YAY SHEFFIELD!!!

Well Tech finally looked really good yesterday! That is so exciting....better late than never I guess but our quarterback looked awesome!! We had a good week. Boone was on antibiotics though so there were no new ear infections. Brian took him in Friday morning and they checked his ears (looked good) and did his 9 month well baby checkup. There were no shots this time--well except for the flu shot but they did do his height and weight and he was in the 82% for weight and the 77% for height so he's not quite as off the charts as before still pretty big! Brian went out of town again this weekend so it was just me and Boone. We ran some errands on Saturday. There was a boy (8 or 9) and his family standing outside of a store I was going in and he was wearing a Texas jersey and Boone as you can see was wearing his Tech jersey. The kid yelled EWWW that baby is a Texas Tech fan! So I turned around and said Well that's how I feel about you too!! No just kidding I didn't but I wanted to so bad! Little snot.....that will never be Boone :) I think we are all thinking yeah right! We got to watch the first half of the game together and Boone loved it when I sang the Fight Song--and when we'd get our guns up! He's so much fun. He has started to try and stand on his own. He does it pretty often for 5 or 10 seconds but this afternoon it was more like 20 or 30! It's so crazy to think that he will be walking soon. Brian told someone the other day that Boone would be walking in 2 weeks. Now I don't think that is true but I do think it will be before his 1st birthday! And it's coming up soon! Boone's friend/future wife Anna turns 1 on Thursday so Happy Birthday Anna and Congrats Dana and Russell for making it through the first year! Grandma Lou (Cindy) and Leslie are coming in this week to watch Boone for the weekend---we are going to a wedding in Kerrville. I am so excited to have a weekend off--yes Boone I love you more than anything in this world but Mommy is taking a vacation--even if it's only and hour a way. Our friends Don and Amy are getting married--we are so excited for them! Hope you all have a great week and Don and Amy enjoy this time together and Happy Birthday sweet Anna!

Getting a piggy back ride from Daddy! I don't know if you can see his face but he just had a biscuit and it is ALL over him and BRIAN!!


After bath time!!

Mommy builds the tower and.....

Boone takes it down---or knocks it down usually

I think the flash was bright--but check out the bed head!

I LOVE LOVE this one!

CRAZY

Out shopping with Mommy--showing off my Red Raider jersey!

I think he looks like my niece Laney here

Sweet boy

"Hey Mom!"

You can see the two teeth in this one

Well the rest of our week did not get any better (well until yesterday that is). Thursday I got a call at work from the day care and they told me that Boone had started to run a low fever again and that he was having trouble breathing....of course I started to freak out. Luckily Brian was still at home so he called and talked to the nurses at our pediatricians office and they suggested that we bring Boone back in. So Brian took him and the doctor there sent them over to the hospital to get x-rays of his chest because they thought he had some rapid spreading pneumonia. Now Brian didn't tell me how bad they thought it was until after it was over...thank goodness. The x-rays came back clean and we have no idea why he was having so much trouble breathing. He was doing something called splinting and they described it as if you had broken a couple ribs so every time you take a breath your lungs hurt. It was pretty sad to see him Thursday night because you could tell he was hurting and scared. They gave him a shot at the hospital and we went back Friday morning for a follow up. They checked his oxygen levels and listened to his lungs but they said they couldn't explain what happened because he sounded great. They think that he was exposed to something new and had a reaction or we caught the pneumonia in the early stages. Either way it was a very scary couple of days and to be honest I'm still confused by the whole thing and I am really hoping it was just some freaky thing that is over and will never happen again! And I wanted to say thank you to all of you who called to check on him and for everyone who said prayers for him--we are so grateful to you all! Our little guy seems good now but I still find myself watching him very closely--I'm still a little shocked by it all. On a lighter note our Red Raiders won!! YAY! I hope our boys can get it together for the rest of the season but I'm afraid we'll just have to wait and see. Boone put on his new Tech polo for the game! What a cutie huh?! I don't know what we are going to do about that hair! Have a great week--we love you all!

