Rice Cereal--You're Fired

We tried for a week. Horrendous gas. Bye bye bye to rice cereal. Oatmeal is next, but we are going to wait a day to help get all the rice cereal outta there. On a positive note, Colby loved the butternut squash that her Mom and Dad made for her! Yum yum :)
UPDATE: All cereal has been let go, tough times, I am sure you will find another baby to torture with your pernicious gas!

Half Birthday--6 Months!

So we couldn't label this post as LLB6, as Colby is not quite so bulbous as before! I took her to the doctor for her 6 month check-up and found out that while still being long and lean, Colby is only 75% bulbous. That is nothing like being up there in the upper echelons of the 90+%, so we will just hope that her head is leveling out :)

We were also given the green light for rice cereal, which caused me to dash out and buy a bunch of accessories, naturally! So Colby thoroughly enjoyed eating the rice cereal and promptly joined the Clean Bowl Club. It was really cute. BUT, we did not enjoy the insane gas she had all night. So rice cereal, you are on notice, you get three days and then we are calling in for your replacement: Oatmeal. Oatmeal, you are on deck!

And a special shout out to the Baltimore Ravens, Colby enjoyed cheering them on in the play-offs with her Grammy (in the sweet muscle tee!), despite the outcome. See you next year, thanks for the good times!

Sick Baby

This weekend both Colby and Laura got sick. This is the first time Colby has been sick except for a little cold. I just have to say first off that she is the best baby ever. I went in to check on her Sunday night a few times because she was fussing. Each time I checked on her she was in a big wet spot. It took me a few times in that late night haze to realize it was vomit. Each time I would move clean her face and move her to a dry spot. Then when it finally kicked in at 2am that she was sick and vomiting I could no longer sleep. I told Laura, who had been sick during the day Sunday, and we didn't sleep for the rest of the night fearing that she would choke in her sleep. So after an hour or so we took her into the bed so we could make sure she was breathing whenever we wanted.

She threw up one more time when we were in bed and it was really scary for her and sad for me. He eyes got so big with fear because she was vomiting and could breath normally. It was really awful seeing fear in such a happy baby's eyes. She was fine and went right back to sleep after that but jeez.

That morning we took her to the doctor because we just wanted to make sure what we need to do to rehydrate her or keep her hydrated. Colby was fine, it was her parents that were a mess. No sleep and worried. Colby was her normal self, smiling and talking to the doctor. Sitting up on her own on the examining table. Such a big girl and what a trooper. The doctor said that the vomiting shouldn't last long but the diarrhea could last for up to 5 days.

Colby is not a fan of diarrhea. I stayed home to take care of my sick girls yesterday. Colby has some of the stinkiest diapers I have ever seen. She cries now when we change her because it hurts down there. It is really heartbreaking to see your little girl like this. But when we are not getting changed or feeling gassy, Colby is the same little girl. Smiling, playing and laughing with her parents. She has been so good through all this. Much better than I would be if I were in the same situation.

She slept pretty good last night. No vomiting so I am happy about that. Laura and I slept a little better because of it. We hope she is on the mend. This is something she won't remember anyway.

For obvious reasons, there are not pictures. But here is one from earlier this month so no one forgets just how cute this girl is.

The Little Bean is here!

So the newest member to the Casey-Collins-Sawicki-Cavanagh Family has arrived! Arlo, formerly known as "The Bean," decided to come out this morning. Little man is an early starter--was born at 2:35 THIS MORNING. Our strong and feisty little lady, Kate, and Barry "Cool as a cucumber" Sawicki are doing great.


He is a featherweight compared to his meatloaf cousin, Colby; Arlo weighed in at 6lbs, 14 ozs. We are freaking out excited for this addition to the family, we could not be happier. I stole these pictures from their blog. What a little cutie in the hat mom made for him.

The Christmas Blog

Well, the first Christmas went off without a hitch. Cobly got a pretty Christmas dress to wear to all the family events.

For Christmas Eve we went to church for our annual visit. Colby was very well behaved and really loved all the singing of Christmas songs. We went to the kids service so there were a bunch of little ones that did a skit and sang songs. It was really cute.

On Christmas we spent the morning at home, just the 4 of us and unwrapped all the presents. Colby's favorite gift was the wrapping paper of course, followed closely by the glow worm from Mom.

In the afternoon we went up to see the Philly family. Had lunch and did more presents. Colby learned quickly how to unwrap stuff.

During the day Grandma Nennie and Grumpy were making their way down from MA. They met us back at home around dinner time. Then there were more unwrapping of gifts. Grandma Nennie brought the best gift of all, a beautiful quilt that she made for Colby and her big girl bed. Now all Colby needs to do is be a big girl. But we are in no rush for that.

We had a great day! I really think Colby had fun because she got to see her family from near and far. She loves being passed around and held by all the different people. We had a great time and were very lucky to see everyone.

For more pictures of the fun, check out our web gallary at http://picasaweb.google.com/Joseph.C.Sawicki/ColbySFirstChristmas