Our Family Blog: He's Not a Baby Anymore!

Well, its official, Nicholas is no longer our little baby anymore! Nick turned 1 year old yesterday!! I cannot believe the year went by so fast. It seems like we were in the hospital with our little newborn just yesterday. Things have been quite busy around here. Nicholas actually landed himself in the hospital again on November 30th. Of course, in my last post, I was saying that it was so great he didn’t have to go to the hospital this time. Well, he did the very next day! He had actually given it to John and I this time. Luckily, we got over it in about a day. Poor Nicholas just couldn’t seem to get rid of his stomach virus. So, we had to go to Primary Children’s Hospital for him to get an IV. This time he was not as dehydrated and all of his levels were fine. The doctors were impressed we kept him hydrated for as long we did…GO AL & JOHN!!! Apparently Nick just needed a little IV pick me up. Originally they told us that he would have to stay over night in their Rapid Recovery Unit. But, he fell asleep after his IV was put in. They couldn’t get him to try to drink anything since he was so exhausted, so we got sent home when his IVs were done. We could only give him tiny bits clear fluids for a few days after we got home from the hospital. It was so sad because you could tell he was so hungry and wanted more. He finally got to eat solid foods a few days after we got home. It took him a bit longer to bounce back (I still think he isn’t quite 100% yet) from this illness. From the day we got home to now, I have pretty much held Nicholas on the couch. It was a nice reenactment of my bed rest that I spent on the very same couch exactly one year before. Since Nick wasn’t doing much and I couldn’t put him down, I didn’t get to add anything to the Blog for a while. I will make up for it today! We took so many pics yesterday that I will have to do a few entries of Nicholas’s 1st Birthday celebrations! I put some pics of Nick from the last week or soon this entry. We have been to see Santa many time. Nicholas screams his head off most of the time! I will get one really good pic of Nick and Santa this year! Enjoy:0)