spent Tuesday and Wednesday home with Nolan so he could heal up. Kale developed a worse cough over the past week, too, so I took him to the dr. on Friday. Our NP seems to think he may have a mild case of croup, but based on his improvement over the last few days he should continue to keep getting better. As for me and Adam - we're healthy.
Kale weighed in at 17 lbs, 11 oz at the dr. on Friday - with his clothes and helmet on. Not sure how accurate it is, but regardless he's a big boy! We had another set back with his helmet last weekend. He developed a rash on his forehead, so he couldn't wear the helmet until we got him in to see the orthotist. Finally on Wednesday he was able to wear it again. Hopefully he'll continue to not have any issues so his head can start reshaping faster! He's a busy little boy these days. He rolls everywhere - we found him under the kitchen table the other day! He's really working hard to develop his core muscles so he can start to sit on his own.
Even over the course of this weekend we can see improvement. He loves babbling at Nolan, and watches him like a hawk. He is so super drooly - you would think some teeth would start coming in sometime soon! He's developed a pretty good nap routine on the weekends - a 3 hour nap, either in the morning or afternoon, and a shorter nap at the opposite time. We stopped doing the dream feed last weekend, and so far so good. He is waking up about once a night, and we know it's because he hits his helmet on the side of his crib and it wakes him up. Sometimes he can get himself back to sleep . . . which is what we hope for, of course!
Nolan is on the mend, and we saw a pretty big improvement this weekend in his mood. The biggest thing for him is sleep, so we were thrilled to get 3 hour naps this weekend, and a full nights sleep last night. It's so fun to watch him right now. He seems to be picking up new words every day - shoes, cheese, in my woom (in my room), tooth bwush (tooth brush), boccli (broccoli), deer, sqwal (squirrel), tacta (tractor), fowk (fork), spoo (spoon), moosic (music) - and lots and lots of other ones. He especially likes asking "where's gampa"? Oh, the other morning I walked out of the kitchen and he asked Adam "where's Tisha"? Too funny! He can count to 3, and when you ask him how old he's going to be he can respond with two. Grandpa and Grandma Bleck gave him a bat and ball for Valentine's Day, and with a little practice this week with Grandpa Tom and Adam he was able to not only the hold the bat the right way and swing it, but he can hit a baseball, too! It's incredible to think about how far he's come in a year!
Adam and the boys survived without me just fine the week I was in North Carolina. I missed them all, but did enjoy eating leisurely meals! The weekend I got back we were able to spend some time together on Sunday at Sky Rock Farms in Hamel. Our friend's dad hosted an event for anyone who wanted to come. It was a neat little place - lots of antique carnival stuff, like organs, clowns, carousels, etc. We thought it might freak out Nolan a little bit, but he didn't have any problem. He liked the carousel ride, and had no fear to meet horses and ponies for the first time. He even wanted to ride a pony around the training area of the barn - didn't show any fear at all! I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it was fun to hear him talk about the "horsies"!
Last night Adam and I were able to get out for an evening to hang out with our friends at the Shout House and Whiskey Junction. Paulette and Ryan came to our house to watch the kids, which is so nice. Nolan loves seeing them! I think the last time we were able to get out with our friends without the kids was at a wedding in September, 2 weeks after Kale was born. I must say it was well deserved!
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