The Hartwells: Our Thanks!

Wow! What an amazing turnout on our wear red campaign! We were so amazed and loved seeing all of the wonderful pictures of you all wearing red for Blaise Andrew and friends! SO NEAT! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Can you believe we have an almost 11 month old on our hands?!? I think we were already on pins and needles with nerves at this time last year!

Mr. B has still not gotten any of his teeth in. He's making it fun for us all. Not really. Last Friday he was pretty fussy and running a 102 temp, so I took him down to the pediatritian to find out he had an ear infection. Sounds like his daddy always got those while teething. He was put on amoxicilian, and we are about done with the dose. He has been chewing on stuff like crazy, and started running a low grade fever again the last two days. I'm not sure what this is related too since he is on meds, but if it's not better by Monday, I suppose we will be headed back to the doctor.

We are still not on table food. Probably more so because Mom hasn't had the energy to try again lately. Blaise has had a new baby sitter Jessie the last two weeks and she will be with him through April. They get along great!

If he is not being held he is walking holding your hands. Absolutely his favorite thing to do. When sitting on our lap, he will grab each of our hands and kick his legs over ours and slide of our lap by himself now to go walk. Smarty! He can also walk behind a walker across the room too. His army crawl gets him around pretty good. He doesn't use it too much, but it works. Not to many words, but when he gets very tired and mad, he does say ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma.

I can't believe we are starting first birthday preparations!! Mike and I went to a heart function last weekend and met some other parents who have children with similar heart structures. It sounds like we will still be able to "break free" come spring, but next winter will go into lock down again for fear of sickness. It's always so nice to meet other parents going through the same thing.

Hope all is well! This afternoon Mike was chasing Blaise around our coffee table, as Blaise was crawling away as fast as he could. Love moments like this!

Since it's been almost two months since I've uploaded pictures, this might be one of the most pictures in one blog ever! They are a bit out of order, but enjoy!

Warm enough for a stroller walk in January

Reading

Rocking horse

I was nine months old January 12th!

Stroller Walk again

By babysitter Natalie

Worn out after a weekend in Des Moines

Still worn out

I ride my doggy by myself. I don't go anywhere, but hold on by myself when i get pushed.

Eating.

Reading cow mag with my cousin Parker

Mom and Dad went to Heart Connection function, then out by themselves for the first time since I was born. They went to see my nurse Natalie and her band play at Ameristar.