Memorial Weekend

We have had a great weekend so far. Saturday we went Frisbee golfing for a bit and played outside. Today Zach had a bike race in Frankfort. So, we watched him. Cameron and I ran around while he biked. Cam's little friend Bodie was there, so they got to play together a little bit. Cam liked running around the baseball area and going in and out of the dugout. He got a little wheezy there today, but it's seemed to clear up. He actually ate a sandwich this afternoon, which is amazing. He's so picky. There is nothing easy to take when we're out, but today he ate it just like a sandwich, it made me so happy!! After his LONG nap, we went to the pool. He doesn't have a float right now, but he can stand in the little baby pool. He tried to run and fell down face first and scared himself (and us too). We were right there, but it's so scary. He was nervous after that. He liked sitting on the side of the pool with us, throwing his toys in, and then going in to get them out and getting back up on the side again. After the pool, we went to "The Barrel of Fun" and had some soft serve, which he loved!! Who knows what we have in store for tomorrow. I wanted to sign Cam and I up for a swim class this summer, but I still have two and a half weeks of school left and they all start now, so I'd have to do Saturdays and we are going to miss half of them with things that are already planned. So, we may have to wait until next year to do it.

Baby 2 @ 13 and a half weeks

Doc Appts

Well, we just ended up talking with Cameron's doc on the phone and they want to put him on Omnicef before we go to the Levaquin. So, we're going to try that starting tonight. He was in such a horrible mood today. I'm hoping it gets better as the steroids get out of his system. We had my ultrasound today and it went well. The baby was moving all around. It was so cute. We saw both legs and feet, both hands and arms. I will try to get Zach to scan a pic to put on here. They said my new due date is around November 20th. I am now a little over 13 weeks. The amnio is June 18th. Gotta go, Cam's screaming....

"Cookie"

This weekend flew by! I had no time to get more pics up from the walk, so I added a few more today. I also put a short video of Cameron. He's starting to try to say new words and repeat the things we say. We taught him to say, "that" and "more," but today I asked him to say cookie (it was the iced animal cookies) and he did. Now, it doesn't sound exactly like 'cookie' but it's pretty cute and he was pretty proud of himself. We all thought it was close enough. By the time I got the video, he was getting sick of them (that's always how it goes, I'm always getting too late by the time I break out the camera). Cameron's doing okay. He still has his cough and he's in a bad mood often the last two days, which I believe is the steroid. He had his last day today and there is no change as far as the cough. He's congested at certain parts during the day, but not always. So, Dr. Eid wanted to try something new if he wasn't 100% or much better, so we'll see what he wants to do tomorrow. I have a doc appt at the OB tomorrow. We have another ultrasound. I'm about 12 weeks now. I'm a little nervous because we always had some kind of bad news for each and every ultrasound during my pregnancy with Cameron, so I hope things go okay. I'm sure they will, I'm just nervous and anxious. I can't wait to see the little one!!

Great Strides Walk 2008

We had a beautiful day for the Great Strides walk. We had friends and family travel from California and the Cinci area and so much support from our local friends!! Once all the money is together, we will have raised about $13,000 this year, which exceeds our goal. We are SO happy!! We'll have to find a way to beat that next year. It has been a very long day, so I'm just going to post the group picture of our walkers...tomorrow I'll try to get some of the cute pics of Cam and the other kids on here. Cam really likes water and there was a playground with water on, so he went straight for it. Some kids got drenched, but we just let Cam get a little wet and then made him get out because I don't want him sick. But, you can see his little shirt I made him this morning in that picture.

Cameron is getting sick again, this time some kind of congestion in his chest. We've increased therapy to every 4 hours an he's on steroids. He didn't sound great this morning right before the walk, but started sounding better and has seemed fine all day with the exception of a little runny nose. So, we're hoping he will be healthy quickly and this won't be like last year at this time. I'll update more tomorrow when I have more time!

Doing Better

Cameron woke up with a slight fever this morning, but it went away and he had a great day! He was in a good mood all day! He was especially talkative today. He said a couple new words...dirt, that, and boat. It is the cutest when he says "dirt."

