Sickies

Well there have been a whole bunch of sickies around here lately. Keaton and I have had some kind of flu/virus and he has also had an ear infection! Poor little bubba. I spent tuesday taking him to the doctors first and they diagnosed him with the virus. Then I took him to the ER later because he was just acting super weird/not virus weird. So anyways, they figured out he had an ear infection and now hes on an antibiotic. Just for the record I ASKED the doctor, "does he have an ear infection?" because I was suspicious that every time I gave him a bottle he would want it really bad and then freak out and wriggle around when he started drinking. Luckily we are both on the mend now although hes still not drinking his usual 9 oz. per feeding. Thank goodness he has such a chubby little body so this sickness hasn't left him malnourished! He has been such an angel even those hes sick. He just throws up and keeps on smiling. AND sleeping! :)

Here are a few pictures of him from our sick week. I had to get some pictures of him holding his adorable pedialyte bottle cause its just too cute! I couldn't get over that when he was first born we would cheer him on to drink just half of one of those little bottles of formula and now he
drinks at least 4 of them. That's 8x!! So crassssy.








































I think he looks like Chaz in this picture.



















Keaton kept laughing every time I was about to give him his bottle! It was so random but so cute. I love it when he does stuff like this. It's so much fun to see his little personality and sense of humor grow. I love the end of the video when hes like, "yeah but seriously I really do want that bottle..."

Weekend Away

Well it looks like I lose! I went up to Marysville for a few days so that my family could spend some time with Keaton and I didn't even think about bloggin! Oh well, no surprise for me! Chaz stayed home cause he had to work but Keaton and I had a fun time just hanging out. Spent some time relaxing in the hot tub and my sisters and I went to Cristianos which is a delicious little italian place that has the best caesar salads ever. It is crazy how fast my siblings have grown up. Michael is getting his license soon and that is just unacceptable.

I recently found this little gem that Ashley made when I was doing high school cheer in 10th grade.

















Too bad kids can't stay little and say adorable things forever.

Oh and just for fun here is a video of Grandma giving Keaton a bath from a couple months ago.



And a cute picture from a few days ago. He is getting so big!! Noo!!!!

A friendly competition

I bet Chaz that I could blog everyday for the rest of the month. I'm not even sure what my prize is for doing it cause he says it's a surprise. Which does not sound promising. But I am going to try and win because my pride is at stake!!

Since it is the season for thankfulness, on any day that I don't have something to blog about I will just say something that I'm thankful for.

Today I am thankful for modern medicine and good doctors. Because everybody hurts, sometimes.

I have had a headache for almost four weeks straight! My doctor thinks that is sinusitis? So I'm going to start the medicine tomorrow. Here's to hoping that it works!

Teething Troubles

Teething is a PAIN. Keaton was sleeping so good! like 11-12 hours straight and then all of a sudden a week ago he starts waking up between 5-6 in the morning (he goes to bed at 8). It's driving me crazy because he cries and cries till I give him a bottle. When we did the sleep training he would fall asleep pretty quickly if I didn't go in the room after a few minutes. Not anymore. He already has one tooth and its been there for at least a month but this second one is apparently much more painful. Are the next two years of nights going to be this bad?! I almost wish he would just get all of his teeth in at once, although he would look super freaky. If anyone has suggestions please feel free to send them my way.

On a happier note, Keaton started to say dadadada. I doubt he knows what he is doing but it's still cute. He loves to smile whenever you say mama or dada to him. Or maybe he just smiles cause he likes the attention. I guess I'll never know! ;)

Date night

Today Chaz and I went out to run errands and catch a movie. We dropped Keaton off with my cousin Melissa. She is awesome by the way, cute, loves babysitting and single too! We don't get too much time with out the baby very often so we try to use it wisely. Sooo we went and saw Puss in Boots. So juvenile and yet so entertaining. SOME people I know (Miken) refuse to watch anything animated besides the simpsons but for some reason I still have love for cartoons AND Disney shows. THANKFULLY I married someone who does too, or at least is willing to watch them with me. Chaz even watched Footloose and Monte Carlo with me in the same weekend! He must reaaally love me ;).

Oh and here are a couple pictures to make this post a little more interesting...

Video Vomit

Here are a bunch of videos of Keaton taken over the past few months. Some are a little long and maybe even a little boring but hey, this IS a baby worshiping blog now, isn't it? Oh, it's not? Oh well.

Too tired to get his fingers in his mouth. 2 months.


Crazy Dad.


Baby jabber. 2 1/2 months

Learning how to roll over. 3 months.


Keatons 2nd attempt with rice cereal. 3 months.


Keaton 3 1/2 months. Cutest giggle ever.


Entranced by the vibrating bird. 4 months.

Jumping in a monkey costume? 4 months.


Just hangin out. 5 months


Ok that's enough for one night.

Guess who's back, back again...

I'm finally blogging!!!! WAHOO!!!! I love it!!! Just kidding I hate it because I don't have any time to do it. Just kidding I do have time to do it when Keaton naps. Just kidding Keaton doesn't nap. Just kidding he does I just have OTHER things to do when he naps. Just kidding I don't. Just kidding I do. Just kidding, just kidding , just kidding.

I'm hunkering down. Literally. Hunching over in the lazy boy forcing myself to just keep typing. Because the thought of trying to catch up on my blogging seriously makes me feel nauseous I'm just going to start from here and hope I can be better. By the way I blame this blogging procrastination on college. I always feel like there's going to be a "due date" and that I will just be FORCED to catch up on my blog but it never comes. I have realized I need to retrain my brain and just say no to procrastination.

These are the most major changes we've had in the last 6 months.

-Moved to Seattle, WA
-Chaz got a job in downtown Seattle@ First Choice Health Network
-Hadababyitsaboy: Keaton Alexander Dixon 5/22/11 5lbs 5oz - LOVE HIM!

So as you can see, the baby that was discussed in my most recent post is now very much here and very much alive (we've kept him alive for 5 months and counting!). I love being a mom and wouldn't trade it for anything. Our sweet baby brings us more joy than I could ever of imagined was humanly possible. I never would of thought that making someone giggle could bring me to tears but its just THAT much of a crazy, consuming, overwhelming love. The love of a parent. And man oh man, it is potent.