First Fever :o(

I totally jinxed myself and poor Lil Love. All weekend I carried on saying that Adam has gone through his first year of life without a fever (besides a 99 degree one after an immunization -- doesn't really count). Even when his eight teeth came in, he stayed, thankfully, fever free. Well, that all changed tonight. He got tired much earlier than usual (see photo below with Steven). We were all excited to have the evening to ourselves to watch our "Grey's Anatomy: Season 1, Disc 2" DVD (we decided to start watching the show - from the beginning, of course. It's pretty good). Anyway, just as I was finishing writing some thank-you notes (for the wonderful b-day gifts), LL woke up crying (unusual these days). I let him cry a bit but then he started to wimper (it was so sad). When I picked him up he was HOT. We took his temp and it was 102!!! My poor baby. His face was all flushed and he sat on my lap in and out of sleep (babbling when he was awake) while I spoke to the Dr (well, nurse practitioner) on call. After we took her advice and gave him tylenol, he woke up a bit. And started smiling, babbling and walking! I'm telling you, nothing slows down this kid (thank goodness). We put him back to bed with ducky and doggy, of course, and he fell right back asleep. I just now felt his head and it went warm-ish, but not hot, Thank G-d. The nurse said to check on him/give him Tylenol every 4 hours if he's still hot. She said it's either an ear infection (since he had a runny nose today) or his molars are coming in (since he was heavily drooling today). Lets hope for the latter.

In happier news, LL is continuing to walk about 20% of the time. Crawling and cruising are still his main modes of transportation but walking is coming in at a close 3rd. See photos of him walking... he was starting to fall in the last shot (where he looks like a gymnast). He falls "well", always on his tush, and it doesn't seem to faze him. Oh, please ignore the papers on the floor... you might recall that paper shredding is one of Adam's favorite activities. We give him our Sunday paper to have fun with every Monday. He loves it.

Anyway, hopefully Adam will be all smiles tomorrow with no fever. If he does have a fever in the AM, off to the Doc we go (I HATE going to the Dr and our fave Doc, Dr. F, is off tomorrow), to make sure it's not an ear infection. I'll keep everyone posted -- pun intended. :)

SO Thankful

Adam's Barnyard Bash

Today was Adam's Barnyard Bash, aka 1st Birthday Party. I took 184 photos and deleted probably half. Of course I forgot to take photos of the food (looked beautiful) and decorations.

Anyway... it was a WONDERFUL day. We are so thankful and blessed to have so many friends and amazing family in our lives. Adam especially LOVES spending time with Jake, Evan and Zach (in no particular order). They are the coolest kids EVER... at least that's what Adam "tells" me. :)

More info and photos tomorrow... too exhausted now to write more...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE LOVE! ADAM IS ONE!

Happy Birthday, Little Love! Today Mr. Adam is ONE YEAR OLD!!!

We had a great day hanging out with family (Bobbe, Zayde, Aunt Samantha, Uncle Jeff, Evan, Zach, Jake and Grandma -- who bought a beautiful cake)and celebrating. It was a beautiful day and we all had fun hanging out a Grandma's house. LL walked a lot today and pointed... at everything (finally). He was exhausted, though, by cake time so there are no photos of him smiling. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get some good shots at his "Barnyard Bash".

We are SO BLESSED to have had this gorgeous and incredible little love in our lives this past year and to have such amazing family to celebrate him with.

Halfway across the room!!!

Adam has been taking steps for a few weeks now... more and more each day. Tonight, he walked halfway across the room!!! It was while we were watching the DVD of his first year... how ironic. He's so proud of himself.

We had such a fun day. Aunt Samantha/Uncle Jeff, Jake, Evan and Zach arrived around 2 and Adam had a ball playing with them. Bobbe and Zayde came soon after. It is so wonderful having the whole crew together. We celebrated Zayde's birthday (late) tonight with an ice-cream cake and special present (a photo of five generations of the Helman men).

Tomorrow is THE BIG DAY!!! Our Little Love will be ONE!!! Unbelievable. I'm still working on "The Story of Adam (birth -- 10 months) and hope to have it up in the next week or so.

We're celebrating Adam's birthday at Grandma's tomorrow night and his "Barnyard Bash" party is on Saturday. Good times ahead... we are so thankful and blessed. Not only to have each other and LL, of course, but to have such amazing families to celebrate with. :)

P.S. Photo one is of Zach and Evan feeding Adam his yogurt. They did an AWESOME job!
P.S.S. Second photo is of Zayde with all of his grandsons. Adam wasn't feeling too photogenic, you may notice.

Wordless Wednesday -- 2 more days of being "O" year(s) old!

In 3 days...

Little Love will be turning ONE in 3 days!!!

I'm IN SHOCK... and in a little bit of denial. I'm also incredibly happy and thankful that my little guy is growing up... it's just a little bittersweet. I got very emotional when LL turned 7 months. Since he was no longer in the 0-6 month range, it felt huge. And it was. After he turned 7 months, he became "Mr. Independent". He knows what he wants and goes for it.

I've been working on "The Story of Adam" for the blog... to chronicle the pregnancy and the first 10.5 months (pre-blog; highlights only) of Adam's life. Hopefully it will be complete by the big day (Friday). Meanwhile, I've been swamped getting Adam's party organized. It is going to be much bigger than I thought... about 30 adults (including some wonderful family members: Adam's Bobbe, Zayde, Aunt Samantha/Uncle Jeff, Cousins Jake, Evan & Zach and Great Uncle Mike/Aunt Maureen, Great Uncle Morty/Aunt Elaine and Cousins Paul, Jenn, & Claire and, of course, Grandma). There will also be 11 babies! We are really excited... and a little nervous. It's the first "big party" we've thrown. Should be fun...