Ice storm and a sick baby!

Yep, we unfortunately had to take Bryce to his first sick baby doctor's appointment yesterday. Considering all the people (especially kids) he was around during the Christmas holidays I'm very thankful (and surprised) we made it until he was 10 weeks old before this dreaded visit.

Yesterday Nic stayed home with Bryce and noticed he was weezing pretty bad. So he called the Doctor and they wanted him to bring Bryce in. After a swab being stuck up Bryce's nose and a chest x-ray. The the swab was negative for RSV and the chest x-ray looked good, it did indicate he had some gas...but that's not news to us! He's had no fever, no runny nose, no coughing. Either way it's breathing treatments and a steroid prescription for him. Last night he completely lost his 'voice', wasn't able to make a sound, even when he was crying. It was pretty difficult for me.

Here we are doing his breathing treatment. He does pretty good during them. I thought it was cute how he put his hand on the mask and 'helped' hold it there.

Here's a lovely picture (especially of me) of Bryce and I napping last night. Nic, thank you soooo much for taking this picture! You were right, I do look like a chipmunk!

Today, as we expected we woke up to ice coating everything...thankfully so far it doens't appear to be a repeat of the December 2007 ice storm and we still have electricity. We're expecting snow on top of the ice later today. Also this morning Bryce has his 'voice' back and sounds much better.

Odds and ends...

Last Saturday we celebrated Audrey's 11th birthday, which actually fell on Tuesday. Here is Bryce, Kell, Melissa and Audrey.

Here's a sweet picture of Fara getting some love from Nic. Fara probably thinks her life has been turned upside down by this little boy, eventhough she still gets lots of loving and still gets to sleep in bed with us, albiet she may choose to sleep next to Nic more these days. All I can say is thank goodness for a king sized bed!

Here Bryce is being a big boy sitting by himself on the couch.




Here is Bryce enjoying his Christmas present from his Papa Randy and Nana Charlotte. He really likes it, and I'm sure he'll enjoy it even more when his feet can touch the ground.