Well, I knew the good sleep was too good to last. A combination of coming down with a tummy bug early last week + holiday excitement got everything screwed up, and we've had a rough few nights recently. At least we know he CAN sleep well... ?
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| Sleep? Fooled you! |
Playing with shadows on the changing table.
It was right after dinner on Sunday night (the 20th) when Dargan suddenly projectile vomited
everywhere. I'd always wondered how to tell the difference between vomit and spit-up... oh, there was NO mistaking this. Poor guy looked shocked and horrified at what had just happened.
This called for a bath!
He slept ok and didn't seem ill on Monday morning, so we sent him to daycare as usual. I got the phonecall at about 12:15p that he was still vomiting, so I headed out to pick him up and take him home. My parents were coming to babysit since Scott and I had a work dinner, so they arrived and I headed back to Spartanburg to work the rest of the afternoon and have dinner. Thankfully D did well for my folks, and Scott and I enjoyed a nice dinner!
Tuesday we didn't go to the office but worked from home. D seemed much better.
Wednesday we had a checkup for Dargan's chest cyst. I don't think I posted about it before, but he was born with a little lump (about the size of a flattened pea) right in the middle of his chest. We had it checked out right after he was born, the doc wanted to just keep an eye on it and check it again in 6 months.
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| You can see it a little bit here. |
The doc decided that it's likely to rupture and/or get infected as he gets older, so it's best to remove it before it causes problems. We have surgery scheduled on Tuesday 12/29 to remove it, which will require general anesthesia (cue mom freaking out), but is outpatient so we'll be home the same afternoon.
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| "You're gonna do what?" |
Scott's parents had arrived late Tuesday, so we spent Wednesday visiting with them and went to dinner at Sierra Nevada Brewery in North Carolina.
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| Shiner rides are fun! |
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| Mom & baby selfies |
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| Napping in the car on the way to Asheville. |
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| Sierra Nevada Brewery (Dargan's brewery #16) |
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| Straws! |
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| With Grammy |
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| You like my bibdana? |
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| Dargan got to open a gift early! |
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| Still grumpy. |
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| Enjoying the vibrating teether, but refusing to hold it himself. |
Finally enjoyed a bath and got to play with rubber duckies!
And sometime after Dargan went to sleep...
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| Santa came!!! |
Christmas morning we got up and had breakfast, I slept in after being up several times with D overnight, and before we even got to opening gifts, Dargan actually took a decent nap!
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| Santa Jammies (9 month size!) |
This allowed the adults to open their gifts, then we had Dargan open his once he woke up. He wasn't quite sure what to do with the gifts, but he certainly enjoyed being the center of attention!
Opening his first Christmas gift!
He got loads of toys and clothes from friends & family and loved playing with all of them. He was sat on the blanket, surrounded by toys, just going from one to the next. He especially loved the egg shaker from Grannie!
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| Whew! |
Scott and I got to go on a bike ride in the afternoon during a break in the rain, and we got 30 miles in. Felt great to be out on the bikes together! Not 10 minutes after we got home it started to downpour... good timing on our part!
On Saturday, the Trenor grandparents headed out early and the rain had moved out, so we loaded D into the bike trailer and headed down the Swamp Rabbit Trail to a new brewery that was having their grand opening.
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| Upstate Craft Beer Co. - Dargan's brewery #17 |
On Sunday, the Wetmore grandparents and uncle Matt came to visit for lunch. It was so nice and warm, we had Christmas and ate out on the screened porch!
A lovely afternoon, and a great end to a holiday week!
