Doctors and sick kids

I missed the photo op, but we were waiting to see the doctor on Thursday and Miss Selah thought she should wear Elijah's clothes. She not only had his hat perched on top of her head, then had his pants on up to her knees! Such a goofy kid.

We were at the pediatrician's office because Selah and Micah had pink eye. Haven't had a case of that since Jonah was 2!! And Mr Elijah had a check up. All looks good, he's gaining weight well and the only problem we have is a granuloma under his umbilical cord. They did a silver nitrate treatment and the cord feel off the next day! I'm pretty sure all of our kids still had theirs at a month before he came along.  Selah had a granuloma too and she was at least 4 months before we got it mostly taken care of. (I can't even remember how many silver nitrate applications it took, and she still has a funny scar.) So overall, other than still being yellow because of the jaundice, Elijah looks great! Now that I cut out the dairy, he is a sweet, peaceful baby who sleeps great. He goes 3-4 hours between feedings at night and is sleeping in his bassinet! He still likes to be held all day, but he's not even two weeks old, I'll cut him some slack.

And then we did end up having to take Micah to Urgent Care on Friday for an ear infection. He was a miserable mess until the Motrin kicked in. Then you wouldn't even have known he was sick. It was a bit annoying since we had just paid to take them in for their eyes, simply because they said they needed to check their ears. And, as I have an otoscope, I didn't feel that was necessary. Add in 24 hours later the 2 year old screaming uncontrollably about his ear...and a quick peek by inexperienced me shows lots of red...and then he falls off his chair onto the top of his head at dinner. (quite literally, just as if he had dove head first onto a pool.) So I reluctantly packed him up and took him in again and the doc says to make sure to do around the clock Motrin for 24 hours, it's nasty in there. So did it really look totally fine the day before?!?

Either way, he was a perfect patient at the Urgent Care, and then was reluctant to leave, a they were so fast he hasn't gotten to play with any of the (disgustingly germy) toys!

Sandbag brigade

The kids are all working together to get the sandbags upstairs. A fairly rare moment of peace!

And a couple random shots of Elijah. One is off him hanging out at his first soccer game (Daddy's) last night. The other is an awake, content baby after his dinner. He managed to soak his clothes while getting changed in the middle of his meal, hence the diaper look.

Noah's SEVEN!!!

It's Mr Noah's birthday today. Bryan got up at 6 to make him crepes with a mango filling. They were incredible, even gluten and dairy free!
And he got a trip to the Lego store! It was our first adventure with all five, and I was grateful Bryan was with me. The kids were good but there are a lot of them to keep track of!

It was also our first time cramming them all into the minivan. Poor Jonah, until we get a skinnier carseat for Selah, he's pretty squished back there.

Typical Wilhelms

All our Wilhelms have slept contently in the front pack for hours. I'm so glad to have spent $80 on a good one when we had Noah. It has been used almost daily with Noah, Selah,& Micah for the first year and washed many, many times. And it is still holding strong! It has been, without a doubt, the most essential thing to my sanity the first year of their lives! And Mr Elijah is following in his siblings footsteps, making errands and rough days easier by loving life strapped to his Mommy.

And on a typical (almost) Fall Saturday morning, one can find not only the youngest Wilhelm sleeping on the front pack, but also the young Wilhelms playing in some dirt or sand and the older ones playing soccer.

One week!

It's hard to believe, but Mr Elijah is a week old already! I'm starting to feel sad he is growing up too fast! We've determined that he, too, cannot have milk. But besides being jaundiced, he's been doing great since I cut out the milk. He's so sweet and he is even sleeping well! The last two nights I've gotten 2-3 hour stretches of sleep! I'm loving it. I have lots of pictures to post, i apologize for being behind. Often I just can't focus enough to write coherently while up with him at night. Soon!

Sleepy Selah

Bryan went to take a shower, about an hour after we put Selah to bed...and found her sleeping on our bathroom floor. With the light on. She has, by far, the most comfortable bed in the house. And she chooses to sleep on our cold, hard tile bathroom floor! Such a goof. And a sneaky one at that as w had no idea she had even come downstairs!

More first visitors

We missed getting a pic of Micah holding Elijah, though he adored him. But he's very impatiently waiting his turn here. They all loved him, fought over whose turn it was to hold him.

First visitors

Few more pictures

More pictures

Because we all know that is what you're wanting!

Elijah James!

Seems as though the 16th wasn't an acceptable birthdate for the little guy. He arrived last night, 15 August, at 9:20 pm. 8 pounds 10 ounces, 21.5 inches. We arrived at the hospital at 8:48 pm...so needless to say, it was "fast," but not painless. He's perfect, although a hungry little bug who wanted to eat every hour for 30-40 minutes. Waiting on the doctor to come in this morning but very much hoping to go home today! Guess we will see!

Fear

This child needs some fear. She's up there checking on her teeth. She's convinced that she is about to lose a tooth.

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for some reason, the posts aren't posting. not sure why, my apologies. trying to get it fixed before the arrival of Mr Elijah next week. the induction has been scheduled for the 16th at 7am. I'm hoping he's out by lunchtime. unless, of course, there's spontaneous labor this time.I've heard that can happen...
but, yes. he's still in right now and we are in panic mode trying to get a million things done before he arrives. it'd be easier if there wasn't so much going on!!