Sick Cam

I just realized I haven't posted in a while. I've been so busy and not really feeling that well this pregnancy. I was off yesterday and excited to spend the day with Cameron, but he was crying almost all day. Today, he woke up with a temp of almost 104. It's gone down a little with Tylenol, but keeps going to about 104. So, that explains his fussiness. I don't know how he got sick this time, I don't know anyone sick. Zach said some are sick at his work, so maybe that. Could be the grocery store...you never know. I hope he gets better tomorrow and kicks this fast! Here's some pics from last weekend when we went to Grandma and Grandpa Hoeptner's cabin. He loves running around there and yelling because the house is empty and echos.

Outside Time

Cameron just LOVES his time outside. He screams and throws a fit when it's time to go in or go home from somewhere that he gets to play outside. He really likes to go up and down stairs like big kids do now. He wants to hold my hand going up the stairs now instead of crawling. If there are rails, like our deck outside, he will go down on his own. It makes me nervous, but we're always right there if he falls. However, he hasn't fallen yet. I video taped him and he does slip a little, but of course that is just for the video! We went to the park today to let him go down big slides. He's not very good at it, his feet always catch and he face plants. So, we either have to take his shoes off or I have to hold him as he goes down. But, he loves it! He especially likes climbing the stairs to get to a slide. Of course having all the other kids there was an added bonus. He says hi and tries to talk to them. He loves watching other kids and gets so excited!
Cameron has been healthy so far the month of April, we are very thankful for that. As most of you know by now, I am pregnant again, so come the end of November, there will be a little brother or sister for Cameron. That will be very exciting for him!
I'm also attaching a little video of Cam climbing on the couch. This is another one of his favorite things to do now that he's figured it out! He climbs up, sits down and usually reads something really fast, then climbs down and does it all over again.

Fun At Home

I cant believe how the week has flown by! The weather has been warm, but overcast. Today it is raining, so no outside time for us. Unfortunately, I have not felt well the last couple days, so we have just had as much fun as we can inside. Cameron loves getting a book and climbing on the couch and sitting like a big boy next to me on the couch. He's spent quite a lot of time with his tool bench. He also has learned to move on his Radio Flyer trike thing he has had since his birthday. However, he is more into climbing everything lately, so he likes to stand on the seat. Today we need to make a trip to Babies R Us to get another car seat. We really need one in Zach's car, Cameron has grown out of the infant seat. We will get a reasonably priced one since it won't get used as much. It can be the seat we fly with when we travel. That's all the news for now.

Zoo

We had a fun morning at the zoo today. It was packed! I'm so glad we got there when it opened! We left around 12:30 and by then people were parking across the street. Apparently, yesterday they had to close the zoo because there were too many people inside. Cameron had a lot of fun. He got sick of being in the stroller, so I told him he could walk if he held my hand and he was very good about that today. He would point to the animals and smile. He really liked the zebras, the lions, and the Bongos. There was a play area there with lots of slides and tons of kids Cameron's age, so we let him play there for a while. There was also a big inflatable slide that you had to pay $1 for that he went down with daddy. It was a lot of fun. He fell right asleep as soon as we got on our way home. Unfortunately, I think it's going to rain the rest of the week, so I'm not sure what the rest of our days will bring, but we'll think of something!

Spring Break

Spring break has begun and the weather has started out wonderful. It reached like 78 degrees today. Cameron and I met his daddy for lunch. I was planning on taking the pacifier away during this break, but decided since he's so much more attached after being sick that it wouldn't be a good time. However, we only let him have it when he's in his crib going to bed. So, no more pacifier with therapy or in the car. So far, he has done great. He does just as well with therapy without a pacifier. I mean, he doesn't like it, so sometimes he can get through the whole thing without any fussing and other times he tries to push the mask away or the percussor. The car was the hard part. We let him pick out a new toy at the store. He tried lots, but kept coming back to one, so that's his car toy. After we met daddy for lunch, I knew he'd sleep, but didn't want to give him the pacifier in the car and he fussed for a minute, but then fell asleep on his own. So sweet! Tomorrow we are planning on going to the zoo in the morning. My ankle still hurts, but I'm going to try it because it looks like the only good weather will be tomorrow. So, I've gotta take it while I can get it! I think daddy might even take 2 hours off and meet us there for a little bit. Fun!
I've also included a short video. It's been hard to video lately because every time I try, Cameron wants the camera. I taped him doing ring around the rosy. I usually do this with him and he usually falls down right when you're supposed to. Today, he just wanted me to sing and he'd turn in circles and then fall down. So, I decided to video him, however, when it gets close to time to fall he stands and waits with his back to me (you can see he's smiling from the side of his cheek) and then he waits for me to tell him to sit down. Of course he had to be stubborn for the camera!

