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Monday, July 27, 2009

Asthma... and Pediatric Pulmonologist!

Well a few months back Grayson was diagnosed with broncholitis that turned out was a reactive airway issue from his asthma! WE started on a few different meds that he was supposed to wean off from over the past little bit! He has been on oral steroids 3 times... which are absolutely NO fun, and is on now 2 different Nebulizer medication one is a steroid (pulmicort) and the other is a broncho-dialator (albuterol/xopenex). The broncho-dialator was discontinued and was on straight steroid 2 times a day since the beginning of June and the albuterol was on an as needed basis! Well at the beginning of July we went back into the doctor cause he was wet sounding and the cough returned... and before I really started him back on all of his crazy meds ( I don't want to be "that" mom that doses him when he has a common cold) so I took him to the doctor! He ws of course having an asthma reaction so we went on the oral steroid, antibiotics and neb treatments every 4 hrs. I hate to have him on all these meds especially when he doesn't ever get "better" he just levels out! SO when we went for his 1 year check up I asked for a referal to a pediatric pulomonlogist! I didn't know it was SO hard to get into Texas Children's Hospital's Specialty Clinics! I waited a week which I guess isn't all that bad and we now go to see the Pedi Pulmonary dr Dr.F on August 6! I am SO excited cause a co-worker of mine has been taking her son to this dr for 5 years and this doctor she says is just awesome with asthma! I know Grayson has asthma... I had it as a child and still have a VERY VERY minor case of it so I know what it is like! BUT I still don't know if we are on the RIGHT mix of meds and I hope that once we start with her... we can wean him off these meds and onto a more stable medication to prevent the asthma... like I take advaire to prevent daily... I don't know if there is something like that for kids! I just don't want the same issues to come about like at the beginning of the month... being told that your child has fluid on the lungs is just not a happy day! SO I pray that when we see this doctor they can give us some more information... and really help my boy!

Well Grayson is now a real walker... he is walking up a storm! I mean everywhere... yes he still does crawl a lot... BUT I know he will be running soon!

Have a great week!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Turning 1... Done... Party... DONE!!!

Grayson Oliver has gone from this ...



Day ONE.... July 15, 2008 @ 1011pm (give or take a few minutes but this is JUST after Grayson Oliver was born...To this handsome little man...
Grayson at his b-day party with one of his cute new outfits...
Crawling around...
Grayson playing with a few of his friends Ashby and Lilah!
Grayson and Lilah... who wants to get the kids faces... ha ha
Grayson 4th cake... This one was for his b-day party 
Grayson getting his 3rd haircut before pics...
This was his 2nd cake... this was the one that I made for the family... can you tell he REALLY likes cake???
Grayson and one of his favorite teachers... Ms Ashley... we will miss you....!!! (Him celebrating his b-day with cupcakes at school)
Yummy cake!
Meltdown during pics!
My cake Warrior!
Happy Boy!
Cake anyone?
Beach time fun!
Grayson and his Word World Animals!
Big Boy is 1!
Grayson standing without assistance holding the giraffe!
Grayson and the Animal Train!
Another pic...


Well we are done... Grayson turned one and we survived the birthday and the party a few days later with only a few tears shed! I can't believe that he is already one! It seems like just the other day he was so small I was scared that I would break him in 2! Now, my lordy the kid is big! I am NOT complaining He is healthy for the most part for which I am thankful! I love my sweet boy! Well I am "that" mom as I have stated before! I want to make sure that Grayson has EVERYTHING that he could EVER need or want within reason and I am a firm believer of go BIG or GO HOME! With that Grayson went to school on his birthday just so that he could celebrate with his friends, so I took cupcakes for him and the teachers to enjoy... so that was cake #1 for his 1st birthday! That night we went out as a family and had Pappasitos for dinner, and I made a cake for the family to eat (so cake #2) which he REALLY enjoyed! On Thursday I took him for his 1 year pictures, and he had yet ANOTHER cake (#3 cake) and the pictures turned out GREAT! Then we had a small party of Family and Friends on Saturday and had his barn yard cupcake cake (#4 cake). Wal-mart was where I got all the cakes except the ONE that I made and every single on was SO fresh and enjoyable! They didn't have a small cake ready when I needed one for his pictures (me being the bad mommy forgot to order one in advance) and they quickly made a special cake for Grayson that was SO bright and looked GREAT in the pictures! THEN I wanted to the last minute even though I had ALREADY been to wal-mart like 10 times for other things in the week, I waited till late on Friday to order his cake, and of course they were out of the decorations, SO I went ahead and got the cake without decorations and they ended up calling me later in the afternoon and found the little people SO his barn cake was COMPLETE and turned out AWESOME!!!  Well, Grayson is now walking up a storm! Yes his still crawls a lot of places and when he is sleepy he will not walk, but I say in the next few weeks he will be running! He also has been saying Mama... FINALLY!!! I am so tired of hearing Dada... OR Yaya! Then he started to say Dog (more like duh-g), but finally he says Mama! Its about time! But no he still is not talking really! But it will come!
Well we have switched his daycares this week! We are still with the same "daycare" but a different location, and it is the same location that the other two monsters go to SO hopefully my sister and bro-in-law will help mom out a little more with watching Gray for me when I am working! Plus, they are a little more established and I am really excited about how things are going BUT I finally had his other school trained SO I really hope things work out quickly as I really hate to NAG!!!
I know I have mentioned before but Grayson has been diagnosed with asthma... I had it pretty severe as a child and out grew it as an adult or now really have a very MINOR case of it! Well since being diagnosed he has been back and forth on different meds and I just don't know what needs to be done to make him better! Well 2 weeks ago I took him to the pediatrician and he had fluid building up on his lungs! So back to the heavy duty drugs! Well we are now going to go to a specialist (a pediatric pulmonary doctor) and hopefully be put on something a little more stable SO we can hopefully work him off the nebulizer and onto something easier! The doctor we are going to is HIGHLY recommended and I am SO excited to see what they have to say! But we go see that doctor on August 6th... so it is a wait and see!

