First Bubble Bath

Denver has his first bubble bath this past weekend. We continue to struggle with his little bottom. I called dermatology again last Friday and they decided we should go back to the last cream they had prescribed and do it twice a day for 2 weeks along with the Aveeno baths that we also had done before. Several of the girls I work with swear by soaking babies bad bottoms in a little Dreft. So, Saturday night I said let's try some Dreft in Denver's bath along with his Aveeno bath. Believe it or not, Sunday Denver's bottom looked great again. Now we started his cream on Friday again, plus I've also been using A&D which I've never been a believer in it, but we had gotten some free tubes of it and when I was looking at the tube the other day I noticed it said to use for very dry skin. What was it that made it better, I'm not sure, I'm just happy it looks good again. I hope that it stays this way even after we're done with our cream for 2 weeks.

Here are some pictures of Denver in his 1st bubble bath. He wasn't quite sure what to think of it. He would try to eat the bubbles and Daddy was worried that he'd get it in his eyes and that it would hurt so he actually didn't soak in the Dreft (and bubbles) very long. We've also cut down on baths for the time being to just every other day. Our routine had been every night before bed, but we thought that might be drying his butt out as well.

Denver also said a new word today. I made some HyVee waffles this morning in the toaster oven and when I took them out I said they are "hot" and in return Denver said "hot, hot, hot". Of course when I could go get the video camera he wouldn't say it anymore, but it was super cute.

Denver loves to play in small spaces and to hide and play peek. He'll be playing in the living room and all of a sudden his face will light up and he'll quickly crawl over by the couch where he can hide by the side of the couch and then pop out and play "peek!". He also loves to crawl underneath his high chair and to play there. Thank goodness he has finally learned how to get himself back out after he gets under there as he used to the be stuck and would cry until you'd come help me back out.

What does the cow say?

Denver loves to go to the farm or to be outside where he can hear the dogs barking. When Denver sees Grandma Verni he usually starts looking around and mooing. He knows he goes to see the cows with her. One of Denver's favorite words it "moo", except it usually comes out "boo". I called Evan from work one day to check on them and he said every thing is "boo, boo", what's with that and I laughed and reminded him that Denver was looking for the cows!

Denver has gotten really good at climbing up the stairs. I haven't ever timed him, but I'm sure he can get up all the stairs from the basement to the upstairs in less than a minute. Denver has also been fighting a cold off and on since he turned 10 months old. We had finally been runny nose free for a week or more and then he woke up with a runny nose again. He's been a good sport about it. Today he acted like he didn't feel good, but just kept on going and still had a great appetite so I'm thankful for that. Daddy has a cold too, so Mommy's hoping she can steer clear!

Denver's 4th tooth popped through last week. This one has been even slower at coming through than his 3rd one. I kind of think this one has bothered him the most too. He has times that he just seems in pain and he chews so hard on things. The last couple of nights he's gotten up during the night...which we think is because his tooth is bothering him. We give him some Motrin or Tylenol and then he goes right back to sleep. He seems to know that once he has that it will get better! Smart kid!

I put a poll on the side by Denver's picture and age ticker. Please take the time to vote if you think Denver will have a baby brother or a baby sister. We do plan on finding out in advance again. Evan is very anxious to know, but we have quite awhile to wait so during that waiting time we thought it would be fun to see what everyone else thinks.

God's Plans

Isn't it funny how we can have our own "plans" made, but then God intervenes and makes His plan happen! About 5 weeks ago we were once again reminded that God is in control and He has different plans than us. Some of you may be wondering what this "change in plans" was for us, while several others of you have already heard God's big plans for us. Well ready or not....just like us....God thinks we need a bigger family....yes, already! Denver is going to be a big brother some time the middle of May 2009! This will make the kids about 18 months apart. After reading everything you just read you know that this wasn't exactly our plan and you probably have guessed right...it's taken us a long time to absorb this information (as it has and/or will be for most people), BUT we couldn't be HAPPIER. There are lots of "details" that are overwhelming us, but the thought of Denver having a little playmate every day is exciting. We are also excited and curious about how the 3 cousins (my sister's little boy that should be here in a little over a month!) will get along and what they will scheme up! During this time we ask you to pray for us and God's guidance upon us. May God keep His hand upon us and our little miracle on the way; and make this baby grow strong and healthy. Also, to keep us all healthy, as Mommy has been extremely tired (attemping to feed 3....I've been given the okay to keep on nursing through my first trimester, but we've been working on cutting back for my sake and for Denver's as he has enough change coming in the next 7 months) and not feeling the best which in turn has created more work for Daddy (as if he doesn't work hard enough!) and Denver who I think some times wonders "Why doesn't Mom play with me as much as she used too? And why does Daddy run around and do so much, that he doesn't have as much time to play with me either?".

Daddy was so excited about sharing the news he did some photo-shopping and sent this out to his co-workers (and just waited at his desk for responses from people) and some friends.

See our new little miracle's ticker at the bottom of our blog (it was too big to go on the side by Denver's and our anniverary one and I couldn't make it any smaller so that's where it had to go). It will keep you updated on how old this little baby is and about how many days we have to wait until to we get to meet this new, special addition to our family!

