Halloween 2009

Drum roll please….

William was Grandpa Zetah for his first Halloween.  Mainly because Grandpa Zetah dresses funny and we like to make fun of him all the time, I am completely serious!  Although it was more likely because it is my dad’s birthday and William’s first Halloween so we thought we’d make it special for both of them.  Here is Will looking even more like his Grandpa last Saturday…

I had some fun with my little man…carved out a pumpkin, got him down to his diaper and put him in the pumpkin!

 

How time flies…

My little man was officially 8 months old on the 27th, before I know he will be graduating high school and off to college….man, I am getting OLD!

Here are a few other updates for William:

• He now has 2 teeth on bottom.  They still have a ways to come all the way up, but they are very white and sharp.
• He hasn’t been one to put many things in his mouth, but I think he is beginning to discover how wonderful it is and is now placing his hands in his mouth while eating and other toys etc.  He even began to chew on his shoe once, gross!
• Still no ineterst in crawling, which I am thankful for.  He is more than happy to sit on his bum and wiggle to the music.  No need for me to worry when I walk away to do something, all he does is begin to cry for me to come back, but no moving around.  We basically have to keep a couple foot radius around him for “safe objects” otherwise we’re still in the clear for baby proofing the house.  We’re even thinking he may surprise us entirely and skip the whole crawling thing, who needs it anways? 
• He is VERY slowly beginning to accept slight textures in his food.  He has been introduced to chicken, although he didn’t like it at first (he literally gagged on it enough to bring up all his squash he had just eaten) he has come around to it as long as we mix it with some veggies.  Next we’ll give him some beef and see how he likes that…stay tuned. 
• Yesterday, for the first time he put one of those Gerber puffs in his mouth BY HIMSELF.  We’ve been feeding them to him, although due to the texture he never really liked or ate them enturely.  I wasn’t home, but Andrew said he still wasn’t a big fan of it in his mouth, but hey, he did it all by himself…definitely something to celebrate!

And finally, Will’s first time in the Fall leaves at Grandpa and Grandma Aiken’s house…(here’s the link to the Kodak gallery if you’d like to see more pics)

 

Decorating his pumpkin

Here are the pictures from day care a couple days ago…how cute is this?!?!

Getting better

Will is on his way to recovery, we rarely hear more than a couple coughs a day now.  He is still on his meds until they are finished, but the doctor said if he’s not better by today to bring him back in and I don’t think we will need to – GREAT NEWS!  With all that, even his nose cleared up so I am sure it was all related.

Along with the illness he had another tooth come through this week.  So, he officially has 2 teeth on the bottom and it seems like the 2 on top are not far behind.  He was such a good boy this morning, so he is back to his normal very content demeanor, YEAH!  Here he is waiting for mommy to get him all bundled up this morning.

Yesterday he decorated a pumpkin at day care.  She took some cute pictures I will have to post as soon as I get them.  She said he wasn’t into it at first and then discovered what he was doing with the paints and had fun with it.

Last, but certainly not least…I began my business as a Pampered Chef consultant.  If you’re interested in hosting a show and getting some great discounts let me know!

Trip to the ER

Panic?  Yes!  Here’s how it began…

This past weekend we noticed Will’s cough becoming increasingly worse.  He has had a cough for well over a month (we went to the doctor about it on September 14^th), but over the weekend he couldn’t get much rest (and neither did we) due to all the coughing.  I called the doctor Monday morning to try to make an appointment…needless to say this wasn’t my only call.  Due to his symptoms, the cough and stuffy nose, I couldn’t make an appointment; they immediately transferred me to the triage nurse.  This was not the frustrating part.  I know they are busy with all the flu/pandemic stuff, but I had to call back 4 times to just get through to a nurse, the first 2 times they transferred me to a busy signal!  The third time I asked for the direct number and then they transferred me, UGH!  Each time I called I was on hold for a minimum of 20 minutes!  The third time I had to hang up, I can’t stay on hold for more than 20 minutes at work!  Finally, I called the direct number the 4^th time and only ended up being on hold for about 5 minutes.  Wow!

After speaking to the nurse she ran down her list of 20+ questions about his symptoms and at the end she said something like, “Well, there are no available appointments so I advise you to take him to the Emergency room in the next 4 hours.  I will let them know you are coming.”  Are you kidding me?  You can’t tell a new mother to take her infant to the emergency room and expect her to NOT freak out!  I told her I was in Minnetonka at work and getting to an emergency room in 4 hours would be tight, I think we ended up making it there in about 3 hours!  I immediately left work to pick him up.  We met daddy at home and then went to Fairview Northland in Princeton.

