California Pictures

My mother-in-law Jane just sent me these pictures from California (yes, we forgot our camera again).
On a much less fun note, Mikey has another cold (4th one). This time he ended up with a double ear infection (again) and bronchitis. The bronchitis means he gets nebulizer treatments three times a day. Have you ever tried to hold downa wiggly 9 month old for 10 minutes at a time? Not so easy. I try to distract him with kid's songs (he doesn't care that I sing poorly) but still a challenge. Hopefully, he will feel better soon.

Utah/California Trip

So, at the begining of the month we finally took a trip to Utah and California. To put this in prospective, we haven't been to Utah since our wedding in 2006 and California since 2005. It was about time we visited and introduced Mikey to all the family. Unfortunately, Mike had a job in Dallas at the same time as our trip so he flew back and forth twice and had a very broken up vacation.
In Utah we stayed with my parents (haven't done that since I graduated from vet school) and we had lots of fun! Mikey decided to be super clingy and screamed his head off any time I left the room but when I was present he was super happy and learned new things from everyone. My dad taught him to do this super cute, flirty head tilt. Not so cute during dinner but all the other times :) My mom taught him to kick a ball and now he constantly wants to walk over to balls and kick them. He is still walking on our fingers but barely.
We also got to see my childhood friend, Mary and her little boy. I haven't see her in years and enjoyed our short visit. We also met Jamie and her collection of kids. Anna and Bryton had a great time with Mike and Mikey. Austin wasn't sure about having a younger baby around but warmed up to Mike once he realized he threw balls and flung kids in the air. (How can you go wrong with that?) Mike and I went to a nice dinner at a new restaurant in town and my poor parents got to listen to Mikey scream for a couple of hours. We also got to see my grandparents and aunt and uncle.
In California we stayed with Mike's mom and stepdad. They have a nice guest room and a heated swimming pool :) The pool was enough to make Mikey very happy. Mike's brother, Grady, also finally met Mikey. He played the piano for him so that was pretty exciting. We went to see Mike's extended family at his aunt's house which was fun (and loud). They are all such great people :)
Overall, it was a great trip. I would have liked more sleep (story of the past 9 months) but everyone had a good time :)

Christmas!

I know I am really bad about posting. We got busy with work and Mikey and time snuck up on me. We had a great Christmas with Mike's stepmom Karen in central Florida. It's on a rural river so it is super relaxing and a much needed break from all our stress. Mikey got a few fun toys and we got a short vacation (present enough for us). As I'm sure is no surprise to anyone, Mikey is super active and constantly on the go. He loves to go places and wants to walk all over (still needs help with that from us). He is really working on crawling but gets mad when he can't get places fast enough. He has a walker that he loves and he runs after Tibo all over the house. Giggling all the way :)
As an update on the rest of us, I am no longer working at the emergency clinic. There was a whole variety of reasons for me quitting there but the most pressing was that it simply wasn't a happy place to work anymore. I'm going to be working part time at a regular family clinic after the holidays with occasional relief days for the humane society. Hopefully I will be back to full time in March but for now I am loving the extra time with Mikey and the break from the recent stress.
This next month (February), we are finally going to visit the family. We will be spending a few days in Logan and then a few days in Palm Springs. We are looking forward to meeting my sis-in-law Jamie and nephew Austin and introducing Mikey to everyone :)

Teeth!

I would love to get a picture of them but it's hard just to get a glimpe of them! In the past week Mikey has had two new teeth come in. They are the two bottom teeth and boy are they sharp! That kid loves to chew on everyone's fingers. We were hoping to go to a Halloween party on Friday night but Mikey got sick with an ear infection. I didn't realize they could actualy have goo pour out of their ears like dogs! Luckily he was already on the antibiotic before that started or I would really feel like a neglectful parent. Luckily he's such a happy kid that you can tell when something is bothering him pretty fast and get it dealt with. In the past 10 days he's had a stomach virus, two teeth and an ear infection. And when he doesn't have a fever he is still happy and giggling. I think he definitely got his daddy's happy, easy going personality. I'm much more of a grumbler. I'm sorry if all my blog entries are about Mikey but he and work are my life right now and since I can't really post some of the stuff happening at work (grumble, grumble) I stick with Mikey :) Oh! And as you can see from the picture I decided to go blonde again. It's been about 6 weeks so it's almost time for a touchup already.

Learning to crawl

Mikey is trying hard to learn to crawl. He hasn't had a ton of success yet but he's working on it. I can tell he's going to be as impatient as me (dad) because he gets so frustrated after about 2 minutes of trying.

Vasco Died

Unfortunately we had to put Vasco to sleep on Sunday night. He had been having a really hard time for almost a year with congnitive dysfunction, arthritis and nerve degeneration. On Sunday he was finally at the point that he could only walk 2 steps at a time and turned down his dinner. He was a very proud dog who wouldn't let you help him up and he had never turned down food in his life. It was so hard to watch him get old and not be able to do the things he enjoyed. Mike has had him since he was 18 months old in 1998. Our house won't be the same without him :(

Time Getting Away From Me...

I know I've become really bad about blogging. I work 48 hours a week and have an incredibly active baby so any other activities just don't happen :) This weekend Mikey started rolling over. He now thinks it's great fun and does it on a regular basis. The only problem is how frustrated he gets when he can't make it across the room on his own. He really wants to be into everything. I think I'm in trouble once he can walk. Karen came to visit us while Mike was working a lot so we would be able to get a little sleep and not have to worry about a sitter on days both of us were working. She helped out so much and I think she was excited to see how active he is.