Cute Dancin' From Ladybug

Dancing with her baby, boppin' her head to the music.....

Hats for Peanut

Ladybug doing some dancing

The first video is the one I mentioned on our other blog....however I have to say she's not dancing to the movie Cricket On The Hearth like I thought - she's watching The Backyardigans on Nick Jr.  She was having a good time.  In the second one Cricket On The Hearth is playing.....

Fun Toy For Peanut

Peanut - On The Mend

On December 27th Peanut ended up in the Emergency Room, and was later admitted into the hospital, due to a pretty heavy duty allergic reaction and high fever.  It's a REALLY long story.  He was almost unrecognizable, at the worst stage of the reaction, due to his eyes being swelled shut, his ears being bright red and completely swollen, the rest of his body being very swollen and covered with large crazy shaped, bright red blotches - all over his head, arms, legs, belly, back, neck.....his feet were so swollen he could not wear his shoes for about 5 days.  In addition to all the blood and urine labs, they also did a spinal tap in the ER to rule out meningitis.  Hubby and I were absolutely horrified seeing him like this, and it was so scary not knowing what was happening to him.

He was released from the hospital late morning the next day, and continued to get better with each day.  The swelling is gone, the rash and fever are gone.  He had gained approx. two pounds due to all the swelling, and our pediatrician told me to keep an eye on his weight, that it should decrease rather quickly once the reaction / rash was completely over.  He lost exactly two pounds in 24 hours - which is wonderful.  Had the swelling not gone away soon his kidney function would have needed to be tested next.  We are SOOOOOO thankful he seems to be back to normal.  Thank God.

This video was taken at home one day after he was released from the hospital.  He looks SO MUCH better in the video than he looked in the hospital.  At his worst he truly looked like a different baby.  Very scary.

Peanut walking

While we were at my parents' house today, Peanut was having so much fun practicing his walking.  He's getting a little more brave these days. 

This video is so funny - he gets really excited & happy and just SCREAMS when he's walking back to me!  We were laughing so hard.

Moving Forward

So, Peanut has finally started to move forward when he's on his tummy.....sort of crawling - a huge milestone for him.  Sometimes when he does it he uses his arms more than anything, but when he's on the carpet it seems like he pushes a lot more with his feet too, and gets his little bum up in the air more, like he's trying to get on his knees.  This video was taken about 3 minutes before I put him down for his nap, and he wanted me to pick him up.  It's so good to see him get around like this.  Yay for Peanut!

Peanut / 12 mos old

He was being silly and yelling, and then I would jump like it scared me....he kept laughing!

I must destroy the SNOW PEOPLE!  

Ladybug sings Christmas songs

Well, Ladybug wouldn't sing these songs at school or at the Christmas program, but she sings them all the time at home.  I had to get it on video! 

Up On Top

Sometimes hubby and I put little toys on top of Peanut's head just to be silly.  He smiles and shakes his head so it'll fall off.  So lately we've noticed he seems to be trying to put things on his head.  Before I grabbed the camera to record him today he had a ball, and he tried so many times to get it to stay on his head!