Strep Throat

All of us (except Grayson) have been battling colds for the last couple of weeks.  And we have been trying to hard not to pass anything to the baby.  We have gone through a ridiculous amount of hand sanitizer.  My hands are so dried out from all of it.

But then the older boys got strep this week (it's the first time either of them has had it).  Luckily it's nearly impossible for an infant to get it so Grayson is safe.  However, Carter and Rylan were pretty pitiful.

Carter started feeling bad around dinner time Monday night.  He developed a fever and then overnight he threw up a few times.  Since I have to feed Grayson through the night, Brian got up with him (I usually do night duty).  Carter already had his six-year-old checkup scheduled for Tuesday afternoon so he stayed home from school and saw the doctor then.  Carter never complained to me about a sore throat but he was pitiful when his Tylenol wore off during the day and the fever returned.  Luckily the doctor noticed Carter's red throat and was able to diagnose him pretty quickly.  After just one dose of the antibiotic, Carter started feeling much better.  He had to stay out of school on Wednesday though too since he was still contagious.

Then Wednesday night Rylan woke up with a fever.  Brian again got to deal with a sick child (luckily it was already 2 am though and we'd gone to bed early).  I kept Rylan home from preschool and took him to the pediatrician's office first thing Thursday morning. Rylan was diagnosed with strep as well.  He continued to be pitiful most of the day when his Tylenol wore off.  And then right before bed, I noticed bumps all over Rylan.  We were concerned he was having an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin so we called our pediatrician's office (one doctor is on call overnight and answers calls).  We were told to give Rylan Benadryl and bring him into the office in the morning.  Luckily we figured out this morning that Rylan's rash was caused by the strep, not the antibiotic.  Thankfully.  And Rylan is feeling great today.

Hopefully we don't catch anything else!  Including Grayson's two-week-old checkup on Monday, we were at the pediatrician's office 4 out of 5 days this week.

2 Week Checkup

Grayson had his 2 week checkup yesterday.  We didn't really have any concerns and the doctor was happy with his development so far.

Here are Grayson's measurements:

Weight: 9 lb, 2 oz (68th percentile)
Length: 20.75 in (61st percentile)
Head Circumference: 14.7 in (89th percentile)

Grayson put on over a pound in 10 days.  Dr. Huss wasn't overly concerned with that amount but did say that was on the high end.

Grayson's next checkup will be at 2 months.

Kissing

I got this email from Carter's teacher today ...

So apparently there was a little kissing incident in the cafeteria today with Carter and a girl in our class. Apparently in line they were trying to kiss each other and then did on the lips. I talked to them both and told them that kisses were for mommies and daddies only and that at school we can show we like each other by giving hugs and high fives. Just wanted to let you know and to ask if you would also reinforce what happened at home.

Oh, my!  I guess I knew this was coming when at a birthday party last night, Carter and a girl in his class had their arms around each other while in line and they looked at each other and I totally thought they were going to kiss.  They didn't but the little girl's mom and I commented that it was close.

When I asked Carter about her after the party, he said that she said she wanted to marry him.  When I asked him, Carter said he also wanted to marry her.

Apparently he already changed his mind though because the little girl at school today was a different girl in his class.  When I talked to Carter this afternoon, he was really shy and embarrassed talking to me.  He said the little girl was trying to kiss him first but who knows!

Hopefully Carter will stick to kissing this guy for a little while ...

13 Days Old

Everyone has been asking us who Grayson looks more like - Carter or Rylan.  So far, I think he has Rylan's features except for his eyes.  They look a lot like Carter's when he was a newborn.

Six Years Old

Happy Birthday, Carter!!!

3 Brothers

Basketball

We started a new sport on Tuesday - basketball!  We had a whole two days off from participating in any team sports (soccer ended for Carter last Saturday).

We signed Carter up to play in the East Williamson Athletics league because they have practices and games at Carter's elementary school and two other elementary schools that are only a few minutes away.  After signing him up, we got an email that Carter's division was severely lacking in coaches.  So, of course, Brian volunteered.  He's never played basketball on a team growing up but he knows how to coach this age group so I think he's going to do great.  I played a lot growing up so hopefully I can provide a little help too (when I'm not wrangling Rylan and Grayson).

The team has practices on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  Once games start, they will be on Saturdays and the team will continue to practice on Tuesday nights.  Luckily the practices ended up being at Carter's elementary school so they are literally one minute from our house.

I stopped by practice on Tuesday for a few minutes and it looked liked Brian was doing a great job with the kids (they have 5 boys and 1 girl on the team).  We know 2 of the boys on the team - one is Cade (our neighbor who has played soccer with Carter for 3 seasons) and the other is Fisher (another neighbor who was actually on Carter's soccer team the very first season he played and I coached).

I'm excited to see Carter play this winter.  Hopefully we haven't over-committed ourselves with coaching and a newborn!

Carter's Progress Report

Carter got his progress report for the second 9 weeks today.  Nothing was marked as "Needs Improvement" so it looks like he is still doing great!

One Week Old

First Date?

I took all the boys to a birthday party yesterday afternoon for our friends Reed and Mae at My Gym.  While all the big kids were partying, Grayson had his first "date" with Jessie.  All my friends that recently had babies have had girls so Grayson is going to have choice of ladies :)  Jessie is only 3 months old and she looked so tiny to me 2 weeks ago.  I forgot how tiny a newborn is!