The Mommy Talks

Nathaniel had his well check today. I'm happy to report that his ears are already looking better. He's being referred out for a hearing check and a speech evaluation because I'm concerned that he really isn't talking much at all. I'll keep you posted. Otherwise, he's doing quite well:

Height: 35 inches (>97%)
Weight: 26 lbs 15 oz (50-75%)

When they first measured him, they got 35 3/4. Which I guess would have made him a freak so they remeasured. I figure he's somewhere between the two figures and really is a VERY tall boy.

Well, the weekend got off to a bad start when I could tell that I was getting sick on Friday. By Saturday morning, I was feeling downright terrible. I skipped taking Ava to her dance class (Daddy took her). We went to a Halloween party at the neighbor's Saturday night. At about 6 pm, we noticed that Nathaniel was running a fever. Sunday afternoon, his fever was over 104--and he was just plain unhappy. I took him up to Children's and his ear infection is back with a vengence--double this time. And the doc said that it looked real bad, worse in the left than the right. So, he's on Augmentin. If that doesn't work, he'll have to get some sort of antibiotic shot (Rocephin). Blah, he has his "well" visit for 18 months on Wednesday. We should know by then if it's clearing up. Poor little guy...you should have seen him, he was so pathetic.

Meanwhile, here's a cute video of Ava "introducing" Hannah Montana and Demi Lovato. Nathaniel thinks it's pretty funny.

Ava got to preview her Halloween costume this weekend at a birthday/Halloween party. She's a girly pirate. Here she is practicing her big line...

Farrah and I met up for lunch with a friend of ours, Stephanie, that we haven't seen in years. It was so much fun. She has a son that's just two months older than Ava! Here are some pictures of the event.

Here are some pictures that my friend Brandi took at my sister's wedding.

Nathaniel:

Ava & Hannah playing in the rose petals:

Ava and my neice Hannah:

...L.A. Lady" sings at least 2 people on a Chartered bus headed back to Charlotte from The Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens. I mean, really, how cool would it have been to get a bus full of drunken people to have an Almost Famous moment. Alas, only David T. (my sister's boyfriend from high school) and I would sing. So, it goes without saying that we had a great time at the wedding of Stephanie and Bryan. And it also goes without saying that I was more than a little tipsy...I mean, come on, I was singing...and people could actually hear me. Oh my!

We loved Charlotte. What an adorable city. It's small, clean, nicely manicured. I've already started planning our new life there ;) Now, I just have to convice my parents and Elizabeth & Todd. Hmmm.

Side bar...
Anyone watching Desperate Houswives? Teri Hatcher's new man, Gale Harold?!! YUM!

Actually, the first for our family. My dad noticed on wednesday that he had ungodly foul breath. I didn't think much of it at first, but his foul odor persisted and since he'd taken that fall last friday, I was concerned that his scrape under his nose might be infected. Since we are leaving for Charlotte in the morning, I took him to Childen's after dinner. They found that he and an infected right ear and tested him for strep, which thankfully was negative. So he's getting antibiotics for the first time and should be on the mend. This might also explain his sleepless night this week...hmmm.

We had a great time at the show and I'll post some pictures a bit later. I'm slightly hung over, but not too bad. The show itself was a little more jambandesque than I prefer--made it difficult to sing along, which I love to do at concerts. Of what I knew, since I don't know the new album, this is a list of what they played:

Perfect Blue Buildings
A Long December
Goodnight Elisabeth
Mr. Jones
Hanging Around
Rain King
Walkaways

Rain King was really cool, they did a bluegrass intro courtesy of Augustana. Throughout, the song mingled with The Beatles' (and sometimes Joe Cocker's) "A Little Help from My Friends" (which personally reminds me of Kevin and Winnie ;)) and Mr. Jones. I loved the repetition of "beautiful" which has always been a Counting Crows theme. All in all, it was a good show. I only wish it had been longer, and perhaps a bit less of the ultra-popular songs.