Happy 1/2 Year Birthday, Erik!

Monday, October 9th was Erik's 6 month birthday. We can't believe he's a 1/2 year old already!!! Mommy swears it was just yesterday that Erik was only a tiny little newborn. Sigh! Daddy could still remember Erik's first photo (sonogram) and he was only at the size of a pea. Another Sigh! Where did the time go? Our little baby is growing up.

So, HAPPY 1/2 YEAR BIRTHDAY to our darling son, Erik!! We love you lots!! You've definitely brightened up our days and nights.

We didn't really do anything to "celebrate" since it was time for his 6 month shots. Erik had to have 3 immunization shots yesterday and our poor boy didn't know what was coming. At first, he was happy and smiling like his usual self. He even grinned at the nurse and the doctor. He was observing everything in his environment and wasn't scared of the doctor. Afterwards, the nurse came with 3 injections and the first two, Erik didn't even cry! He was soooo brave! But the third one...that was the big stinger!! He made Erik cried like crazy :o( SNIFF SNIFF!! Even nursing him didn't help...he was just looking at me with tears streaming down his cheeks...as if asking "WHY, Mommy?!! WHY, Daddy??!!"

Afterwards, he just slept a whole lot during the day and was a fussball during the night. His fever went up to 102.5 degrees!! We gave Erik baby Tylenol droplets and that helped a bit. Mommy and Daddy had to call the on-call nurse to see if there's anything else we could do to relieve Erik a bit. Basically recommended cold water for sipping, ice for gnawing (also Erik is now teething, we can see his buds! **NOTE** buds as in 2 little chompers. Erik had to out do Daddy), and a cold towel as a compress for the forhead. So as you can imagine, Daddy and Mommy didn't really get a good night rest since Erik didn't. But no worries, his fever faded after 2am. WHEW! Hope Erik will be okay for the rest of today! Kisses and Hugs to Erik!!