A Minute with the Minns: 8 Months and Happy Holidays!

Things are not so happy here at the moment. The poor babe has come down with RSV, a respiratory virus that presents similarly to the flu, and a whopper of an ear infection. Of course, I bring him to the doctor's office this morning and he has an astronomical temperature (103.5). Not only that, but he was tired and it was creeping up on nap time, so his eyes started getting glazed, possible even a little cross-eyed at times like he would keel over with a febrile seizure at any moment. Pretty sure I had the "I promise I'm not a bad mom" look on my face... hey, Tylenol doesn't stay in the body forever...

We're camped out at home right now, so I figured I'd update the blog since I did promise myself I would be more diligent about keeping up with this. Before the fever and rolling eyes, we were able to get one 8 month picture that looked fairly decent... I will share. I will also share some of the other ones that did not turn out so decent. This is what happens when they become mobile! We have also started standing up on our own. Now, Aiden is not picky about where he stands up, but I think he has a preference for dangerous places, such as the fireplace and the crib. The first time I discovered he could stand, I saw his little toosh in the side of our video monitor. "Where's the rest of Aiden?" I thought to myself. Well, the rest of him was hanging off the side of the crib. Lovely.... I have an adventure seeker as a son. My life as a mom is going to be thrilling!