Cheese Puffs

Cameron had cheese puffs today and just loved them as you can see. He hasn't made a mess of himself like this in a long time. But, it was good to see him eating so well. He has been gradually doing better eating again. His favorite is still grilled cheese though. We received good news this week. The waiver went through for Cameron to see his CF doc, which is great. We will still have issues with the insurance, but this will help him to see this doctor tremendously. Now we just have to hope there's some kind of deal by the end of the year. It was very nice out today. Cameron went running around the front yard for a bit, I planted a bunch of seeds for my pots, we tried to get a little cleaning and organizing done and took a bunch of stuff to Good Will. Hopefully I can get some more done while I'm off on Spring break this week. That's all for now. Hope to update more this week since I'll be off.

Doing Better

Cameron has been on levaquin for 7 days and is finally sounding better. He has cough a couple times today, but not much and no wheezing. I think we have gotten him healthy this time without the hospital. Yeah! Hopefully he will continue to stay healthy. It seems like every time I write that he's doing better, he goes and gets sick again. Let's hope that doesn't happen this time. Zach is feeling much better. still have the never-ending cough. I also fell yesterday morning and sprained my ankle. I had to go to the doctor today, it hurt so much. They gave me crutches, but by the time I had to go, I refused to take them. I think I will just injure myself worse with them. So, I told them I will just hobble around and not put weight on it. I posted a pic of Cam and his grandpa on their last day together, last Wednesday. Cameron really loves grandpa and wanted to play with him all the time! The other picture is from this weekend. I made a tent for him in the living room and that was him crawling through it.

Easter Weekend

Cameron got some neat toys in his Easter basket from his Grandma and Grandpa Hoeptner. They have been here for a little over a week, but they leave tomorrow. Unfortunately, everyone has been sick. I just caught it and now Zach has too. We have a sore throat and I have a horrible cough. Cameron still has quite a cough and some wheezing. We have put him on a new antibiotic, but so far, we haven't seen much of a difference. This is only the third day of the new one, so we're hoping in the next couple days we'll notice a difference. He's had a hard time sleeping as well. Tomorrow he will go back to his babysitters. I'm a little worried about it. They'll have to do a therapy mid-day for him because he really needs a breathing treatment every 4 hours right now. It's been hard to update lately. We are still up to our ears in the insurance mess. We really hope Cam doesn't end up in the hospital. Gotta go help get him ready for bed and another treatment.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here are some pics from St. Patty's day. Cameron is doing better sort of. His fever is gone. He ended up with a rash from being sick that itched him for a couple days. Yesterday evening he started a really wet cough. It has gotten much worse today, lots of coughing, however he acts like he's fine. We went to the cf clinic today and he got put on an antibiotic, Dr. Eid thought it didn't sound very good. He was happy with his growth though. He's still between the 10-20% for weight, but up to 60-70 for height. He has lost some weight being sick. The biggest upset today was finding out that the clinic does not take Humana anymore. I am sick to my stomach over it. We are going to get a continuation of care for 90 days, hopefully. But, we will either need to hope that the fight ends and the office starts our insurance again, or we will need to be taking him to Lexington for CF care. This would not be good! I'm very worried about this cough he has and I am very worried about having a doctor for him. I don't know what to do. I need to get Cam taken care of for the night and pick up his script, just wanted to do a quick update.

Still Sick

We were hoping Cam would be feeling better by now, but he seems worse. The doc tested him for the flu and strep and both were negative. They also did a throat culture. He was able to stand and walk around for a little bit when I got home yesterday, but he quickly got to feeling bad again. He couldn't sleep until about 9pm, which is so late for him. Then, he woke up every 15-30 minutes crying, I think he's just so uncomfortable. So, Zach layed with him, but then Cam woke screaming this high pitched scream. I took his temp and it was 104.9, so we called the doc. They said to get him more Tylenol and see if it goes down at least half a degree to one degree in the next 30-60 minutes, if not to go to the hospital. It went down, but never below 103. He had 103.8 when he got up this morning and then he threw up a few times after eating. Zach and I were so worried about him last night, we hardly got any sleep. Zach will stay home with him again today and got a sub for tomorrow.

