Playing with Parker Allen

Our great friends Robbie, Stephanie, and Parker came through Chattanooga this weekend & stayed with us on Friday night. It was great to see them again (we last visited them around 6 weeks ago). Parker and Pryce had fun playing in the crib this morning together. We are so blessed with such great friends & are so glad they came to visit!!!!

Sick Baby

Around 2:30 am on Wednesday morning, I woke to feed Pryce & was really hot. Turned out I had a fever of 101.3. Luke and Pryce headed for the guest room, I took Tylenol & headed back to bed. The next morning I didn't have fever and felt fine, so I went ahead to work for a meeting that morning. I left after the meeting & went to the doctor. Tested negative for flu, and left with a prescription for some antibiotics to treat a viral infection. Pryce went to my mom's on Wednesday & Thursday, and he and Luke slept in the guest room both nights. Since I didn't have a fever on Thursday, things were back to normal. On 5:00 am Friday morning, Luke woke and discovered Pryce was burning up. He had a 101.3 fever. Mom and I took Pryce to the pediatrician's office at 10:30 (fever still high) where he tested positive for H1N1. We just couldn't believe it!!! For a 5 month old that doesn't go to daycare, is rarely out and about, and we're always so conscious of washing hands, etc. We sure could use some prayers!!!! Pryce hasn't had a fever since around 8:30pm Friday night. He's such a good baby.....smiling even when he's sick! We're praying he continues to make a speedy recovery!

There's a First for Everything!

Luke, Pryce, and I ventured to Madison to spend part of the weekend with our dear friends Robbie, Stephanie, and Parker! It was so great to get together with them even if it doesn't look like Parker was very excited. Pryce reached & found Parker's hand when we were taking their pictures, and it was so sweet! It was Pryce's first football game (Alabama vs. VA Tech) & he made it all the way through the first quarter before falling asleep!

Pryce took his first dip in the swimming pool (well, we dipped his toes). Took some pictures in his little swim trunks.

Another first --- eating well from the spoon! Pryce had his 4 month checkup (which unfortunately also meant more shots). He weighed in at 17.9lbs and is 25" long. He didn't cry much when he got his shots...just fell hard to sleep for a while. The pediatrician has told us to thicken up the rice cereal, and Pryce seems to LOVE it! If he does good with that for 2 weeks, we'll start him on yellow veggies!!! I can't believe he's old enough to be eating baby food --- my how the time flies!

Pryce - 4 months

Pryce makes us laugh every day! He is starting to make sounds, and we come up with our own translations. My mom thinks everything he says is 'Grams'; I think it's 'Mommy'. This past Sunday night was the first night Luke and I truly felt like we didn't really get any sleep. Amazing how that passy jumps out so often during the night!!!! The next morning he fell asleep slumped over (see above) in the chair with Luke (they watch TV together every morning before work).

Pryce - 4 months

Pryce started solids today! We started out trying the spoon, but he just wasn't sure about it. We ended up finishing it out in a bottle. Then, we went to eat with his Grams & Granddaddy, and went up to the top of Raccoon Mountain. The weather was gorgeous today!

Pryce - 15 weeks

Pryce - 14 weeks

Gone are the days of just laying around with Pryce...there's too much he wants to see. He also wants to sit up more now, and gets an attitude when we're not figuring out what he wants fast enough!