The Growing Caldwell Family

Even when he wakes up at 4 a.m., he's the sweetest little guy!

On Easter Sunday we started Charlie on an antibiotic because his left ear had a discharge for several days and he just didn't seem like himself. His ear continued to have a discharge and he finished the antibiotic on Thursday, so I took him to the doctor on Friday. It turns out that both ears are infected and the left one still has a perforated ear drum. The right ear has so much wax that even after working hard to clean it and Charlie getting so very angry, the doctor could only see 1/3 of the ear drum, but that was enough to tell it is infected. He prescribed amoxicillin and ear drops to help the left ear. We started on the medicine last night. By this afternoon, his cheeks had a splotchy rash and he has been spitting up more than usual. I spoke with the pediatrician on call and she wants us to stop the amoxicillin to determine if it's a reaction to that or something else. Poor little guy is having a time!

Dear Charlie, I can't believe that seven months have passed since the magical day that we saw you for the first time.  It feels like a very short time ago and yet I can't remember details of our daily life without you in it.  You are still small, but you have a big presence in our family.  Your smiles and your coos fill our lives with joy This month you have become a scooter!  You are quite quick with your modified crawl and seem to have little interest in learning to crawl on your hands and knees.  You will see an object across the room and take off for it!  Now your sister is really experiencing some of the joy of a little brother who can access her toys, coloring pages, and books!  Don't worry.  She loves you immensely and I don't expect a few chewed up pages will change that.  Grabbing her hair the way you do may be a different story, though!  I think you do that just to remind her to pay attention to you.  You love to watch h...

This is the sweetest boy, especially when he is sleeping so sweetly.  Those cheeks are just scrumptious and the feel of that squishy body heavy with sleep is addictive.  One of these days he is going to want to sleep in his crib and I will miss holding a sleeping baby.

We worked in a trip to the Easter Bunny amidst all of our illness.  SG was a trooper and smiled big even though she was sick with a fever, unbeknownst to me. When I asked SG where we should leave the Easter baskets, she thought for a minute then said, "by the door because the Easter Bunny will hop in."  That sounded like as good a place as any, so their baskets were by the back door to allow the Easter Bunny to just hop right to them. Charlie had some sunglasses in his basket! Our church had an egg hunt for the kids before mass.  They held it inside since the weather was dreary and it was wet outside.  It was a little hectic, but well thought out and SG was pleased as could be when she got prizes for finding all 12 eggs. Charlie was happy to see his Lovie! He loves to hop around with his toys! I really wanted a family picture and this one isn't as perfect as I might have dreamt, bt we are all here in one piece looking relatively happy.   Two of the s...

 Saturday morning we got an early start getting ready for Easter.  Sarah Graves was feeling pretty good and Charlie was hanging in there.  Lovie and Maw Maw came over to dye Easter eggs and Lovie brought some cookies for SG to ice.  Maw Maw suggested doughnuts for breakfast and it felt like a party!  SG was pretty content eating doughnuts and making stuff! Charlie settled right in with Maw Maw while she was here and she was pretty attached to him as well!  His ears were bothering him, so he wasn't his usual smiley self.  Later in the day we spoke to a doctor and got him an antibiotic started.   He might be a future Tech alum! The afternoon was beautiful, so we hid eggs in the backyard for SG to hunt.   Charlie gave his swing a go! It was so nice to have a warm, sunny afternoon to play outside!  I feel like we have been sick and the weather has been bad for ages!  So glad to get out and get some fresh air.  

We are slowly getting better at our house.  We were in pretty good spirits for Easter, so there are lots of pictures.   Aaron was off on Good Friday, so he stayed home with the kids and I worked from home.   He sure does make a cute bunny! We have two cute bunnies here! She is a sweet big sister to him and loves him so.  It warms my heart to see it.