Playpen

Mommy introduced me to the playpen last night. I like it until I toss all the toys outta reach

Look at those chubby legs in action!

Rosey Cheeks

Maureen this post is for you.

Here is the update answer to the question you asked about the giraffe.

Yes, it is as cool as every one says and it is his favorite toy now.

Being Sick

Getting ready for a walk

Just got out of the bath

It's snuggle time!

The cate stole a kiss! I didn't like it.

Bad Kitty! Go away!

We are sick :(

A few weeks back I thought Declan had his first cold because he was fussy and a little stuffed up. After a day the stuffiness was gone, so I just wrote it off as caused by the change in weather.
Today, Declan woke up at 6am coughing and struggling to breath through his nose. Every time he would breath in, the poor guy would start coughing. I was hoping that again it was from the change in weather and because I didn’t have the air purifier on the night before. That was just wishful thinking because when I took him to the consignment store to look at Halloween costumes this morning, my sister noticed snot dripping out his nose and down hid face. I quickly put the adorable $7 Eeyore costume back and went home before we got anyone sick.
Did I tell you guys about book babies? It’s a weekly story time at the library for babies one year and under. Last Thursday was our first time at the event and we had a blast! Declan loves looking and playing with the other babies. One particularly cute little boy was crawling all over place sticking everything all over his face. I noticed he had snot running down his face and prayed that he wasn’t sick. I tried my best to keep Declan away but it’s hard to ward of microscopic enemies. There is no doubt in my mind that this sickness we are currently experiencing is because of one careless mother. I mean, come on! You don’t take your sick baby to a baby group to infect all the rest of the kids. That is just plain rude! The poor little guy has no idea he is going to get others sick so it is up to you, yes you, the mother to try and contain the cold and not just keep spreading it around.
Okay I am done with my rant.I gave Baby Declan some Tylenol and put him to bed. I hope he feels a little better when he gets up from his nap

Is it that time already...

...for orange leaves and bunting suits? Where did summer go?

After hours of raining, the clounds parted, the rain stopped and the sun shone through. We stole the opportunity for a quick walk to the park.

Diaper Fiasco

After fighting off the same diaper rash for almost a month it is finally starting to get better. Poor little duded had a rash from his bellybutton that went all the way down and went half way up his back and to his little knees. I had never scene anything like it! I diagnosed a yeast infection on my own and started using anti fungal cream in addition to max strength Desitin overnight to treat it. It started to get better after one day and then came back even worse in two. I have been trying every diaper under the sun and each time it would look better for a day and then look a whole lot worse. I spent a lot of money and now have several packs of diapers I will never use. Poor Declan was crying REALLY hard with every diaper change. So I started giving a couple baths a day and washing him off in the sink in between. Atleast then he didnt cry and it made diaper changes fun.
I finally called the advice nurse and she had me bring him into the Dr. It turned out that after having a mild case of diarrhea the rash became infected with yeast. He told me I hadn’t done any thing to cause it and that I was doing everything perfectly but yeast can be very stubborn. He had be switch to a different anti fungal cream (lamosil) since the first wasn’t working and to try a different diaper cream. Again, it got better and then way worse.
Like an idiot, I finally realized that we didn’t have this problem when we used Huggies Pure & Natural. The only stores I have found that carry this brand are Babies-r-us and walmart, neither of which are close to the house. I went to walmart armed with a $3 off coupon and bought a package of the pure and natural and low and behold, the rash began to clear and has steadily been getting better and is almost gone in 4 days.

Looks like Declan got momma’s sensitive skin, poor dude.

All of this started because of a bag of Pampers and a mild case of diarrhea. Who new?

The Pumkin Patch!

Flower face with daddy

Entering The Maize

In my first corn maze!

That's the big red animal barn.

My first hay ride!

Woh! We hit a big bump.

A new tickle spot!

Photoshop Fun

Saying hello

I just found this and watched it for the first timw yesterday, it made me cry. He is only 18 hours old.

OK!

Auntie Leia

Grandma Freida

Cousin Jaxson

My first football game. GO ZEBRAS!

Great Aunt Willi

Sorry we didnt take more pictures! If you have some with family members not shown, please, email to Shane or myself.

Auntie Jen, Cousin Sierra & Baby Declan

Grandpa Andrew

I Finally Caught It!!

This is his new and improved jumper. He still loves the old one, but this one has really improved his grasping ability.