Poor Micah

Well, as it turns out, Micah had a rough night last night after the giggling episodes. I went to get him up at 2:00 AM since he was crying and he was burning up. I took his temp and it was 102.5 - poor baby! I gave him some Tylenol right away and brought him down to our room. He was totally exhausted and at least seemed comforted to be cuddled on Mommy's chest. After getting him into some lighter clothes, I laid him down in our bed between us and we rubbed his back until he fell asleep. This was actually the first time he's been in bed with us! He was so out of it that he didn't even know where he was anyway. He slept soundly after that until about 9:00 this morning. He was burning up again when he got up (103.5 this time) but as soon as we got some Motrin in him, he was doing a lot better. As long as we kept him playing with doors (his latest obsession) and on the stairs while he was awake, he did pretty well. You could tell, though, that he was just really having a tough day. It's so hard to see your baby feeling so miserable! We're praying that after a good night's sleep (we hope) tonight that he'll be doing much better tomorrow.

Nighttime giggling

We are at my parents' house for Christmas right now and are really enjoying the family time with my siblings and Micah's cousin, Kate. Micah has been having a tough time adjusting to sleeping here, and our guess is because he's in a Pack N Play instead of a crib. It's been a long time since he's slept anywhere but his crib, so we figure that maybe it's just taking him a few days to get used to it. He had a very difficult, crabby day today. We think it's teething pain that's giving him grief since his two top molars are still breaking through the gums little by little. Normally we keep him on Tylenol for the pain, but tonight we decided we'd try the Infant Motrin since we'd heard it was a little stronger.

So we got him all ready for bed and gave him the Motrin, then put him down. He went down after fussing a few minutes (which was a great improvement over the last few nights) so we were thrilled with that. It's about 11:30 PM right now, and at about 11:00 we heard Micah talking over the monitor. Shortly after the talking started, we were hearing giggles out of his room! We have never heard this happen before. He kept giggling for at least 10 minutes upstairs, and we still have no idea why. Finally I got slightly worried that maybe he was reacting to the Motrin, or that he maybe had a high fever and was hallucinating or something! Steve and I decided to go up and check on him to make sure everything was okay.

Steve first stuck his head in the room and Micah was lying down in the Pack N Play, still giggling. He hadn't gotten into anything, and nothing looked strange, so we were assured that he was okay. He finally noticed that Steve was in the room and stood up in the crib, so we both went to him. He smiled and acted normal, though his nose sounded a bit stuffy. He didn't feel warm, so at least we could stop worrying about a fever! We said goodnight to him and left the room, and that was that. It's all been so weird...we still don't know why it happened! But it sure was funny to hear him giggling away over the monitor for no reason at all. :) Silly boy!

Micah is really walking!

He's been taking a few steps here and there for the last couple weeks, but just yesterday he started really walking around the house! It has been so exciting to see him take so many steps in a row and for him to grow in his confidence at this new task. He still prefers to crawl or push around his car toy to move around the house, but if he's already standing up and you call him to come to you, he'll usually do it! Here's a video from today:


What a joy to watch our little boy grow and accomplish new things!

16 week OB visit

I had my 16 week appointment today! All is well with the baby (my Dr. said I was textbook!) and with me. I think I'm definitely feeling the energy burst of the second trimester. I don't feel so tired all the time and don't need to nap during Micah's nap anymore. :) This baby continues to create challenges for the poor nurses who try to find his or her heartbeat! Just like last time, the nurse tried for over 5 minutes to find it, but never did. She said she heard a ton of movement, but had no luck. So once again they squeezed me in for a quick ultrasound. Woo hoo! She said the baby was in a crazy position in there (butt facing outward, and legs all the way stretched over the head), so she said she wasn't surprised the nurse had a hard time. I asked if this was likely to continue, and she said it was just a fluke...that as the baby and my uterus continue to grow that it will change. Our next visit is the BIG ULTRASOUND anyway! January 10th will be the big day when we hopefully find out if it's a boy or a girl. :) Can't wait!

Here is my 16 week belly shot:
And here's one of Micah because he's just so cute (he's 14 months old today!!!):
I'm also posting a link to our Thanksgiving pictures in Denver over on the right side of the blog.

Growth Spurt?

I think Micah must have had a growth spurt recently. All of a sudden his 18 month clothes are too small! More specifically, it's the onesies. It looks like he's wearing 3/4 length sleeve shirts! And they are pulled pretty tight to snap them at the crotch. I suppose it's been happening over a period of time (he's been in 18 month size since mid summer), but it really seems to me like it just now happened out of nowhere! So I've been shopping for 24 month onesies and pants lately. Wouldn't you know, they're hard to find?! I think it's because many of the winter clothes are on clearance now, so they're picked over. I know I could look at 2T size too, but I think his body type is more of a 24 month (bigger in the middle and not as tall). He does still fit many of his 18 month pants, but most of the shirts and onesies are being rotated out. I can't believe how big he's getting! His next doctor checkup is in a month, so I guess I'll have to wait until then to see what he weighs and measures. That seems like forever!