Rough couple of weeks!

It was a difficult weekend for Barrett! He had to say Goodbye to his Oma (Graham's Mother). She moved to Arkansas to be with his Dad. They would see each other as much as they could; and after him being gone for a month, they made the decision to move. I guess being married for 32 years it's really hard to only see each other on the weekends. Luckily they will be coming back once a month, and in April we are all going up there to visit. That will be fun driving with a 6 month old for 8 hours! ;) We are all going to miss them very much!

Barrett went to the doctor a few weeks ago for his 4 month old check up. A few days before he went he started getting a cough and acted like he was getting a cold. The day I picked him up to go to the doctor I heard him cough and it sounded like he was a seal. I thought, "well at least he's going to the doctor today." Once we got to Diane's office, she listened to him and said it sounded like he was beginning to get stridor and gave us some steroids for it. Then he weighed in at 16 lbs and 26 inches long. He lost a pound due to not wanting to eat much. Graham and I stayed at home for the rest of the week rotating days off. Then he got an ear infection while recovering from the stridor. He was so pitiful and in so much pain. Along with the ear infection came diarrhea diapers and getting very dehydrated because he couldn't keep anything down. We were slowly giving him pedialyte to try and hydrate him. Finally he started getting back to normal after a few days!
Barrett has found his feet! For about a week now all he wants to do is put his feet in his mouth. It is the cutest thing in the world watching him get his feet! He is growing up too fast.....he is such a sweet and happy baby!!!

Cereal Today

Today Barrett tried cereal for the first time....he actually did very well for his first time.  It was so cute...You had to hold his hands down or they were in his mouth!  Just wanted to give a brief update!  He has a busy weekend...he has one of his bestfriends first birthday party to go to on Sat, he has lots of people to see Sat night, eating dinner at Oma and Opa's house on Sunday, and then he goes to the doctor for his 4 month check up on Monday.  Will post all of that next week!