Recap!

A virus has come and blown through the Painter household and has been going strong for over a week now! It started last week before Thanksgiving, I had a just a little cough, then the hubby, then a fever started, then I started feeling better, then the hubby had a fever of 103 for days, then my sister in law, niece, brother in law and his girl friend got it and now, me and the baby have it.

Bennett got into the doctor yesterday and low and behold it is a virus. He got put on amoxicillin and have the humidifier going in his room and have been keeping vicks on his feet with socks. He still has a fever this morning :( Hoping by this weekend his meds start working and we will have a happy baby again! I have been taking day quil and nyquil like it is going out of style with little to no prevail. Ugh!

We had a great Thanksgiving none the less! We hosted it at our house to give my mother in law a break from all the cooking! It was stressful trying to make sure the house was clean, we had enough seating, and everything was ready on time! I told my mother in law next year the torch is back on her. My sister in law Natalie did most of the cooking with me being sick. Everything turned out fantastic! We all enjoyed each other's company and watched the Texans, Cowboys (yuck) and Texas play! We had so much to be thankful for this year! A loving family, a precious baby boy and a new house over our heads! I still remember last Thanksgiving like it was yesterday - I didn't touch my food in fear that morning sickness would strike at any moment!


Now - our week recap in photos..

My sick baby :(

Yummy spinach with peas and pears!

Mommy picking me up on my first day of daycare! Boy was I happy to see her!

My little pony

Christmas lights - check!

Some of the family on Thanksgiving!

So long SAHM

Today, I said goodbye to being a stay at home mama and hello to the work force again.

Long story short, I am back at Lupe Tortilla's corporate office and Bennett started his first day of daycare today.. It was just as hard as I thought it would be saying goodbye to him this morning :( Maybe now I will find time to actually start blogging again on my lunch breaks?!

Not enough time

I am finding out that the older Bennett grows, the less time I have to keep up with my blog!! His hour nap gives me enough time to pick up, start laundry (never finish it of course) and grab a bite to eat! Life has just been flying by! He holds him self up in the standing position now, has mastered rolling over from tummy to back - which makes tummy time impossible and now has his first tooth cutting his gums! Where did my little baby go?! He loves loves loves playing with mama and daddy. He loves swinging in his little tikes swing we hung on the patio, and he is slowly learning how to walk in his walker!

His eyes seem to change color every day! Sometimes blue, sometimes hazel. He hates squash and still loves his bananas along with carrots, peas, apples and sweet potatoes. He is such a mamas boy. He spots me from across the room and just gets the biggest grin.We seem to FINALLY be making progress with acid reflux! With going back to the doctor, upping his zantac, and now switching to to soy formula - he finally seems to be doing a wee bit better!

Now... here is our life lately in photos!

5 months new!

Bennett, you are officially 5 months old!! WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?!?! You are such a big boy now! This week mama said "dada" and you said "aadaaa"! Daddy was so upset he missed it :(

When your  acid reflux isn't bothering you, you are such a happy baby! Your favorite things these days are eating your hands and feet! Yes, you finally discovered your FEET!! You love looking in the mirror at yourself, flipping the lights on and off in the house, going out and about and getting rocked to sleep while mama sings "Hush Little Baby" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

You take 2-3 naps a day. We are not too consistent with what times. When you are sleepy, we put you down. You cannot go to sleep without your paci and your blankie. You love covering your face up and then pulling the covers off. You do this over and over again.

You love your food. A lot. We made the switch back to Enfamil AR to help with your tummy. You have now had apple sauce, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas.. and your favorite... bananas! You HATE peas. I'm okay with that, mama and dada hate them too ;)

You are about 17lbs and in the 68% percentile for weight. Not too sure about height but I am sure you are still in the 90%. You are wearing 6-9 month clothes already and size 3 diapers!

You truly are the best thing that has ever happened to us. Each day, we thank god for giving us such a beautiful, perfect baby boy. You bring so much joy to our lives and we love you so much Benny!

Halloween!

Even though we only had 3 trick or treaters, we had a great Halloween! Me and Bennett's aunt Nanny dressed him up early in the day and took him out to HEB. Everyone who walked by us had to stop and see him. He was in a grumpy mood ALL day long :(

Nana came over when she got off to see Bennett dressed up, then the husband's family came over! Granma brought pizza for everyone! Bennett went to one house across the street, and fell asleep when walking back down the drive way. He slept in his carrier outside until about 8:00 and woke up in a HAPPY mood! That was short lived, as it was his bed time!

Bennett and his new hat - it fits a wee bit better :)

After his first house

He woke up in such a great mood!

Bennett and his mullet

Family photo. My niece dressed me up!

Corpus Christi!

