As you can see, Wyatt is feeling better. His fever broke on Wednesday, so the doctor didn't do anymore tests. We are just making sure the fever doesn't come back and nothing else unusual happens. Besides a little cough, he seems to be doing pretty good. In this picture he is laughing at Riley. He smiles whenever he catches sight of either of the dogs. He especially loves it when Riley sneezes or licks his hand. 
Today he is having a smiley day, but I am still unable to get a really good picture of one. Whenever he sees the camera he just becomes mesmorized. I think it is because my camera is encased in shiny metal and has a short little flash before it takes the picture, so by the time it actually takes he has stopped smiling and I just get a big wide eyed stare.
We go back to the doctor next week for his immunizations. Hopefully that will be the last we see of her for a while. I haven't written much about Noah lately. Here he is about to turn in for the night. This picture makes me feel cozy. Noah will be 3 in a couple of weeks. We are attempting potty training, and failing so far. It is harder work for the parents than the toddler. We just need to buckle down and commit.
What a crazy day we have had! Today was supposed to be Wyatt's 4 month check-up. He woke up this morning with a little fever, no other symptoms, so I gave him some Tylenol and just figured he had a little cold and it was a good thing we were already planning on going to the doctor. When we got to the doctor's office his fever was 103! This is super high for such a tiny baby so the doctor started running tests on him. The first thing she found was some fluid in his ears- not a full blown infection and too minor to warrant the high fever. When the RSV and Flu cultures came out negative we decided the next step should be to do a blood and urine test to test for bacterial infections, which is most often what babies Wyatt's age have when the fever is so high. They had to catheterize him, which was miserable for all of us. His bladder was empty to they couldn't get a sample. They gave him a shot similiar to penicillin (in both legs!) to cure any possible ear infections and it will also help fight most viruses. We were at the doctor's office for three hours. Wyatt was tired and feeling bad before the visit and by the end of it he was just rung- so was I. Nursing him was the only thing that calmed him. Two hours into it all, a lady Greg works with had to come rescue Noah and take him to Greg's office because Greg couldn't get away. Noah had a tramatic, no nap day too. We got back the blood test results around 8 this evening and everything looks good. There is no bacterial infection in the blood and his white blood cells seem to be strong and fighting whatever it is he has. For now we are monitoring his fever, giving him Tylenol and I am nursing him as much as possible. So far, all he really wants to do is sleep. I don't blame him after the rough day he has had. Tomorrow we go back. If the fever has broke and he is eating fine then it was probably some crazy virus that his body and the shot are fighting. If he still has a fever then we have to try to get a urine sample again and run more tests. I'm sure he will be fine- it is most likely he has a Flu strain that the test they did wasn't able to catch- that happens about 5% of the time. But I know I won't get much sleep tonight worrying about him and checking on him. Otherwise he is a healthy boy. He weighed in at 14lbs 14oz and 25 inches long. My friend Christie had her little boy 5 days before Wyatt and they also had his 4 month check today. He is the exact same weight and length as Wyatt. Isn't that crazy? I will keep everyone posted on how all this pans out.
I just had to post more to brag about Wyatt and show these pictures. Wyatt loves taking baths with dad. In the bath he kicks his legs nostop. Maybe he will be a swimmer. Now that he is past the 3 month mark (actually, he is 4 months today), his development has really taken off. He is much more interested in us now. He squeals and laughs and 'talks' all the time. He is grabbing everything he can get his hands on. As of New's Year Eve day he is rolling over. He has been able to roll from his tummy to his back since he was three weeks old, but now he can roll from his back to his tummy. He only wants to stand and sit up these days. Neither of which he can do on his own yet. I remember these days with Noah and how it seemed to take forever before he could sit and play on his own. In reality it is only a couple of months, so I am trying to enjoy this stage and accept that the laundry will just have to wait.
Here is Wyatt's first time to eat! I mixed a little breast milk with rice cereal and he LOVED it. After about two bites he had it figured out. He was opening his mouth in anticipation and sucking off every drop. Since then I have fed him something every evening. In addition to the cereal he has had pears, apples and carrots. So far I have been unable to satiate him. It seems like he could eat forever. He gets soooo mad when I stop feeding him. He has a doc appt on Tuesday and I am going to ask her how much solid food I should be giving him. He hasn't had any problems with digestion, but it hasn't really helped him sleep like so many books say it will. I guess he is just a hungry, growing guy.
Can you believe these are the ONLY pictures I have from Christmas?! Hopefully Dori got some good ones and I took video. Despite all of us being dreadfully ill, Christmas was awesome. Here Meme is reading 'The Night Before Christmas' to Noah on Christmas Eve. I think this picture caught him in mid-sniff. Noah loves every gift. He plays with them all- even The Family Guy 'action figure' Meme got him! (It's a dad with a little boy in a carrier on his back- Noah says it is dad with baby Noah) He got tons of cars from Santa and the family. He got so many presents that he requested a nap before he could even finish unwrapping them all. Noah, Dacy and Wyatt all had to take a break before a second round of gift unwrapping. 
Wyatt really likes his toys, but he LOVED the tissue paper they all came in. He laid there for quit a while wallowing in the paper. This shot shows his little punk mohawk really well.The day after Christmas we went to Geoff and Dene's for Christmas #2. We met new baby Avery for the first time. Noah and Mckenna play really well together. Mama G and Papa G spoiled us all. The rest of the week was devoted to recovering from Christmas and getting healthy again. Noah had a serious ear infection in both ears and pink eye!We hope every one had a Merry Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year!
We are back from our ski trip! We spent 6 days in Steamboat Springs, CO. We had a blast. We went with Greg's parents. Mama G stayed in the condo with the boys and cooked for us. She made the whole trip possible. Papa G, Greg and I spent our days on the slopes. Greg and I were so excited to get back on our snowboards after 3 years. Papa G is a smokin' skier. Steamboat is a huge mountain with numerous lifts and more runs than we could do in 4 days. The snow was perfect- a more than four foot base and great powder from an earlier snow storm. 
As you can see, Noah LOVED the snow. He built a snowman (obviously made by Texans that didn't know what they were doing), made snow angels, threw snow at his parents, went sledding (down some pretty big hills), rode the Gondola, rode on the snowboard with dad and drank several gallons of Mama G's homemade hot chocolate.
Greg and are now recovering from our first vacation with kids. It was a lot of work, but totally worth it to see how much fun Noah had and to get to do one of our most favorite sports. We can't wait to get Noah into ski school in the next couple of years. There are not many pictures of Wyatt on this trip because he HATED the cold weather and snow. We walked into the ski town the first night for dinner and he was miserable. So he stayed in the condo the whole trip with just a few little 'outings' onto the balcony. That was enough CO for him. Don't worry- he enjoyed all the attention he got from his grandparents.
