Ok, so the time has come, our baby has made it through his first year - Yeah!
I am sad and happy at the same time. I remember this time last year - my plan was to clean house and rest all weekend - he had other plans. When he decided to greet us on October 31st, 2008 at 11:07 PM we had no idea what was in store.
Between the bed rest due to toxemia and his little stomach troubles - who knew it would be the start of an interesting year.
After myself and he got over that first hump (settled with formula and discovered he had acid reflux) we started daycare and the rest of our bouts with sickness. Oh, and the first week of daycare was when Adam and my dad went out of town for the snow storm - remember - we stayed with momma for two and half weeks. Oh, and there was a wedding and my sister (his godmother) and uncle moved to California.
So, our first one was Croup - scary. Then eczema (which I thought was poison ivy). Then the plague (stomach virus). Scary day, he took a 3 hr nap (i knew something was not right, he never slept that much) and then vomited all over me - I did what any normal parent would do - I call my mommy and husband and said whoever can get here faster will come with us to the doc - mom made it, we went and were admitted to the hospital (first trip). Oh, and this was the week after Madden's first trip to New Orleans for his cousins wedding.
So Madden only spent one night and when we got home it hit the rest of us...I wont go into details but this thing knocked out about 7 adults!
Then we run into sinus problems and are at the doc office at least 2-4 times a month for that; along with ear infections. But, almost exactly a month later he started wheezing and was put on breathing treatments - after a visit at Adam's grandmothers and a trip to the mall (in which I got vomited all over - oh, the joys of motherhood - he started sounding worse and we ended up at the emergency room. This was the second trip and we were there a week for wheezing. Oh, he knocked out my mom so she was no help and Adam was not there because it decided to rain all week and he was on call - what a way to test a mom. But with the help of family we got through it!
so some more sinus and ear infections - which lasted into the summer and led to getting tubes.
I am sure there is more but just cant remember. We also took our first family vacation - a 16hr drive to DISNEY and had a blast. until, we came home and adam and I got a parasite infection (knocked my mom again-sorry.) thank goodness nat and kyle were home by then and could help!
Then came another stomach virus for Madden (lasted about 7days)Into fall we have more sinus, allergies and wheezing - of course. Thank goodness the sounds of the breathing machine is soothing, ahh.
Well guys, we made it. Madden turned one and was not sick for his birthday party (i was fearing knowing our background) He had so much fun it was ridiculous!
Thanks to everyone who got to share this year with us - it was truly wonderful!
