Monday, February 11, 2008
On the Mend, I think.
Well Teague appears to be on the mend. At least it appears that way. His fever FINALLY broke on Sunday. He is still so stuffed up and has a horrible cough. Without tylenol on Sunday and most of today, he is pretty lethargic. Ryan and I didn't send him to daycare today. He seemed like he still needed one more day of recooperating. I think we made a good choice with that as Papa came to be with him today and he slept in Papa's arms almost the entire day. And he still wanted to go to bed by 7:30. I feel so bad for him because you can tell he is so hungry, but when he starts to eat he can't breathe he is so congested, so he just gives up. But the important thing is that he appears to be getting better and he is going to try daycare tomorrow. If all goes well tomorrow at daycare we are heading to Morris to watch my HS alma mater take on the Melrose Dutchmen. Too bad I still know the Morris fight song better than the Dutchmen one...ahem, I am sure a few of you have heard it after a few drinks....
Friday, February 8, 2008
My poor, sick baby.
Poor baby Teague. He is so sick.
On Wednesday night he had a 101 temp, so I gave him some motrin and put him to bed. At 4:30 he woke up and I literally could feel the heat radiating off of his body in his crib. I took his temp and it was 103.5. I immediately gave him more motrin and took him to bed with me. I stayed home with him yesterday and he seemed like he was getting a little better during the day and then at 2:30 in the afternoon he still seemed feverish (after all day of alternating motrin and tylenol). I checked his temp and it was 104.1. I thought, that's it - I am taking him into the clinic. So here he is with this high temp, moaning with his eyes shut - but everytime he opened his eyes and saw a new person (nurse, dr., people in the waiting room, etc.) he was smiling so big and then shutting his eyes and back to moaning. Awwwww! He was checked for influenza (negative), RSV (negative at this point), ear infection (positive) and lastly they wanted his white blood levels checked since he had such a high temp.
So Ryan carries him down to lab while he is sleeping, lays him on the table in lab, he immediately opens his eyes and smiles at all the lab techs even while they are tying up his arm with the rubber band thing, cries while they poke one arm and fail. Smiles, then cries when they poke and are finally successful on the other arm - then I just couldn't take it anymore and just wanted to hold my baby. Oye - it was tough. Luckily his white blood count came back normal. Just a slight ear infection and a good old yucky virus that he has to fight off on his own.
So Ryan stayed home with him today where he continued with the rotation of tylenol and motrin with the highest fever being 104.2 and the lowest being 102. Finally before dinner it came down to 99 and he seemed like he was back on the mend. However, he is back to his chills and moaning. Oh my poor baby. I sure hope this ends soon.
On Wednesday night he had a 101 temp, so I gave him some motrin and put him to bed. At 4:30 he woke up and I literally could feel the heat radiating off of his body in his crib. I took his temp and it was 103.5. I immediately gave him more motrin and took him to bed with me. I stayed home with him yesterday and he seemed like he was getting a little better during the day and then at 2:30 in the afternoon he still seemed feverish (after all day of alternating motrin and tylenol). I checked his temp and it was 104.1. I thought, that's it - I am taking him into the clinic. So here he is with this high temp, moaning with his eyes shut - but everytime he opened his eyes and saw a new person (nurse, dr., people in the waiting room, etc.) he was smiling so big and then shutting his eyes and back to moaning. Awwwww! He was checked for influenza (negative), RSV (negative at this point), ear infection (positive) and lastly they wanted his white blood levels checked since he had such a high temp.
So Ryan carries him down to lab while he is sleeping, lays him on the table in lab, he immediately opens his eyes and smiles at all the lab techs even while they are tying up his arm with the rubber band thing, cries while they poke one arm and fail. Smiles, then cries when they poke and are finally successful on the other arm - then I just couldn't take it anymore and just wanted to hold my baby. Oye - it was tough. Luckily his white blood count came back normal. Just a slight ear infection and a good old yucky virus that he has to fight off on his own.
So Ryan stayed home with him today where he continued with the rotation of tylenol and motrin with the highest fever being 104.2 and the lowest being 102. Finally before dinner it came down to 99 and he seemed like he was back on the mend. However, he is back to his chills and moaning. Oh my poor baby. I sure hope this ends soon.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Picture Happy!
Warning: Lots of pictures in this post! Teague's 1/2 year birthday came and went and I had all the best of intentions to get his pictures taken professionally. I was getting them taken every 6 weeks from when he was born since he was changing so much, but I can tell you that it is much harder to get *everything* done when you are a full time mom, counselor, wife, etc.! So last Sunday after his typical 3 hour afternoon nap we took the following pictures (there are tons of other cute ones, but these are our favorites)! I am pretty proud of my amateur photography!
We had a good weekend. On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch Teague while Ryan and I went out with the CHS crowd. We had such a good time and one of the couple's who couldn't come due to babysitter issues sent us a round of tequila shots at the restaurant. Well for those of you that know me, I am not a "shot" type of girl. Cripes, I would puke just from a shot of kool-aid because of the thought of it being a "shot"! But I manned up and took the shot and practically ATE my lemon afterwards. Yuck. It was just as bad as I imagined it to be - but nonetheless we had a ton of fun and even got home at a decent time! Check out the Wahlin's blog for a picture or two.
Here is a picture of our future ball player from the JV bball game from Monday night. Plus a couple of other cute pics. One of which is a picture of Teague chewing on daddy's sweatshirt string. That is one of his favorite things (just like daddy - Ryan CONSTANTLY chews on those things). I think that if we just gave Teague a string he would play and chew on it all day - he seems so facinated by them. Weird.
I am finally (knock on wood) feeling better. I thought Ryan was over the hump, but he still has an annoying cough. Teague is back to coughing and a runny nose. I will be glad when the winter is over and he can get over this cold thing once and for all! He is back to his crap sleep schedule now that he isn't feeling the greatest. Remember what I said about "jinxing" his sleep?! I am so dumb - I should just keep my big, bragging mouth SHUT! So whenever I want to be super annoyed with Teague in the morning he wakes up and smiles and laughs at me, and of course I forget how sleep deprived I am getting (again)! I think he let me "catch up" from the last 6 months and now we are back at it again! Good thing he is so dang cute. Ryan and I being the educators that we are, we grade him on how "good" he is as a baby. Right now he is at a B+ range. When he was sleeping through the night he was a CLEAR A+ (and that's a weighted grade)! So he is still better than average.
Here he is in the bath - loving the water!
Have a good rest of the week. We are off to Morris on Friday night to see Nana and Papa. Then Ryan and I are going to the Morris boys bball game to scout since we play them next week. Saturday I am reffing a swimming meet all day, so Ryan and Teague will be going to water babies together. Other than that, we hope to have a low key weekend! Here are some pictures of Ryan and Teague at water babies a couple of weeks ago.
We had a good weekend. On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch Teague while Ryan and I went out with the CHS crowd. We had such a good time and one of the couple's who couldn't come due to babysitter issues sent us a round of tequila shots at the restaurant. Well for those of you that know me, I am not a "shot" type of girl. Cripes, I would puke just from a shot of kool-aid because of the thought of it being a "shot"! But I manned up and took the shot and practically ATE my lemon afterwards. Yuck. It was just as bad as I imagined it to be - but nonetheless we had a ton of fun and even got home at a decent time! Check out the Wahlin's blog for a picture or two.
Here is a picture of our future ball player from the JV bball game from Monday night. Plus a couple of other cute pics. One of which is a picture of Teague chewing on daddy's sweatshirt string. That is one of his favorite things (just like daddy - Ryan CONSTANTLY chews on those things). I think that if we just gave Teague a string he would play and chew on it all day - he seems so facinated by them. Weird.
I am finally (knock on wood) feeling better. I thought Ryan was over the hump, but he still has an annoying cough. Teague is back to coughing and a runny nose. I will be glad when the winter is over and he can get over this cold thing once and for all! He is back to his crap sleep schedule now that he isn't feeling the greatest. Remember what I said about "jinxing" his sleep?! I am so dumb - I should just keep my big, bragging mouth SHUT! So whenever I want to be super annoyed with Teague in the morning he wakes up and smiles and laughs at me, and of course I forget how sleep deprived I am getting (again)! I think he let me "catch up" from the last 6 months and now we are back at it again! Good thing he is so dang cute. Ryan and I being the educators that we are, we grade him on how "good" he is as a baby. Right now he is at a B+ range. When he was sleeping through the night he was a CLEAR A+ (and that's a weighted grade)! So he is still better than average.
Here he is in the bath - loving the water!
Have a good rest of the week. We are off to Morris on Friday night to see Nana and Papa. Then Ryan and I are going to the Morris boys bball game to scout since we play them next week. Saturday I am reffing a swimming meet all day, so Ryan and Teague will be going to water babies together. Other than that, we hope to have a low key weekend! Here are some pictures of Ryan and Teague at water babies a couple of weeks ago.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Holy crap it is cold outside! I always say if I didn't love my family so dang much I would not live in MN. I am not an outdoor winter sports type of person, so I don't find winter and snow all that enjoyable. Especially when it is LITERALLY around -50 with a windchill! But being the home-grown MN girl I am, the cold hasn't slowed me down yet! Teague and I have still managed to get to all of Ryan's games. Today school was 2 hours delayed this morning, which was a nice little perk of being a school employee!
Our weekend was crazy but fun. Saturday morning Teague had water babies, which he loved. Then we went to Ryan's game at SJU and then we stayed to watch SJU vs. St. Mary's and then there was a social for all the SJU alumni. Needless to say it got to be such a long day for Teague. We were gone for about 10 hours on Saturday so he didn't get a decent nap. He did really well with it all and just went with the flow - but by 7 pm he was ready to head home. This weekend Ryan plays in the Cathedral alumni tourney (I am sure he is strategizing already, stretching out and if I have anything to say about - taking some advil now so I don't have to hear about how out of shape or how his calves hurt so bad)! We are going out that night with a bunch of our friends. That is always a good/entertaining time - outtings with the Cathedral crowd!
