LONG TIME, NO BLOGGING

Well, it's been a while since I have posted anything (one month tomorrow) because it's been chaos here! Alex was sick with Roto-virus during the first week in April, then we had a normal week, then he got very sick the weekend of 12-13 April. We called the 24 hour triage nurse at our pediatrician's office and she was very attentive over the phone, even listened to Alex breathe via the phone for minutes on end! She said that we did not need to take him to the Emergency Room unless his temperature went over 105 degrees. On Monday morning our pediatrician actually called our house at 8:45am (they don't open until 9am) to check on Alex. Since he was not doing better she told Marc to bring him in at 9:15 that morning (I was on the pistol range, qualifying Mon-Wed, so Marc was Nurse Dad). After 2 hours worth of breathing tests and chest X-rays they determined that Alex had Bronchiolitis. We had to put him on an oxygen/asthma breathing machine ever four hours for a few days to help his lungs open up and so that he got enough air. Well, he made a full recovery later that week with the help of Grammy (my mom), who flew in on Wednesday, 16 April, and stayed through Monday. We had a really good visit: went on walks, ate some yummy food, planted flowers, and Alex was spoiled with his first (plush) tool box w/ tools from Grammy, and "The Very Best First Book Ever" by Richard Scary...hilarious! Here are some of the pictures that Grammy took while she was here. Alex is very close to crawling and now easily moves himself from laying down to sitting up, and back down. He sortof scoots around on his bottom but hasn't figured out that he has to move each hand at the same time he moves each knee in order to actually crawl. He moves a knee now, but then tips onto his head...it's very cute! Tomorrow Alex and I will by flying to St. Louis to visit Uncle Chuck in Alton, and Big Daddy (Mike) and Grandma Susie will be joining us! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Love, Carrie