Let's not make a habit of this...

This has been a VERY long week for us and I am so glad things are back to normal. Making it 6 months without so much as a stuffy nose is very humbling (aside from the acid reflux) for our family. This week, however, was very different. It all started Monday when I took Easton in to get his 6 month shots. He did fine afterwards and was acting completely normal til that night. At about 6 oclock after he ate dinner he started vomiting. I may have lost track, but I'm pretty sure he vomited 8 times within two hours. I read the paper about his vaccines and it did mention that vomiting could be a reaction to the shots he received earlier that day.

Later that night consisted of two parents not sure what to do, a baby who was very hungry, but also a baby who could not keep his food down. Tuesday morning finally came and I talked to the pediatrician and Jameson's mom who both said to give him little bits of Pedialyte all day to keep his little body from becoming dehydrated. He had thrown up a little that morning, but throughout the day Tuesday it seemed like he was taking the Pedialyte well and was keeping it down. Tuesday night we fed him a bottle before bed, which he took well and kept down. Things were looking up!

Or so I thought...

Wednesday came and he had a bottle that morning, which he took and kept down. Then after his morning nap he woke up and when I tried to feed him he just was NOT interested. He pushed it away with his hands and got mad when I showed it to him. I just figured I would wait it out and he will be hungry again later. An hour later he was very tired and ended up falling asleep sitting in my lap. So I put him down for his second nap and woke him up a few hours later to try and get him to eat. He was still not interested. I tried Pedialyte and a bottle and he refused both. By this time I am a little worried he wasn't getting back on track like I thought he was. I tried some rice cereal to see if he would eat from a spoon and he did. Yay! I tried to make him a little more, but then he didn't want it. Then I started to notice he was acting sort of lethargic and sleepy again so I put him down for his 3rd nap. I had to wake him again around 5 when Jameson got home to feed him dinner. He STILL was NOT interested. By now he really hasn't eaten anything since 8am and the day before he did not have much either. We decided to take a medicine dropper and see if he would eat some formula that way. After a few times of denying it we finally got him to take some food from the dropper. But then after he was all done about a minute later he threw it up. ALL OF IT. It was everywhere! I went upstairs to clean him up while Jameson called his mom. He told her what happened and she told us we should come in to the hospital to make sure everything was okay.

We arrived at the hospital a little after 7. After being checked out by the PA, Jameson's mom and one of the nurses gave Easton an IV with fluids and Zofran for the nausea. Jameson and I left because neither of us wanted to watch him being poked. We had to wait an hour for him to get all the fluids through his body. Here you can see he was very tired...

After an hour on fluids, we were allowed to give him some Pedialyte. He could not get it fast enough and was getting mad we weren't giving him more. This was a very good sign that his appetite was back and he was doing much better. Later, the PA came in again and she said the hospital had been seeing lots of kids lately with the stomach flu. Lots of vomiting and diarrhea. My guess is he picked it up Monday at the doctor's office. Isn't it ironic that people usually go to the doctor to feel better, not to get sick!

Anyways, we got home late that night and gave him a little more Pedialyte before finally putting him down for bed. He ended up sleeping the whole night and Thursday morning he was back to his normal self. Slowly we've been getting him back on his regular diet and he is doing great.

The stomach flu is definitely going around because although Easton was better, Jameson woke up Thursday morning vomiting. Stomach flu is the devil! Luckily I did not get anything. It is now Friday and the sick house is no more! Here's to not making a habit of going to the hospital. We told Easton from now on if he wants to see Grandma Hunter he doesn't have to get sick to do it!

Diamondbacks game!

On Saturday we got tickets to go to the Dbacks vs Giants game. Now let me tell you... this is something Jameson has looked forward to since he knew we were having a boy! Actually, the day we found out we were pregnant we were at the Dbacks fan fest and we bought a little baby outfit. So before we even knew what we were having he was getting ready for his little baseball fan.

Anywho, we went to the game Saturday and had a blast! Easton did great! Despite all the noise he even got a little 15 minute cat nap. How he managed to fall asleep is a mystery to me. It was loud! We sat next to some pretty annoying Giants fans. Easton was such a ham too. He was sitting in my lap and would lean himself over just to look at all the people behind us and smile at them. There was this one girl who kept making faces at him and he was giving her the biggest smiles. I tried to not let him because she was a Giants fan, but he passes no judgement :)

Here are some pictures from the night...

In his Dback outfit. Jameson insisted on the eye black, which turned out really cute!

having fun

They look so much alike!

We had great seats. Left center 2nd row!

I absolutely love this picture of us!

