Luke had a great first birthday. We had a house full of family and enjoyed every minute of it!
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Friday, January 18, 2013
11 Months & Lots of "Making"
So far, January has been a great month - no sickness! It seems like we spent most of December with croup, the sniffles, or a rash! The last rash, we have decided, was an allergic reaction to eggs!!! We will talk more about this with our pediatrician the end of February.
Luke has been busy being a little boy - getting into EVERYTHING!
Mommy has been busy making all kinds of things.
A while back I started making wipe solution - I make paper towel wipes but more often use cloth wipes! It's so easy and saves money :)
I also started making my own toothpaste, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, shampoo, and anything else I can think of! It's so fun trying new recipes (I don't know that Paul Michael would agree with that statement).
My biggest project is SOAP! I am making our soap now...from scratch...mixing the sodium hydroxide & water with oils. Maybe I did learn something in all those chemistry classes :)
I'm also selling soap & lotion if you are interested.
Luke has been busy being a little boy - getting into EVERYTHING!
Mommy has been busy making all kinds of things.
A while back I started making wipe solution - I make paper towel wipes but more often use cloth wipes! It's so easy and saves money :)
I also started making my own toothpaste, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, shampoo, and anything else I can think of! It's so fun trying new recipes (I don't know that Paul Michael would agree with that statement).
My biggest project is SOAP! I am making our soap now...from scratch...mixing the sodium hydroxide & water with oils. Maybe I did learn something in all those chemistry classes :)
I'm also selling soap & lotion if you are interested.
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| This isn't as bad as is looks...really....He jumped up laughing and did it again! |
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| 1.8.13 - Someone loves to feed himself avocado chocolate pudding :) |
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| 1.13.12 - Best buddies |
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| 1.13.13 - Happy 11 Months! |
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| Almond Soap |
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| Lavender Soap |
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| Tea Tree & Spearmint Soap |
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| Lotion Bars |
Monday, December 31, 2012
Happy 10 Months, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, & Happy New Year!
We have had a busy December, as I'm sure many of you have too.
Starting off our December with a stay in the hospital wasn't exactly how we would have planned our Christmas season to begin. But Luke got over his sickness, and we enjoyed our first Christmas as a family of 3.
Starting off our December with a stay in the hospital wasn't exactly how we would have planned our Christmas season to begin. But Luke got over his sickness, and we enjoyed our first Christmas as a family of 3.
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| 11.17.12 Playing with cousins |
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| 11.17.12 Two sleepy fellas |
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| 11.22.12 Happy Thanksgiving |
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| 11.30.12 Not feeling too well |
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| 12.1.12 Medicine worked - Feeling much better |
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| 12.8.12 Picking out a Christmas tree |
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| 12.13.12 Happy 10 Months! |
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| 12.21.12 Yay! It's Christmas! |
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| 12.21.12 Didn't take long to figure this out! |
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| 12.23.12 Snoozing babies. It was tough opening all those presents at Nana and Papa's |
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| 12.23.12 That nap with Piper on the way home wasn't enough. Fell asleep during supper. |
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| 12.24.12 Christmas Eve |
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| 12.25.12 Playing with tons of new toys |
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| 12.29.12 Silly boys |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Quick Update After Hospital Stay
I just wanted to give a quick update after our trip to the ER. I will post a better blog update with fun pictures later.
Here's just a quick recap of the past week -
Thursday Luke wasn't feeling well, so we went to the doctor (our dr. was on vacation, so we saw someone else). She diagnosed him with the croup and sent us home (after a cortisone shot & antibiotics).
Friday morning he was worse, so I called the dr.'s office. The nurse could hear him breathing on the phone and told me to take him to the ER. This was a little before noon. Paul Michael met us at the ER. Once we got there, it didn't take long to get us back. They agreed that it was the croup - a very severe case. The plan of action was to give him a breathing treatment (epinephrine & something else, I can't remember) and see how he was 3 hours later. If he was better at the 3 hour mark, they'd send us home. So, after the first breathing treatment Luke had x-rays of his chest and neck. Well, it wasn't 30 minutes after the first treatment that the doctor said he'd be admitting us because he breathing had reverted back to the way it was when we came in.
