Lesson learned!

What did we learn this weekend? Don't take your kid to the doctor when he's sick... ; ) Okay, just kidding but apparently when we were at the doctor last weekend for his 102 fever for several days he picked up the dreaded RSV virus! Thank goodness Christopher is no longer an infant and all this really did to him was cause a RIDICULOUS cough and wheezing - otherwise he was in full force all weekend long! His only treatment is breathing treatments (Albuterol) every 4 hours. When the doctor told us this we were like "ha, yea right. you expect our 17 month old to sit in one place for 15 minutes every 4 hours...". Well to our surprise (and delight) our child actually likes them. Here's proof-

We are still trying to figure out the 'special' ingredient other than the albuterol....

Vintage Airplanes!

Chuck and I spent a small fortune today picking out the furniture and decor for Caleb's room. The theme is Vintage Airplanes! We looooove it (well, the idea at least - the final product may be a different story...)! Here is a picture of the only thing we could bring home from the store! The rest will arrive in 8 weeks!
I'm also very excited about the airplane theme because Christopher is mild-moderately obsessed with airplanes. So hopefully this can help the two bond. I so can't wait for them to meet! Christopher has been very observant of other babies lately and points them out everywhere! Our neighbor just had her baby too and we've been working on "shhhh....be quiet...the baby is sleeping....". It's cute - he will put his finger over his lips and say "shhhhh".


Well hopefully in 8 weeks I can post pics of the final nursery product! = )

On another note- Christopher has officially moved up to the 18 month class. It's a little over a month early but he was ready! Sadly, this means a whole new class with a whole new set of germs! We had to pick him up from school early on Thursday for a fever of 102F that lasted for 3 days!!! He was MISERABLE...as were we! It was just a virus (of course) and he is finally better as of today! Yea!

What does the bird say?

Chris recently began having this obsession with birds! First of all, he came home from school doing this really weird thing with his mouth and fingers...it took Chuck and I a bit to figure it out (along with some research on the internet) but sure enough it was sign for BIRD. And just recently he started copying all the bird noises in our neighborhood! It's too funny - and he knows it! Here's a quick clip -

Virginia!

About 2 weeks ago we flew to Virginia to visit the family! This was Christopher's fifth time on an airplane!!! Call us crazy! I can definitely say it is getting more difficult to fly with him and we will for sure buy him his own seat from here on out...we are just soooo thankful for stickers and suckers to get us through the flight home when he decided to not sleep AT ALL! = )

Anyway, while in town we got to visit with the family and watch my younger brother kick butt playing the drums at his band performance during their homecoming football game! We also went with Pap Pap to the pumpkin patch/petting zoo! We definitely had a wonderful and relaxing time!! Can't wait until next time!!

Chris in the pumpkin patch-

Daddy, Chris & Pap Pap-

Chris loves feeding animals-

Waiting to see Uncle Mike in the homecoming parade-

Mimi, Chris & Pap Pap at the parade-

Uncle Mike & his drums!-

Trick or Treat!

Christopher was a super cute lion for Halloween! We were super excited most of the family was able to come celebrate with us! Chris looooves candy and had a great Halloween!

Caleb was a little pumpkin! He was 19 weeks on Halloween (now 20)! I've been feeling him kick for a month or so now. It's fantastic! I forgot how much I missed this part of pregnancy! Anyway, he is growing and appears to be a healthy little guy!