When we arrived, the waiting room was at capacity with everyone wearing masks, even Will.  All 8 emergency rooms were full and the mom next to us told us she had been waiting there for 2 hours already.  OMG!  I knew it would be a wait so we came prepared with his bottles and dinner.  Luckily within about 30 minutes or so, they called us up to get us entered into the system and a nurse came from the clinic side to offer to take a few people.  YEAH!  We ended up seeing a doctor at the clinic instead of the ER and the doctor was SO NICE!  He diagnosed Will with Bronchiolitis, inflammation of his bronchial tubes.  He’s on a couple different meds and already the first night he slept better.  Of course still has the cough, but the doctor says if we don’t see a BIG difference by the end of the week to bring him back in.

I can’t complain about any of my encounters with the staff or nurses.  They were all very friendly considering the situation.  Just the system and method of actually getting through to talk to someone was probably the most frustrating, along with being panicked as soon as I hear the word “emergency”.  I hope this is his first and last trip to the ER (we gave him a bath as soon as we got home, VERY germy place!)

My man yesterday

It’s official, William has a tooth and I am sure the other one isn’t far behind.  It is very sharp on his bottom although you can’t see it well, its there…he basically just doesn’t let you look at it long enough to see it unless he yawns.  So, with the teeth comes a crabby baby, at least until they are all the way through.

Last night I found out how much William loves his mommy…I was on the phone with my mom while walking into the house from work, I stopped to say “Hi” to William and smile at him and then continued to walk into the kitchen to put down my purse and jacket…not a second later he BURST into tears.  Okay, so I didn’t pick him up the second I walked in the door, oops!  I hung up with my mom and went over to pick him up (he reaches up for me too now, what a big little man!) and he stopped crying immediately.  My little man sure has me figured out!  I can’t resist though, I love that guy SO much, I just want to give him hugs and kisses ALL day!

So TIRED (yawn)

With Will being sick with a bad cold lately, he has been coughing and waking himself up at night.  In the past it has been okay to just put the nuk in and go back to bed.  But now, he’s so congested I need to suck out all his boogies before he can go back to sleep.  Luckily, I think he is getting better.  Poor little man has been dealing with this cold for at least a good couple weeks.  His cough is definitely still lingering, but I think his nose is beginning to clear up.

None of this has slowed him down, he still is a very happy little man!  However, I think we have another BIG milestone thats here or VERY close…his bottom 2 front teeth.  Unless they decide to retreat under the gums again I think they are here for good.  I can feel something sharp in his mouth, although not very visible yet I think they’re HERE!  He has been really gnawing on his toys and fingers so I am hoping the first stage of teething is nearing an end!  YAHOO!  Only 2 more years of this to go!

Other things he is beginning to really enjoy:

• Rolling over like a madman when trying to change him, not even toys seem to help pacify him anymore.
• Doing motorboat while eating – I am trying to discourage this, but it’s rather funny and adorable, but VERY messy!
• If his feet are remotely near a hard surface he will start jumping or bouncing…I have a feeling I will be running around the house trying to catch him in the very near future.
• I could’ve swore I nearly heard him say “kitty” this weekend…he’s trying so hard, but just can’t get it yet.  Figures he would say that before mama or dada!

Pics this week

Its been cooler this week so here’s my little man all bundled up.  I love this guy in his bear hat! (and he doesn’t mind wearing hats, what a guy!)

This was this morning, before going to daycare, GO TWINS!
 

Zetah Family pics

L-R: Jody (my SIL), Chris (my brother), Mom, Dad, Me, William & Andrew

Now, just the 3 of us…

Daddy, making William laugh histerically.

My SIL Jody took all of these pics with her new camera, just setting the timer.  I think they turned out great, thanks again Jody!

Some new things William is up to these days:

• Last Friday night he picked up his sippy cup and put it in his mouth all by himself for the very first time (at least at home).
• He’s still groove’n to the music, even when there’s no music I think there’s always a song in his head case he just LOVE to boogy!
• He turned 7 MONTHS OLD on Sunday, I can already see the teenage years coming on VERY quickly!
• He is eating all his solid food, not very picky…yet.  He still prefers the mushy stuff, we were given the okay to give him some more solid foods that he can chew, but all he does is make faces at it and tries to spit it out.  

Proof: He doesn’t just look like his daddy

Here’s the proof, he looks like my dad, yup he may have the Aiken name, but he definitely has a VERY strong Zetah resemblance… 

My Dad at 5 months & Grandpa Urban Zetah 

My Dad 8/9 months old
 Here’s the best picture, if this doesn’t look my son’s twin!  My dad at 11 months old…
 
One more…my son’s future look about 1 year from now (My dad at 23 months)

K, now William today…here are a few pics from last weekend at the apple orchard and his first time in his swing outside, under the deck. 

Grandma on the phone with Grandpa, Will wants to say HI