Sorry!

Well, I certainly lost motivation to keep things updated her after poor little Max was sick! We ended up in the hospital for 2 days and nights on the pediatric floor. He had Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which caused bronchiolitis and a very poor oxygen level. It was very hard to be away from Danik and to see our little baby on oxygen (plus getting blood drawn, swabs done, etc.) but luckily Max overcame the virus pretty quickly and easily put back on the weight he had lost. Both boys are healthy now and growing like crazy!

Danik went a week without napping and is now back to having a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon. By the end of the week this is what I was dealing with by dinnertime:

If I tried to put him down for a nap he would just jump out of his crib and scream at me while running down the hallway. He's back to going down no problem now!

Maxime's personality is really starting to come through now. He laughs at Danik and the dogs and really likes to talk to us now. He is staying up for longer stretches throughout the day and really just goes with the flow around here. He is consistently sleeping a 6 hour or more stretch now at night. It's nice to have a baby that sleeps!

Danik has taken to helping me in the kitchen when I'm making lunch or dinner. I have a kid-safe knife for him that is similar to a pumpkin carving knife. He loves to stir and mash and gets really excited to help me.

I've created a few cakes as well in the past weeks. The first one was my birthday cake and the second was just a fun cake that I made for my portfolio.

I promise to update this blog more frequently and to keep the pictures current!

Tanya.

Sick week

Oh the joys of winter and the illness it brings! Danik is feeling much better and is almost finished with his antibiotics for his ear infection. Maxime woke us up in the wee hours on Sunday night with croup. Off to the emergency room we went for 6 hours! I had to wait until he was cleared by the pediatrician as the doctor and nurses had never seen croup in such a young baby before. His croup has cleared but he's still not feeling 100%. Hopefully it all passes quickly and we can have our happy family back for at least a couple weeks before the next wave of illness hits!

Danik has decided that he no longer wants to sleep in his crib. He jumped out of his crib when I put him down for a nap yesterday. He screamed angrily at me for putting him to bed from the top of the stairs and then quietly came downstairs and went and sat with his trains. He looked up at me and smiled saying "no nap momma" and then happily played all afternoon. Of course he passed out on the couch at 7:30 before his bath because he was exhausted. Then he was up at 2am and would not go back to sleep in his crib. He's currently sleeping on the couch at 8:30 in the morning after a very awake night. Needless to say, Al and I will be going "big-boy" bed shopping tomorrow!

We finally had some sticky snow this week so Danik and I ventured outside to build a snowman. Danik named the snowman "snow" and had so much fun playing outside.

Danik also had fun eating the snow and helping me shovel.

He has his second ice-skating lesson tomorrow. Let's hope that a healthier boy equals a happier time on the ice! Fingers crossed that he enjoys it this time and lasts longer than 15 minutes!

Tanya.