Hello.

Update from my last post, it turns out that Dex didn't have an ear infection, but his fascination with them has gotten a little worse, but its not like he is in pain. He will flip them when he is tired or going to sleep. Its quite funny.
So I have been thinking a lot lately about some of my friends back home. I always think about them but lately it has been a lot more than usual. My best friend is having her baby shower the 30th, and I wish I could be there. I was wanting to fly down for a few days but I didn't realize that the weekend of her baby shower I promised I would watch Shane's little brother and sisters for his mom so she can go to Washington State to see his big sister and her other grandkids up there. I know that the 30th is a weekend and his dad is off on weekends, but if i were able to go I would come back on like the 5th or 6th of May, and his mom isn't coming back until the 3rd which is a Tuesday and nobody would be there to watch the kids. Oh well!
Dexter is almost 9 months old, and he is pulling up and trying to walk on his own. He is so tiny looking when he tries to walk like a big boy. It doesn't seem like by 6 lb 11 oz baby boy should be that big. I guess they grow up and there is nothing I can do about that.
He has 4 teeth, his 2 tops are starting to come in and you can feel the sharp little things. He will grit his teeth together and they will make that awful sound. I know it has to be painful for him growing 2 at a time, but that noise drives me nuts.
We got a metal detector and have been finding some pretty cool stuff in our back yard, I think if its nice this weekend we may go to the beach and try it out there. Anyways, I just wanted to update a little bit, but now I have to give little man a bath, so I will write a little more later. :-)

Otters and Ear Infections.

Mom is here in NY this week. She arrived on Wednesday and leaves Tuesday. We have been busy laughing and playing with Dexter. Actually with Dexter crawling and mom running up and down the stairs to her room she must be getting quite the work out. I think she loves it here. I love having her here. Its something I feel that we both needed with an upcoming difficult time ahead of us both. April and May is hard for everyone in our family so it is good to be here with her and Dexter and Shane and be able to see them laugh and play.
Shane and I think Dexter might be getting an ear infection. He has been pulling at his ears, mostly his left one but sometimes the right. At first I thought that he might have just now found them because feeling something strange on the side of your head could keep drawing someones attention to it, but then this morning he was kind of crying when he was holding it, so I am thinking infection now. Poor baby. Good thing our insurance kicked in today. YAY!! I guess we will be going to the doctor next week after mom leaves. Unless she wants to go with me to the doctor with him and get checked out on Monday.
Today I took her to Sodus Bay lighthouse. I know she has always loved lighthouses. Since Dex is kinda puny I stayed in the car with him while she walked out on the pier and to the lighthouse in the cold wetness. She took some amazing pictures. As she was walking back to the car she jumped off the peir onto the beach and almost stepped on an Otter. Yes, an Otter. He kinda spazzed out and dove into the water, but not before she could get a picture of it. It was a crazy day. I just wanted to update a little. Dexter is yelling for a bottle now so I am going to go and get him set up for an afternoon nap.
Good Day everyone. (PS. The Otter thing isn't an April Fools either. It really happened)