This is a video of Boone just playing like he does--all over the place and into everything! It's long but watch if you like and sorry about the blurry parts--too much movement!

Happy 9 Months Boone!!

I wasn't going to post anything today since I did yesterday but I ended up being at home with Boone this afternoon. We were supposed to have a "well baby" visit at 4 but instead we had a "sick baby" visit at 1! Last night Boone started screaming when we were trying to put him down--we first thought he was extremely worn out since he hadn't napped much that day but when he started screaming 11:15 we knew it had to be his ears AGAIN!! Poor guy! So this morning he was ok--a little cranky but no fever so he went to day care and we tried to make it through the day but when I called to check on him they said he had been really fussy and didn't want to eat so I decided to go get him. The doctor said the right ear is really red and puffy and it might end up perforating but the left ear was fine. So we are on another antibiotic and we will see what happens this time. Anyway so we got to have a lot of play time today and I took this video during it. He was crawling around--yes he decided to start crawling on his 9 month birthday!! So he is crawling at the very beginning then goes back to army crawling. He's pulling up and sitting up but I'm thinking he's not going to crawl but at the very end he starts to crawl and the camera runs out of memory...of course! You still get to see a little though. :)

Sorry it's late....

So I never got around to posting yesterday...sorry about that! I took yesterday off for a "mommy day"! I know that's unheard of right but I decided that after 9 months I deserved a day of doing whatever I liked-- which actually ended up being that I ran errands all day but the next "mommy day" will be spent in bed watching movies--I can see it now! :) Only 9 months to go! j/k Boone had a great day with his Daddy-- I'm not sure he even realized I was gone. Which is a great thing--I'm telling myself that at least! :) But really it has been 9 MONTHS! Can you believe that? My little man will be 9 months old tomorrow. How crazy! He had some more first this week which all involved injuries or just things that were way too scary for Mommy! I went to pick him up from day care the other day and Linda made me sign a "BOO BOO Report"-- and yes it actually says that on the top (I saved it for the scrapbook). Apparently my child thinks he is Spider Man and was trying to climb up a door--well he soon figured out that didn't work and ended up hitting his face on the hinge--OUCH!! I thought we were going to have his 1st shiner but it ended up just bloodying up for a few days. It was pretty bad but it's funny because both Brian and I were kind of proud, like our son has his first black eye!! Ha Ha Poor Boone! :) Then he has decided that not only are we going to stand up and try to climb on things but we are going to use other things to stand on to climb higher!!! It makes us a nervous wreck but he is just laughing the whole time-- he thinks he's invincible! We go for the 9 month checkup tomorrow so I'll let you know how that goes next time. Any guesses on ht. & wt.? You never know with this one! Have a great week and enjoy the pics!

Chillin in my chair--that's right I'm not wearing any pants! :)

Exploring every inch of this house

I don't know what this is but I find it hilarious

I don't know if he was mad or happy here...hmmm

You can see his eye and a little on his nose (which is filthy by the way b/c he would not let me clean it...I think it hurt too much!)

We discovered that Brian's block target is a great thing for Boone to stand with---he loves it!

Going down to get something--check out the tongue! (If you click on the picture to blow it up you might see it better)

Happy Boy!

There's that tongue

Had to throw in a pic. of Ellie--wishing she was on the deck with us


These next pics are all of Boone out on the deck one night---I loved them all!

Bath Time!!!

