The most notable event of July 2011 of course is the birth of our first child Grant. He's 3 weeks old today and his personality is showing more and more. For the last week him and I have been staying at my mom's because Aaron is out of the country. Grant is getting a little spoiled with holding and getting rocked to sleep. He's grouchy when not being held and doesn't sleep well unless rocked to sleep. I think him and I are both in for a reawakening starting Saturday when we go back home. Grandma won't always be there to hold him and rock him, and I won't have mom to watch him "real quick" while I exercise or run a quick errand. We'll manage though him and I. We're becoming quite good buddies. Two things we've learned that Grant especially loves is the piano and the water. He'll lay very peacefully while I play Primary songs or hymns. He loves baths and even went for his first dip in the pool on Monday. I can't say enough how much I love living next to my parents. They have been a tremendous help, especially my mom. Aaron and I were able to go out on a nice date already thanks to them.
I guess the only other noteworthy thing to mention this month is Aaron's run-in with the scorpion. He was stung by a scorpion and had a terrible reaction. The scorpion must have gotten a lot of venom in him bc I've never seen anyone react the way he did. Blurred vision, slurred speech, twitching eyes, loss of coordination, insomnia, tingling everywhere. It lasted so long and had a sleepless night. According to poison control we were just supposed to wait and the symptoms would eventually dissipate, but Aaron got a little too worried when his "million dollar dentist hands" wouldn't work. He worried that his future career was being jeapordized so ended up going to the ER. In the end all they gave him was some valium and IV fluids, but that at least helped him get some much needed sleep. Again, so grateful that we live next to family. My dad was able to take him to the ER and wait with him so that I didn't have to take a 2-week old to a germ infested hospital.
Our little smiley :)
I'm dying over these pictures :) I LOVE that smile! He is soooo dang handsome! How cute that he likes the piano and water...those will definitely come in handy when he is having a rough day. I wish I could hold him "real quick" while you ran an errand, but you are SO lucky to have your family there. Love you guys!
ReplyDeleteI second Vanessa. These pictures are absolutely darling. I love the one with your dad holding him. You look great! I wish so badly I could see you. Glad to hear Aaron is doing better. Where is he by the way?
ReplyDeleteHE IS ADORABLE!!!!so precious! Aw, I can't wait to see him! And how scary with the scorpion! The first time I got stung poison control said to take benedryl to prevent a reaction, not sure if it made a difference or not, but I never had anything like Aaron! And totally was cracking up at losing his dentist hands. Rob always calls my right arm my "money maker" and makes sure it never gets injured. haha
ReplyDeleteLove his cute little smiles! Wish we lived closer to rock him too! You are so lucky to have family so close. Thank goodness Aaron is ok! We love you guys!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Clark was a little spoiled by grandma's too when we went to visit. He likes piano and water too. Sounds like they would get along well : )
ReplyDeleteHow adorable is he! I wish I could meet him so bad! When I am back in AZ we are all having a serious get together!
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