Fat Lip

Collin has continued to cough and so his doctor had him get an Upper GI done on Tuesday. It ended up being a much easier test on him (and us) than we originally thought. We are so thankful for that and that they only confirmed he has reflux and nothing else going on. So he's on a new medicine for that to see if we control the reflux if it will allow the cough a chance to go away. Even though the test was easier than expected, Collin and I were still exhausted that evening (he has another ear infection on top of everything else). This is how Dave found us when he got back from playing basketball....

Even though he's not feeling the greatest, he continues to bless us with his sweet smiles!

Can you believe those eyes? :) Benjamin is telling me a story here.....

He is turning out to be an incredible four year old!!!!

Anna is 50% sweet and 50% spunk. The spunky side has turned into the form of fits as she approaches her second birthday. On Wednesday, she threw a fit in her bed. I went back there when she started crying and she had so much blood in her mouth that she was gagging. She had two huge teeth marks in her bottom lip where I believe she jumped up and down in her bed and hit her lip on the crib rail. It bruised under her chin and on both sides of her lip. She had such a desperate cry that it broke my heart. Even though the lip bled for almost an hour, she recovered rather quickly and thankfully, didn't seem bothered by it much after that. Here's the sweet.....

and some spunk.....

I was pleasantly surprised that she didn't keep crying even though the lip continued to bleed some....

After her nap, it swelled up....

Anna and Collin were really sweet interacting with one another that afternoon. He kept arching his back to look behind him and see her. She would kiss and talk to him and alternate playing with his hair and her own. She's been really into him lately and wants to hold him and love on him! (You can click to enlarge this if you want to see it better)

Remote control cars are a big hit in this house these days!

Little more spunk in case you missed it in the first example.....

Collin was sitting in his bouncy seat and so I put Anna across my lap and we bounced and pretended that she was in a bouncy seat too. I looked down and saw her posing with her hand like this and of course had to reach for the camera again!

FYI, we were having a pajama day and all four of us stayed in our jammies all day. While Anna was sitting here like this, she kept saying/whinig "Wanna get dressed." How can the girl not appreciate a jammy day????

Collin (and me) are having a rough time with his new medicine. He's taking Reglan which helps him empty his stomach faster. It has helped the reflux, but not the cough so far. The medicine makes him fussy and fill his diaper really fast, which in turn makes it harder for him to get a good nap in during the day and is hungry more often. This is my attempt at trying to wake him up to eat one evening after he finally was able to get a good nap.....

He smiles as he falls back into a deep sleep. You can see here, my unswaddling job didn't work as he's smiling/falling back to a deep sleep....

Anna's lip day two got all white and yucky looking, but looks much better today. She continued to act fine with it and never seemed to be in pain.

Here's my solution to Collin filling his diaper and getting his clothes dirty all day long....a white onesie and Baby Legs. Benjamin and Dave both informed me that boys shouldn't wear this, but since they don't change Collin's diapers or struggle to get the stains out during laundry duty, I don't think they deserve a vote!

The Baby Legs just go to the top of his legs and don't connect at all, which means he doesn't poop on them and I can easily check his diaper and his legs stay nice and warm in this cold weather!

By the way, Collin weighed 16 lb 8 oz on Monday at his appointment and is now wearing 6-9 month clothes! He is such a tall guy!