Recent Happenings

It's been a while since I last posted, but not a lot has been going on. My parents came to Ohio for the end of Iowa State's spring break which happened to coincide with Easter and Aaron's birthday. So on the night of the 20th Aaron and I went to see the Blue Man Group at the Nutter Center here in Dayton while Mom and Dad watched Quentin. This was my birthday gift to Aaron by the way. The next day Aaron had off of work for Good Friday so we all went down to Cincinnati to the new Ikea store which had just opened recently. It was good to see my parents again and we had a good time while they were here.
Aaron and I also had car issues last weekend. First my car wouldn't start when I was getting ready to go to the airport to get mom and dad. So Aaron had to leave work in the middle of the day to go pick them up and bring them to the house. We ended up having to have my car towed to the Toyota dealership so they could figure out what the issue was. The car ended up needing a new battery and engine mount which cost a pretty penny. Then on Monday Aaron's car wouldn't start. Fortunately we were pretty sure it was the battery and mom and dad were still here. So I took Aaron to work that morning and a little later dad jump started the car and we took it to a nearby repair shop. So they replaced the battery and aligned the wheels since they were pulling to the right and gave me a call. Turns out aligning the wheels did not fix the pulling problem and they said that the tires were pretty bad and needing replacing. So we got new tires. Total car repair fixes cost about $850. Just what we needed. But at least both cars are running well now.


Quentin is practicing sitting with a little help from Grandpa.


Quentin sure likes his Easter present from Grandma and Grandpa. We have named him Mr. Hop-a-long.


Lately Quentin has taking to trying to stuff his fist in his mouth. Yummy!

Snow!

Here are some pictures of the snow we got. We also took Quentin out for a couple of minutes to experience snow for the first time. He did not seem to care for it, although it might have been because it was quite bright out. We did a Quentin snow angel though while we were outside.

Difficult Week

The last week of Feb. was a difficult week for us. First, the Thursday before I got sick and Aaron had to stay home from work that Friday. I felt awful - a temp of 102, chills, headache, scratchy throat - not pleasant at all. I did start feeling better Friday and continued to do well over the weekend. Unfortunately, Tuesday the 26th Quentin had a temperature and when Aaron took him to the doctor (I had my own appointment with my doctor at the same time) they said he needed to have blood drawn at Dayton Childrens Hospital to make sure he didn't have RSV or anything else serious. He did a good job overall with being stuck 3 times to get the blood they needed. I felt so bad for my little boy. In any case the doctor's office called us Wednesday to say that Quentin had the flu. Fortunately, he felt and acted just fine on Wednesday and continues to be well. Unfortunately, Aaron then came home from work feeling bad on Wednesday. So I spent all of Wednesday taking care of Quentin by myself. Aaron said he felt well enough to go to work Thursday morning, but once he got home he wasn't feeling the best. To top it all off he had to go to Eddyville, IA that night and returned Friday evening. So I spent another 2 days caring for Quentin all by myself - and Quentin had his vaccinations done that Thursday. Luckily, he didn't seem to have any reaction to them and Aaron's parents came to visit that weekend. They actually arrived before Aaron's flight got in. I was so thankful they came when they did, because I was so tired! Unfortunately for Aaron he still continued to feel bad that weekend - he would have a temp at night, sweat it out, feel somewhat better in the morning and then go downhill again in the evening. Finally, last Sunday he stayed feeling better and is continuing to do better every day. He does still have a cough, but overall is fine. So, now we are all feeling well (I did have to take some medicine for the bronchitis that the doctor said I had though).
On a positive note, Quentin slept through the night for the first time that Wednesday (8 hours) and continues to sleep for about 5-6 hours at a time now.

Now we have a whole bunch of snow to deal with this weekend! I hope this is the last snow we get for the year - it was quite the blizzard. I'll see about posting pictures of it tomorrow.