Work has been hectic. We started a new semester so I am busy changing the kids' schedules. Seriously, I never knew how life ending (more like SOCIAL life ending) it could be to NOT be in the same STUDY HALL as your friends! I like it busy and hectic at work, it makes the days fly by until I can see Teague.
Here is a picture of my big boy sitting up and "reading". I can't believe how big he is getting!
Our weekend was crazy but fun. Saturday morning Teague had water babies, which he loved. Then we went to Ryan's game at SJU and then we stayed to watch SJU vs. St. Mary's and then there was a social for all the SJU alumni. Needless to say it got to be such a long day for Teague. We were gone for about 10 hours on Saturday so he didn't get a decent nap. He did really well with it all and just went with the flow - but by 7 pm he was ready to head home. This weekend Ryan plays in the Cathedral alumni tourney (I am sure he is strategizing already, stretching out and if I have anything to say about - taking some advil now so I don't have to hear about how out of shape or how his calves hurt so bad)! We are going out that night with a bunch of our friends. That is always a good/entertaining time - outtings with the Cathedral crowd!
Work has been hectic. We started a new semester so I am busy changing the kids' schedules. Seriously, I never knew how life ending (more like SOCIAL life ending) it could be to NOT be in the same STUDY HALL as your friends! I like it busy and hectic at work, it makes the days fly by until I can see Teague.
Here is a picture of my big boy sitting up and "reading". I can't believe how big he is getting!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Constant Changes!
Oh how life keeps-a-changing with a baby! Two and a half weeks ago I never believed that I would ever get 8 straight hours of sleep again... And I can now atest that miracles do happen! Teague is sleeping through the night and it is a beautiful thing. I have to admit that I am very hesitant to even write about it for fear that I will somehow jinx it. So I try to refer to it as him "getting his job done" - that is what my friend Amber calls it with her little guy, Michael! We don't like the possibility of jinxing such a beautiful thing! Seriously, three weeks ago he was like a newborn and I wondered how I would ever function being back at work, but daycare has done wonders for Teague. He is a great napper, eater, sleeper, etc. Ryan and I were just commenting on how long it has been since we have actually heard him cry. Now of course he fusses here and there, but even that is a rarity - he is just the happiest, silliest, most adorable baby. He about dies laughing/smiling every morning when we drop him at Tina's (daycare) and looks around to see if there are any kids there yet and then gawks at them. He is trying to wave bye bye and even managed a little wave for me last Friday (I am guessing it was a fluke, but nonetheless super cute)!
Teague has one tooth with the other one on the bottom just begging to come out. His gums are quite purple, but it doesn't seem to bother him. I tried putting Ora-gel stuff on his gum - well he keeps his mouth shut so dang tight that I can't get my finger in there and it just ends up on his lips, so I stopped with that.
Teague is also thinking very seriously about whether he would like to crawl (and I keep begging him NOT to do it)! He rolls onto his belly and gets up on his hands and knees and then plops to the ground as I let out a huge sigh of relief and think to myself "phew, one more day that I don't have to worry about baby proofing the house"!
So all in all, things are good. Being back at work is going really well. Bball season is getting long, but still fun - and it is only half over! I am contemplating cutting back to 4 days a week next school year - but that is if I find someone to job share with me - which I think I have found someone. So now I will need to sit with Ryan and get serious about if I want to do that or not.
Luckily this weekend looks to be a bit warmer. We don't have a lot planned, just a couple of bball games and water babies. Teague and I are trying to decide if we want to go up to Nana and Papa's for the day on Sunday since Ryan has little guy bball. We'll see how lazy I feel!
Have a great weekend!
Teague has one tooth with the other one on the bottom just begging to come out. His gums are quite purple, but it doesn't seem to bother him. I tried putting Ora-gel stuff on his gum - well he keeps his mouth shut so dang tight that I can't get my finger in there and it just ends up on his lips, so I stopped with that.
Teague is also thinking very seriously about whether he would like to crawl (and I keep begging him NOT to do it)! He rolls onto his belly and gets up on his hands and knees and then plops to the ground as I let out a huge sigh of relief and think to myself "phew, one more day that I don't have to worry about baby proofing the house"!
So all in all, things are good. Being back at work is going really well. Bball season is getting long, but still fun - and it is only half over! I am contemplating cutting back to 4 days a week next school year - but that is if I find someone to job share with me - which I think I have found someone. So now I will need to sit with Ryan and get serious about if I want to do that or not.
Luckily this weekend looks to be a bit warmer. We don't have a lot planned, just a couple of bball games and water babies. Teague and I are trying to decide if we want to go up to Nana and Papa's for the day on Sunday since Ryan has little guy bball. We'll see how lazy I feel!
Have a great weekend!
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