Sick Super

We almost made it to Kal-el's first birthday with no illnessess but alas last night the sick bug reared its ugly head on my little man. I noticed he felt really warm when we were cuddling on the couch so I decided I would take his temp after several attempts at trying to talk myself out of believing he had a fever. I was quite suprised when the thermometer read 102.5! I gave him some fever reducer right away. Normally I would let his little system fight a bit first to strengthen his immune system  but I had a couple of febrile seizure as a baby so I didn't want to take any chances due to the heredity factor of seizures. You really cant keep this little guy down even with his fever he was talking and walking like crazy. He has so much heart. At one point we were laying down again b/c I felt like he needed to rest and I could hear him trying to breath better through his little stuffy nose. Instead of crying about his challening situation he got mad and was "talking back" to his illness and grunting in protest. Chris and I decided to go ahead and take our little trooper to see Dr Melvin first thing this morning. We just wanted to be proactive and take some preventative measures incase his little bug decided to get more hostile. Our beliefs were confirmed Super has a common cold but we got another surprise before we left. He also has an ear infection. My poor baby :(  He really is just so tough. Here he is with two different aliments but acting like such a big boy! We have to make sure Super gets plenty of rest and nutrients so we can get rid of his uninvited bug friend before his big day next Saturday! Mommy and Daddy will take good care of you til your all better again!

Sweet Saturday

Saturdays are the best. I get to catch a break from the work week and give my family my undivided attention. This Saturday I had several little errands to run. Most of which involved tieing up loose ends for Kal-el's upcoming First Birthday Party. Insert cheers and tiny tears here! Super, Mimsy, and I started off the day with lunch at one of my favorite little eateries. Sweet Basil cafe. I always get the same thing. The Red, white, and blue salad. Its too yummy for words. I would cry if they closed. Literally. Kal-el seemed to enjoy sharing the salad with Mom and I or so though until I glanced down at the floor and saw a couple of little spinach leafs. Oops! Next on the agenda ..stopping by to see Dada at work then onward to the mall. I had an appointment with The Candy Co to pick out specific candies for Kal-el's party. I think we made some great choices to go along with our theme. I'm so excited to see the results of all the planning that I've done over the past month. . This will be munckins very last Saturday of being under the age of one b/c in exactly one week from today my little Super hero will offically be a one year old!

Bye bye baba

It's bottle no more for Super.  We were told at our last visit with Dr. Melvin that he likes to see babies off their bottles by the time they are one. Chris and I thought we would go ahead and begin this process the week before Kal-el's first birthday. It just seemed like too cruel an undertaking for birthday week. I think in our minds we anticipated Kal-el to put up a bigger fuss but he adapted really well to sippy cup only. I'm really glad that we had already introduced the sippy cup the weeks prior to the complete switch. I'm sure this made life a little easier on all of us! We are still working on no milk at bedtime and this is proveing to be a bit more challenging but we are taking a gradual approach and weining him down to one a night and then NONE a night. Sorry man man. One day when you a little older we will occasionally sneak milk and cookies to bed to make up for this current cruelty. I may have a harder time then him b/c in my mind babies = bottles. If he's not taking a bottle than he is less baby"ish" and more toddler. I will be just fine though. I really can't stand the thought of ever holding my child back for my own selfish reasons. I look so forward to the day that we can have little conversations and playdates. I can't wait to see more of his personality come through. No matter how big he gets or how much he towers over me which at this rate will be soon he will always always always be Mommy's baby. Love you Super toddler :)

Wordless Wednesday

One year picture adventures

Saturday was Super's photoshoot for his one year pictures. We decided to give Bailey a little break this time and made a  trip to HMP Studios in Moulton. The day got off to a great start. Kal-el and I woke up early and headed out the door with Mimsy in tow to retrive munchkins superman smash cake from The Victorian Tea Room. I was so delighted with the results but then again they never disapoint! After the little cake was secure in the car our next stop was to have a superman balloon blown up that I ordered and to purchase some matching balloons for his pictures. Talk about a busy day. I didn't really consider the fact that I'd have to actually drive with the floating abstractions in the car. Not to meantion the fact that we were in Moms car and I had to hear "Please don't wreck" no less than 1,000 times! We had orginally loaded up in mine but it decided that it wouldnt start on this important day and Chris bear had already left for work in his so we just prayed for the best and headed out. It seemed like there were so many balloons we probably could of just floated home on them! We finally arrived home safely and had just one hour to "rest" before Daddy got home them we woud be photoshoot bound! Chris and I had quite a time dressing a very whiny little boy in his argyle emsomble. Luckily we left on time and didn't forget anything! Reference our last road trip if you will and you may recall that I got made fun of for printing off directions on Mapquest while Chris used his very fancy cell phone new school gadgets to guide our way. This event of course repeated itself. I'll will always print directions like a grandma Chris try and stop me :) haha. We arrived on time and I was very excited to put my little model to work. Our photographers name was April. She was so lovely, kind, and an absolute pleasure to work with not to meantion extreamly talented! Kal-el had a nap on the car ride down so he was ready to be the center of attention and perform a little. This shoot was a complete success. I wouldnt change a thing. I was so proud of my baby boy.  The last set of  pictures with the smash cake was so much fun but I must say I was rather suprised that Super didn't drive head first into the cake. Instead he was a bit precautious in his approach, eating small bites at a time. He did manage to stick his foot in the cake and then preceeded to eat a piece off on his big toe. Super cute.  We wrapped everything up in one hour. It really did go perfectly. His pictures will be ready for viewing in 2-3 weeks. I'm on the edge of my seat. I can hardly wait to see the results. After we got home Mimsy offered to keep Kal-el so Chris and I could go to dinner. We went to Georges, the place where we got engaged 4 years ago. How romantic. We endured several jokes from Nannie warning us not to produce any more offspring on our visit. The usual family jeering lol.We had such a nice dinner. We don't get to do that much so it was a very nice treat. We wrapped up our date and headed home to our little man. We all snuggled up in our pjs and fell fast asleep. Nothing in the whole world beats Saturdays with my family. These kind of days bring me immeasurable happiness! Can't wait to show off his pics..stay tuned :)

Playing with DaDa before we leave

Yay! All done and on our way home :)

Wordless Wednesday

I've seen this done of several blogs and I thought it was a great idea. Just pictures on Wednesdays, no words. Some pictures are so cute they don't need a story :)

Sippy cup tantrum

Kal-el has reached the stage/age where sometimes fits are warrented in the event that he doesn't get his way. Exhibit A. Last night at dinner. Now in his defence he is teething again so this makes him alot more grumpy then he otherwise would be but a fit insued nonetheless. Here is his over dramatic (his Mother's child lol) response to his sippy cup being pulled away for a few brief seconds and only to put a bite of chicken nugget into his mouth. Obviously he does not want me to touch his sippy cup at all but if  I didn't he would not of touched his food. Hopefully we have a more successful supper tonight if not Mommy and Supa baby will square off for round two! I love you ill man man :)