New Will Pictures

Here are some new pictures of our little man. He turned 7 months old on Tuesday, time just keeps on flying by! Several people have asked about Will and how he is doing. His breathing treatments are to be given as needed now, and he finished his doses of steroids. He is back to his happy-go-lucky self!
Trying to crawl!
Trying again! He is getting so close, he can get up on his knees and rock. We are waiting to see him crawl any day!

The following pictures are my pathetic attempt at being a photographer. My mom and I took these at a park in Hiram when she was here last week. She had all of the cute Easter props. Taking pictures of babies is much harder than it looks. I think I'll keep my day job!

It all started with a cough...

First Will got it, and then I got it. Now Mike has decided he wants to join us in the coughing fun. But this little cough has led to some craziness at the Fessler house.

Two weekends ago, Will came home with a bad cough. It started off harmless, but quickly started to sound bad. There must have been something to it, because I got sick with a cold. We decided to watch it for a few days before we called the doctor.
Last Tuesday, Aimee(baby-sitter and good friend) called me to tell me that Will wasn't breathing well. All the blood rushed out of my head and my heart sank. She continued and reassured me that Will was feeling ok, he was laughing and playing, but she could tell that he was working very hard, due to congestion, to breath. So, I called the doctor and took him that afternoon. The doctor decided to put him on breathing treatments every 4-6 hours, tested for RSV and told us to come back on Thursday. Praise God the results for RSV were negative, but we still had to continue the treatments and by Thursday we had to start giving him an oral steriod. Will hates the treatments, he fusses and tries to pull the mask off most of the time, but what can we do?

During the course of this fun, my cold turned into sinus pressure and headaches(always fun), Will didn't feel good, and we planned a short trip to Charleston to visit friends who are planting a church there. The trip was in the works for a few weeks and since we had no life-threatening illnesses, we decided to go on. We did call ahead to let them know of our situation, but they wanted us to come on. We enjoyed our time with Todd, Lori and their kids. We were able to see Todd's vision for River Church, and see the area where it will serve. That was neat, to actually see something that we had heard so much about for so long. We did get to see the city and some sights, but I didn't even pull the camera out. Thanks Todd and Lori for allowing us to stay with you. We miss you guys!

But in the midst of this chaos, some great things have happened as well. My mom came and stayed 2 days with us last week during her Spring Break. She was a huge help. Mike was able to go to Newnan to work, and I came home to a clean house and a happy baby. She even had most everything packed for us for our trip this past weekend. She truly served us out of a loving and generous heart, and we are so grateful to her. During her stay, Will started getting up on his knees like he wants to crawl. He is getting pretty good at it, we are sure he is going to be crawling any day. And then just last night, we were driving home and we got the call that Tammy's water had broken and she was in the hospital. They were supposed to induce this morning, but I haven't heard anything yet. That means sweet baby Caleb will be here soon! Our first nephew, we can't wait to meet him!

Hallelujah!

Our happy little man!

He finally did it! At 6 months Will finally slept through the night! Last night I started to get him ready for bed around 7:45. I noticed that he was sleepy, so I started to rock him. By 8:20, he was out cold so I laid him down in his crib. We didn't hear a peep out of him until 10ish. Mike walked in put in his paci, and Will went right back to sleep. He then didn't wake up until 5am!!! It was amazing! Mike and I by far had our best night of sleep since Will was born.

We don't know yet what caused this wonderful sleep, but we have a feeling it might be fewer and shorter naps. I happened to be home yesterday. So his normal routine was off a little but he still took 2 naps. The naps were at different times than he is used to. They were also shorter, around 1 & 1/2 hours total for both. We have often wondered if too much sleep during the day was not allowing him to sleep at night. We are testing this theory just in case. Will just went down about 15 minutes ago, it is a little later than last night, but still roughly the same routine as last night. We'll see how he does for tonight. Regardless, I still felt this was a blog-worthy milestone!

**UPDATE**Will did not sleep as well last night. We were up several times trying to calm him down. Mike must have rocked him 3 times to get him back to sleep.
Maybe the night before was a fluke, I don't know, but at least we see he has the ability to sleep all night. That in and of its self gives us hope!
Will in daddy's hat.
Will after his walk around the neighborhood on Tuesday. We have been blessed with 80 degree weather this week! :)
Hanging out!
We now put Will in a high-chair when we go out to eat. This is him at Cracker Barrel. He is still a little small, so we put a jacket or blanket behind him. It makes it so much easier for us to eat. Doesn't he look grown-up!

Our snowy weekend

Looking out at the snow.

Can you believe it? It actually snowed in the Atlanta area! Mike, Will and I went to Chattanooga this weekend to visit my parents and sister. We had heard talk about there being snow flurries, but didn't think much about it. When we got up this morning, the Weather Channel was talking about 3-5 inches in Atlanta. I still didn't believe it, but we packed up and left early just in case. As we got into Paulding county I was shocked! There was so much snow! It was on the roads, cars and grass. It was so pretty!
Will and Aunt Linny. We don't get to see her too much, because she lives in Nashville. We enjoyed getting to hang out with her this weekend. I sure do miss my little sis!

But, as always in the South, the snow has been short-lived. It is melting as we speak and I now see the sun peeking out. Oh well, my hope for a day out of school is diminishing! :( We didn't take Will out in the snow, it was way too windy, but he did enjoy looking at it from the window.
The snow is slowly melting. How sad!

Last night, and before the snowstorm, all of us(mom, dad, Linny, Mike, Will and I) went to my cousin Holly's house. It ended up being our family get together, which was good. We got to see everyone. Will and Jake got to see each other and play. For the first time they seemed to notice the other. They would look at each other and giggle. We sat them in a chair together, but they ended up hitting each other, so we quickly separated them. They both seemed to have fun, especially with all the attention they got. Below are some pictures of these two cute cousins! Will and Jake
Two cute cousins!
Happily playing by themselves!

In other news, Will went to the doctor last Thursday for his 6 month check-up. He was 27 inches and 15.3 pounds. He was in the 70th percentile for his height but in the 15 percentile for his weight. The doctor was concerned about his weight because he dropped from the 50th percentile at his 4 month visit. The doctor didn't seem to think that he was eating enough. He has been eating solids 3 times a day plus nursing or taking a bottle 6 times a day. But, he is also very active right now. He jumps in his jumper twice a day, kicks like crazy in the bathtub and rolls all over the place. I guess he is just burning off all of the calories he is taking in. We are now adding a small scoop of formula to his food to give him some extra calories. We have noticed that the extra calories have also allowed him to sleep better at night for the past few nights. He is sleeping 5-6 hours straight in his crib. YEAH!!
Other than that our baby is healthy and growing like he is supposed to. That's all we can ask for.
Me and my baby on his 6 month birthday.