Still a Sicky

So Jaydan's fever never got below 101 by Tuesday - he woke up Monday morning at 103.6 and Tuesday morning at 103.4 so I took him to the doctor. She looked him over and diagnosed him with Roseola. I know, what is that? Apparently it's a common childhood disease with a 103-104 fever which breaks abruptly and is followed by a red, splotchy rash. Ick. So I left the doctor feeling better about what was going on.

Wednesday evening got a little tricky though. He hadn't eaten well all day, nor had he been drinking. So, as a result of that he didn't have enough wet diapers for the day and I was stressed about him getting dehydrated. I called the nurse on call and she told me to take him to Children's after hours at the hospital. Talk about freaking me out. We got him there and he (inevitably) started acting better. Once we got him into the exam room under the flourescent lighting, we noticed some splotchiness on his face. YAY!!

So after all the stressing, it was Roseola after all. This morning he still had a low grade fever but we were told last night not to be too concerned if that happened. After his morning nap his temp was back to normal and now his rash is all over his belly, neck and face. He looks sick now but everything is going to be fine!!

Sicky

Poor baby... Jaydan is sick for the first time! I actually didn't feel well this morning so I decided to stay home from church. Jaydan acted fine except that he wouldn't eat well. But, after he got up from his morning nap he was very flushed and BURNING up. Poor kid had a 102.9 fever!! So I gave him Tylenol... tried to get him to eat some bland food (got some banana in him) and am continuing to push the fluids. I feel so bad!

Accident

Wow... so we were in a car accident yesterday! We're all fine but it was a little scary and totally (obviously) unexpected. My mom, grandma, aunt, Jaydan and I were at Costco and driving back to my mom's house. We were on 85th at the 132nd intersection at a red light when I heard the screeching... I started to turn to look out the back window and then all the sudden the car jolted. Lovely. So a Subaru rear-ended a Mitsubishi that rear-ended a Toyota that rear-ended us. We were quite a spectacle as we blocked a main line on 85th. The police came and dealt with us after moving all 4 cars into the nearest parking lot. We sat for awhile as they did all the paperwork and talked to everyone about what happened - thank goodness for a patient baby! Jaydan was so good. Fortunately, my mom's car seems to have gotten away completely unscathed. Unfortunately, my mom ended up with some lower back pain and I have some major neck and shoulder pain. It's perfect for the migraines that I've just started to get under control. Today I have limited range of motion in my neck - it's fantastic. So I suppose that I'm going to have to file a medical claim and get some massage or something. This totally sucks.

Belated Christmas Pics

Our family enjoying Jaydan's first snow
Jaydan: the baby paper shredder

Santa's little helper

Ready to go out and brave the weather

Our little snow baby!

Christmas was very interesting around here... more snow than anyone can remember... icy roads... Jaydan's FIRST Christmas... Huebner's brave drive to Redmond...

Weight Loss... Ick

So I'm starting a weight loss journey... ick. I'm way behind in my quest to lose weight post baby and post thyroid malfunction. I'm ready to leave the outer mack truck behind and seek out my former self. Saturday morning my mom and I are starting a Weight Watchers-esque program through Curves. We'll be meeting weekly, I think, and weighing in and taking responsibility for the calories we intake. Yikes... I've never taken that responsibility before. It's very scary and I'm totally intimidated by this whole dieting thing. It would help if I could find a way to fit in some good excercise time. My excuses are running dry as my parents do have a treadmill... I just have to figure out the best way to balance that piece of equipment with Jaydan. I prefer to work out in the morning so I only take 1 shower but Jaydan is super busy playing in the mornings... I may need to alter my schedule in order to accommodate him rather than trying to make him work around me.

Wow... I'm a mom. ;)

Happy 2009!

Here we are in a new year... already! I can't believe that Jaydan will turn 1 in just a couple months. It's CRAZY how time flies.

So the holiday season was a mess around here - literally a white, wet, icy, transportation nightmare. We were basically snowed in at my parents for a couple weeks. Karly and Carlos made it in just in time. Once they were here, the airports and the roads were too bad to deal with. Christmas was quiet - we weren't able to get out of my parents' neighborhood to get to Dirk's parents as usual so they ventured here. It was nice to be able to see them on Christmas day. We were able to make it to Federal Way for the annual Boxing Day celebration - it's always a good time. We then spent the night at Dirk's parents and then spent the following Saturday at Doug and Amy's for a belated Christmas celebration. All in all, the holiday went well and we were fortunate enough to spend all the time with family.

New Year's came quickly - snow still on the ground - and we spent the evening with the Malmbergs. Jaydan and Ava happily hugged and kissed all night long and were good to play nicely with one another. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we can keep them good friends... it should be for their benefit, but I think it's more for the parents. ;)

Anyway, we're looking forward to the new year. It's time for a fresh start and we're ready to keep moving forward. Happy 2009 and we wish all of our loved ones the very best!!

Cabo

In November we were fortunate enough to vacation in Cabo. We had a GREAT time! My parents, Karly and Carlos, cousins from Utah - Kathy, Chad and Brittani, and Braedon all came to enjoy the sun.

Jaydan had his first pool experience and he LOVED it. He was very tentative of the water at first, but after a few minutes he was hooked. He stayed mostly at the wall of the pool but sometimes ventured out into the 1' deep to play.

Halloween 2008

Jaydan the dalmation puppy! :) Seriously, he was the cutest dog EVER thanks to aunt Karly and uncle Carlos' shopping expertise.

We didn't do a whole lot since he's so young. Early in the week we went to Remlinger Farms to take these pictures. On Halloween we went to a party at the Malmbergs. It was fun and Jaydan was a trooper with the whole costume thing.

I know I'm super late... yay for baths to start fresh!

So I let all of Fall pass by without any updates. Oh well, I suppose being a mom can excuse me? ;) What has happened since September...?

Jaydan is 10 months old today!! He is growing SO fast and so big - almost 20 pounds now and is about 29" tall. Crazy kid is into EVERYTHING - he walks with push toys, baskets, boxes, whatever he can get a hold of. He can crawl super fast too so it makes it tough to beat him to the things he's not supposed to get into. He is learning to play ball - he sits and "throws" and pushes the ball back and forth. He is also learning to feed himself - I know, he's a little delayed on the self-feeding. ;)

I'll write up some separate posts regarding other things that have happened over the past few months.

Time...

Wow... hopefully no one is paying too close attention to this blog because they would see how little attention I've been paying it lately.

SO much has happened over all this time. Jaydan started scooting at 6 months and officially crawling at 7. During the same week that he began crawling, we began finding him standing in his crib when he awoke each morning. Now he climbs to a stand at the sofa's edge all the time. Crazy kid!

Perhaps the most adorable thing that he does now is give kisses. He started doing that around 6 1/2 months - he opens his mouth and leans in to give you a slobbery smooch. Everyone who has been able to experience it loves it!

Regarding us: Dirk is planning on having some surgery after our trip to Mexico in November. We're hoping that his recovery will be quick and as painless as can be. From what we understand, he'll be laid up for nearly 3 weeks. I know that he's not looking forward to the experience, but we both know that it's for the best in the long run. He'll definitely be happier once he isn't in so much pain.

Other than Dirk's impending surgery, our first family vacation to Mexico and Jaydan's progress, nothing really new and exciting with us! We go through our day to day and week to week just like everyone else. We're happy and that's really the most important thing.