We made a sign, but didn't get on the Jumbotron. Why someone

wouldn't put his cute face on the Jumbotron is just weird.

Passed out halfway through :)

That's what you get!

It's no question that besides Jameson my dad was the most excited to hear that we were having a baby boy. I remember when my sister got pregnant with the first grandkid on our side of the family and my dad really wanted it to be a boy. I particularly remember we went to Sedona one summer to go cliff jumping at Grasshopper point. While walking across some rocks my sister, who was pregnant at the time, slipped and fell. To which my dad replied... "Is my grandson ok?" Not is Meagan ok, but his grandson (who turned out to be Tiffany, very much a girl).

Anyway, the point of this post is not that, but about a few weeks ago when we were visiting my parents for dinner. My dad was holding Easton on the couch and out of no where decided to intentionally scared him. Easton's reaction of course was shock and then the infamous sad face appeared. He freaked out and started bawling! It took a good five minutes or so to calm him down.

Now a few weeks later, I think Easton still remembers the incident. My parents came over two weeks ago for dinner and if my dad would so much as look at Easton this is what would happen...

Easton is not a baby who cries a lot. He whines, but he rarely cries hard like this. I think he even remembers where the incident happened because I was at my parents the other day with just me and my mom and he started to cry for no reason. He NEVER does this unless we're at my parent's house. So to my dad I would say... I gave you a grandson, but it is NOT my fault if he doesn't like you anymore! ;)

That's what you get!

playing catch up

So the past month or so whenever I have free time I've been playing catch up on my scrapbooking. I realized I have pictures as far back as New Year's Eve 2009 all the way up to Easton. This is over two years worth of photos... and if you know me you know I like to take pictures! I've been at this now for weeks, and while I did catch up I'm still not even close to being done. See for yourself...

Looks like a lot (like 30 pages already), but still so much more to go!

At least it helps to be a little more organized. I realized while playing catch up how messy and disorganized my craft area . So we went and bought some shelves and a ribbon holder. It made a world of difference and now I don't feel so overwhelmed when I sit down to scrapbook.

BEFORE... paper stacked everywhere

I can't tell you how many times I knocked over these stacks of ribbon. Haha

AFTER... loving it!

Now these walls just need some color :)

Home Improvements

Jameson and I have been busy doing some improvements on the house. Actually Jameson has done most of the work while me and Easton watch. Haha. He's much more handy than I am. Summer is coming so we FINALLY installed the rest of the fans. Hung lights up out front. We use to have these UGLY plastic gold lights hanging in the breakfast nook and dining room and we upgraded those to something much better. We purchased a new table for the dining room. We decided to go synthetic and put some grass in the backyard. Here are a few before and after pics of the improvements.

We put up 3 fans... one in the master bedroom, one in Easton's room, and another in my craft room. I didn't get a picture of the one in Easton's room because he's taking a nap, but here are the other two. Something much needed now thats it getting hotter again!

This is the new table and the ugly gold light that hung off center in the dining room

Much better... and more centered!!

This is the new light in the breakfast nook. We didn't one that hangs only because eventually we plan on getting rid of the table and putting up bar stools. So its just something simple (but still better than the other ugly gold light that hung there before)

For our tax credit this year Jameson decided he really wanted to start working on the backyard. He also decided that he does not want to pay or do the work to put in real grass. Although I do prefer the real thing, I don't mind the synthetic grass either. It actually looks really good. Here is before with the curbing...

After...

It looked bad before, but now that it's not all dirt I definitely want to finish the rest of the backyard soon!

Some other things we plan on doing soon is getting some nice couches for the front room for a sitting area and we plan on transforming our loft into a movie theater room. We got a projector for Christmas and have yet to put it to good use. I also got some shelves to help organize my craft room.

I have feet!!

Easton has just recently discovered his feet and he loves them!! I'm always catching him grabbing at his toes no matter what he's doing. It's fun to watch him discover something new almost every day :)

Welcome Levi and Addie!!

My sister and sister in law were both expecting this March and had the same due date... Funny enough they both had their babies yesterday! One went into labor and the other had a planned

c-section. I love that I got a new nephew and niece all in one day. They were almost exactly 12 hours apart... one born at 8:45 am and the other 8:43 pm. Such a special day for our family! Now I only wish they both lived closer so I could see these cute new babies in person, but that's not going to happen. Michigan and Missouri... both live the farthest away than any other family members. Boo!! Soon enough I guess.

Now welcoming...

Baby Levi- 9lbs and 2oz

Baby Addie- 7lbs 4oz

I think both babies look like their older sisters and both are soooo cute!

Congrats Billy & Crystal and Blake & Meagan!