Arlington Trip

We ventured out on the open road with Olly for the first time. He actually did amazing. We drove to our family's lake house near Waco on Friday morning and Olly slept the whole way (4 hours). The lake house was nice, but not as much fun as it is when it is filled with our family! We walked down to the cliffs to look at the beautiful sunset and I had to face one of my ultimate fears. I have horrible visions of Fritz running off the cliff every time we are at the lake house. I held his hand so tight and would not let him leave my side. At one point Mark held him while they walked a little closer to the edge to see the water. I literaly had to turn away. I thought my heart would jump out of my chest. Needless to say we didn't stay down there long. I guess I am a worry wart! We didn't bring Olly's pac n' play because he was going to use Jenni's in Arlington. So Olly slept in a blanket lined dresser drawer that I set on the bed with me (thanks for the tip Aunty Tiffy!) It felt like baby Jesus in a manger!

Saturday morning we drove over to Arlington for Mark's brother's annual crawfish boil. Again, Olly slept the whole way (2 hours). Fritz had so much fun playing with his cousin Brice all weekend. However, he mostly didn't leave Brice's train table for 48 hours. This was no shocker if you know Fritz. It was good to be with John, Jenni and Brice. We wish we lived closer to them!

Here are some pictures from the trip!

Olly and Daddy chillin at the lake!

Brice and Fritz playing on the slip n' slide!

He has got a great pouty lip!

Here is Jelly's first date! This is Tori (9 months). He can't resist a cherry bikini! She spit up on his head during the date. She was embaressed, but he got over it quickly. The jury is still out on whether there will be a second date!

A few more handsome shots of Olly "jelly bean" Houston!

Out Sick!

There is nothing worse than having sick babies! Both my boys were struck with a tummy virus over the weekend. Fritz moped around for two days and then spent all of last night and today throwing up every 15 minutes. He is such a trooper. We set up camp with his matress, blankies, towels and throw up bowl in the living room so I could sleep next to him on the couch. After five loads of throw up laundry, little to no sleep and a gazillion Thomas the Train episodes he is slowing down on the vomiting. Hopefully we are turning a corner.

Jelly bean made it through the weekend with only a loss of appetite and a little diarrhea. Thank god for breastfeeding! I truly feel like I am protecting him. He too seems to be getting a little better.

On a lighter note...Olly rolled over last week!!! What a big boy he is. Last Tuesday we were all playing on the rug in the living room and he flipped himself over onto his stomach. Fritz was over four months when he rolled over so Olly has him beat by a few weeks. He is such a joy lately. I feel like he is either growing out of the reflux or it is well controlled by the Prevacid.

I better get back on duty. There are throw up bowls to clean, five baskets of laundry to put away and two handsome little men to cuddle!

CRAZY TODDLERS!

So Fritz has taken to sleeping anywhere except his bed. He will sleep under his train table, in the tent in his room, in the middle of his floor, on his sit 'n spin, in front of his closet, pretty much wherever. It has added a level of excitement to my day to see where he ends up when he finally falls asleep. He also has become very defient about sleeping. "Me no night night," he says with his arms folded across his chest and his big pouty lip turned out.

Fritz also has two generic responses for everything now. The first is, "No, mom...me too big boy!" Which he uses when he is trying to say the he is actually too small to do something or he just doesn't want to do something. The other is, "No, thank you...No, thank you." Although this seems very sweet and polite, it gets frustrating when you are trying to get him to eat, change his pull up, or brush his teeth.

The love of his life these days are all the Thomas the Train trains. He has Thomas, James, Percy and Ben which he carries EVERYWHERE with him. He makes little voices for them and creates these little plays in his head. It is really funny to watch!

Olly is three months old now. He now has a schedule of about four good days (good meaning better than before) then three bad days. On the bad days he barely sleeps and has to be held and nursed all day long. On the good days he sleeps like a champ during the day and plays on the floor happily. I still can't wait for him to grow out of this reflux. We are hoping he has one of the magic tummies that heals around four months.

Here are some cute pics of the boys!

Happy Olly

Olly seems much happier over the past week. Here is cute little video of some of his first giggles while in his bouncer. Please excuse the bouncing camera and baby talk by me!

Olly update

Well we decided to just leave Olly on Prevacid for his reflux. He seems to be having more good days than bad, so I don't want to risk any funky side effects from any new drugs. He is really starting to wake up to the world and smile a lot. I have kind of gotten a few laughs out of him, but I am still waiting for that first big belly laugh. Fritz's first laugh was right around 2 1/2 months. He had a great laugh from the get go. Here is a clip of one of Fritz's first laughs.

GRD

Well Olly has got it. Gastroesophageal reflux disease. We kind of figured he did, but now it is for sure. The problem is one of the two medicines his doctor prescribed has a list of side effects a mile long. Some of them are really scary. Here is the side effects list:

Possible side effects SIDE EFFECTS, that may occur while taking this medicine include drowsiness, weariness, dizziness, restlessness, jitteriness, anxiety, agitation, confusion, headache, trouble sleeping, or diarrhea. If they continue or are bothersome, check with your doctor. CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY if you experience unusual or uncontrollable movements of arms, legs, face, eyes, tongue, mouth, neck, or jaw; unusual or unexplained vision changes; muscle stiffness; fever; sweating; mood changes including depression; or thoughts of hurting yourself.

Seriously!!!??? Who would want to give this medicine to their two month old? I will be talking to the doctor on Monday.

Tummy Troubles

We go for Olly's barium swallow tomorrow. Yikes! He has to show up having not eaten for four hours (totally unheard of for him) and then drink some junk from a bottle. Then they will x-ray his little tummy to see how much acid is going into his esophagus during feedings. I hope this provides him some relief. I am second guessing myself for even having it done because he has been farely pleasant the past few days. I guess it will let us know the extent of his reflux and how best to treat it. Pray for our little man and his tummy!