Well first I'll update you on Boone's ears since that was where I left off last time. Brian took Boone in Monday morning and one of his eardrums had ruptured again. I know poor guy right?! The worst part is he doesn't show any signs of it until right before it happens. Monday he was a million times better because the rupture had taken away all of the pressure. They gave us a new, stronger antibiotic and some new ear drops too. We go back next week for a checkup so hopefully all will be good. We went back down to the ranch this weekend with Chad and Stephanie. We had a great time as usual and were able to see some more things finished up. Everything is so close and it's only a matter of weeks until it is completely done. It is really awesome! I shot my first javelina this weekend. That's always exciting! It was nice to be out and to get to hunt again since I didn't at all last year. I can't wait for deer season. Boone did great as always, of course he did wake up in the middle of the night but that's pretty typical when we are away from home. That is the only hard thing about traveling on the weekends. I barely get enough sleep as it is and when we don't get to catch up on the weekends it sure makes the weeks hard! Boone has started crawling pretty good now but he picks and chooses when he wants to do it. Most of the time he will crawl 2 or 3 steps then sit down and start all over again. I think he will be crawling soon but I've said that before. At this rate he will be walking before he crawls. He has both of his bottom teeth now and they are as sharp as a knife.....it really hurts when he bites but luckily he's not really a "biter" so that's good. Before I go I want to say Happy Birthday to Cindy who's birthday is on Tuesday and Mom who's birthday is on Friday. Happy Birthday Lou and Grammy---we love you!! Oh and I'm so sad my Red Raiders lost but I think they played a great game and I'm really proud of them! Well I need to go relax for a while before I start to get ready for another busy week. Hope you all had a good one and we love you.

I think Boone has seen too many pics. of his Grammy trying this one! :)


Pulling up in my play yard

Oh that's so funny!

Boone just discovered his tongue on Sat.---it was pretty funny!

Trying to grab my camera

Taking a nap on Steph

The bar top at the ranch

They poured a copper epoxy (sp?) on top--it looks really neat

Pool all filled up

I love this part of it!

Snake outside the lodge this morning--apparently they eat rattlesnakes so we like him (sort of)

Chad---you are CRAZY!!!

RAIN!!!

So I first have to talk about all of the rain we got this week. It was AMAZING.......and we needed it SO bad! Thank you Lord!! At our house our rain gauge said we got 8 inches in 3 days plus more from this weekend. I know in some parts of Texas they are getting too much but we got a great amount and are so thankful for it. Boone had a good week....busy of course! He was all over the place and pulling up on everything. We had a lot of spills this week and Brian and I have now come to the conclusion that Boone is like his Daddy and doesn't bruise very easily. I'm guessing that will be a good thing considering he is going to have a lot of chances for bruises with his wild personality! He is so fun to watch because he is always getting into something now which means we have to watch him like a hawk. He thinks it's hilarious when he finds a new place to try and stand on or gets out of his blocked off area. What a mess! We are afraid that his ears might be bothering him again. This morning he has been pretty fussy and when we laid him down for his nap he woke up screaming....all signs from the past that we have another ear problem. I hope this is just a flair up from the last and not a sign of what is to come for Boone. I feel so bad for him because I know he is being so tough about it but it's got to hurt. I got some good pictures of Boone trying out all of his new tricks and a video of it too. Plus some cute pictures of Boone and Anna from school on Friday and just some others of Boone loving life as an 8 month old! Oh and before I forget How about them Red Raiders!! Now if we could all say a little prayer for next week that would be great! Have a wonderful week--we love you all!

Boone sits like this all the time now--- I think it is the cutest thing ever!

I had to get this shirt in honor of Boone's Aunt Stephanie (her maiden name is Bruno in case yall were wondering what the bulldog on a skateboard had to do with her!)

Boone and Anna at school---I don't know if you can tell but it looks like Anna is checking out Boone's butt! :)

Having a little chat

Fighting over the snacks :)

Playing with everything except the toys....of course

Hey guys!

Going over Mommy's legs

He made it!!

Going for the cat!

I don't know what this look is saying but I think it's pretty funny!

Even Cuter huh?!

Pulling up on his chair

Watching a little football

Daddy and Boone (they both have a little bed head going on!)



This is a video of Boone pulling himself up but I forgot it was turned the wrong way so you have to watch it sideways....sorry! Oh and sorry for the gasping....he has been really good about catching himself but it's still scary when he starts to fall!