We had a great time quick trip to Corpus! I had Leo in my car, and Adam had Bennett! We stopped half way there to fuel up and that was it! Bennett slept almost the whole way there and the way home!

We got there a little after 11. I got ready for the bridal shower and Adam and Bennett caught up football! That night, Krystal (my future sister in law) watched Bennett while the hubby and I went out to dinner. We got home in time to watch my brother's newscast. It was my first time to see him live! We had a late start in the morning because Bennett woke up at midnight - 2:30am, and back up again at 6:30am. Not so fun! We were all exhausted when we got home! Even poor Bennett had little bags under his eyes!

Lady Lexington

Silly mama

Lady Lexington (aka the Blue Ghost) we will have to do a tour this Spring!

My brother on the news!

Leo on the way to Corpus - he slept the whole way back home!

Bridesmaids with the Bride!

Aunt Krystal and her first nephew

Uncle "topher" and Bennett

Me, the bride and Brittany (her sister)

Krystal and Christopher have talked about trying to start a family right away. Bennett gave them a taste of reality. About an hour before we left Corpus Bennett pooped all the way up his back. My brother was gagging and all. It was so funny!

Happy Halloween!

 

 

From my very own Pillsbury Dough Boy!!

 

I need to make his hat a wee bit smaller, but other than that his costume is done! Oh and apparently add another "L" to Pilsbury, thank you mom for noticing ;)

 

 

2 week wrap up

Where to begin... luckily last week daddy was home!! I woke up Wednesday around 3:00am and could not breathe. Figured it was just allergies, took some meds Wednesday and went about our day. It was Granma Debbie's birthday so we made her some brownies, got her a balloon, and dropped them off at her work along with her birthday present! By Wednesday night, I was full blown sick. Adam took off Thursday and Friday to take of care of Bennett and by Friday night, I had a chest cold. I did manage to get out of the house Friday and take Bennett to the pumpkin patch at a local church Adam and I go to every year. On the way I realized I forgot my camera. Go figure. So all the pictures are from my phone, they still turned out great. Bennett LOVED the pumpkins! By Saturday I was able to go to work and Adam was sick! He got even worse Sunday, and had to leave town for work Monday. It was a long week last week that is for sure! I still have a cough and the sniffles, and he is still trying to get over it as well.

 

Bennett on his way to see Granma for her birthday!

Sometime last week.. oops!

Now onto Bennett... it has been a rough week. Bennett has always been so sensitive to his burps. Usually every other day he will scream his heart out for at least an hour. We just have to walk with him high on our shoulder and burp hm until he cries himself to sleep. Nothing can calm him down. As of the last few days it has been happening 80% of the time he is awake and now is even waking him up night. We were up from about 2:45am-after 5:00am this morinng with constant screaming. I called the doctor and they said it is... acid reflux again (even though he is not spitting up) It has been horrible to see him go through this much pain. We go to the doctor tomorrow morning to up his Zantac. Please say a prayer it works! :(

 

^^^^ This was yesterday....

I had ran by my dad's with Bennett and ran to HEB to get daddy a birthday card from Bennett and me. (His birthday is Monday) We were literally pulling into our neighborhood when my car just shut off, my brakes locked up, my accelerator locked and my steering wheel locked. I was going around 40 miles an hour and could not stop. I slammed into park and that didn't work. The road ended in front of me in about 20 feet and all I could picture is my car flipping off the road. I freaked out and jammed on my emergency brake as hard as I could and came skidding to a stop. Luckily, my sister in law was on her way over, so she saw me on the side of the road. We got Bennett back to the house, she stayed with him and I went back to meet my mom and the tow truck. $1,200 later I now have two new fuel pumps. It was one of the scariest moments in my life and I am just so grateful we were not on the freeway (like we were about 2 minutes before this happened) or I know we could have gotten seriously injured. Thank you God for watching over us.

 

 

 

Now onto this weekend.. if Bennett is better the plan is for us to take 2 cars to Corpus Saturday morning. My mom got a new 2013 Ford Escape, so my brother is taking her old car (which is my first car) and Adam is taking my brother's Ford Explorer! Thank the lord! Adam will drive the explorer home. We have needed a new car for Adam for years now, but just couldn't afford to take on another payment. He has no seat belts in the back seat and no heat so Bennett has never been able to ride in his truck. It would be over $1,500 to get his truck fixed, which is more than the value of his truck!  He has been dropping his truck off at my mom's on Friday when he gets back into town, and picking her car up and takes it for the weekend so he and Bennett can get around. We are so blessed my parents are so generous and giving us their explorer for free! Saturday I will go to my brother's fiancee's shower and Adam will stay at my brother's with Bennett. Saturday night my future sister in law will watch Bennett and we are going to head over to the island for dinner and drinks for the hubby's birthday! :) Here is to safe travels and a happy baby!