I feel like an IDIOT!!

Gavin woke up crabby Saturday morning. When I was feeding him his cereal, I noticed a big white spot on his tongue. When I tried to touch it, he grabbed my hands and pulled them away. I couldn't scrape it with my finger. I had originally thought it was spit up. I kind of let it go, but then after I put him down for his nap it really started to bother me.

I ended up calling the peds office and they think it is thrush. They don't have any appointments left today so told me to "treat" it over the weekend and bring him in on Monday. They said that since he is a generally healthy baby, not to worry about it.

Ok, fast forward to Monday. I took Gavin to the doctor for his "thrush." The doctor examined him and guess what - HE BIT HIS TONGUE!!! She said the white spot was the dead skin before it fell off. Now I feel like a complete tool, but in my defense, I called the pedi office on Saturday, told them what his tongue looked like and THEY said it sounded like thrush. AAAHHH!!! How embarrassing!!!!

Gavin - 7 months old!

Unreal! Saturday we celebrated Gavin's 7 month birthday! We didn't do much but Raegan did sing Happy Birthday and asked for cake all day long!

Here's an update on what our little booger is up to! He now sits up by himself and can even get to that position from laying on his belly! He doesn't crawl per se, but rolls and lunges. He is definitely getting better at getting what he wants. He now has 3 teeth with two more ready to cut any day now. I have to insert here that Raegan didn't cut her first tooth until she was 7 1/2 months old! He is getting better at holding his own bottle, but is really good at throwing it on the floor when he is done! He is eating a lot of baby food and adult food, but he will let you know if he doesn't like something! The face he makes is precious! Next time I give him his turkey & brocolli dinner, I'll be sure to have the camera close by.

One of Gavin's new favorites is pulling hair. He has really been working at grabbing things and hair is one of his favorites. If Raegan is playing with him, I'll hear a scream and "Gavin, let go!!!" We just need to work on his different grasps so he can start feeding himself things like banana pieces and Gerber puffs!

Raegan is potty trained!!!!

I didn't want to post this sooner and jinx myself, but it's true - Raegan is potty trained! She has had a couple of accidents, but otherwise she is doing great! She can make it through her naps and overnight completely dry! We still put pull-ups on her overnight, but I think if everything keeps going well, I will not buy anymore and just use these until they are gone. You may ask why I don't save them for Gavin, but they have Dora the Explorer and Disney Princesses on them! I don't think Gavin would really appreciate that!

I do know that I posted that she was potty trained before, but now she even poops in the potty! This was a really big deal. She was terrified of pooping in the potty so we ended up bribing her with ice cream. Now that it is a regular occurance, she doesn't get ice cream every time, but I am still a softy at times. Bob is definitely the more strict parent. She also has an attachement to our toilet, so there is no dumping of the potty chair and then rinsing and disinfecting. YAY!!

Catch up around the household

It has been so long since I've updated that I thought I would try to get everyone caught up. Here is the latest in the Wheaton household!

1) After a year, our house is finally OFF OF THE MARKET!! In celebration of this, we redecorated Raegan's bedroom to reflect her inner princess! She loves it! (more pics to come later)

2) Bob is now in his busy travel season so he won't be around much. In case you are looking for him, here is the latest schedule:

September 18-20: Boyne Highlands
October 10-13: Syracuse
October 18-20: Traverse City (the kids and I will be going to celebrate my b-day)

October 24-25: Syracuse (tentative)
November 15-17: Syracuse
November 28-30: Chicago

December 7-9: Syracuse (I'll be going with him for their holiday party)

3) We are still waiting on our new little nephew. Caden Michael Wheaton is due on October 11 and we can't wait!!!

4) We went to Kasperek's annual Pumpkin Fest party and then enjoyed the parade of lights. Here's a picture of the "Babies in a Bucket"

I think that's all for now! Hope everyone is doing well!!

We're finally all grown up . . .

At least we feel that way! Bob and I took the plunge and actually bought a "real" bedroom set! All of our married life, we have had a mattress and box spring on a frame and dressers that we put together ourselves. We knew that we needed a new mattress, so when we saw a good sale, we thought what the heck - let's at least go look! Well, 2 1/2 hours later (thank God we have good kids) we walked out of the furniture store with a king mattress/box spring set and a beautiful oak bedroom set! I'm sure that our sales rep was pretty happy that day. It's been an adjustment to actually have room in the bed without bumping into each other!