Halloweekend! Trick-or-treating!

Dinner with friends, then hittin' the street 'til he was beat!

Halloweekend! Saturday in the park!

Great costume, neighborhood parade around and into the park.

Stats from the 3 year check up

37.5 inches tall, 32.6 lbs.

Great report, pediatrician said the sleep/won't stay in bed thing will pass (one day) and the nurse gave him 2 shots - one was a catch up shot due to a shortage when he was a baby and one was a new recommended shot from the CDC. He was less than thrilled with that part of the exam :)

Happy Birthday

Happy 3rd Birthday Thomas! What a wonderful little person you are!

Feeling Better

A few doses of antibiotics and we have a different kid! Thomas is feeling much better - he had a great day at school yesterday and went to the Farmer's Market with Christina today. He is sleeping much better at night (picture my happy dance here) and generally seems on the road to recovery. Whew.

Ears

One of Thomas' tubes is coming out early - the ENT said about 6 months too early. But, what are you going to do? Wait and see. If he gets 2 ear infections then we will need to have it put back in. Because the tube is closed he has to take antibiotics instead of the drops. YUCK.

He's had a cold for several weeks now - coming and going. But, we got a clear ear check last week at the ENT.

Yesterday his eyes were red. This morning they weren't better. So, off to the pediatrician. Yep - bacterial pinkeye from the cold and.....wait for it.......an ear infection in the ear where the tube is coming out. So, 10 days of antibiotics. The medicine is a little like bubble gum flavored chalk. Thomas had to be physically held down to get the first dose in him tonight. Chocolate ice cream helped convince him the second dose might be easier to take :)

I really wanted fall and winter to get here, but now I'm not so sure!

Wishful thinking

Bed time was a dream.

Then...he got up at 9:45pm, 9:50pm, 12:45am, 5:40am, 6:00am.

Babies sleep better than this. I used to.

Right now he's playing the xylophone.

I guess he's got the music in him!

Quiet Time

Bed time became a war zone this week. So for now, no more nap. Instead, one hour of quiet time in his bed with lots of books. Today he wanted his sound machine on too. Whatever :)

Today is the 3rd day of this. Last night was the first time in weeks that he didn't get out of bed at bedtime. Of course, he then proceeded to get up 4 times in the middle of the night.

Sigh.

Maybe tonight will be better!

Busy!

We've had a fun weekend enjoying this beautiful weather! Thomas has enjoyed getting lots of attention and had a great Friday with Christina. He is giving us a bit of a hard time about bed, but only because he is hopeful that the rules don't still apply. He's slowly figuring out that we miss him during the day, but bedtime means bedtime regardless.

Now, if I could convince him that the weekends mean sleep late, then we'd be set :) On Saturday, Tom set him up to play in his room and we went back to sleep for another hour. Bliss!