Sick on Vacation

Holden was diagnosed with an ear and an eye infection the day before we left on vacation. Poor little guy! He was a trooper, though. He didn't mind the plane ride at all and had lots of fun at Sea World and the Zoo. He LOVED the elephants!!!
He also gave mommy his eye infection and it turns out it's pink eye. Lucky me!

Smarty Pants Holden

I just realize every day how smart Holden is! He now can point to his belly, eyes, ears, nose, hair, teeth and feet. And most of the time can point to them on you as well. We've only worked on a few of those. It just amazes me how he picks stuff up and I have no idea!!

Croup

Holden has croup. It has been a horrible few days. He still has a fever and isn't eating much. Hopefully it starts getting better soon. I feel bad for the little guy. He is obviously miserable. He mostly just sits on my lap and watches tv all day. And he almost never watches tv for more than two minutes on a normal day.

Personality

We are seeing Holden's personality come out more and more. He is stubborn just like both mommy and daddy. Go figure? LOL. He will almost never eat anything you feed him anymore. He has to feed himself. He also has to explore everything. If he can open it he will. He opens all the cupboards and drawers and plays with everything. He loves playing with the dog food and water even though he gets in trouble for those. He has also learned how to turn on the washer and dryer so he does that as often as he can get in the laundry room. He just has to touch and feel everything! Makes him really smart, but a pain in the butt sometimes. It's a good thing we love him.

Scary Times

Holden cut his lip and gums open pretty badly last night and gave mom and dad quite a scare! We didn't take him to the doctor, but we weren't sure if that was the right decisions. So when he hit it on something again today and it started bleeding we decided to take him in. He didn't get stitches, but the doc said if it was almost anywhere else he would have. So for now he's on a soft foods diet with emphasis on popsicles and ice cream. Our poor little guy!!

Asthma

Holden went to the doctor today and they think there is a good chance he has asthma. He's had a cough for a while that gets worse at night and weezes sometimes as well. We're going to try some albuterol for a few weeks and see if that helps. Hopefully it does and hopefully he grows out of it.

Walking!!

Holden took about six steps across the room today. I'm so excited!! Soon he'll be running all over the place.