Where's Wyatt?

This is Wyatt in his walker. He loves his walker. He can make this thing go fast! However, it has started a new game in our house called "Where's Wyatt?" He disappears before your very eyes! You go to the kitchen to get a glass of water, by the time you've taken a swallow, he's GONE!


This is the view we normally see of him... walking away from us (unless I'm offering food--then he's coming at me quick!). You call him and he'll look over his shoulder so innocently...
Then he takes off! His favorite place is down the hall--specifically the laundry room. There are fascinating things in the laundry room! There is the washer, the doggy door, and most interesting (and apparently yummy) is the dog food! Where there is dog food, there are dogs! He LOVES the dogs!!
If he's not discovering the laundry room or chasing the dogs, then he's in the kitchen. The kitchen is a smorgasbord of big fun! He likes to play with the chimes hanging off of the cabinet handle (actually there just for little people). Or maybe help with the dishes...


But his absolute FAVORITE thing is pulling down and playing with dish towels! He grabs them and then takes off! He swings them about so victoriously. He will run to ggpa to show them off. If I try to grab it so I can use it, he runs away--swinging it in the air as he goes. If he's upset or bored or irritated that it's taking too long to make dinner... just give the kid a dish towel!

He's made me panic a few times when he discovers a new place and I can't find him. I'm sure this is just the beginning of many many times where my heart falls into my stomach. But for now, I'm just laughing at the idea that we now have to holler, "Wyyyaaattt... where arrrreee yoooouuu??"

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Visit from Aunt Liz

Liz is probably the closest and most devoted friend I have. She's one of the most remarkable women I've ever met and I miss her terribly! God gave me Elizabeth as a friend on April 20, 2003. David was in Iraq for the first time and he'd not been gone very long. I had been praying for a good girl friend who I could relate to. After awkwardly staring at her through the entire beginning of Easter service, I finally scootched to the end of the aisle and whispered "Hey, do you want to sit together?" and the rest was history!

Elizabeth has never been farther west than Ft. Hood, TX (where we met). I was so excited to show her the desert and the beauty here that no one really expects. We had such a wonderful visit and I enjoyed showing her around!

The first day she was here, we went to Old Tucson. I wasn't planning a trip to Old Tucson--it was a last-minute brain drizzle. We got there about 3 hours before it closed. That's plenty of time to do Old Tucson during the week. The place was pretty empty. We got to see a few shows and just look around. We did most of the "rides" and Wyatt had a great time.


The next day we went to Bisbee & Tombstone. We stopped at the junk store in Bisbee and had waaayyyy too much fun just fondling and laughing at all of the items there. Liz's favorite part was the picture of someone's hiney for sale. Seriously. It was a black & white picture... and it was a saggy hiney. We weren't sure why they had such a high price tag on it. Then, we saw these classic hair salon chairs... oh boy we had fun!


From Bisbee we headed over to Tombstone. No trip to Tombstone is complete without the fun old time picture. We made sure to make it to the picture place and we were one of the last people to make it before it closed. The experience was a bit awkward as they give you these outfits with very little back to them (I'm thinking a hospital gown is about the same coverage). They gave us these men's boxers and then an outfit. There were signs all over the dressing room that we were NOT to tie the outfits. It wasn't too bad until we went out and there were strangers there and we both felt very exposed. Plus, it was COLD! We were barefoot on this very very very cold wooden floor. We had a good laugh getting ourselves ready.


We ended up gong back to Tombstone one more time to look for something for Liz to take home to her kids. We also went to Texas Canyon and drove through Sonoita. I don't have those pictures on this computer, so you will just have to imagine the beauty of those two places in your mind.

It was such a wonderful weekend. I was so blessed by our time together. It was the perfect break. I've missed Liz so very much. We always laugh together and we picked up right where we left off. I already miss her like crazy and really wish Ohio was a bit closer!

Guess who's crawling!

Look at those big baby... grays? browns? hazels?

Today Wyatt has discovered that he can get his belly off the floor AND move at the same time! He's not moving fast yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of hours before he is.

We also had another follow up with the pediatrician today. Wyatt still has fluid on his ears, a ton of congestion, and still some coughing from his bronchitis. However, he has improved quite a bit since Wednesday. He's gained back his weight and he's back to 18 lbs. 6 oz. I'm relieved that he's gained some weight back! The doctor isn't worried yet. He says that there IS fluid, but his ears aren't infected right now. He doesn't seem to be in any pain and he's not had a fever now for a few days! The congestion concerns me much more than the it concerns the doctor. He said today, "snot happens in little people." I guess we'll keep going with our routines of humidfiers & vicks vapo-rub. Until this clears, I am tempted to change his name to "Sir Snots A Lot." Poor kid!

He's a happy boy though. He's been happy all day today. He's been giggly and playful all day. It's been wonderful to have my happy boy back!

Here are some pics from today. This is a good show of what color his eyes are. What is your guess? I can't figure out what to call them other than "not blue." haha!! Put your vote of eye color in the comment section!!

Look--TEETH! Both are through and this is the first picture that I've been able to see them!

Teeth! (well... tooth)--and prayers please

Today Wyatt's second tooth (bottom right) came in. I'm hoping that this will help some with the fevers and the ear problems he's not been able to kick. We were back at the doctor today. Wyatt's been on antibiotics for so long that he's having some gut problems. We have a follow up on Monday to see if the fluid on his ears has cleared. If not, then we are headed for an ENT. I would really love for this to clear up and go away. If you could please pray for Wyatt to feel better and for his body to heal.

Here is a picture to hold you over for now. :) This is Wyatt after the Christmas parade. It was quite cold. The excitement of the parade and the walk back to the truck just tuckered him out!

9 month check up & stats

Today Wyatt had his 9 month well-baby check. It's interesting because he's not been well for several weeks. He's had an ear infection for a little over 3 weeks at this point. We are on the 3rd set of antibiotics at this point and I'm hoping it will clear his little ear. He came in at 16 lbs, 9 oz. which is a 2lb loss from when he first got sick. He's 27 1/2 inches long and his head is 44 cm around. He's got a big noggin. :) He is at the bottom of the scale for babies his age all around. The doctor isn't concerned yet. He said, "well, he's a small baby." That was his only commentary.

Wyatt has 3 words now. He's got up, uh-oh, and hot. I don't know if I can technically count "hot" because I am not sure he knows what it means. He does like the way it sounds though! The words "mama" and "daddy" aren't even on the horizon! He also plays "pat-a-cake" and waves all the time. He's still a happy boy and a huge flirt! He eats a ton of food! I wish I had this kid's metabolism! He is definitely taking after his daddy in that area. He is not crawling yet, but he does a pretty speedy low-crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees, but can't figure out how to get his arms moving to crawl. He's got the legs figured out, but not the hands. It's fun to watch.

Yesterday (Sunday, Jan 3), his first tooth finally cut through! He has his bottom left tooth and the bottom right is hot on it's tail! It should pop through any moment now. He's also got some top teeth trying to show up all at once.

We had a fantastic Christmas! Wyatt enjoyed all the presents. He opened a few, but I did most of the work. The day after Christmas we took a trip up to Colorado to see BamBam & Grandpa. We got lucky and got to visit with Aunt Susan too (who lives in Georgia!). Wyatt fell in love with all 3 of them and he ate up all the extra attention. He traveled great and was super on all of our flights!

That's about it from here! I hope everyone is having a fantastic January!