Our Lil Pumpkin

I'm not sure that I'll have time to update towards the end of the week so thought I'd get this blog done now. Denver will be 11 months on Friday! Where has the time gone? We've had so much fun with him and watching him learn new things, but at the same time I'm sad to see my little boy get so big! We'll see how that BIG birthday goes in a month. I will just savor all my time with him now as I know it will just go faster as he gets older. There isn't much new to update on Denver. His butt had been all clear, but now it's been acting up a little bit again and I'm at a loss of what to do. We'll see what it does in the next couple of days and see if we need to go back in for it or not, but please pray that it just heals and we're done with it. I hope to have some more fall pictures later, but maybe those will be his 1 year pictures, but for now here is Denver with his pumpkin that Grandma Verni thought he needed! :) We had wanted to go to the Pumpkin Patch with him as well, but on our way out there on Saturday it started raining so we never went and I work the next 2 weekends so I'm not sure that we'll make it this year.

Sleepless Nights?

I thought once you got through the sleepless nights stage it was basically over other than an occasional night here or there. Well, boy was I wrong! The occasional night here and there is several nights in a row here and there (which recently seems to be quite often)! When Denver's butt was so owie he started getting up during the night...we're guessing because he was itchy and in pain. Now he's been doing it again. First, we thought it was because he kicks all of his covers off and rolls all around in his bed so we went and bought new jammies yesterday so he wouldn't freeze (they are fleece WITH feet so he should stay warm, right?), well once again a little before 1a.m. we hear a "waaa, waaaa" coming from Denver's room. Daddy went and saw he was still wrapped up so at least last night it wasn't out of being cold...and then told him it was still "na-nigh time", but he continued to scream frantically. I went and got some Motrin, gave it to him, wrapped him up (because now he did have the covers off), and immediately silence! Now we think it's those silly teeth. When you look at his gums you can see white all over so I'm guessing it won't be long and this kiddo will have a mouth full of teeth! I'm pretty sure the other top front tooth is really close to popping through. Then again at 5a.m. came more crying. We gave in and let him eat, he ate and went right back to sleep. That's such a dilemma....when you're tired and just want that last little bit of sleep and you know if you feed the guy he'll go back to sleep that's all you want to do, but then you wonder if we feed him is he going to keep on getting up this early in the morning and wanting to eat? We've also been trying to cut back on the nursing and switch to the sippy cup. We've struggled here as well. Denver will drink some milk out of his sippy cup, but he won't consume the amount of milk in a day that he's supposed to unless he nurses! Anyone with any advice or suggestions we'd gladly take them. (You can even leave a quick comment at the bottom of this "Sleepless Nights?" blog by clicking on comment! Hint, hint....are people scared to leave comments...seems only people who have a blog ever leave comments on anyones blog.)

Denver showing off a pair of his new warm jammies!

It was my birthday yesterday and Evan invited a couple friends over for supper. It was nice to hang out at home, but do something with some of our friends. We're at the time in our lives where almost all of our friends are either pregnant or have a child or too. Denver loved being able to play with some of his friends at his house. It was so cute watching them play together. At one point all 3 of the little ones were back in a little corner. I didn't get to my camera fast enough so I didn't get a picture of it, but it was pretty funny. Denver is always finding the tiniest places to crawl into. He likes to trap himself behind his jumperoo (which we found out can be dangerous...Daddy was napping one day while Mommy was at work and woke up to Denver crying because his head was stuck in the railing!! Don't worry Daddy got it right out, but it sure scared Dad and I don't know that he'll fall asleep while Denver's roaming around anymore!), he also loves to crawl under his high chair and to play under there...the problem is figuring out how to get back out of all these places.

Here are some more pictures of our little man:

Denver loves to crawl in the closet and play in there. Typically he gets himself into trouble in there because he always pulls the little scrubber off the swiffer and chews on it (GROSS!). He'd play in there for hours if you let him.

Here's Denver walking to Mom. He still won't take more than 6 steps and then decides its faster to get down on the floor and crawl. Evan thinks he'd win a crawling contest for speed. If you open the fridge door you can bet he'll be there in a couple seconds no matter where he was in the house before you opened the fridge!

New Things

Denver keeps on learning and doing new things. He also had his first cold, which I forgot to include in his 10 month blog. The day Denver turned 10 months he came down with his first cold. He had a runny nose and a cough and his lungs sounded terrible. I bulb syringed his nose tons during that week which he absolutely hated. It was finally better and now he's working on his top left front tooth and this in turn has caused a runny nose too! The poor guy. He hasn't been to fussy with this tooth coming in, but the other night when I had to go to work I think it was bothering him and he just wanted me to sit and hold him...it was very hard for me to walk out the door! Here are some pictures I took of Denver the other day. If you notice his pants are a little big, it's because we moved up a size. His jeans that are 6-12 months are too short, but these 12-18 month are pretty big yet too! I wish they didn't put such a big span between sizes; oh well at least he can wear these for a LONG time. Evan was shaving the other night when he gave Denver a bath and when he was done he put his face in the tub to wash off his face and blew bubbles. Denver immediately picked up on this and started doing it too. Here's a video of him, it's too cute!

Here's a video of Denver when I walked into his room to get him out of his crib after his afternoon nap. He typically wakes up happy and loves to play around in his crib before he starts hollering for someone to come and get him.

This is an older video of Denver playing in the tub. He loves to make "noises" in cups.