March is Here

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OK, so March has been here for a while, but we finally have a baby that's healthy enough to give me time to post to the blog. Pink eye was just the beginning of Jake's problems. Just when we thought we had that under control, he came down with the touch of a flu. Only his touch lasted over a week! He started with nausea and eventually ended with diarrhea. We even got to spend a few hours at St. Mary's hospital Monday night so Jake could get re-hydrated. A week of juggling who could stay home with him followed. Luckily, Pete and Teri got back from their vacation and were able to help out a few days. Meme was all tied up with getting Alison to and from school, so she wasn't able to come down to watch him, even though she really wished she could.

Thursday night, Jake was refusing his bottle, so I decided he was going to go back on solids (which he hadn't had since Thursday the previous week). I had to force him a little bit, but once he forgot that he didn't want them, he sure did gobble them up! Friday was a big turnaround day, and as of yesterday he was back to his old self. It was hard seeing him so sick for so long, but hopefully he won't have to get sick again for quite a while. Now we just have to wait as he gets rid of his double-ear infection which returned (or never left). Luckily, that doesn't seem to be bothering him too much.

With his new-found energy, Jake has realized that he can pull himself up on furniture. He would only get to his knees for a few days, but quickly moved to a full standing position in no time. He's also very good at holding onto something to keep standing. Still no crawling though, as he prefers to drag himself around.

With the return of spring-like weather, Michele and I took Jake for a walk yesterday. It was a bit windy, but we converted the sun shade to a wind deflector, and he loved it! It was good to get out in the fresh air.

Last night, after his dinner, Michele finally agreed that Jake's hair was way too long over his ears and she decided to do something about it. She took a few snips off of each side, and while it looks better, she pretty much solidified that she will NOT be giving him his first official haircut. We'll leave that one up to the pros.

This afternoon we're meeting the rest of the Anderson family at Champps to celebrate Meme's birthday. I'm guessing they'll probably have photos up of that later (if they remember their camera).

Great weekend... not such a great week

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Last Saturday, we headed to Hastings to visit with some friends. Ericka's parents own a "cottage" on Podunk Lake. So, Ericka and Adam brought Haven (9 months old); Jessi and Harlan brought Isabelle (5 months old); Melissa and Steve brought Jack (4 months old); we brought Jake (11 months old); Jen and Bret braved a house-full of infants and came along as well. We had a great time watching the kids all interact. Jake and Haven would have been almost the same age if Jake hadn't rushed out into the world. It should be interesting once all of them can get around as well as Jake, or even better, as well as Haven who is a crawling machine!

On Sunday, we stopped through East Lansing to go to church at St. John's where we used to go on campus. It was still pretty contemporary, but not as liberal as before, so I enjoyed it more. Then, we headed to Grand Blanc where Michele rode with Mom, Kelly, Alison, and Melissa to Jenny's wedding shower. I heard the shower was a lot of fun.

After we thought Jake had a pretty good day on Monday, I got called from work to pick him up on Tuesday. He had some sort of "eye problem", so I picked him up and took him right to the doctor. We found out that he had a contagious eye infection that had also spread very rapidly to BOTH his ears. On top of his respiratory medicine, he is now on antibiotics for his ears and is getting eye drops to help clear up the eye infection. Luckily, the drops have stopped the drainage from his eyes, so it looks like he'll be able to go back to day care tomorrow. Luckily, none of the other babies have gotten sick from the weekend.

Even with his left eye almost swollen shut, Jake still managed to have fun hanging out with Dad today. He took a bit longer naps than usual, but was still a very happy baby for most of the day.

Another Month Down

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Jake turned 11 months old today! It's big news for us because it means there's less than 30 days left until he's no longer 0 years old. It's big news for him because he won't be subjected to monthly photo shoots after one more time.

While he struggled a bit to get the hang of his little rocking chair in his 10 month photos, he had no trouble rocking the glider back and forth during this shoot. In order to get the frame in the picture, the chair had to bump the table that the frame sat on. It didn't take long for him to figure out that he was moving that table as well, and then he REALLY went to town.

Fun Winter Weekend

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We had a very nice, mostly relaxing weekend. We had dinner with the Pruss family on Friday night. Then, Michele ended up sticking around the house on Saturday, instead of going to meet up with a girlfriend, allowing us to take Jake to the water park at the rec center. Then, after Church, today, we headed up to GnGT to play in the snow and on the ice.

MPnA stopped by again for a short visit. Unfortunately, Alison has not been behaving very well at school and as a punishment, she was not allowed to play outside today. I hope she learned her lesson. DLCnM also came up this time as well.

Everyone but Lynette and Maiya got to have fun outside this time. Colin and Jake both got sled rides. Pete and Teri got to play with their grandkids outside. Michele actually skated and played around with her girlie hockey stick. And, Dan and I played some hockey with the neighbors. There was A LOT more traffic on the ice this time!

Michele has next week off of school for mid-winter break. She's got quite a few plans, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot more pictures to view next weekend. She could prove me wrong, however.

We're looking at a pretty busy weekend coming up, so I'm glad we got to relax a bit this weekend.

Happy V-Day

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I hope everyone that got hit with snow is dealing with it well. Michele had a snow day today, and after getting stuck trying to pull out onto Middlebelt, I opted to work from home. Jake got to stay home, which meant quality time with Mommy, but it also meant that he missed his Valentine party at daycare. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what happened!

There are quite a few pictures to look through this time. In some you'll see our babyproofing, and others you'll just get to see how cute Jake is!

Also, here are some photos from MPnA.

In geekier news, there is a new feature on Google that is pretty cool that you might want to try out. If you go to Google Local and search for a business, you can now call that business. When I first saw it, I assumed you'd talk through the computer like on many instant messenger clients. It is WAY cooler than that though. When you click on a phone number for a business you need to call, it will ask for your phone number. You type in your phone number, and they call you immediately. Once you answer, they then dial the business. There's no long distance fees since it's an inbound call. I think they are just testing this feature, but it works great any time I've needed to use it. You can read more about the feature here.