Cameron woke up this morning with a runny nose. He had a little one yesterday and was also sounding a bit raspy for a while, but was better by bedtime. Today he has a little wheeze and raspy sound on his exhale and a very stuffy nose. He took a two hour morning nap, half of which I held him for because he was whining and crying in his crib. He was burning up and had a temp of 103. After some Tylenol, it's down to 101.4 and hopefully even lower now. He's playing and stuff for the moment, but he's extra whiny and his little cheeks are pretty red. This is the time of year he was hospitalized last year, so of course Zach and I are a little worried. He's been able to fight every cold so far since last May, but we haven't really heard this wheezing since then either. Hopefully it will all clear up and he will get healthy quickly with the extra therapy and loving.

I have a bunch of pictures to put on here from yesterday, he was so cute. He put my hat on when he was eating and then was wearing my sunglasses. So, I guess he needs his own pair for the summer! He popped the lens out of mine. I think it's been fixed though. He also loves getting on the rocking chair. He can rock himself. We took a short video, but it's sideways, so I'm not going to post that. He also enjoyed the snow for a brief period. He threw it a little and then we went inside.

Snow

Cameron did not like the snow as much yesterday. We put him in his snow boots, but he can't even stand in them and he screamed the whole time, so we put him in regular shoes that had the most plastic so his feet wouldn't be wet. The snow was too deep. It was about 4 inches when we went out. He wouldn't keep his mittens on so his hands got real red, real fast. Snow gear isn't that comfortable and Cam just doesn't get that yet. So, he didn't last too long. I had to give him a warm bath to warm his hands back up. Then after I put his diaper on, he insisted on having his hat back on. He's been doing this lately. He wants on what he wants, when he wants it. Lucky us! Aunt Erin had called, so to keep him quiet, I just put on the hat. Then he wanted is coat, then his socks, and then each shoe. So funny! Then, he just went to the basement door and cried because he wants to go down on the slide and swing. This is ALL he wants to do lately. He had already been down like six times before this. So, we're going to have to go down once or twice a day. He just remembers everything now, it's hard to get him distracted on something else when he wants something. Anyway, thought these pics were cute and funny. We got about 8 inches of snow here at our house. They are saying another 2-4" this morning. I shoveled the driveway yesterday and it's totally covered again. So, I will go out later and do it again. They're saying not to go on the roads. The salt trucks can't keep up and the highways are snow covered. So, I'm planning on being here all day. I'm not sure what the plans will be for that bachelorette party tonight, we'll have to see.

Fun with Mom

Another snow day! Boy, I am going to be teaching until July. We were supposed to get out June 3. Now, we are up to June 11th. Not fun considering we are going back earlier this year!

It is nice to be able to be home with Cameron though. I know I will regret saying this once he talks my ears off, but I really can't wait for Cameron to talk more. He is always pointing and grunting or whining at things to tell us he needs them. I've been trying to repeat words and to try to get him to say them before I give him things. He tries most of the time, but doesn't have the correct sounds, just making his own sounds. I guess that is the first step. He still wants to go outside all the time. He has also started going to the basement door and crying because he wants to go down there. We have been down there three times already and it is just after noon. He wants to go on his slide and swing. He can now climb up the little climbing wall thing to get to the top of the slide. Then, he gets himself up and sits on his bottom and then waits for me to hold my arms out and slides down the slide. He screams as he goes down and is smiling from ear to ear. It is so cute! He will get down and go right back up, over and over again. I'm glad he likes it though!.

Well, there was no snow on the ground when we got up this morning. It started around 7:45 this morning and came down fast. We have about 2-3 inches already. We are expected to get anywhere from 6-12". I haven't taken Cameron out yet. Zach doesn't get to see Cameron in the snow since he's always working on these days. So, I thought there would still be plenty coming down when he got home. We may post some pictures of that later when we get out to play in it. We all have snow gear to do it thanks to Zach's mom! Here we didn't know how much we'd use it, but I don't think winter is ever going to end. I must say, it's very pretty outside. Part of me doesn't want it to last long because we have a bachelorette party Saturday night that has been planned for a while. But, I have never seen this much snow since I've lived here, so if we really got 8-12", that would be crazy!