My poor sweet Andrew seems to contract croup when I'm not watching. During his first 15 months, he had the terrifying cough 3 times. The first time was the worst. As first time parents, you don't know when to give a little medicine and brush it off that all kids get colds, and when to freak out and dart to the ER. When an infant starts holding their breath, though, it makes you want to hold your own. Thankfully, he had been croup free for over a year, but it was back. The bummer this time is that he is old enough to question it. "Why does my throat sound like that? Why am I talking funny? Why can't I stop coughing?" So we went to our Pediatrician to beg for the steriods. This time, he is old enough for the shot to open his airways. Yippee! Another shot and another SCREAMING child (recall that BOTH of kids cry whenever EITHER of them gets a shot)!
Margaret has begun standing for 5-10 seconds before melting into a crawl. We are thinking she is working more on mobility than on teeth. She didn't get her first teeth until about 8.5 months, but on Labor Day, we saw a top tooth!!! Our children get teeth on Labor Day. Don't know what it is. Andrew first took a hunk out of Michael's finger on Labor Day:)
Andrew has started "preschool sports" at ACAC. There are 4-week sessions of soccer, lax, and then basketball. The first time of soccer was a HUGE success! He and 25 other little midgets wearing their blue t-shirts warmed up for their coaches, did their stetches and jumping jacks (THAT is a sight to see), and dribbled the ball around the indoor court. Sessions 2 & 3 weren't so great. Andrew didn't want to participate, complaining that it was too hot. They were outside and while the temperature wasn't too bad, it was disgustingly humid...the "why does anyone think there is anything good about living in the south" humid, wiping away all precious memories of the beautiful spring and the crisp fall days that feel like they will never come. Already, Andrew has identified humidity...and he loathes it. He is most definitely his Father's son.
