Instead of buying ourselves Christmas presents this year, Grant & I thought it would be fun to take Levi to a waterpark since he loves being in the water. So on January 2nd, which happened to be Carter Lou's 4th birthday, we took both Levi and Carter to a waterpark hotel in Owatonna. They both had a blast! It was a lot of fun and we can't wait to go back when Levi is a little older. They have a great section for littlier kids and then slides and other stuff for bigger kids.
It was hard to talk Carter into leaving the water, but I was able to bribe her with cupcakes for her birthday!
Then it was back to work for the week. The weekend brought on another battle for Levi, the start of another ear infection. He was up all night that Friday so we brought him into the clinic Saturday morning. Thank goodness for Saturday clinic hours! She said he definetly had another ear infection, but since he also was coughing again and had a runny nose, she said the antibiotics would do no good at this point. So she gave us the prescription in case he didn't get better in the next week and told us not to fill it unless he didn't get better. He ended up getting better, so no need to fill it. The pillow under the mattress trick works great! He sleeps so much better when we do that when he is sick. Poor little guy....
He has been SO active this month! He was starting to crawl pretty good about the third week in January, and I left for the weekend for a bowling tournament. When I got back on Sunday, holy cow, we have a crawler! He crawls everywhere and to anything he can find. He is very proud of himself when he reaches his destination, he looks back and smiles at us. His favorite place to crawl to is the patio door so he can look outside.
With all his crawling, he is now pulling himself up on everything! So I just had to buy him his first pair of Nike's. They are so cute on him! He likes taking laps around the kitchen so I don't think it will be too long before we also have a walker. With this being said, this last weekend we had to baby proof the house! Baby gates and cabinet locks took up most of our Saturday. We didn't have any hardware on any cabinets or drawers so Grant was a trooper and spent the day installing all of those first.
He still doesn't have any more teeth, but I swear he keeps giving us signs there is one on the way! He is so drooly and has to have something in his mouth at all times. He won't let me look in there, so I cannot see what is going on. He is still a great eater, he is starting to eat more of the foods that we eat and he has a lot more snacks that he can eat now as well. He knows when I open the pantry that he is getting a snack, so he quickly crawls over to see what he gets. Grant was creative and made him a salmon and carrot puree, Levi loved it, I did not love it! I could not handle the smell... Grant will be feeding him that from now on!
This last weekend we also decided to switch him out of the infant carseat. It was getting very heavy for me (He is now 18 pounds) and his legs were dangling off of it. When we were in the car he kept kicking the back of the seat and was trying to sit up in it, so we decided it was time to make the switch. I knew that there was a weight limit on the infant seat, but I did not know there was a height limit. Little did we know, he had reached the height limit a few weeks back... So good thing we switched! He loves his new seat since he can now see out the window and see what is going on. He looks very tiny in this one compared to how big he looked in the infant one!
His hair was driving me nuts again, so I took him for his second haircut last week. Sarah did a fabulous job as always, and he sat super good for her! Here is a before and after look...
He started this week out with a cough again, but he seems to be over that. Needless to say, we are more than ready for this winter to be over! Grant has been busy with school, his second semester started on the 18th of January. He did make the Dean's list first semester, and Levi & I are very proud of him for all his hard work! He has also been working, playing hockey, and he found some time to go ice fishing with his dad as well. I have been busy with work, work meetings, and wedding stuff. I think we are finally at a point where a lot of the wedding stuff has been accomplished! We sent the "Save the Dates" out this last weekend so now we can relax a bit. Another month down, I cannot believe how big our "baby" has gotten. He has his nine month well check on the 28th so we will see where he is at!
