February Monthly Update

It's obvious the weather has been better, because I have so many more photos to post for the past month. We've been outside working, playing, and going on more fun adventures.

Cooper baby is officially 1 1/2 years old. 

He had his first real illness this month. It started as a high fever, and 2 doctor visits later, we found it was a double ear infection and pneumonia. At the same time he was working on a bottom molar, and 4 top teeth. That was the saddest he has been since birth! I'm happy to say we are beyond it now and he had a good check up with the doctor on Friday.

Height: 32" - 40.9%
Weight: 20lbs 12oz - 1.9%
Head: 48cm - 56.5%
Words: Mama, Dada, bye bye, no, Duke, donut, more, please, thank you, Bri, bubba, uh oh
Favorite foods: most meats, yogurt, pretty much anything except Cool Ranch Doritos
# of teeth: 11 all the way in, 1 partially in, 2 poking through the gum
Sleep pattern: usually 8-9pm to 7-8am, but since he's been sick he's awake once a night

Griffin lies beside me as I type this. He is keeping his dad's spot warm. Drew is in Rochester with Mimi, as she prepares for hopefully her last surgery tomorrow. I don't mind. I enjoy this extra time with him. I probably sound really repetitive, but Griffin gets more mature every day and is really growing up. For the most part, he is like an extra set of eyes and hands to help with Cooper. I really appreciate that.

To summarize some of his favorites: color is blue, number is "thirty sixty", food is cheeseburgers, toy is Legos, and animal is Cotton/Howie/Rocky. 

February photos:

sick little baby

someone is really taking to the horses

breathing treatment mask

completed my first 10k

Cotton turned 1 year old!

hunting in his blood

it's like Where's Waldo? but Where's Drew & Cooper?

there they are!

Pure Torture

Sir Coughs-A-Lot went back to the doctor tonight. He has been happy as a clam this week but still dealing with a nasty cough that kept getting worse and a very snotty nose. Drew is out of town on business and I figured tonight after work was as good of a time as any to run up to Springfield. We also didn't want to miss cousin Briley's birthday party tomorrow afternoon. 


The bad news is that Griffin has pneumonia again, this time in the opposite side of his lungs as the last. Dr. McDreamy was working tonight (so nice to see him again) and said that he really is in good shape but needs medicine to get over it. He most likely had something viral that caused the pneumonia, so we are back on antibiotics.....which he assured me is okay to have had them this many times as long as we don't use the same thing over and over. 


This makes our 3rd trip to the X Ray department, and Griffin's 4th & 5th x rays of his life. That's more than I've had in my 25+ years. How do they get chest x rays of a baby? Well I finally got a picture of this contraption. It seems awful but it is a genius piece of equipment.

He sits on a little triangle with his legs hanging through the table, and it's hard to see but the arms are pulled upward (by me) while she closes 2 clear curved pieces of plastic(?) around him and straps it shut behind his head. Terrible looking....but it works like a charm. Only takes 30 seconds once he's in, and 5 minutes of holding afterwards to calm him down. He and I are both hoping that was the last time he goes in that device.

7 Month Stats

We are quite behind in posting stats and pictures. That's because our photographer moved to the east coast :( she tried to give me a lesson though and left me with most of what I would need to take Griffin's pictures myself. But I don't have the skill or talent, so when she has time she is going to "fix" the pictures I took......will post when I get them back altered. 

Weight: 17lbs 8 oz

Diapers: Size 3

Clothing: 6-9 or 9 months

Meals: formula every 3 hours/breakfast, lunch, and dinner of solids

Trips to the doctor: 4 after the pneumonia check up

Crawling has now progressed to the "modified worm". That's what I call it because it seems to be Griffin's version of the dance move called the worm (see it here). Pardon the bare bottom.....video was taken pre-bath.

Besides laptops, remote controls, and cell phones Griffin also loves splashing in the bath tub, squealing as loud as he can, and his big brother Duke. 

And this makes 3.....

Last night was the 3rd trip we've made to the doctor in the last week, and we pray it is our last for a while. Griffin has still been making some noise when he breathes and we can feel a vibration in his back, usually at night. It's as if he needs to cough and clear his throat, but even when he does it doesn't always help. We are play it safe parents, so we went ahead and made a trip up to the pediatrician's office for after hours urgent care.

The doctor we saw thought his lungs sounded clear but for everyone's peace of mind and so she "could sleep tonight" she suggested Griffin have a chest x ray. Why not? we thought. When she came back in with the results we were all surprised that he did have a hazy spot and therefore we needed to start treating him for pneumonia. Ten more days of his favorite antibiotic! (Sarcasm). 

I never thought I would have such a sickly child! Of course this is all happening after we've transitioned to formula so that doesn't help my guilt for quitting nursing/pumping. I'm not sure if it's genetic but Drew had a lot of ear infections as a child and has also had a few stints of pneumonia growing up too. We are only able to tell Griffin doesn't feel well because he is a little fussy and unusually clingy. She thought we should see improvement by Monday. We'll say our prayers and cross our fingers that he is on his way to no more illness!