One Year Anniversary

I didn't write on the 27th, but it marked the one year anniversary of moving to Kentucky! I can't believe it's been a  whole year honestly because the time really has flown by, but we have lived in this house away from all of our loved ones for an entire year now. We are still enjoying it. There are definitely things we miss about Portland, but we love trying new things and making new traditions with our family. We are grateful for the friends we have made here and for technology to keep us connected to our friends and family back home.

Thomas at 2 Months

Today we took Thomas in for his 2 month check up. Last month I was a little concerned about his weight being so low, but not to worry, that is not the case anymore!

Thomas is now 22 inches long, his head is 15 3/8 inches and his weight is 10.12 lbs! He has really put on the weight from a month ago. He eats well and is sleeping so much better, so there is no longer a worry that he is tiny like before!

He’s smiling and follows me with his eyes. He can lift and hold his head up like a natural and as though it doesn’t weigh a ton on his little neck. He is sleeping about 5 hours at night between feedings, so Mom is happy as well. He has great kissing cheeks that his mom and siblings take advantage of regularly and he has learned to tolerate his brother, Gordon’s, love for him, even if it is a little uncomfortable!

He’s such a sweet addition to our family and I’m so grateful to have him as part of our family.

Sick Week

So, a week ago, Friday, Eddie came into our room in the middle of the night to inform us that he didn’t feel well. Of course, as happens with most kids, he showed us before he could actually say anything, so he spent his birthday sick instead of having a party.  This is my sick boy on his birthday, still smiling even though his tummy hurt.

Then Gordon got whatever it was that Eddie had and took it to a whole new level. From Monday night to yesterday (Sunday), my poor Gordon has had a sensitive tummy and he couldn’t keep anything down. Almost a whole week before he could finally keep his breakfast down this morning. I don’t have a picture of him, but he’s lost weight and looks so different from what he used to look. It took so much out of him, that one night after he threw up, he wanted to take a bath and this is how we found him.

He fell asleep in the bath! I have never seen this happen to him before. Yes, I have fallen asleep while taking a bath because I was so relaxed, but my son does not fall asleep in the bath. He plays and makes a mess on the floor and drops cars in the tub during bath time. Never does he fall asleep!

Don’t worry though, he’s had plenty to eat today and will have no problem putting the weight that he lost back on quickly! He has also gone back to pretending to be the Avengers throughout the day, so life is good again! We called the doctor at the end of last week and they weren’t concerned unless it was over a week, so we’ve lucked out that he’s better and life has gone back to normal!

Of course, Celeste couldn’t be left out! She had to get sick on Wednesday of last week when she should have been getting ready for Activity Days. It went away quickly, but she still stayed home on Thursday and was a big help while I was yucky feeling from being around all of the yuckiness that was in the house.

We were very blessed though. Kyle, Thomas and I didn’t get it. Kyle and I both had our moments of feeling kind of gross because we were cleaning up after everyone else and breathing it in, but Thomas didn’t get it and we just had to leave the house for a little while to start feeling better, so we lucked out. After speaking with the doctor and nurse today at Thomas’ check-up, we found out it wasn’t the flu, but some other brutal virus that is going around the area. I don’t know what the virus is called, but I never want to experience that in our house again!