Tubes

Monday was rough. Not because Hunter didn't do well, but because I didn't get to stay with Hunter during his surgery. I had decided since I've missed so many days this year I would be okay with letting Jared take Hunter to the hospital for his surgery... Mistake. I cried all day Sunday because I was upset I had to work and couldn't be with my baby! Then my sister planned a freezer meal planning day and some of my friends were going and discussing it and I knew I couldn't attend that either :( so, it was just a sucky day!!

I actually thought I might be able to make it to the surgery because we had to be there (Sara bush) at 6am. So I thought I'd drive separate and since the surgery was only going to take a few minutes I thought I'd stay and then go to work when he was done. Well... We got there at 5:50 and sat around till I finally had to leave at 7:15 and they hadn't taken him yet :( I cried once again... He was getting very tired and hungry! Poor guy hadn't eaten and had to sit around forever.  He was a cranky mess when I left! And reaching for me as I walked away didn't make me feel any better.
Apparently right when I left they took him back though. It lasted about 15 minutes and Jared said he came back a very cranky dude. Doctor told Jared that hunter had lots of gunk behind his right ear and that it may bleed a little more.
Since we've been home he slept the first night and was up at his normal time in the morn... Darn! I thought maybe he would start sleeping in! I guess I shouldn't complain about 7:00 am. The next night he cried out at midnight for just a few minutes. He may have been cold though cause I covered him and pat his butt and he was back asleep till the morning. He seems to be doing well and I haven't seen him tugging on his ears which is good! He also seems to be jabbering and blabbing more... Saying bahhhhh a lot. Not sure if that means bah-bah or what?? It's cute :)  so glad my little guy got some relief! Hoping for no more sets!

Spring Fever

I am so excited for warmer weather! I was much anticipating a 60 degree sunny Saturday. It did finally get up to about 55 but it wasn't very sunny until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I really wanted to bring Hunter out to the trek trail and do some walking or running. However, it was windy and didn't quite feel warm enough yet.

Sunday (today) was warmer and we got to get outside a little bit. Hunter and his cousins rode the gator for a bit while we were at dad's for lunch! I seriously can't wait until Hunter can run around with those boys! He will have so much fun! I can't wait for summer time at papa's in the pool every chance we can get! Love my big boy! We can't wait to go on walks and hang out everyday! 11 more weeks of school!!!! It can't come soon enough!

9 months!

I've been slacking on the blog lately! I guess that's what happens when you're a full time workin mom who's trying to find time for all sorts of people and activities every week!
We are loving this 9 month stage Hunters in. He is such a fast crawler you can't take your eyes off of him! At 9 months Hunter is:
- eating less (this could be caused by the constant chronic ear infections) the doctor told me its amazing how happy he is considering the pain he's in... Poor babe!
- has been on antibiotics for 3 months straight for a never ending ear infection that even a shot didn't cure!
-is FINALLY getting tubes!!!!!!! Yay!!!! It's money well spent! Dr said hunter failed his hearing test... So that's our main concern. He's hearing at 35-40 decibels which people normally talk at 40-45 so he said basically Hunters hearing is muffled like he's underwater... :(
-sleeping off and on through the night because of pain if he wakes up we are supposed to give him tylonol and ib profin. So he gets that quit frequently.
- we are starting to wean down to 3 bottles a day per dr... She said within the next month or 2 but he's pretty well doing it on his own already... Sometimes skipping his supper bottle (5pm)
- wearing 12-18 months
-size 4 diapers
- 22 lbs 15 oz and 29" long
- taking 2 naps a day still usually about 1.5-2.5 hours each
- sleeping from about 7:30-6:30 at night
-loves Mickey, doc mcstuffins, and chugington
- waves bye and claps all hours of the day haha
-goes to anyone! No stranger anxiety! Friendliest kid ever!
-antsy, nosy and in to everything!!
- pretty well done with the jumperoo and exersaucer
-standing on his own for a few seconds when he doesn't lean into mom and dad right away
-stands against toys and walks with his toy walker with little assistance
- favorite word is dada for sure... Says it all day long
Happiest little boy I've met! Cutest too :) haha love you Hunter Wayne!

On The Move

Hunter is finally on the move! About a week ago we really noticed him trying to scoot up and get my phone in front of him. He would get on all 4's and then let his front half down. He wasn't going far but man oh man can he go now! I'm not sure why I was so anxious for him to be mobile... I should have known he is so nosy he would be into everything... yep! It's like he wants to explore the whole house and go on a hunt for cords, haha. If I sit him in the living room on his blanket with some toys, he immediately goes to his belly and army crawls to the cords. He does get up on all 4's but only takes a few inches forward before he is army crawling. Either way, he is speedy! I am way more worn out watching him and not letting him get into things!

His second bottom tooth just popped through finally! We have been able to see it for at least a month now and today it is finally popped through the gums! Now, waiting on the two top teeth which are also white, but not quite close enough yet.

San Diego Half Marathon

I am not a runner. I do not enjoy running.... why am I running a half marathon?!

