Spring Is Here!

Spring Is Here!  And so is RSV...It's been a looong week.  And Barrett spent most of the week at Gamma and Poppy's house for Spring Break!  Gamma told me that Barrett didn't seem to be acting like he felt like himself.  After I picked him up and brought him back home he started running a fever.  After some Advil, he seemed to bounce right back to his normal self.  After Matt got home from work we played, went out to eat, and played outside.  Since all 3 of us have had colds and sinus infections (multiple times) the past few weeks, we thought Barrett just had a little cold.  Again.  

Playing Outside with Mommy and Daddy

The next day, his fever got even higher.  So we went to the doctor and he tested positive for RSV.  Sweet little boy was just so pitiful!  And there wasn't a whole lot I could do to help him.  Just fever management and trying to help the congestion.  Other than that, we just had to wait it out.  As much as I hate my baby being sick, the worst of it was over the weekend.  So Daddy was home to help take care of our little guy.  Between the two of us we watched Mickey Mouse ("souce"), Finding Nemo ("ish), and Cars ("go-go") a million times.  The weekend was filled with Disney movies and cuddles!

St. Patrick's Day was the first day he started to act more like himself.  He actually wanted to play a little, go outside, and read books.  The past few days he didn't even want to get out of Mommy's or Daddy's laps, and you could feel the heaviness in his body telling us he needed to cuddle.  It was so good to see him wanting to play with his blocks and go outside!!  So we LEFT THE HOUSE!  And it felt good!  I think Barrett was really feeling cooped up also!

First stop ... Rosa's.  Why?  Barrett's appetite has been gone the past few days.  Besides a bite here an there, he hasn't really eaten anything that we tried to give him.  We thought that giving him something he doesn't eat all the time would make him excited about lunch time! 

Hello My Name is Barrett.  I'll Be Taking Your Order.

After a nap and another outing for dinner (like I said ... cooped up for days) we hit the park!

Playing with Mommy

Cute Boy!

Showing Daddy His New Skills

Tickles!

 Time To Go Home!

Current Barrett-isms

"nnnno " = no

"bwush" = brush

"bEdah" = bed

"momma " = mommy

"dada " = daddy

"dOOOOOOO" = down

"yeeawww"/ "ya" = yeah

"baw" = ball

"caw?" = car 

"tuk" - truck

"caulk" = clock

"cauck" = cracker

"cach" = tiger lovie (hey ~ he's trying)

"ya-ya" = bear lovie (This was his answer every time we asked him if he wanted his lovie.  It just kind of evolved)

"eese eese" = cheese

"sauch" = apple sauce

"bocks" = blocks

"bwed-ah" = bread (or tortilla!  Haha)

"bulk" = milk (while signing)

"wa-wa" = water

"go-go" = go, car

"go-gu" = yogurt (not to be confused with "go-go"

"go-Go go-Go go-Go" = I want to watch Cars (the movie)

"go?" = where'd it go?

"ba ba ba ba" while waving = bye bye

"pease" = please (while rubbing his whole chest and tummy)

"souce" = Mickey Mouse

"esss" = yes

"beauum" = boom

"shez" = shoes

"sock" or "SOCKey" = sock

"shew" = bless you

"ish" = fish or Cheerios

"ish! ish! ish! ish! MEEMO!" = I want to watch Finding Nemo

"whooooaaa" = whoa

"oh-oh! oh-oh! oh-oh!" = uh-oh

"sass" = grass

"Papa" = Papa

"Nana" = Nana or banana 

"Popppa" = Poppy

"Moma" = Gamma

"Berit" = Barrett

"mooooo" "neeeeeigh" "baa" "ick" (oink) "ssss" "woof woff" "miow" (meow) = animal noises

He makes these noises after you ask him what each animal says.  The other day Uncle David asked him each of these, and then asked him what a car says.  We all probably thought he would say something along the lines of "beep beep."  However, he stopped, thought about it for a second, looked Uncle David right in the eye, and with a big smile responded with "go-go!"