Nolan Update

Today was a gorgeous, sunny, 65 degree day in Chicago and people were out in droves enjoying it! Nolan and I met my parents, Bob, Laurie, & Anne down in the city for lunch, then a visit to Lincoln Park Zoo. It was a great day. Dave drove to Cincinnati this morning for his mom's hip replacement surgery tomorrow. Please say a prayer that Becky has a safe and speedy recovery! Dave is planning on driving back home on Thursday.

Nolan gave us a scare last weekend. He had something along the lines of an asthma attack. He had very shallow, labored breathing and was wheezing pretty badly. He ended up needing to stay overnight at the hospital for observation and did breathing treatments every two hours around the clock. The doctors said that we'll never know for sure what triggered it but my gut instinct tells me that it's from the dust stirred up and residual paint fumes from the work we had done in our house. So for those of you with little ones...be careful when painting!! I'm really hoping that this was a one-time thing vs. Nolan truly having asthma. Time will tell I guess. It's something we'll have to keep an eye on. The doctors won't diagnose it as asthma unless it happens 3-4 times.

Nolan is back to his normal self and is such a happy little boy! He makes us laugh everyday and is getting so much more animated and is communicating more and more with us. He is loving the fact that he can walk and I'm sure he'll be running in no time! He loves holding our hand and walking along side us when we're out and about. He also loves waving to people and saying "bye" when they leave. "Bye" is definitely his favorite word and he says it all the time. He said "bye" to every doctor, nurse, etc. as they left the room. It was pretty comical...everyone seemed to get a kick out of it.

Another one of Nolan's new tricks is opening drawers and he especially loves the drawer in the master bathroom that has all of Dave's stuff in it. Nolan can't get enough of the long, springy charging cord for Dave's electric razor. He walks the cord around like it's his pet?! Pretty funny.

Have an excellent week!