More Halloween Fun!

Happy Halloween!

Today our family had a great last Saturday in October. We started out the morning with the first day of fall swimming lessons (Damien's 2nd time in a class, and Blaise's 1st time). They both loved their time in the water!

After the boys' naps, we went to Janesville to celebrate our friends' birthdays and Halloween.  The boys got to wear their Halloween costumes, and they really seemed to enjoy it!

Damien, aka Shark!

Blaise, aka Skunk (or Stinker!)

Skunk and Shark together!

Happy Halloween!

Go Pack!

Our family was definitely ready for football season to start! It's the best part of fall!

Cooking up some tailgating food!

Eating some tailgating food!

Blaise is practicing his tackling skills!

Go Pack Go!

Blaise's Birthday Party (better late than never...)

I finally have a moment and a little time to upload some pics off the camera and write a quick blog post. On August 20th, Blaise celebrated his 1st Birthday Party with lots of friends, family, cake, and the kiddie pool! Below are some photo highlights of Blaise's big day!

Happy 1st Birthday, Blaise!

Today Blaise is 1 year old! The year has flown by, and it's amazing to see the little accomplishments he makes every day. To read where it all began with his birth story, click here.

Blaise is starting to learn to stand on his own and has tried to take a couple steps without holding on to anything. I think it will be only a matter of days before he figures out how

to walk. Blaise is very good at making gestures with his hands: he can wave, do "so big", clap, and sometimes he can even hold his pointer finger up to indicate that he is 1 year old.

Blaise loves eating! I think it's safe to say his favorite food is probably graham crackers, but he also loves mashed carrots and potatoes, bananas, and chicken nuggets. Tonight, for his birthday dessert, Blaise will try his first ever piece of cake. Poor little Blaise can't eat too much yet because he only has 1 tooth on the bottom!

Here are some photos of the 1 year old!

Happy 1 Year Old

Playing with Anna, Marian, and Damien

Birthday Boo Boo :(

Things Are Looking Up!

Thankfully, Blaise's second antibiotic seems to be doing the trick. He still has two days of it left to go, but he hasn't had a fever for a week, and he's been back to his normal, trouble-making self. It is clear that Blaise has been taking notes from his big brother.

We can hardly believe that Blaise will be turning 1 in only 5 days. The year has flown by, and it's amazing to see how much Blaise has grown in a year. Damien and Mama have been practicing singing 'Happy Birthday', so we'll see what Blaise thinks of it next week!

Update

Well, we had to go back to the doctor with Blaise today. He finished his course of antibiotics last night, and this morning he woke up with a 101.7 fever. The poor little guy has been very clingy and just wants to be held all the time. In the clinic, we were able to see the same person that saw him on Monday, and she said not only does his ear look worse, but now his other ear is infected too. They are also concerned that Blaise may become dehydrated because he hasn't been drinking as much as usual and has very few wet diapers (he's not eating solid food at all). So, today he will be starting a 10-day course of a new antibiotic. We are trying our best to push fluids for him. We are praying this antibiotic will work! We hate having him on so many medications at such a young age.

In addition, I now have an eye infection that they're guessing is all related to whatever else has been going around the house. I was also prescribed an eye antibiotic. The worst part of that is that I have to wear my glasses instead of my contacts... :/ Oh well, I can't complain when I see what my poor boys are going through.