The Verdict's In

Took Adrian to the doctor's this morning. He has an ear infection. Not a surprise. This is like the 4-5 ear infection he has had. Anyway, already started the meds and hopefully within the next few days he will start to feel better.

The Best Part of the Today

This morning I got up, got Adrian's milk ready. Laid there with him while he drank. Got him ready, got all his things together for school and to go over to my Mom's house. Joel and Marsel are camping at Markham Park with the Boy Scouts, so my Mom was going to watch him while I was at work. Adrian's day wasn't starting out the greatest. He's got a cold, I think. At first we thought maybe it was his teeth. He's getting one of the back teeth. But now it seems like more than just a tooth. I'll get to that. Anyway, he was sitting with Joel and then he went to get on the floor and he bumped his lip. It wasn't bad, enough that it brought the smallest amount of blood to the surface and made him cry. He recovered quickly. On the way to school, something happened between him and his pacifier. I'm not quite sure what, but he got pissed either at the paci or just took it out on the paci. He was yelling at it and then he looked at it and threw it at his feet. I think he got mad when it fell out of his mouth and it was just beyond his reach. And just as he would get it, it would slip farther. You get the picture.
So we're at school, he's sitting at the table, like a cool kid. (Oh, yeah, he's in the 1 year old room now. I wanted to post about it, but couldn't find the time.) The teacher takes out the pacifier and walks to get his breakfast. He started crying. It took a second for it to register that that was my kid crying. He was like, hey lady, you don't take something from my mouth without replacing it. Duh.
On to my day. I'm off to do some property inspections. I have Joel's truck, because my Jeep needs a new fan and it over heats. It's quite a pain in the butt. More than once I've had to pull over and wait 45 mins. +, or book it home. So not fun! Anyway, I get to this condo, get out, do my thing and get back in the truck. And it won't start. This is a joke, right? I just did something wrong, didn't turn it over all the way or something. Because I'm so mechanical. I try 1 more time and NOTHING. I think to myself, do I call Joel now or wait a few more mins. Crap, call Joel. He's gonna be so mad. I know he's gonna think, Chris, what the hell did you do?! And the answer I come up with, (Again this is all to myself.) I have no freaking idea. So I call Joel. And I was close. He first asked if I was kidding. Why would I kid about this? Have I got nothing better to do? And I'm such the practical joker. Anyway, he was working and he wasn't close. AND he wasn't in his work van, he had ridden with someone else. So a loooooong story, shorten. I sat for 2 hours. Exactly. Oh and when this all happened, it was raining. Joel wanted me to look under the hood and check this and that. Might as well have asked me to preform open heart surgery. I have no idea what I'm looking at. I knew where the battery was at, but wasn't sure if I could touch it. He got annoyed at me for this. But I didn't want to touch something and burn myself or cut a finger off. I ended up calling work, (massage) to say I wasn't coming in. I wasn't sure when Joel was coming and I didn't know if he would fix it in time.
Ok, so I'm sitting here, and it's raining on and off and I'm starving. I started to walk to a Wendy's which was .8 miles from me. Then Joel called and said he was coming. When he got there, he touched, I don't know what and it started right up. The guy he was with said to me, you didn't try it in awhile did you? I said no, Joel told me to leave it alone. So I did.
Ok, I've made this long enough. The rest of the day went like this, the boys leave, mom has Adrian. I clean the house some. Go next door to work. Finish at 10pm. Go to get Adrian. While was next door, my mom calls and said Adrian was not feeling good. I have to take him to the doctor in the morning. I spoke with the nurse and she told me a bunch of stuff to do until then.
Anyway, that was jist of my day. Now that I write it down, it doesn't seem so bad, but it doesn't feel that way.
Oh yeah, the best part of today is that it's over.

Made it Through.

Tuesday, the 5th was Adrian's 1st birthday. It really has been the fastest year of my life. I asked Joel was it that it really went by fast or was it that he was changing so much that we were able to measure time more easily. Not such which. It doesn't seem so long ago that we brought him home. I am glad to be past the first few months, though. Glad to have a schedule with him.

He's talking up a storm now. He talks in the car while looking out the window. He yells at Marsel if he takes away something he wants. He doesn't have a problem letting us know he's mad. He's exploring everything. Of course he's drawn towards Krypto's and Oreo's cages and food dishes. He's already eaten some of Krypto's food. And he was playing in Oreo's water bowl today. He likes to play peek a boo. But not with your hands. He likes it when you hide behind a wall and pop out at him. He likes it when Marsel chases him or when I'm holding him and we chase Marsel. He just cracks up.

It's been a hell of a year. I'm always amazed how much I love him. How he's only been in my life for a short while, but what a hold he has on my heart.

Joel, thank you for giving me this wonderful gift! Thank you mom for all your help, like Tuesday nights, which are now known as Grandma and Adrian night. Kate, thank you for everything you have done - for loving our son the way you do.

Thank you Lord for our blessings.

Won't Be Long...

Man did I make him mad. I put him down so I could get him milk and he started crying and turned toward me and came after me. So of course I had to do it like 4 more times. Poor thing, by the time he got his milk, he had tears rolling down his cheeks. But I have to admit, I got teary eyed watching him.

Party Time!

Nick, Marsel's friend. You can't see it too well, but he hard pink all around the outside of his mouth from the cotton candy.
Peek-A-Boo
Chillin at his party.

That was all he did. Got his feet and 1 hand in there, then he turned straight to me so I could pick him up. He didn't dig it so much.

He was trying to get Andy's hat.

Emily, Andy and Natalie

(Emily and Natalie are sisters, and Andy is their cousin.)

Happy First Birthday Adrian Kalel!

Abuela and Adrian

Kasandra and Adrian

Anthony

Giada

Dominic

Andy and Natalie

Isabelle and Adrian. He was trying cotton candy for the first time. He was unsure.

Adrian, Anthony and Dominic in baby jail.

So the party went wonderfully. The bounce house got there, and it was nice. :) Went to the pool for a bit. Adrian liked it, he was splashing all around, getting me wet. I don't know why I try to keep my hair dry. The cake was cute. Although Adrian wasn't very sure what to do with it. I was kinda surprised by that, since every time we feed him, he's grabbing for it. All the kids seemed to have s good time. All in all it was good day. And the only thing we forgot was the hot dogs and cheese. We left them in the fridge. So now we have 50 hot dogs and 74 slices of cheese. Hungry?