You missed me didn't you?

I know it's been a really long time since I posted anything on here, so I thought I'd fill you all in on what's been going on with me. The day after my fantastic boat ride I woke up with a pretty high fever and Mama and Daddy ended up taking me in to the Doctor. She checked me out and told them to give me some tylenol so I wasn't uncomfortable, and to come back in two days if I was still sick. I laid around for two days and didn't feel any better (except from the tylenol). Mama and Daddy were all pretty scared, and Daddy even called my Doctor one night because my fever was 103.7 (which is extremely high for such a little baby). Mama and I went in to see the Doctor again on Tuesday, and she did a few tests on me and told us that I had some sort of infection, but she wasn't sure what kind. She told Mama to take me down to Children's Hospital for them to check me out. Daddy joined us at the hospital, since he was working down in Tacoma that day. They checked me out and discovered that I had a really bad bladder infection (they found this out using something called a catheter, which I never ever want to see again in my life). They gave me some antibiotics and sent Mama and Daddy on their way. It took a few days for me to feel all the way better (mostly because I got an infection from the antibiotics so I had to get some special cream to put on twice a day). The worst part of this whole ordeal? I was supposed to go to a concert on Tuesday with Mama, Daddy, Mimi, and Grandpa Dean, but I had to miss it because I was at the hospital. I was really really bummed, but everybody says they'll take me to a concert soon enough.

I'm all done with the antibiotics (two whole weeks of taking it!), and I'm feeling so much better now. I'm back to laughing and smiling at Mama and Daddy, which makes them really happy. Although I've started this new thing where I only smile a little bit and stick my tongue out. It makes everybody laugh so I really like it. I'm still working on figuring out how to crawl, but I'm getting pretty close. I can get up onto my knees and move backwards a few inches, but not forwards. I just like to be different. I have gotten a lot of new toys lately, and I'm having fun figuring them all out. I really like the squirty bath toys I got yesterday and the obnoxious (that's Mama's word) radio that Grandma and Grandpa brought me. It makes me laugh. Mama and Daddy also had to go buy me a whole bunch of new clothes the other day because I don't have anything that fits and will keep me warm in cold weather. They were pretty excited because they haven't really bought me much stuff yet because my friend Presley gave me all of her old clothes. Overall my life has been pretty exciting lately and Mama, Daddy and I can't believe that I am officially six months old today. They say that's a whole half of a year old already. Wow, that was fast.