Our weekend

Our weekend started out pretty good with some family coming to visit from MS. Will started sneezing a lot on Saturday. We took him to Sci-Quest. It was open house so it was free!!! He enjoyed it but most of it was a little old for him. Well, by Saturday evening he was running a temp...so needless to say we did not go to church Sunday.

We took Will to the doctor this morning and he has the croup. Will is in good spirits but just not eating much. The doc had Will's blood checked and his platelets were 136,000! I was so thankful that they had not dropped (on August 6th they were 133,000). Just say a prayer that Will will feel better soon!

Oh, We weighed Ben while we were at the doc and he was 19 pounds and 14 ounces...up from 18.8 on August 4th.

On the move!!!

Ben is officially crawling on all fours! He started Monday but I just got around to posting. Ben makes a bee-line for Will's toys...especially his train track and train engines. He is also sitting longer independently. His favorite thing to play with is Will!!! He loves to crawl all over him and slobber on him and pull his hair. Ben's facial expressions are a hoot to see while he is doing this...thank goodness Will has not hurt him yet!

Fun in Chattanooga!!!

Well, we decided Friday that we would take a day trip to Chattanooga on Saturday. We met Gigi, Pop, and Uncle Robby there. We took the boys to the aquarium and to the Children's Museum. Will had a blast seeing all the different fish, penguins, and interesting creatures. At the children's museum there was a Clifford exhibit with all of Clifford's friends and Will was very excited. Will's favorite was probably playing in the water in front of the aquarium. He called it the "sea". It was a fun day and it was a joy to watch Will play and explore.

Ben just took it easy in the stroller. He was the best baby. Ben hung out with Gigi and Pop while we took Will to the museum.

Not much going on at our house this week. Will continues to enjoy school and loves doing the carline. His verbal skills continue to surprise me. He has learned an important skill at school...how to pull his undies UP! Will would not let me teach him so apparentely he is listening to his teachers at school. He did help me make brownies the other day and fun licking the bowl with mommy!

We have went to a couple of different parks around town this past week in the evening. It is wonderful to watch our little boy play and have fun. Will loves to play hide and seek but don't expect him to hide long!

Ben continues to be a mover. He will be on one side of the room and when I come back a second later he has gone to the other side. Ben loves to try to "eat" Will's trains and cars, etc. Ben is eating more food but we still have not tried all the fruits quite yet. I am finding with the second child that I am not pushing for him to try new things as soon as I did with the first.

Big Boy Bed!

We had a good week this week. Will did great at school both days. He had water day at school on Thursday and ate his first popsicle (he is a deprived child). On Saturday Pop and Daddy went to pick up Will's new bed and mattress. I don't have pics yet but will post when I do. He was very excited. Currently we have the crib and bed in his room. We don't have a rail up yet so we will wait until then for him to sleep in it. He loves to read books on it though. I had bought some Thomas the Train sheets for his new bed and he loved them.

Celebration!!!

Today it has been ONE YEAR since Will's last IVIG treatment!!! We are so thankful that he has not had to endure any more and that his platelets have leveled out at a safe range. Please pray for continued healing as he still gets petechiae.

We enjoyed a quiet morning at home. Ben has been waking every 2 hours the past 2 nights. We think it is due to teething. We are very tired! After a lunch out and a couple of errands Will was out for a nap but Ben keeps going!

PS The pic is from Will's last treatment a year ago.

Will has had a good two days at school. He was a bit teary on Tuesday but today he did great. We did drop off in the carline today and he handled that well. The big news today was that he went #2 in the potty at school. I find this funny because he held it the other day and told me "no poop at school just at home". He told me he was happy at school so that made me feel good.

Ben continues to move all over the place. He continues to go fast as he can when a fobidden object is on the floor. We finally opened him a bank account today while Will was at school. Ben now has his own piggy bank. It has been nice having time with him by ourselves. He is such a good natured baby and a joy to have around.