Tooth #2

Archer has been a little grumpy pants.. And one day while he was crying I saw another little white bump in his mouth!!! Another tooth?? What?!? He seems to forget it is there in the day but at night he is super grumpy!! He is growing up way too fast!! On Sunday archer and I were in the foyer and I had let him crawl around in the lower part of it and next thing I know he climbed up three stairs to go see the other babies!! All by himself! I didn't show him that he needed to put both legs on one step to reach up to the next one or anything. He just did it! Like eh no big deal! I was amazed!! My little baby is growing up so much!! I love to watch him figure stuff out. The other day I had put a laundry basket on top of him (like a turtle shell) and he figured out how to take it off.
Yesterday I put him in a patterned onsie and he just looked at it for like three minutes. He was so interested in it. He loves to take books off the shelves and to stand up by himself. He loves to lick everything.. And I mean everything!! With his teeth he can bite through a cutie orange.. (Verrrrry messy!!!) and he is a pro at sitting up. It is so crazy how much bigger he has gotten in just the last month!! My little baby isn't so little anymore!! But it's exciting to watch him grow and learn. I love archer. I know Kabe does too. It's such a blessing to be is mom. I'm also blessed to have Kabe as my husband and partner. A father to archer and I'm so glad to be sealed to both of them!!

Tooth, standing up, steps!!!! What's next??

On Sunday Archers first tooth came through!!!! He has been pulling himself up on things and pushing them away so he can stand... He has gotten a couple of really good bumps on his face from falling into things... He has taken a couple of steps.. But he is taking them while falling... He is getting too big!! His favorite thing right now is to pull all of his books off the bottom shelf of the bookcase and crawl into it. He thinks it is a game or something. He is so adventurous and he is a champ at crawling now. So we keep all of the doors closed and anything breakable up high.. Because he pulls himself up on everything. And I mean EVERYTHING! He is a handful but he is so fun!! I love every second with him!! He has learned how to shriek now... He is a little pro at that.. Even though mommy and daddy hate hate hate it!! Also he has gotten a lot more vocal. He is starting to babble. Baba bada daba kinda like that.. No dada or mama yet.... :( I love him! It's so cute to actually see him smile his real smiles!! I'm so glad the medicine is working!! I'm glad to have my baby archer back!!

The problem.

The problem.

Finally! Finally!!! After three and a half MISERABLE months we figured out what was wrong.
We had the HAPPIEST, most smiley baby in the world about four months ago. But it all of the sudden changed.. I don't know if it was his ear infection that changed it, or throwing up all of his medicine, but archer was a totally different child. Not as happy, Always uncomfortable, fussy, and he HATED to eat. When I say hated he would seriously cry himself to sleep before he ate. I felt like the worst mom.. But he needed to eat!! He wasn't chunking up like all the other little babies around. We took him in three or four different times because we didn't know what was going on.. And every time our dr. Just said it was teething.. But there were no teeth at four months... There still are no teeth at 7 1/2 months. Kabe and I were going insane our baby was breaking us!! Something needed to happen! We took him in for a sick appointment and we didn't get our usual dr. So we told the dr what was going on with him and how he didn't want to eat he was also losing weight. this really awesome lady dr. said well, it sounds like acid reflux. Lets put him on a trial dosage if it doesn't seem to help, bring him back and we will do more extensive tests. Well, lo and behold it seems like its working.. I haven't seen archer smile this much in a long long long time. It's awesome to actually have him want to eat more than just a spoonful or two of baby food!! It's nice to actually not fight him to get him to nurse! It's nice to see him happy.
Ps I'm going to go all churchy with this next part.
I can't even imagine what it would be like to watch your son suffer, like Christ did in gethsemane. It was hard not knowing what was wrong. But I think it would be even harder to know what was making your child hurt, what was making them suffer so much that they wanted to die... I feel so blessed to be able to go see doctors. To have modern medicine. To be able to know that Kabe and I weren't alone in the long nights, the endless crying, the feelings of being broken. It is nice to know that someone else has gone through it all, and even worse. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father. I am also thankful for my savior Jesus Christ. I know that they love me. That they love my son. And they love my husband. I am so thankful for Kabe. He is my rock. He keeps me sane when I feel like there is no hope. I'm especially thankful for Archer. For the amazing little boy he is. For the things he teaches me daily. ( mostly over and over again on how to be patient) for the little tiny bit of insight he has given me to know what our Father in Heaven feels like about his children. I am so thankful that I know I can be with my family forever. I know that if I try my best each day and work harder each day (no I'm not perfect , I will never be in this life) I will be able to return to my Heavenly Father. I also am so grateful for my mom and dad. They made me who I am today. I am so very thankful that they get to be the grandparents of my children. I am so thankful for the opportunity it ha been to be a mom. To be able to learn an grow each day.
This church is true! (The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints) I know it. I live it. I LOVE it.

Life

Life... It comes at you fast!!

Ahh so sorry I haven't posted in what feels like forever.. Well it has been forever! Last week we had a wonderful opportunity to go to disneyland and to hang out there for four days. BEST FOUR DAYS EVER!! I love Disneyland. I seriously could live there. Archer was so good the whole time!! Even in the car!! :) we got him a buzz hoodie!! It's so stinking cute!!! He loved riding all the rides!! And he loved hanging out with grandma miller while mom and dad rode rides together. We went to a couple of shows and saw kabes little sister perform! They did amazing. While we (all of the millers and the coxs) were watching billy hill and the hillbillys, billy stopped the show and looked over at archer and said in a very hick voice "is that a real baby??" And of course archer is just staring at him, not blinking or anything... Everyone laughed and he said archer was cute. Later on in the show kabes mom was taking pictures of archer and billy stopped again and said "look they are even taking pictures of your baby!! " he had no idea that we knew each other! It was so fun! I got to see fantasmic, world of color, a bugs life, and billy hill. We went on almost every ride in both parks and we got to go on the new cars land ride. AMAZING!! :) I loved it!! I couldn't have even imagined it looking like it did!! It seriously looked like I just stepped into the movie! I loved it! I got to see mater! :) made my whole day! It's so crazy what they can do with animatronics now!! All of the cars looked real. Like full sized cars, taken right from the movie!! So cool!! They even have the cozy cone motel!! It's awesome!!! I could live in that place! The lines were crazy long!! Thank goodness for Braydon and the baby pass!! It was so fun to see Braydon care about everyone so much! (And show it.. Cause he has a hard time showing it most if the time) I love him. I'm so glad I get to tease him and call him my little brother. ( even though he is almost 6 inches taller than me!!! ) he is so sweet. Probably one of the sweetest 14 almost 15 year olds I know. Ps. Happy autism awareness month! Anyway... Disneyland was great!! So many memories were made!! :) I will always and forever be a Disney girl!! Ps. Do not ever rent a hotel for 50 buck.. You get what you pay for and nothing more.... Maybe even less... Worst overnight stay.. Never again... Okay. Rant finished! Man is it nice to be back in my own bed.. But the nice Cali weather did NOT follow us home!! :( boo!!! It needs to be spring. No more snow. Just a little rain here and there and then lots of sun!!! Oh by the way I was so good about putting sunscreen on I didn't even get burnt when we were in Disneyland... But... I didn't even think about the car ride home... Yeah... My face got sunburnt... :( boo!!! Anyway... If you ever get the chance to go to Disneyland... DO IT!!! So worth it!! Cars is my favorite ride.. And himelicks chew chew train!! :)