6 months old

Will is 6 months old today! I cannot believe it!

Will and Tiger-6 months old

Here are so things he is doing:
-Rolling over and over and over, all over the place!
-Laughing all the time...so sweet!
-Pulling his knees under him like he is trying to crawl, and then looking up with a confused look on his face like "why doesn't this work"
-Reaching out to me when I pick him up from daycare
-Feeling everything around him and trying to figure out different textures
-Teething, teething, teething...but sadly no teeth yet
-Sitting up for long periods of time, but still unsteady at times
-Eating Stage 1 foods
-Loves sweet potatoes, carrots, and peas
-Hates fruit and apple juice :(
-Wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and some 6-9 month stuff
-Wearing a size 3 diaper!

I love him more and more everyday. He is at a fun age where Clay and I can really play with him and we love it!

We go to the doctor on September 9th for his 6 month check-up so I will post his height and weight after that visit.

To see Will and Tiger month-by-month, go HERE.

6 month pictures

We took Will yesterday to have his 6 month pictures taken. It is the first time we had "professional" portraits done. I wasn't sure how he would react to the whole situation, but he did really well and we got some great shots. We had two outfits we wanted to get pictures of him in. The first outfit he did really well and it went smoothly. Once we got to the second outfit, he was over the whole thing. We got about four shots and then he spit up on his shirt so we were done.

Here are my two favorites:

This is him in his Auburn smocked outfit. The was made for him by B (Brantley's mom)! I love this outfit!!

This is classic Will! We got this one in color and B&W. One of these will be going on my beside table.

WAR EAGLE

Auburn football offically starts tomorrow! I have mixed emotions about the season starting.


On one hand, I am excited it is finally here. Clay and I love Auburn football, tailgating, traveling to away games, and enjoying our Auburn family and friends. I am also excited that this is Will's first football season. I get a little teary-eyed thinking about last season's first game. At the tailgate before the game, is when we announced to our family that we would be expecting a future tiger and now that little boy is 6 months old, and ready for his first game!


But, I am a little sad too. I am going to miss tomorrow's game and the whole experience of the first tailgate of the season. I don't really know in total how many games I will end up missing, but it is all worth it for Will.


Tomorrow, he and I will sit on the couch in our Auburn gear and cheer for the Tigers. We will miss our family and friends who will be at the game, but that's okay because we will get to join them later in the season. I can't wait for Will to experience it all, but it has to cool off first!


Here is my boy ready for the big game:

WAR EAGLE!!!!!

Trip to the ER--Round 2

So Thursday night, Will made his second trip to the ER. Not fun!

It all started Thursday around lunch when I picked him up from daycare. As we were driving to meet my mom for lunch, I heard him breathing loudly and wheezing. He wasn't doing it constantly, so I thought I was being paranoid. Around 2 pm, I started getting concerned, so Clay called our doctor's office so we could talk to the nurse. I was thinking it was croup and just wanted to make sure we knew what to do. The doctor's office never called us back (communication issue, that is a whole other topic), and the wheezing started getting worse so we called the after hours nurse. She told us it was in Will's best interest to take him to the ER. So off we went.

Because of Will's age and it was a repiratory issue, we were seen right away. We only had to wait in the waiting room about 10 minutes. I was so thankful because there were a ton of kids there with swine flu symptoms.

(Wearing his "doctors mask"...precaution because of swine flu patients)

Once, we got to a room we were seen by the nurse and then the doctor. After being evaluated, they could not determine exactly what was going on because he was not showing any classic symptoms of croup and he did not have a fever, so it wasn't an infection. They sent Will to have a chest and neck x-ray done so they could look to see if his airway was swollen. The x-ray was no fun at all. Clay and I had to hold him down and he kept looking at us like "why are you doing this to me?"

After the doctor looked at the x-rays, they decided to give him an oral steriod and breathing treatment to reduce any swelling of his airway. Will had to be observed for 2 hours after he received the medication in case he had any type of reaction. He didn't so we were released around 11:15 pm. It was a long night.

(Getting his breathing treatment...not a happy camper!)

The final diagnosis was that he had striders, which is usually accompanies croup. Striders is intense swelling, and narrowing of the voice box and windpipe and is associated high-pitched sound when inhaling.

(Waiting to be released.)

On Friday, we went to Will's peditrician for a follow-up. First, Dr. R apologized for not calling us back on Thursday (totally not his fault, he said he would be having a meeting with his team to address the issue). Then, he evaulated Will. He said he saw no signs of croup and thought that it may have just been an isolated incident. He also told me it could have been a delayed reaction from the cold Will had last week. Will was given a clean bill of health and has not had any issues since receiving treatment at the hospital.

It was scary at the time, but I am glad we were taken care of and Will is okay. Hopefully, this will be our last visit to the ER for a while. I had a talk with Will and told him mommy's nerves can't handle it. Also, I don't want everyone to think I am that mom that takes her kid to the ER everytime something happens. At least our two ER visits were justified and the doctors told us we did the right thing by bringing him in.

A boy and his dog

Clay bought Will this dog while I was still pregnant. It is such a cute little dog and Clay said it was a good stuffed animal for a boy. Will started playing with the dog this week and he is too cute!

Sitting up, Sweet Potatoes, and Sharing

Will is now sitting up unassisted for a few minutes at a time. It is so cute and I am so proud of him. Sometimes he will start to lose his balance and catch himself, other times he just falls over and laughs. Many times we will be praising him for doing a good job and he will get so excited that he falls. I love this boy.




On Tuesday, we started giving him sweet potatoes. The boy LOVES them. He has finished every jar we have fed him. When we were doing peas and green beans, he would usually only finish half a jar. He is eating like a big boy. Carrots are next!



Tabitha took these pictures of Will and Gavin at daycare. They are playing together and sharing! They are such sweet boys and Gavin is so good with Will.

Weight Gain

I took Will to the doctor yesterday to be checked out because he had some symptoms of a cold. The doctor said he was just fine and it is one of those things we just have to wait out.

The biggest surprise was his weight. At his 4 month well visit he weighed 12 pounds, 12 ounces. Yesterday, at 5 1/2 months, he weighed 16 pounds, 14 ounces. I about fell in the floor. That is 4 pounds in less than two months. Our boy is growing!!