Tis the season....

So I guess it's the season for little ones to be sick! Axel was not feeling well all last weekend. He was having issues with the milk-or so I thought until he had loose stools all weekend. I know it sounds sick (I'm a nurse so nothing grosses me out!) but the poor dude would have at least 8 crazy loose stools a day. Luckily when we went shopping he waited until we got home! Then on Sunday he had a low grade temp. of 100.4. You would have never known that he was sick all weekend. He was his happy content self but man he went thru the diapers! Any ways... by Monday his fever was gone and so was all the poo. I called the nurse line at Mayo on Sunday night just in case and it sounds like it was just virus that he was fighting. So now I'm unsure about the milk issue? Do I restart attempting to introduce milk or do I wait? Was the rash on his tummy related to the tummy and poo issues? Maybe I'll wait to talk to his doctor again... It sure is stressful being in charge of some one. I thought dogs were alot of work!

One super cool thing that Axel learned just last week was to really say mom! He says it like 'mum'. Okay I think I've heard him make little noises that sound like he's saying mom, but this was the real deal! I was eating dinner and he was crawling by my legs and he looked up, grabbed my pant leg and said mum! So cool!!! Oh... he also learned how to give high five. It's so much fun to see all the stuff he keeps learning. I can't wait to see how he reacts to Xmas! We have a cookie baking day at my mom's this weekend so I'm sure I'll have some new things to share.

santa...

So we went to visit Santa last weekend. Axel did great until he actually had to sit by Santa. Then he started crying and made mom get in the picture with him! I was not ready to be in a picture on an early Sunday morning, but it's all in fun right?! I have a better picture of the three of us but my little USB thingy broke so I can't share the one I scanned-I'll work on it! (in that picture you can actually see Axel's tears going down his cheeks!) Other wise Axel did great as mom and dad did all their Christmas shopping in one day. He actually fell asleep while we were crusing around the mall. He loves just watching people. The other pictures I posted are just Axel playing around the house in just his diaper and with his big teddy bear-that I couldn't wait for Christmas to give him.

Playing around the house

Tummy giggles and rashes..

Axel got sent home from daycare twice in the last two weeks because he had a small pinpoint red rash on his tummy. Of course the first time it happened I just blew it off and decided to watch it for a night.(he only had like 7 little hives on his tummy when I got home) Well the next morning it was gone so I didn't think about it again until he got sent home from daycare again yesterday. So dad came home from work and brought him to the doctor's. His doctor checked him out and said that she thinks that it's a slight food allergy. Axel rocks at eating table foods so it's hard to figure our what it is but after thinking about it for a while I started making Axel's bottles with half of whole milk-like 2 weeks ago. So maybe it's milk? The doctor said that it didn't seem too bad, to keep an eye on it and not to necessarily change any thing. I was so happy to get rid of formula.... but we'll just have to keep watching.

On to tummy giggles. I LOVE babies giggles. They are so real and they come all the way from the depths of their tummies. They are way to cute!! Axel has really started to find his own little personality. It's weird to say that because not to long ago he was just a little blob of baby and now he's starting to become a little person. So dad and Axel found a new game. If you stick your hand by his mouth he will kinda bite your hand-or sorta chop on to your hand. Once you say OUCH he will giggle so hard! I know it's a bad habit to teach-biting some one and laughing-but once Brian said OUCH and Axel started laughing I couldn't help but giggle also. It's so cool to see him find things that he thinks are funny on his own. (even if it's biting on to some one's hand) Don't worry I won't laugh if he bites your kids!!!

Tupperware cupboard

Here's a few new pictures for you guys. Some examples of how much fun he has in the tupperware cupboard and how he crawls around with his blanket in his mouth(he does this all the time). He is such a blanket baby. He also has has SO much hair now! It's crazy in the morning. I need to learn how to style a little boys hair.

11 months old!

I can't believe that Axel is only 1 month away from being 1 year old!! Where has this year gone? He has changed so much over the last 11 months. He loves to crawl after the dogs and is getting really good at walking along things. (like the cupboards and coffee tables) I try and help him walk towards me but he will aways go back down to his knees because he knows that he is faster that way. Axel loves taking baths-he splashes around, sucks on a washcloth and thinks that the face he sees in the drain is super funny. (you know the sliver circle that is right under that facuet-that's the part that he can see himself in and will giggle every time he brings his face close to it) It's super cute.
Just like most kids Axel loves the tupperware cupboard. I introduced it to him a little while ago and now he loves taking every single piece out. As you can tell from my pictures it's hard to keep my floors clean.
We had our first Thanksgiving. of course I forgot my camera-but Axel did really good at trying a bunch of new food. He really liked stuffing and cranberries. He is always a little shy when he is around a big group of people and get's a little clingy to his mom, but he did warm up and before we knew it he was truckin around Great Grandma Bev's house.
I'll try and update more often so you can get the play by plays....
Hope you are all staying warm!