Giovanni is sick for the first time :(

My poor Giovanni. Most "firsts" are wonderful. This one unfortunately is not :( As hard as I tried to prevent it, after being around so many people who were sick in the past few months, Giovanni woke up with the symptoms we were praying so hard he would not get.
Last night was a little rough. Giovanni did not do as well in his crib as he usually does most nights. I got around 1.5 hours of sleep because I was up all night holding and comforting my baby. It just seemed as if he did not want to sleep unless he was in my arms. He also felt a little warm to me. By 7a.m. I had no more energy and asked hubby if he can take over for a little while so I could get some rest. He is so great and of course said yes. I told him to keep his eye on Gio because although he was acting fine, he felt a little warm to me during the night. When I woke up from my nap, Josh had said Gio was being slightly cranky. I felt him and he felt really hot. I took his temperature and it was 101.4 and I got really upset [of course]. I quickly called the doctor to make an appointment and stripped him down to his diaper. I gave him Tylenol and put him in a luke warm bath for about 15 minutes which brought down his temperature. I was able to get his fever down to 99.1 right before I brought him in to the doctors office.
When we got there he was weighed. He now weighs 23lbs and 8oz. Exactly one pound more then last month :)
The doctor checked him out and his lungs sounded perfect and his ears looked great. When she got to the throat... it was not as good. She said his throat was extremely red and icky :( She said at his age, it is most likely viral. My mom was there with me and knew that although it is uncommon for such a young baby to get strep throat, it was not impossible... and since his throat was so red and icky, we requested a culture just to be safe.
Well, it came back positive for strep throat :(
My poor little tiny baby got strep throat at 7 months old. I feel so terrible. His temperature keeps coming back and I have to continue to repeat my steps to lower it. He is on an anti biotic so I pray this works quickly to get my baby better! Alternating Motrin and Tylenol as the doctor recommended, he feels better. We are all so worried about him. Antonio is being such a good, helpful big brother helping mommy and daddy out with everything.
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Getting the fever down with a luke warm bath :(Before the doctors office:At the doctors office:At home not feeling well :(

aww breaks my heart to see him this way :(
*In Jesus' name be healed!*

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Seven Months Old Today!

Happy 7 months to our precious, beautiful, healthy baby boy! Love, Mommy Daddy and Big Brother!

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On September 18, 2009, at 8:06a.m [seven months ago], our lives changed [for the better]. We were blessed with a 9lb 4oz perfect little package from above. Our lives will never be the same, and we are all very glad it wont! We love you Giovanni. You are becoming such a pleasant, big boy right before our very eyes. Every day- mommy, daddy, brother and the rest of the family, enjoy watching you grow and achieve all of your sweet milestones. We love to learn all about your [wonderful] little personality as more of it comes out each and every day.

Giovanni's 7 month stats/milestones:

- Sits up [very sturdy] all by himself!
- Loves to eat all of his fruits and vegetables
- Eats around 6 jars of food each day
- Can stand up holding on for a little bit
- Loves watching Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse and Blues Clues
- Rolls all over
- Starting to dance while sitting!
- Tries to repeat words such as "mama" "dada" and "lala"
- Learning to wave hello and goodbye
- Enjoys clapping his hands to music
- Plays very well with all of his toys

Uncle Vinny's Visit

Uncle Vinny came down from NY for just a few days to visit with us :) Here are a few photo's I got during his stay.

Gio's 1st time drinking from a sippy cup! He liked it!

Gone Fishing.

What a beautiful day to go fishing! My brother is down from NY so we all packed up and went down to the docs today. The boys LOVED it.

We saw two playful otters, they were swimming right up to us!

Skipping stones