It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, it's Drug Moth!

When your baby has been congested, boogery and goopy-eyed all week, go ahead and expect an ear infection...or two! Brady woke up pretty happy yesterday but as soon as we layed him down on his changing table he started screaming and it took us a while (and some Tylenol) to settle him back down. For those of you who know Brady the screaming thing is just not his usual deal. So we knew something was wrong.

First stop: CVS Minute Clinic where we stood in line for 5 minutes behind some very unhealthy-looking and technically-challenged folks. I'm sure the computerized sign-in station is fabulous for the clinic staff but MAN it ain't saving any time for those of us in line. Turns out the Minute Clinic is not for humans <18 months. So we were off to urgent care.

Urgent care is a popular place on a Saturday morning. We met an 8-yr old who'd sustained a bucket-inflicted injury, bucket-girl's little brother faking ill to regain some lost attention, and an injured senior returning for a tetanus shot. Luckily we were first in line because urgent care was severely understaffed at the open. After a 19.5-lb read out on the scale, normal vitals and a double ear-infection diagnosis, we grabbed our Zithromax prescription and headed back to CVS.

Now, administering antibiotic to Brady is just about our LEAST favorite thing to do. I'd rather take a rectal temp. The key to getting it down with the least amount of fussing, gagging and spitting is to employ the services of the Drug Moth. On any normal day, he's just a sweet little light-up butterfly. But when there's a child in need of prescription medicine he transforms into an insect that can get the job done.

Spring Fling!

Today was Spring Fling at Brady's school. This is the school's largest fundraiser. It was lovely to spend time with his teachers who we only get to see for a couple minutes each day as we drop him off and pick him up. It was also wonderful to see all the kids having fun playing games and jumping on the moonwalk. What fun it will be when Brady is old enough to partake. He certainly enjoyed seeing his teachers - especially Ms. Jen! He seems to think she is just so much fun. Man, did he grin at her! He grabbed her face and chewed on her shirt. How refreshing a scene to the guilt-ridden working mama. Unfortunately, mom was outbid on all her auction items. The two AirTran tickets went for about $500 (a deal!) and both the rainy day basket and the week of daycare went for only 1 bid more than mine! Nuts.

We got pictures of Brady with *almost* all of his teachers. First his newest teacher, Ms. Lindsey. Then Ms. Donna, who is the BEST at getting Brady to sleep in his crib. There there's Brady grinnin' at his Ms. Jen. And finally Ms. Laura who has the coolest, most unique amber-colored eyes I've ever seen! We're missing Ms. Janice here who was probably fleeing the scene in order to celebrate her birthday.

Updates

Brady hosted his first dinner party. He was such a kind host. After being shoved a couple times he could see that his guest, Ian, needed desperately to topple something over. So he shared his penguin toy with his buddy. It was just what Ian needed! The party was a success!

Then it was off visit Grammy, Poppy and Greaty for Easter. Mom and Brady had to go it alone on the airplane so they made the trip more comfortable by upgrading to business class! Brady had his own seat. He was a perfectly content traveler...but aren't all business class passengers?

Grammy, Poppy and Greaty were over-the-moon to see the boy. Greaty fed him nearly all his bottles while singing "patty-cake." Grammy helped him put his plastic eggs in the bucket and helped him spin his new Sassy tray toy. Grammy also introduced him to prunes which he surprisingly loved!

Although we missed Daddy, we made it through by eating lots of chocolate easter candy, Lou Malnati's pizza and drinking lots of homemade americanos.

Brady is regularly eating stage one foods now. He pairs rice cereal with veggies, including peas, sweet potatoes and carrots. Oatmeal cereal goes nicely with prunes, pears, apples and bananas. He does *not* care for bananas. I have a different brand for him to try, but I'm not optimistic. This is a picture of Brady in his new high chair wearing his Where's Waldo onesie, so-named by his teachers.