Kendall very sick

Just a quick update on what is going on with us. Saturday when I put Kendall down for his nap, he felt kind of warm to me and I took his temperature. It was 101. I gave him some tylenol and thought it was teething. That evening, it kept going up and up. It was up to 103. Sunday morning we woke up and he was doing a bit better, so we decided to head on to the family reunion that we had to go to. Bad mistake. We never made it there. Kendall's fever shot to 104 in the car, so we took him into the ER at a Children's Hospital in Chattanooga. They did blood work, a urine culture(that had to stick a catheter in). It came back as a UTI. When they took his temp the final time in the hospital it was 105 rectally! My baby was burning up. They gave him some more tylenol and a rocephin shot in each leg. His fever dropped, but still was hovering around 103. We came home and he was not drinking. He had 4 oz all day yesterday, so we called the dr. and they admitted him into the hospital. He is still there. His temp has dropped and he is doing so much better, eating almost normal. It did shoot up to 104 again this afternoon after it had been 99, so they did more blood work which came back a fever virus. They are growing out his urine culture to make sure it is nothing else. Daddy is staying with him tonight as I'm sick too with a terrible cold and got zero sleep last night. I'm absolutly beat. Please keep us in your prayers and I will check in when we get released.

Mother's Day

Today was a wonderful first Mother's Day! I got to sleep in a little bit later than usual because Daddy got up when Kendall woke up. Then Kasey went and got me some Starbucks(something I only drink on very rare occasions). Kendall gave me a very sweet card and tickets to see Broadway Cats in a couple of weeks. He will spend the night with Na-na and Poppie that night. Kasey gave me a nice card too with a necklace of a mother holding her child and diamonds that came with a picture frame too. Very nice! We went and enjoyed the afternoon swimming and hanging out with my mom and dad and then went and had dinner. It was a great first Mother's Day! I can't wait for many more.

Kendall is also 11 months old today! He was walking behind one of his push toys pushing it along. I don't think it will be long now until he is walking!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms who may read this!

Almost 11 months update

Kendall is really saying Momma, and bye bye now. I just returned from a walk with him. Daddy is not feeling well tonight. When we got home, he was saying bye bye momma. I had to laugh. He is also really clapping a lot now and he also shakes his head no. I think he picked that up from me telling him no when he is getting into things. If you shake your head, he will do it back at you. He is so close to walking. He barely hangs on to anything. He is also working on another tooth. I think it is another top tooth-#7, but his bottom ones look like they are popping up too, so I think he is working on 3 more teeth.

We can't believe he will be 11 months old on Sunday-my first Mother's Day! Last year I was just pregnant. I actually get to celebrate this year.

Trying to steal daddy's money?!

Kendall decided he wanted daddy's money. He went and took the cubs hat off the top of the money jar and tried to take off with the jar. Oh what fun he is these days. Fun and Funny!

You can't leave him for a SECOND!

We know Kendall has loved books for awhile. He will go to his bookshelf and get just one book sometimes. When he does this I read it to him and he just sits there and listens and tries to turn the pages. I was trying to box up some stuff today in our spare bedroom and this is what happened. He decided he would just take all the books off the shelf. Our little stinker!

A Beautiful day at the Garden

We ventured out to the Botanical Garden on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day. Here are just a few of the pictures we took of Kendall.

Teeth, Curls, Cruisin, Clapping and getting stronger every day!

Phew where to begin!
We will begin with teeth. Kendall now has 6 teeth at 10 months. He has gotten his top two teeth that are on each side of his top middle teeth. They definatly have been the worse so far. We made it through it with some hylands teething tablets and a little bit of motrin. Isn't he cute! You can see four of his teeth in this one. The others have just popped through, so they are still hiding.

Next we have curls. Kendall's hair is getting longer in the back. At least he is finally getting some hair! Everywhere except the front that is. Oh well, one day he will have some there too. Anyway he has curls! Here is a picture of the starting of his curls.

He started to clap today. I have been really working with him trying to get him to clap. He finally started this

evening. I bet he will be clapping away in his music class tomorrow which he really loves by the way.

He is still really cruising everywhere and getting so much stronger each day. I can't believe how he has progressed in just a week. I got him a real pair of tennis shoes on Friday from Stride Rite (Thank you Nana Brown-we used your Easter money) and he really enjoys them and has done so much more now that he has them. He is starting to let go of what he is holding on to with one hand at least and just using one for his balance. It amazes all of us how much he is doing so quickly. At this rate he will be walking by 11 months I'm sure.