April Ups and Downs

April was a pretty hectic month for us. A week after Alex's birthday he came down with a nasty virus. We went for his belated 1 year old check up and unfortunately he couldn't get his injections because he was running a fever and had a sore throat.

For weeks we battled sleepless, cranky nights. On top of it all Alex's molars started coming through. I've read conflicting articles on whether teething and colds go hand in hand. Some say it's an old wives tale but in our case it always seems to ring true.





There were some other unfortunate incidents this month:

-We broke out the steam cleaner a couple of times due to Alex not being able to keep food down.
- We had to get our house sprayed for termites. Ick.
- Due to miscommunication with the gas company (their fault) they didn't turn on our gas and we had to endure a weekend of no hot water, no heater and a sick kid.
- Our cat of 14 years, Mau, passed away after a short battle with feline cancer. We miss her very much.
- And Matt had a 911 episode after a night spent in the bathroom, which ended up being a stomach virus.

But as is usually the case we had as much good news as bad...

Alex's new cousin arrived on April 8th. Nicholas Jagdish Turnipseede. He lives in Ohio but hopefully we will be able to meet him this summer.

He's absolutely adorable!

Matt and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. We went back to the Cypress Hotel and had the same meal we enjoyed the night of our wedding.



And most exciting for us, Alex took his first steps. I can't explain how exhilarating this was for us. I felt like beaming and crying all at once. I miss holding and hugging my baby but love seeing his new found independence. Weight loss, here we come!



I love our drunken little zombie.