Beach pictures from 8-8-09

 

 

 

 

Update to Mr. Fussy~Clingy...now Mr. Normal, LOL!

I broke down and took JB to the DR's yesterday to check his ears. They are of course, fine! He is however getting his top front R tooth, so maybe that was part of the problem. He was back to his normal self yesterday so thinking he was just over tired and really thirsty Sunday, maybe from his busy day at the beach Saturday. Who knows! He weighed 19 pounds 8 oz.
Little Monkey slept in today, he is just waking up. He's going to have apples, cherries and plums with oatmeal for breakfast today, mmm!

Mr fussy~clingy today, hmmm?

Not like our happy go lucky little man at all! Wondering if he has a tooth coming in or an ear infection or something. Joel hardly cries and if he does it is just a whine, but today he was full out crying for no reason, you'd look at him and he'd cry, touch him, he'd cry, try and feed him, he'd cry...you get the picture...very strange behavior for him. He was only content to be held by Mommy with his head on my shoulder and just lay there (again, if you know Joel you know he is not like this, unfortunately not a cuddler). He however took all his bottles fine, but not interested in napping much today and just so fussy. He'd cry like couldn't catch his breath, pain cry so we are wondering if something may be bothering him. He guzzled 10 oz before going to bed. We've never given him that much before...he started with 6 oz, sucked that down (sometimes he takes 8 oz before bed). I was folding laundry and I hear Daddy who's feeding him say, his bottles empty and he wants more so we said hmmm should we give him more and so we did, 2 more oz and he sucked that down and was actually quite content and even a bit smiley after...so was he starrrvvvving?? LOL! Not sure!! He fell asleep shortly after. I'll see how he is tomorrow whether he needs to see the DR or not. He also had a temp of 100.2 this afternoon (the other times I checked it today, it was all normal) and with feeling so off, we gave him Tylenol. I also gave him some teething tablets before bed to see if that would help him. Hopefully he sleeps well tonight and is back to himself tomorrow. Maybe he was just over tired today.

Joel's 1st trip to the beach

Josh, Joel and I packed up and headed to the beach yesterday morning (will post pics as soon as I take them off the camera). It was a beautiful day in the 80's and the water was about 60 degrees. Joel loved playing in the sand and rolling around/scooting backwards and sideways in the cabana we brought for him. He however wasn't too fond of the water, whether it was the fact it was really cold or the loud roaring waves...not sure, but he clung to me the whole time we stood in the water (up to our waists). Daddy would try and hold him and oh no, he wanted Mama, LOL! Again though, he lovvveeddd the sand, typical boy was practically buried in it playing with his shovel and bucket and trying to eat it :o) We had lunch their and went out to dinner after where Joel had his very first own scoop of vanilla ice cream which he ate only a few bites of, but he loved the spoon, silly boy! He was soooo tired by the ride home and crashed in bed shortly after getting home. We all had a great time. The beach was packed, but it was a beautiful day and we have lots of fun!

Went to Maine Saturday to visit Joel's Great Aunt Anne & we had a great time!

Playgroup (2nd one was today)

Ahhh, he loves it! It's so cute to see him there interacting with the other babies. He just can't wait to get moving/crawling around. He covered quite a bit of the room on his tummy, going backwards and in circles, LOL! The group leader saw where he started from and where he ended up and she said "did he get himself all the way over there?" LOL!

It is such a fun group for them. They do bubbles, rice table, water table with bubbles and duckies, lots of songs, snack with little open cups, gym area, books, circle, hand washing, signing, etc... It is fun for us Mommy's and Daddy's too!

I am so glad we found such a wonderful program, free to boot. Due to funding issues/ the economy they may have to start a charge for the group in the Fall, but it would be well worth it.

They usually have you attend 10 weeks and then you can continue if the group has room. The twins in Joel's group will be moving onto the older group as they are a year old. The leader mentioned they may be having some new little ones joining in next week. There are about 8 babies total in the group although they typically don't all attend all at the same time.

Again, I'm looking forward to next weeks playgroup :o)

JoelBee was chatting like crazy today

Saying lots of Dadadaadadadaa and Gagagaagagaaga's...so cute to hear! He also practiced his rocking/crawling and moved forward a tad. He's still great at going backwards, LOL!