I am going on a little mini vacation with my mom and sisters in May to San Diego. While we are there our mom decided to run the San Diego marathon. Well my sisters got the bright idea to train for the half... I couldn't be the only one going that didn't run so pretty much felt obligated to do it as well. Even though I despise running, I started training for it last week. I needed a little boost and motivation to lose some weight so why not?! I do not plan on running the whole thing.. there is just no way. I am so out of shape! Right now I am trying running 3 minutes and walking 2 on the treadmill... I will probably stick with that training schedule for the next 16 weeks unless it just all of the sudden gets easier for me and I can run a few miles...I doubt it though. I'm telling you, I'm really out of shape! So, I don't expect my in shape skinny mini sisters to stick with me through this because I'm totally okay with them zooming past me and getting the best time they can! I not going to stress about it  (anymore) and just run walk it at my own pace and enjoy it! I am just doing this as something do to with my sisters, and to help me get healthy! I will be happy if I finish it in 3 hours.

I have started counting calories and hope to continue doing that until I can lose about 20-30 pounds. I just want to be healthy again. So, here goes nothing! Wish me luck :/

June 2nd is the big day

8 months

 Little baby Hunter is looking more like a little boy now! He is growing too quickly.

At 8 months- we can now add yet another ear infection.. or maybe its been 2 since he was 7 months. I've lost track by now... Actually, in the top picture you can't tell that he's actually miserable with a double ear infection and a sinus cold, again. I am getting pretty good at knowing when he has one becuase of the instant runny nose and sleepless nights... so we went yet again to the Dr. this week.

-weighs 22 pounds 4 oz
-measures 29 1/4 inches
-is such a little ham... He will smile or laugh at anyone; he's so friendly! Still very content and currently loves walking by holding our hands or in his walker...

Here he was standing against his toy all by himself!

 

-Has 1 tooth.. but his other bottom tooth and 2 top teeth are sooo close! I think that's probably the reason for this ear infection.

-Takes great naps and still sleeps all night from about 8pm-7am

-Gets 4 bottles a day but seems like the more food he eats the less milk he wants lately.

- Dr. told us to wait until he is 10-11 months old to do whole milk because they can develop anemia since they don't eat meat yet...

-Just switched him to Enfamil Adavance which is just like the normal Enfamil brand... not the fussiness and gas one anymore (they were out of his normal at walmart and I figured I could try him on this one... plus its a little cheaper)

-size 4 diapers

-size 12 month pants and 12-18 month shirts

-loves Mickey! We have decided to have a Mickey birthday for him since Mickey Mouse is his favorite. He will watch full episodes, yet I don't like to let him this young!

-starting to say mama and dada even though he doesnt know what they mean yet, haha

-LOVES little kids.. any baby or child can entertain him for hours. He so badly wants to do what they are doing

-also seems like he says "hi" sometimes

-waves bye bye and gives kisses!

-starting to clap, but when he gets excited he more so likes to flail his arms all over!

-Overall not much has changed since 7 months.. he seems to be slowing down on growing lately

I am anxious to see if the doctor says anything about tubes for his ears when we see her next month...not that I want another surgery for him, but I also don't want him to have scar tissue or hearing damage.

 

We love our little Hunter boy!

Little Piggy

My son is seriously such a little piggy! I can't get over how much he loves food! I swear he eats more than we do! I had said awhile ago that he is eating 4-5 ice cubes of food that I make... well that is grown since then. For dinner he is up to about 8-9 ice cubes! Last night he had 4 cubes of green beans and 5 cubes of bannana/pineapple.. and then he had some peach cobbler, haha. I love it when he is getting ready to eat because he gets so excited! His little feet start kicking and the arms start wavin! He literally is like a little fat kid getting excited about food, except he's a baby, lol. He also is starting to get a little temper! We went out to eat the other night and I was trying to multi-task at feeding and talking. Well, he would yell at me everytime I wasn't going fast enough, haha. It was getting a little loud so I had to put my conversation on hold and finish feeding fat boy. I take him back to the doctor on Friday to re-check his ears so I'm excited to see what he weighs! Last time I took him in for his ears he was another inch longer at 29"! I love our growing boy! I can't believe he is almost 8 months old! I'm going to run to the store today and get him some finger foods so he can start practicing feeding himself! I don't think he will have any problem with learning this new trick since EVERYTHING goes in his mouth. I think he will like the puffs since they dissolve and we still only have one tooth.

I had switched him to our BRITA pitcher awhile back and I'm not sure why I didn't do it earlier because he hasn't seemed to notice. I have been thinking I might start introducing whole milk to him. He still gets 4 bottles a day so I'm not sure if that is a lot for his age or not, but I've been reading online where people start introducing the whole milke at 8-9 months so that they are fully on it by the time they are 11-12 months old. The only problem with this is that the whole milk will be cold and I don't really want to start the habbit of heating it. We do room temp. bottles and it is sooooooo convienent! Maybe I will ask his doctor on Friday what she thinks!

Baby boy after bath was crying so hard for his bottle... such a big boy!