I should have eaten more bread

This week our house has been sick. Andrew and I have had a cold most of the week. On Wednesday, the school called and told me I had to come pick up Austin. He'd been throwing up. So, I picked the kids up, brought them home, and Austin got sick 3 times after we made it home. After one episode, Austin looked and me just pitiful and said, "Mommy, I should have eaten more bread at lunch and not as much corn."

4th tooth

Andrew's 4th tooth finally broke through yesterday, his left front tooth on the top. Woo hoo!

Fun finger foods

Andrew's trying all kinds of table foods. He's figured out that you don't always have to squish the banana; you can actually eat them. So far, Andrew's tried peas, carrots, peaches (not a huge fan of these), and Cheerios. At school, he's tried mashed potatoes, biscuits, and french toast sticks. Of course, he's still eating baby food but he's really enjoying the venture into the wonderful world of table food.

Funny faces

These are just hilarious.

Mommy's in a timeout!

On Sunday, Austin put me in a timeout. Apparently, I said something at breakfast that we weren't supposed to say (per Gene). I can't even remember what it was. Anyway, once Austin heard that I said something I wasn't supposed to, he said "Mommy, you need a timeout. Go sit in the corner for 2-5-0. You can't talk or move or play!" (When we put Austin in a timeout, we set the timer on the microwave for 5 minutes.) So, there I was, sitting in the corner of the living room for 2 minutes and 50 seconds. I guess, if we put him in a timeout for saying something or doing something he's not supposed to, it's only fair that we do the same.

First word

Andrew's saying his first official word, dada. He calls everyone and everything "dada" not just referencing Gene. He calls me "dada," his food "dada," and the cats "dada." A few weeks ago he was saying "baba," but hasn't done that since discovering the word dada.

Surgery day

Gene and I got up at 4:30 this morning to take Andrew for tubes. We had to be there at 5:45 but left here around 5:20. Andrew was his usual chipper self even with us having to wake him up so early. He laughed and flirted with all the nurses there. The doctor was running late as usual (I don't get how you can be running late at 6:30 in the morning). Anyway, they took him back around 7:15 and he was back about 7:45 or so. All went well. They cleaned out his ears. Both were bad and the doctor said the left eardrum was about to burst. Thank goodness we got this taken care of when we did.

Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a new Andrew! He's always been so happy and jolly and that's when he's feeling just terrible even post-surgery (see below). I can't imagine how he's going to be now!

9 months old

Andrew is 9 months old. Well, almost. Gene took him for his check-up and shot yesterday. He weighed 21 pounds 5 1/2 ounces and was 29 1/2 inches tall. Just for comparison, Austin was 20 pounds 3 ounces and 30 inches tall when he was 9 months. A little heavier and just a hair shorter. The pediatrician said that genes (no pun intended) were finally catching up with Andrew.

Andrew's pulling up all over and has started cruising a little bit. Tonight, while Austin was in the tub, he really wanted to climb right on in!

So grateful for Saturday

It was quite the week this week both at home and work. On Tuesday, we spent 3 hours at the ENT with Andrew. On Wednesday, I took Austin to the pediatrician. He'd developed a cough and it was getting worse. There's been an outbreak of sorts at the school of pneumonia and I was concerned that Austin had caught it. Luckily, it was just a sinus infection so we got some cough medicine and an antibiotic. And, as the multi-tasker that I am, I took care of getting a new antibiotic prescription for Andrew, rescheduled Andrew's 9 month appointment, and scheduled Austin's 5 year checkup while I was at the doctor's office. Needless to say, I was thrilled to see the week come to an end. I hope next week is better.

Hilarious (and somewhat offensive)

Kids really do say the darnedest things and Austin's so exception. The other day after work I went to pick up the dry cleaning. The owners of this establishment were Asian American and handed me my cleaning through the drive thru window. Yesterday morning, I, with Austin present, was looking through the stuff I got back from the cleaners and was surprised to find that one of my jackets had it's buttons replaced (and not by request). Needless to say, I was not happy about this. But, I picked something else out and got dressed for work.

After dropping Andrew off at his room, Austin and I were outside putting our shoes back on and getting his stuff together. Another babies dad, an Asian American gentleman, was bringing his baby into the class next door. As we were walking to Austin's class he whispered, "Mommy, was that the man that messed up your jacket?" I said, "No, baby, it wasn't." Now, this had to be the funniest, and most observant, thing that Austin has ever said. Thank goodness he whispered.

Table food

Andrew has started trying table foods. He's been eating puffs for a couple of months and we started those wagon wheel things last week for a change of pace. We also started giving him little bites of banana, mostly to squish. Last week at school, I told the teachers that they could try giving him some soft table food to get him used to how things feel. Most of it didn't get into his mouth but he's practicing which is good. Tonight, I gave him some sweet peas. He was the funniest thing chasing those peas around his tray. He managed to get a good bit of them into his mouth and "chewed" them up. He only spit a few out.

Knock Knock

Austin officially knows his first knock knock joke. And it's a classic.

Austin: Knock, knock

Me: Who's there?

Austin: Boo?

Me: Boo who?

Austin: Please don't cry.

I also told him the orange/banana knock knock joke. I'm sure he'll get the hang of that one soon!

Tubes (and other things)

Andrew saw the ENT today and we're scheduled for tubes on February 17. We have to be at the outpatient center at 5:45 a.m. They said that he does have some hearing loss in both ears, one more than the other. But they are pretty confident that once the tubes are in place and working that his hearing will return to normal. Let's pray that it does!

In other news, Andrew's pulling up all over the place and it doesn't matter where. In his crib, on the table, on me or someone else. He's trying to pull up on the stairs; this is something we didn't have to deal with when Austin started walking around. He's also taken a couple of steps with our help and I really think that he'll probably be up walking not too long after he gets his tubes put in. I don't know that I'm ready for another one walking through the house!

On another note, Austin's doing so much better at home these days. We've started letting him serve himself at dinner which has really helped with his eating dinner. We're not watching TV during the week and that's helped keep us all a little more sane at night. Things are much better and we've only had a couple of timeouts in the corner.

He's pulling up everywhere

Andrew's pulling up all over the place...