Fat lips

I guess I am going to have a lot of these in my life...I just don't know if my Mommy will be able to handle it. This particular "fat lip" occurred when I was playing with Daddy near the window sill in the office. I fell down square on the corner. The next day at the baby sitter I skinned up my upper lip and nose. As you can see, I can still offer up a smile. I am smiling a lot more these days thanks to my ears being cleared up. Yeah for tubes!!

Dancin' Machine!

Getting PE Tubes

These pics are from my surgery on May 1st. I had PE tubes placed in my ears at 8:00 AM. These are in the car on the way to the hospital and before the surgery. No pictures were taken afterwards as I was a crying mess until about 1:00 from the anesthesia. Inconsolable. The doctor said my ear drums exploded with pus b/c they were so infected. Mommy and Daddy knew that was the case b/c I was up for about 3 hours screaming my head off the night before. The only way I could get comfortable was to sleep (sitting up) in the rocking chair with Mommy holding me. The light at the end of the tunnel was that I was getting tubes the next day which have cleared my ears. Unfortunately, I now have a fever of unknown origin. The preliminary culture from the gunk in my ears is strep and the doctor changed my antibiotic to a stronger one. It is yucky tasting and has messed my tummy up pretty good. We are going to give it one more day before we call the doctor again for something else. We will get through it. I had to go to the pediatrician's office on Monday, so maybe I picked up a virus there. They gave me two shots in my legs of antibiotics during the surgery also. Hopefully, I will be a new man soon. We'll keep you updated.

Clean up, Clean up!

Pardon Mommy's singing, but this was too adorable not to post. She hates to clean, so she's training me early!!

Zerberting the window and Playing with Cricket

Freddie and Mommy

Since Mommy is usually behind the camera, here is a rare shot of us together.

Nothin' runs like a Deere

Mom snapped some shots of me doing a little yard work on my ol' John Deere. I cut the grass and picked up some leaves. I have my own system of mulching...my own teeth!! That's right, I want to eat the oak leaves. Every time Mommy tells me "no" or pulls my hand out of my mouth, I give her a sneaky smile and go for it again. She caught me having a snack (leftover grits) out of the trash can last week. I guess she didn't like it because the trash can is now stored in the laundry room where I can't get to it and all garbage is disposed of in a garbage bag hanging precariously from the corner of the fridge. I still make a valiant effort about ten times a day to play in the dog water and/or food. I keep 'em on their toes, fo' sho!!!

Socks...a delicacy!

I have a thing with chewing on socks...clean, dirty,my socks, your socks, it makes no difference to me. I have even perfected the art of chewing a sock while also sucking on my pacifier. No small feat, indeed. (Props to Mommy for being quick with the camera on this one!)

A grin from the sick boy

Sweetheart

What a day!!

Well, today we went to see Dr. Lurton, an ENT in Pensacola, about my poor little ears. On Wednesday, one was infected and by today, both were in sad shape. :-( Last night was not a good night. Anyway, my new doctor gave us some more medicine (more butt-reddening Augmentin) and recommended that I have tubes put in my ears to help the fluid drain. He asked Mommy and Daddy a bunch of questions and told them that it was all Mommy's fault since she had ear infections a lot as a kid and probably has Eustachian tube dysfunction that she has passed on to me. He explained that even as I get older and my Eustachian tube grows and becomes more angled, I will always have this dysfunction. Mommy admitted that she still has "issues" with her ears being very stuffy and hard to drain when she is sick with a cold. Anyway, I am scheduled to get my tubes on May 1st. Hopefully, it will keep me from having all of this trouble, all of the time. I can still get infections in my ears, but at least it won't be from that nasty fluid in there. It's not something that Mommy and Daddy were looking forward to doing, but Dr. Lurton has a very good reputation and they are both comfortable with him. No pictures because I am pitiful with a cold in my nose and both of my eyes. Green stuff everywhere. Hopefully, I'll be better by the end of Mommy's spring break! More to come...

Easter visit with The Hemmerts

Granny, Grandpa and Uncle Nick came to visit me this afternoon. It was a full day, but I was a good boy. I love all of my little bunnies! Check out that smile!

Camouflage everywhere...am I invisible yet?

Yes, that is ice!

Before we left for church this morning, Mommy snapped these pics of the ice in our flower beds. Crazy weather!

Giving bunny a sugar

Ready for Church

I had a wardrobe change. Instead of my baby blue, smocked bubble, I wore this cute little velour number to church because of the cold, sleeting, raining weather. I didn't mind and I was still supa-cute!

Puffs or Eggs?

Eatin' eggs

Look What the Easter Bunny Left Me!

Happy Easter, everyone! Look what the Easter Bunny left at my house! I had so much fun playing with the eggs that it took me a while to get to the other stuff.

Helping Dad clean out the fridge