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Daniel is 9 months

Daniel is now 9 months old. He weighs in at about 20 pounds and has 4 teeth. He has recently started pulling himself up and has mastered crawling the "real way". He loves the phone as you can see in the pictures. The only was I could get him to sit still long enough to take pictures was to give him the phone...then he was all smiles!

It seems like just yesterday that Daniel was smaller then this duck.

Here he is trying to call a buddy to come and play.

The 20 Minute Nap

My son has changed his napping habits this past couple of weeks. One 20 minute nap in the morning and another 20 minute nap in the afternoon. It's driving me crazy! I spend ten minutes nursing him then lay him down only to have him wake up ten minutes later. I've tried just letting him cry it out but that's NOT working! He has learned to pull himself up in the crib and just stands there screaming. So you can imagine just how much I am getting done at home. The only time he will sleep longer is if I sit and hold him while he naps. Who has time for that? He is getting a new tooth, so maybe this will pass soon. The up side of short naps is he does sleep all night. So I guess it's not so bad. I just get frustrated when I see so much that needs to be done and it gets really stressful to have a baby following you around crying for attention.

Rumor has it.....

Today I once again stayed home from church with sick kids. I got a phone call from my friend Amanda telling me that she heard I was pregnant! Well, that's news to me, I had no idea! I should ask around and find out when I'm due! Maybe someone will tell me if it's a girl or a boy. Daniel is only 8 months old, do I look like I'm pregnant? I sure hope not!! I have to admit, it was worth the laugh, now I just have to find out how far the rumor has spread, it sounds like there are a lot of people who think I am pregnant. Thankfully, Amanda did some damage control with this! Thanks, Amanda, I totally owe you!

Random thoughts

I am still not quite use to the idea that I have a child who can read. We were eating lunch today and Daniel wanted something to munch on while we were eating so I gave him a grahm cracker. Noah got all upset and told me Daniel couldn't have them because they have honey in them. I quickly brushed him off and said "no they don't". He said "but the box says "Honey" in big letters." Oops! I told him one little cracker won't hurt him, I don't think he was convinced.
It's kind of strange how you go about your days and weeks and months and then realise your kids are growing up! I am experiencing that with Emma lately. It seems like over night she has gone from toddler to little girl. I am enjoying her a lot lately. She has been stealing all Daniel's clothes and dressing her dolls in them. I have been wondering where all his clothes have gone and found them under her bed where she has been hiding them. She is such a little mommy! I think we will get her some doll clothes for Christmas!
Daniel is improving and he doesn't make me cringe every time he coughs. He is such a joy in our lives! He is taking a greater interest in Daddy lately, which is really nice. When Kendall gets home he starts waving his little arms and smiles at him. It's really cute to watch him. He even said "Dadda" when Kendall was here to hear it. He has been saying Dadda for a couple of weeks now, but never in Kendall's presence.
I am enjoying some freedom with the new car! We went for a drive into the mountains the other day, something we have not done in a very very long time. The kids really liked it and so did I. I think I found some nice places to go camping next summer.
Life is good and we are so blessed!

Daniel

So Daniel's test came back positive for the RSV. I was a little worried as I have heard that it is very contagious. They said not to worry about Noah and Emma as they are older, but not to let him around kids under 2yrs old for another week. Poor Daniel gets stuck with all the nasty bugs!

My Day

Today has been a long day. Kendall wasn't feeling well last night and decided it was better to stay home and try to rest and get over what ever he was getting. Daniel has been sick with a cough and runny nose all week and I decided it was time to take him into the doctor. So I took him in and the doctor said he has ear infections in both ears and his breathing was really raspy so we did a breathing treatment which didn't help so they wanted to x-ray his chest to rule out pneumonia. The chest x-ray was quite fun as they put him in this contraption that looked more like a torture chamber than anything else. He screamed the whole time. So he has two ear infections and bronchitis/pneumonia. Poor kid! He is so miserable! They also tested for rsv but we won't get those results back till the morning. Both Emma and Noah have never had ear infections and neither has ever had a major illness, guess Daniel gets to have all the fun! I am just grateful that Kendall stayed home today and was able to watch the kids while I took Daniel in. I got home and they were all outside waiting for me. I guess they all went outside and Emma locked the door. So they were all stuck out side for an hour. They were all hoping I had my house keys. So we all went in and poor Emma went to her room. I really don't think she meant to lock the door.