We were in the ER from noon to 5:15. Luke had a few breathing treatments while we were in the ER and another when we got to PICU. We had to wait a while for a room in PICU. I think the ER doctor wanted to send us to PICU rather than PEDS for precaution. When we got to PICU, the doctor did not seem near as worried at the folks in ER.
The first night he had no breathing treatments. They gave him an intramuscular steroid in the ER and IV steroids once we got to PICU. At noon on Saturday they started breathing treatments every 4 hours until 8 am Sunday (this made for a harder night Saturday night). And they discontinued the steroids at 2 pm Saturday.
Since he was still doing good, we came home about noon Sunday.
After a few breathing treatments and steroids Friday, Luke was feeling better. He would make eyes and talk to all his nurses. He enjoyed the attention!
Today, he seemed like is normal self! He still has a bit of a cough. But he is crawling all over the house. One of his favorite things to do (that he knows he's not supposed to) is climb the stairs when the gate is open. And that was all he wanted to do today. I couldn't take my eyes off him. He keeps me on my toes, but I'm glad.
Here's just a quick recap of the past week -
Thursday Luke wasn't feeling well, so we went to the doctor (our dr. was on vacation, so we saw someone else). She diagnosed him with the croup and sent us home (after a cortisone shot & antibiotics).
Friday morning he was worse, so I called the dr.'s office. The nurse could hear him breathing on the phone and told me to take him to the ER. This was a little before noon. Paul Michael met us at the ER. Once we got there, it didn't take long to get us back. They agreed that it was the croup - a very severe case. The plan of action was to give him a breathing treatment (epinephrine & something else, I can't remember) and see how he was 3 hours later. If he was better at the 3 hour mark, they'd send us home. So, after the first breathing treatment Luke had x-rays of his chest and neck. Well, it wasn't 30 minutes after the first treatment that the doctor said he'd be admitting us because he breathing had reverted back to the way it was when we came in.
We were in the ER from noon to 5:15. Luke had a few breathing treatments while we were in the ER and another when we got to PICU. We had to wait a while for a room in PICU. I think the ER doctor wanted to send us to PICU rather than PEDS for precaution. When we got to PICU, the doctor did not seem near as worried at the folks in ER.
The first night he had no breathing treatments. They gave him an intramuscular steroid in the ER and IV steroids once we got to PICU. At noon on Saturday they started breathing treatments every 4 hours until 8 am Sunday (this made for a harder night Saturday night). And they discontinued the steroids at 2 pm Saturday.
Since he was still doing good, we came home about noon Sunday.
After a few breathing treatments and steroids Friday, Luke was feeling better. He would make eyes and talk to all his nurses. He enjoyed the attention!
Today, he seemed like is normal self! He still has a bit of a cough. But he is crawling all over the house. One of his favorite things to do (that he knows he's not supposed to) is climb the stairs when the gate is open. And that was all he wanted to do today. I couldn't take my eyes off him. He keeps me on my toes, but I'm glad.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
9 Months Old
Woops! It has been a while since I've updated. I've been busy...chasing a kiddo! Luke is crawling EVERYWHERE! And just within the last couple of weeks, pulling up on EVERYTHING! It's hard to keep up with him or anything else for that matter. |
| 9.22.12 |
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| 9.23.12 |
The week after we joined, we participated in baby dedication. Luke was thankful to have all his grandparents here for that special day.
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| 9.30.12 |
The first part of October Luke got his first tooth (and his second the first of November)! I hope this is the reason for his not sleeping well.
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| 10.6.12 |
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| 10.13.12 - Happy 8 Months - Game Day with Dad |
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| 10.22.12 - Luke loved the goats! He loved the neighbor's horse even more. |
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| 10.25.12 - Luke loving on Riley |
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| Luke standing on Riley. |
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| 10.26.12 - Best buds |
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| 10.27.12 |
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| 11.4.12 |
An update in case you were wondering - we are still cloth diapering (almost exclusively), and I am still making baby food (although he wants to feed himself, and that poses a bit of a challenge).
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| 11.9.12 |
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| 11.12.12 |
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| 11.13.12 - Yay! 9 months old! |
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