Frequent Buyer Card at the Pediatric Center

February 2012 will forever go down in the books as the month when the nurses and doctors at the Pediatric Center in Frederick became our best friends, and how I really think they need to start a frequent buyer card!

Ashton after his hemotoma scare, managed to spend a good portion of his weekends in the pediatric center for a bacterial eye infection called periorbital cellulits. Originally he looked like he had been punched in the eye. It went down, only to return shortly after finishing his first round of antiboitics. Now he is on round two and I can only hope this time we nixed it!

In other news...Ashton has offically outgrown his infant car seat. Hard to believe he is getting so big.

He is almost walking. He is now taking 2 to 3 steps at time! He has really good balance! I really want him see him "walk" before he goes to Norway next week! I don't want to miss his first fluid multi-step walk!

He has taken a liking to big people food! He eats almost anything that we offer him.

He loves his daddy! The sun rises and sets on daddy! As long as daddy is in the room no one else exists. If daddy leaves the room, Ashton is a mess! I think Olav has a love-hate relationship with the situation. On the one hand he loves that fact that Ashton is very attached to him and looks to him for most everything. But as you can imagine, it makes it very difficult for Olav to get anything done because he has a baby hemmoroid clinging to his legs constantly

He loves banging stuff on tables, daddys guitar, the floor etc. I really do thing we have a mini music prodigy. He also will dance whenever their is music on...very cute...sometimes he doesn't even need music!

Lily has been such a super big sister to him. He adores her! My happiest moments as a parent are when the two of them are playing and laughing together!

Hematoma Head

Well when Ashton was younger we called him baby bobble head, but after this week he has a new nickname: Hematoma Head.

The little man gave us a real scare this week. On Tuesday when I got home from work, he was crawling on the floor and "tripped" over himself and caught himself with his face. Needless to say his mouth took a little beating and bleed a small bit. While I was comforting him, I was patting his head....all of a sudden I noticed something wasn't right. A large portion of his head felt spongy. I immediately called the pediatrician, who asked us to come in. The pediatrician agreed that this was not right, so they sent us to the pediatriac emergency room. While there, it was decided Ashton needed a CAT scan to determine whether the bleeding on his skull was underneath the skull or above the skull. It would also show if he had a skull fracture. Fortunately their was not internal bleeding or skull fracture. They also tested his blood to make sure their wasn't any bleeding disorders that might of caused the hematoma since no one was aware of any direct trauma he experienced to his head and a lack of bruising. This too came back fine. We are very thankful for that!

But for now on he is going to wear a helmet.....and I now affectionately refer to him as Hematoma Head!

9 months old!

Ashton went for his 9 month old check up today. He currently weighs 20 lbs and 6 oz, he is 29 inches long. He continues to be super busy. He can crawl everywhere. He loves to stand. He hasn't quite figured out how to lower himself down yet. He has started exploring "real food". He has eaten cheerios, beef, and pretzels. He likes to babble....he consistently says ga...ga...He is super fun to watch! We are truly enjoying being his parents!

Happy New Year!

"I didn't do it mom, really!"
So Proud!

Wow hard to believe it's 2012. I wish I could either slow down time or just freeze baby Ashton in time. Now that he is feeling better (the Dr. thought he had an ear infection that ruptured) he is back to his happy active self. He has officially begun to crawl. He loves to pull up, stand up and walk with assistance. His 1st Christmas was fun! He really enjoyed the boxes and bows.

Busy, busy, busy

Ashton is officially BUSY! He is always on the go! He doesn't crawl quite yet, but you can tell it won't be too long.

He has begun to make some "talking" sounds. The most noticeable is "nen-ye". It's so cute.

This weekend Lily was away at Abuelita's house but Ashton got so excited when he saw her picture on the wall! Love it!

Over the thanksgiving holiday Ashton's biological maternal great grandmother got to meet him. As she said, it was bitter sweet. With his biological maternal grandmother's camera I told a picture of the 4 generations. Hopefully they will send me a copy of the photo so I can post it too.

Baby Mozart

I do believe Ashton has music in his soul! He loves music. I never forget when we went to see daddy play at a concert, it seemed like it he was rockin it out with his fist! He loves anything musical. Only time will tell, but daddy is hopeful that he has at least one other music aficionado in the family!

Baby Bubba on the move....

Well Ashton is 6 months now! Wow...so hard to believe. He is becoming more and more mobile. He frequently will roll from his back to his front. The other morning, I found him smiling at me while on his tummy! He also can move around a space. Olav has left him in one area, only to return a few minutes later to find him moved several feet from his original position. Can you say, here comes trouble! I suspect in the next few weeks we will see him sitting up independently and crawling around. And of course as usual sticking EVERYTHING in his mouth. He has now added Oatmeal to his repertoire of foods...so far so good. This weekend it is PEAS...yummy:)

His sleeping has been a bit off lately. He has been waking up frequently in the night and early morning. Fortunately when he does he is SO happy....no tears or fussiness at all, so in many ways is a delight to "feed him". In fact, I know I should probably let him continue to play in his bed, but sometimes I can't sleep until I know he will go back to sleep. We go to the doctor on Monday so I will be eager to hear what they say about sleep training.

Ashton is drooling and chewing hard on my fingers all the time. I keep joking that Lily is going to lose two teeth and Ashton is going to grown two teeth at the same time...wouldn't that be something!