Chicken Pox!

That's right, he caught the chicken pox! I have no idea where he got them, but he did. I took him to the doctor on Monday after I picked him up from the babysitter to have the rash looked at. My pediatrician had no openings so I took him to InstaCare. I was told that he just had a rash and that it would be gone after a few days.

Two days later I pick him up from the same babysitter and she is telling me how you can tell he isn't feeling good. He was just sitting around, when he did walk he was very wobbly, grumpy, not eating much, and so on. Also, the rash was looking worse. As I drove home I decided to call the pediatrician and ask to talk to a nurse. I did and she told me to bring him in. They had me wait in the car just in case he was contagious.

After the doctor took one look at him it was decided that he has chicken pox. The funny thing is that it really isn't slowing him down. He has a mild case which helps. Brandon has started to refer to him as Mr. CRAZY pox because after dinner last night Austin was so silly.

I am home from work today and tomorrow at least, maybe more days then that. We will see.

Hard to see, but if you look closely at his hand you will notice them. Poor guy!

14 Months

Not too shabby! He loves to feed himself.

 Well, Austin is all over the place. On Feb 11th he started taking steps with us noticing. Before, if we ever saw him standing he would sit right down like you can't see what I am doing, not yet. Then, on Feb 28th he started full on walking. He at first looked like Frankenstein monster, his arms up in the air, bending his knees only enough to walk forward. It was so funny to watch him! Then, by the weekend he was confident and walking normal. He is getting faster and faster each day.

Shape Sorter

His cute PJ's that Auntie Lissa got him. Love the robe with it!

Here are some things that he loves:
*Read! He will say ba and point at a book, then turn around and sit down on our lap for us to read to him
*Eat - he loves to eat, especially yogurt and banana's. All you have to say is "would you like a na-na?" and he starts loudly saying "nana, nana, NANA!" and walks over to his chair. As soon as we get to one of his wonderful babysitters, he grabs the bananas out of the bag and goes straight to his chair.
*Outside - if this kid could be outside all day, he would be. He even knows how to get out the door by turning around and going out the door and down the step backwards.
*Walk - he will grab his diaper bag and just walk around the house like he is doing laps. This will go on for 20 minutes at a time.
*He loves using his color sorter that I made for him. He uses pipe cleaners and puts them in the holes that I made on a Crystal Light container. This is great for church.
*Blankets - when he sees one of his blankets he gets really excited, grabs it, and snuggles down into it.
*Baths - he would be happy to play in the bath for 30 minutes, pruny fingers and all.
*His push cart - He loves to stand and sit in it.

Other fun things:
*He can say Jesus, banana, mom, dad, bye, this, that, gus, car, yum, uh-oh, book, cheese, moo,
*He has started laughing when we are laughing which is funny because he doesn't know what we are laughing at.
*He can fake laugh
*Loves to snort!
*Gets really excited when he sees a stuffed animal
*Has learned to climb the couch

Here are some stats on the boy:
*12 teeth - all 1 year molars are in
*32 in. tall - he grew 11 inches in his first year! WOW!
*24 lbs. 5 oz.

Loves to slide!