He has recently gotten over roseola, a viral infection.
3 days of high fever 103F, and then suddenly the fever broke, and then his body was covered in rash for 3 days, and now it's as if nothing had ever happened.
Since we were at our ped's for the 9 month check up, we asked what could've caused this infection, and of course the answer is, numerous things.
All we could've done, and what we did, was to keep the fever down by giving him Advil every 6 hours and to keep him hydrated.
Good news is
Derrick is now at
19.3 pounds (50th percentile)
30 in. tall (85th percentile)
with 18 in head circumference.(75th percentile)
He has one tooth, and another one about to break through.
Dr prescribed blood work for lead and anemia. Hopefully everything will come out a-ok.
On a brighter note,
Derrick loves to clap,
and thinks mommy's toes are tasty
He loves money
And overall he's such a happy go lucky kind of a baby.
Derrick has been having such a fun time with Daddy these days
And then gets all serious blowing raspberries
He also has been doing awesome hand gestures, which I call the "godfather"
He also loves to work out
Derrick has been trying to stand up on his own. He hasn't mastered crawling yet….
And today we went to Lincoln Park Zoo for their ZooLights festival!
Waiting in line for Santa
Where are you Santa?
Finally a pic with Santa- He could't do it solo since he got really scared and starting crying so much. Maybe next week at Macy's Santaland he'll do better!
Daddy ordered the Christmas ornament, too!
We had so much fun! We will continue the festivities next week at Macy's and Christkindle downtown!
It's November, it's cold, and holidays are just around the corner :]
One of the mommy friends I made at the Halloween costume party, the talented Lori Sapio, took some amazing shots that I used to make our holiday card.
I've wanted to make holiday cards since I got married, which according to the husband is "kind of stupid when you don't have kids". Now that we have Derrick, I can, and I did. They are on their way and will soon be posted to family and friends. YAY :]
Here are the photos.
I think Derrick is the most photogenic of our family…
Lori also hosted another play date for the upcoming Thanksgiving. It was a photoshoot/potluck/playdate at Lori's studio at Revival Pinups
We met a Korean baby boy named Isaac at the playdate!
It was Derrick's first time meeting a Korean boy his age :]
And Lori shot some awesome photos of Derrick and also a mommy and me picture.
I had a chance to get makeup done by one of Lori's makeup artists, and we had fun with the lip color :]
Derrick has been such a fun boy to be around these days.
Derrick also cut his first tooth recently.
He has also taken a liking to talking with his stuffed animal dolls.
This time he was talking with his monkey.
And trying to suction monkey's nose with his aspirator, and talking to him that he's going to do it.
Derrick's eyelashes are super long.
Here is a baby free pic of mommy :D
And this past Sunday, the holiday festivities kicked off with some awesome thanksgiving dinner at church during lunch time :D
And we put our tree up today :]
Daddy did the hard part, while Derrick looked on and Mommy took pictures.
And the lights worked once we plugged it in; Derrick loved the lights!
Mommy did the fun part; decorating the tree.
Derrick just watched this year, but by next year I'm sure he can help decorate too!