Well the stats... Grayson is now a toddler at 1 year!
He is 32 inches (75-90%)
weighs 23 lbs (50-75%)
and still has a HUGE head (don't remember the inches but he is still in the 95-99%)
He eats anything and everything in site, plus some
He is still 100 % breast fed only (well breast milk sometimes from a bottle or sippy cup cause of work and daycare)
He is SO happy and I am truly BLESSED!!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

1 Year ago....

This time one year ago I was making lists... as I had been on bed rest for 5 LONG weeks I had convinced Dr M to induce on Wednesday and was given a day of Freedom on July 15th to go run the streets and get the hospital bag ready and everything else! I had started my list of names, I packed different bags and tried to see what was missing, and I think I watched some silly tv! I tossed and turned all night and really only had a few good hours of sleep! I was SO nervous, and had SO much to do to prepare for your arrival and was SO not prepared! Little did I know that YOU wanted to be born on July 15th... a DAY early!
So as you suprise me daily at what you are doing and how you are changing I remember poking my belly half the night to feel you move from one side to the other, some thing I still love to do... I love to give you love pokes!
So tomorrow you will be 1 Year old! You have changed So much from my little man
You were born on July 15th at 1011pm, 6 lb 6.6 oz, 19 1/2 in long and a head FULL of hair. Now a year later you are 23 lb, 31 in, and already on your 3rd hair cut! As opposed to when you were born and just laying there you have mastered most milestones, you rolled over, you smile, you babble, you crawl, and now.... you walk! 
I was SO suprised yesterday when I got home from work to pick Grayson up from my mom I opened the door to the little man walking up to me! I mean over the weekend we worked SO hard to walk and you would take a step here and there, but now you will take numerous! You still would rather crawl everywhere, I think it makes you nervous, but I don't think it will take too long and you will be running!
Well tomorrow we be going for our one year appointment with the pediatrician to get his official numbers, and I will take new pics (have to find the camera), and I will post his one year pics that we take on thursday!
SO much is going on, how I miss my baby but this toddler that you are turning into is aweful cute to!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

The terrible 1's have started!!!




Well over the past few weeks as Grayson has become more mobile he has also heard the word "no" a LOT cause he is into EVERYTHING!!! Well now when he hears the word no he has a complete melt down temper tantrum! It is so horrible! I feel like such a bad mommy! He now has perfected his temper tantrum to fall face forward to the ground and kick and scream and cry! DO you see the problem for when I want to go out with him in public! Yes he does do this also out in public! I know people stare at me and wonder what is going on... but what am I to do? Well, I thought that it was terrible 2's not 1's... I don't think that Grayson got this memo! If this has anything to show what is to come I can definately thank my mother for all her I hope and pray you get a child just as emotional as you and as bad as you were growing up, cause Grayson does take after his mother! He wears his heart on his sleeve and that is not always a good thing! So as I try to make plans for his 1st birthday and still pick up some extra hours at work and not go crazy! I will leave it at that!
My child has figured out what a temper tantrum is and it is SO not cool! But sometimes when it happens I can't help but laugh cause he is so darn CUTE when he is throwing his hissy fit!