26 Months

Oh boy! What a month! Brian had his very first hospital stay this month. He was with his dad and I got a phone call that I needed to meet him at the ER. Brian was having a hard time breathing and was throwing up and running fever. I rushed to meet them at the ER. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with him so they transported Brian via ambulance to Cook Children's Downtown. My mom rode in the ambulance with him and I followed in the car. Come to find out he had a micro plasma bacterial lung infection. He was on antibiotics, breathing treatments and oxygen. He finally started feeling a little better the next day and we were released to go home. He made a quick recovery and everything was fine. I got my car fixed this month as well. MY car. She got insured, inspected and registered and runs like a doll. I get so much better gas mileage in her then the other one. I also got added on full time at work which was an awesome thing because I really needed it.

25 Months

Brian had a 2 year check up and was 27 pounds. For some reason it seems he just can't gain weight. It's a little concerning to me, but no one else seems to be concerned with it. Brian has been staying with my mom on Saturdays so I can work. She loves having him around and he loves going to his Ne-Ne's. He still refuses to call her Granny. To each their own I guess. He has called her Ne-Ne since he was 7 months old and it's just stuck. I had an excellent mothers day! I took the weekend off and Brian, my mom and I went and rode the Tranchula Train. We had a blast! Brian's new fascination is trains so he was wide eyed and alert the whole time. He had a blast! He got to see his first cattle drive too! Over all we had a blast! On Mothers Day we went to Brian's Nana's and spent the day. Brian played and colored and even played a drum solo for us. That kid can seriously play. Brian started going to daycare this month too. He crys every morning when I drop him off, but hopefully it'll pass soon. He really seems to like it.

I Haven't Updated In A While

I haven't updated in a while. A lot has been going on and I just haven't had time. I am going to try and keep this updated as much as possible, but I can't make any promises. I am going to try and go back and make a post for each month from Brian's second birthday on and fill everyone in on whats been going on.

Happy 2nd Birthday Brian James Leander!!!!

My baby boy is 2. This is hard to imagine and picture, but he is 2. He has gotten so much more independent and cooperative in the last few weeks. It's amazing how much they grow and how quick they do so. I was sick all day on the 18th, but I took Brian out the 19th to celeberate! We went to Build A Bear and he made a new friend named Lamby. Brian carries Lamby everywhere with him. After that we went and hung out with Ashley and Abbi for a little bit. They kids played and had fun. I took Brian to dinner at a mexican food restraunt that used to be good, but they aren't so much anymore. I was really dissapointed not only in the service, but the food as well. After that we went to Babies R Us and I bought Brian a potty chair. I let him pick it out and he was pretty excited about it. Im hoping and praying I can get this kid potty trained and quick. He went all night last night with out an accident so I know he's ready when he can go almost 10 hours accident free!!!

Brian's 2nd Birthday Party!!!

I survived the party, but barely and that is no joke. It started Friday. I had to work and then go pick up Brian. I left from work and headed to Haslet to pick him up. I got there around 6:30 and Brian was eating dinner. I was extremely frustrated, but will spare details since Im still frustrated. Needless to say his dad know I was in a hurry and it took him 30+ minutes to get him ready to leave. We left from there and ran and picked up Ashley and Abbi whom went with us to Sprint to get my new phone. My other one over heated while it was on the charger and burned me on top of frying the system. I was without text messaging for about a week and a half and couldn't upload pictures to facebook via mobile. It took them a little over an hour and a half to 2 hours before they got me the phone. I was livid by the time I left. The lady was very rude, even locking a child out of the store that had went to get something for her mom. I filed a complaint with the store since this is not the first time this lady has done this. We left from sprint and ran to the grocery store so I could get the rest of the food I needed and drop it off with my sister in law. I worked on Saturday so I couldn't get a lot achomplished, but I rested up and got my room clean. We got up early Sunday morning and got ready to go. They delivered the bounce house Sunday morning and we picked up the cake and balloons. Needless to say with the wind being like it was most all the balloons popped before the party even started. We cooked out and the kids played in the bounce house. Brian was ready for a nap before we even did gifts or cake so he had a few bites of my cake and opened gifts then wanted to go "jumpy jumpy" again. We left my brother and sister in laws around 6pm and Brian conked out in the car. He slept for a long enough for me to get everything opened and programed. I started feeling bad around 9pm that evening. Come to find out I had the stomach bug that has been going around. It's crazy how those things come from no where because throughout the whole party I was completely fine. I will be posting pictures later on.

This is it!

Invites have gone out for Brian's birthday party and I FINALLY found a bakery that will do Brian's cake!!! This is it. Ready or not in 3 weeks and 3 days he will be 2! Easter will be coming early at my house too. Travis will have Brian this year for Easter, so if I decide to even celebrate Easter this year we will be doing it like the 19th or 20th. I haven't decided yet if Im going to. I may just try and find like a small egg hunt or something to take him to since it's a waste for me to buy all these eggs and candy to go in them and hide them, when no one eats the candy and it ends up getting thrown out. That reminds me, someone remind me to throw away the candy from the Christmas stockings when I get home LOL!

23 Months

WOW. Can you believe it's been almost 2 years since I brought Brian into the world? It's amazing how much things have changed in these last 2 years. He has brought so much joy and happiness to me. We haven't had any real big things happen lately. Scratch that, yes we have. Brian has been really sick the last 2 weeks. I trusted my mommy instinct and it's a good thing too because what he had/has is NOT something to mess around with at all. I picked Bri up from his dads and he said that he had been running fever and tossed and turned all night. Brian just didn't feel good. Well I decided to wait it out and see what happened. I've learned to not rush to the ER for everything because 9 times out of 10 when we get there all of a sudden Bri is better. Well I was supposed to work that Monday, but Brian tossed and turned all night. I woke up at 5am and took his temp and it was 102.1 and I decided to stay home with him and see how he felt later that day. Well Brian slept until 11am. Anyone that knows Brian knows that is not normal at all. He got up had a few bites of food and climbed into my bed and went back to sleep. I decided to take him into the ER because A) it's not normal for him to sleep until 11am and B) the kid does not take naps at all. In fact I have to fight him to get him to sleep at night. I took him to Cooks and they did chest x-rays and came back saying he had fluid in his lungs, but that he had asthma. They sent us home on a steriod and neb treatments every 4 hours. Well after 28 hours of neb treatments he wasn't any better. He was actually worse. I called his pedi and they said to take him back in. We saw another Dr and I explained what was going on and they did another set of chest x-rays and an RSV test. The RSV test came back negitive, but the x-rays showed fluid in the lungs and the Dr said he had pneumonia. They sent us home on some antibiotics. The next day I woke up coughing and just feeling like crap so I went into the ER and got seen. Conviently I had the gunk too. I texted Travis, who hadn't been feeling good and told him that I had pneumonia too and he may want to get checked out for it. He got seen and he had it too. Im pleased to say that we are all doing better now (thank goodness). Im in the middle of trying to plan Brian's birthday party and a very small get together at the zoo for Brian and his friends. So far I have everything planned except where I am doing the party at. Im thinking I may end up doing it at the park again since I have no clue where else to do it at. Other than that everything has been super boring lol.