HAPPY BIRTHDAY AXTEN!!

My youngest baby is now ONE!!! WOW!! It's so hard to believe how fast this year has gone. Axten has brought such joy to all our lives. He is so easy going, with all the running around we have had to do with baseball/softball, football/cheerleading, and now basketball practice and all the games, I couldn't ask for a better baby!! He just has the personality as if he's saying "okay, let's go, just don't forget my snacks & toys!!"

He's SO CLOSE to walking!! He can easily hold his balance, and can even take quite a few steps, but then he goes to the ground and crawls!! Each day he is getting more brave and taking even more steps than before. Pretty soon, he'll be running like a wild child!!

Axten has been battling an on-going ear infection for quite a while now. We're on our 4th antibiotic, and he'll be on this one for 3 weeks. We've been through amoxicillian, augmenten, and a shot of rosefin (am I spelling those correctly??) all of which have not healed his ears completely. So now we're trying sulfatrim. At the end of the three weeks, if he still has fluid in his ears, we'll be heading to the ear, nose & throat specialist for tubes. We were hoping to avoid that route, but in the end, if it helps prevent ear infections and hearing loss, it's definitely worth it.

We have also broke free of the bottle!! His favorite cup is the Nuby, which is basically a glorified bottle with a silicone lid, but at least it's a step in the right direction!!

I love this baby with all my heart, and thinking back, I feel guilty that I was upset when I found out I was pregnant with him. I could not imagine life without him, and I'm so glad the stupid Nuvo-ring failed!!