Busy, Busy, Busy

Looking at the calendar it seems like all our weekends are filled with stuff to do. Friday we're meeting up with Julie, Jared, Jonas, Jesse (maybe Brock?) and probably my parents as well at the zoo. We've never taken Q to a zoo before so I'm excited to see his reactions to the animals.
The following weekend is a family reunion. They have it every year and I haven't been able to go in a long time.
Then we're off to Elgin for a family picnic. Although I'm wondering if we're going to end up missing Jonas' birthday party. Did you pick a weekend for that Julie?
The next weekend is my birthday and while we don't have anything planned, I'm sure something will come up!
August brings a wedding and my 10 year class reunion on the same day. We might just go to the downtown pub crawl the evening before and not make it to the cocktail party.
We're getting tickets to the Iowa State Fair and Aaron will probably take a day off of work so we can actually make it there.
And finally...we're going to be heading to Omaha for a customer appreciation thing that Cargill wants Aaron to go to.
Aaron and I are also hoping that we can get some of our college friends to meet at our house for a day sometime this summer. Plus I want to take Aaron and Q to Living History Farms and the Science Center. Where we're going to fit in all of this, I don't know. As for now, I'm procrastinating getting a grocery list put together so I can go to the store. :)

Swimming!

We took Q out on the deck this afternoon to "swim" in his whale pool. He had a great time going in and out, throwing toys to make a splash and getting into a bag of birdseed that was sitting out nearby. Then he took a second nap. :)

Pudding and Other Cute Pics

Child Health Specialty Clinic

Earlier today Aaron and I took Quentin down to Ottumwa to a Child Health Specialty Clinic. The lady we met with asked a bunch of questions about his eating habits, development milestones, etc. She watched how he played with toys, how he ate and drank and did doctor-y things like look in his ears, eyes and mouth. She then proceeded to tell us what Q's pediatrician did: either he is not consuming enough calories or his body is not processing the calories he consumes properly. Thanks so much. So far completely unhelpful.
On the up side they had us do a 3 day food diary of what Q eats and drinks and they are going to pass it on to a nutritionist. The nutritionist is supposed to get back to us in a week or two with her findings. I really hope she actually has something useful for us to try, cause I don't know what to do anymore.
In the meantime, we're to add butter to everything we can, try to get him to drink more whole milk, and see if he'll drink any shakes or smoothies.

Weight Gain!

After being sick with an ear infection and barely eating anything for about 4 days, Q has been eating super well (for most meals) and today we found out that he gained almost 1/2 a pound. He now weighs 20 lbs. 13.8 oz and I couldn't be happier! He is still in the less than 3rd percentile for weight for his age, but hopefully this improvement will continue. He has actually been drinking milk (only 1%, but it's still milk!). Next week we will be taking him to a clinic in Ottumwa where they will watch him eat and give us some tips/suggestions on how to get him to consume more calories. Hopefully this will help and we won't have to keep going. Keep on eating well Quentin!

Weight Loss

Quentin had another weight checkup today and he's lost a little bit of weight again. On top of that he has a bit of a temperature and the doc thinks he has a bit of an ear infection. Not a happy day. Any tips on how to get a toddler to eat? Specifically the doc wants him to drink more milk and eat more meat and in general eat more calories.