I miss that smile....

What a week! Monday was supposed to be Brecken's "6 month well child check-up" and it didn't go exactly as planned. For starters, he wasn't "well." Brecken came down with a slight fever on Saturday afternoon and it has ranged from 100 to 104 since then. Needless to say, he has been in a lot of pain since then.... Very irritable, not eating, not sleeping, and no smiles. It has been absolutely heartbreaking as he screams inconsolably and we know he is in pain but have no way of helping him to feel better :( At the doctor on Monday, Dr. Bodine said that his ears looks great and his breathing sounded good which is all good.... Except that it meant that what he has is "just viral" and therefore just needs to take time to run its course and there was nothing we could do to take away his pain. Since his fever was still over 101 the past few days, we set up another appointment for this afternoon... His viral respiratory infection has turned into an ear infection (this marking his 3rd one!). We picked up his prescription and he had his first dose tonight.... He'll hopefully be bad to smiling Brecken (and sleeping-through-the-night Brecken!) SOON!!!

Although he couldn't get his 6-month shots and I didn't bust out my 2 pages of questions for the doctor, we did get his stats:

Weight: 18.2 pounds (50 percentile)

Length: 26" )50 percentile)

Sorry, I never pay attention to the head circumference so can't remember what that is!!

Here are a few pictures from last week....

Brecken hanging out with his cousins, Michael & Julia

Now that Brecken can sit, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities and he is checking out all these toys he never knew existed!

A few photos from this week.....

Somewhere between the peas and the pears, Brecken fell asleep!!!

Poor, sick little Brecken after his Monday doctor appointment. Notice the "big boy band-aid" following his finger prick to draw blood :(