The Mueller's: January 2011

Hello All!

Sorry we haven't posted in a few weeks, it has been a busy new year. :-) Benjamin has been sick on and off lately with colds and such. It has been strange, him sick for a few days and then he seems fine for awhile. However, this past week we knew something was different. We thought he could be teething because several people, especially those who have had kids, told us that sometimes babies can get ill during this time. His temps were pretty low and he just seemed to be irritable. Well, this Thursday I decided I couldn't take this back and forth thing anymore and we just needed to take a trip to the doctor. So we went and found out the poor guy has an ear infection. :-( All of his symptoms can relate to it and the doc also said, again, that it could be a part of possible teething. So, Ben is now on antibiotics, he gets the yummy bubblegum flavor meds I know I liked when I was a kid. :-) He is seemingly much better and getting back to his happy social self.

Also, this week he is 10 months old, can you believe it!?! I was just thinking back to this time a year ago with the snowy and icy roads. Myself, HUGE and waddling around like a penguin on the ice trying not to fall down. It yet again makes me think time goes by quick and is very precious.

Since the new year, Ben also had a checkup before his ear infection. He weighed in at almost 20 lbs. and was 28 1/2 inches long. This meant that Ben needed to change car seats because he's almost too big for his 'baby' one. So, we headed to Babies R' Us and found one for him and he LOVES it! He can now look out the car window since it is slightly higher than the infant carseat. We now find him jabbering loudly in the backseat, probably about all the really cool things he sees as we drive by them, hehe. Soon, he will be 1 and able to face forward too, which means I can jabber along in his conversation.

You know I couldn't leave you hangin' without some glimpse of Ben lately, so here are some recent photos from this month: