No one has asked us yet, “how old is
he?' I'm waiting for it and know it'll be so weird to say “1”.
His birthday party was perfect. Brady was in a great mood, napped
when we needed him to so it stayed that way :), smashed his cake, and
played with the other babies. It was HOT, but we did a good job
keeping cool with the fans, tent, water, and kiddie pool. We are so
thankful to have had our family and local friends there to celebrate.
It's truly a celebration for Brady and us. As a family, we have come
so far in a year. Really longer than that counting the time I was
pregnant and we were preparing for him. It was bittersweet to say so
long to having a 'baby' and bring on the toddler! I still call him my
baby of course and told him I won't ever give that up! :)
He's finally getting over a tummy virus
that he picked up at the party. He and two other kids ended up with
diarrhea the next week :/ Brady was the only one that had vomiting as
well. He never got a fever thank God, but his appetite was LOW to non
existent. My skinny little boy doesn't need to lose an ounce, so it
really broke my heart. He doesn't like pedialyte and now we are set
WAY back on weaning from bottles and formula. After a few days, I
could tell he was just sick of being sick. I always got like that as
a kid, which my Mom reminded me of and which I do remember somewhat.
He got really fussy after the 3rd and 4th day
of being sick. I swear I saw him thinking, “Really Mom? When is
this gonna go away?!” I realize this is the first time he's
really been sick and for that I'm grateful!!
It was fabulous to have my family in
town again. My Mom, sister, and brother-in-law hadn't been here since
Brady was born and my Dad's visit was last November. I've been back
to St. Louis since then, but it's different to have them here in our
home with Brady in his environment. Brady is a great traveler, but he
does get a little off his normal schedule. We went shopping, out to
eat, and got everything ready for Brady's party. We definitely
couldn't have had such a fun, smoothly running party without them. My
Dad stayed for the whole week. He, Eric, Brady, and I went to the
Houston Space Center and Grandpa watched Brady Thursday night for an
hour so we could go get ice cream for a mini date night. I'm looking
at plane tickets so Brady and I can hopefully make a trip to STL in
September ish.
On Brady's actual birthday, he was
still sick and it was a rainy day so we took it easy. We woke him up
singing happy birthday, went for a walk, grocery shopped, and watched
movies while we played. It was pretty perfect (minus him not feeling
himself) since we had already had his party. Eric and I are now on a
serious detox until my birthday! 23 days to go!! :)
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