Written yesterday:

Calhan rolled over for the first time yesterday! You can see foryourself in the video. It is so adorable to watch him. He looks a little stunned when he flips over to his back, but then gives you the biggest smile! He is such a great baby.

Well, I have gotten mastitis for the FOURTH time since Cal was born. This means I have been on antibiotics for 40 of the last 90 days. That is a lot! So I think this is God’s way of telling me that I need to wean. After the second time, the doctor told me that if I got it again I needed to seriously consider weaning. The problem is that I could become resistant to the antibiotics if I continue to take them. So I guess the time has come to wean. I have a deep freezer ¾ the way full of breastmilk to give him. I have also tried giving him some formula to make sure he will tolerate it. He seems to tolerate it just fine. He may spit up a little more, but it does not seem to bother him too much. It is very painful and difficult to wean. It is bittersweet. I am looking forward to be free of my pump, but I am feeling really guilty about it. It will take me awhile to completely be done because if I do it too fast, I may get mastitis again. I am taking it slow and hope to have the whole process done by the National Championship game. We are lucky enough to get tickets (thanks to Catherine and Jimmy Ellspermann) and it would be nice not to worry about how I will pump or think about manually pumping in a public restroom.

My parents will be coming up to visit with us for Christmas this year. We will enjoy visiting with family at Dawson’s mom’s house on Christmas Day. Chase is really getting into the Christmas spirit this year. He loves to watch the Christmas movies and eat cookies. Tomorrow, I hope to make Christmas cookies with him for Santa. I am really looking forward to watching the look of shock and awe when he sees the presents Santa has left under the tree for him.

Dawson and I got our Christmas gift early this year…He still has a job at Wyndham. They had a second round of layoffs and this time it was a huge number of people let go. Fortunately, they can see what an asset Dawson is to the company and he is safe. I actually went to work today at the Adult CF Center today. My first day working without having Cal with me. Dawson is home with the kids. It was nice to get out, but I miss my little ones.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Calhan is 3 months old! Wow time sure is flying. Just three nights ago he SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT for the first time!!! Unfortunately, the last two night he did wake up at 4am to eat, but hey that is only one feeding at night and we are heading toward sleeping consistently through the night. From the looks of him, you would think he doesn't need that night time feeding. He now weighs 14.5# and is 23". He more than doubled his birth weight! Usually this doesn't happen til 6 months. I am just so glad we don't have to worry about his weight like we did with Chase. He is still getting breastmilk. I have tried adding a couple ounces of formula to see if he can tolerate it. He gets maybe 2-4 oz of formula per day. He seems to spit up more with it. I am still pumping despite my recent bout of mastitis. I know I told myself that I would wean if I ever got mastitis again, but I am having a hard time doing this. I do see the health benefits. Chase was recently so sick with vomiting and diarrhea for 5 days (horrible) and Cal did not get sick at all. So here I am still pumping 4 times a day...

Recently, I was able to visit with Jannell, Mike and Mia when they came to Orlando for Mia's 2nd birthday. They spent the weekend playing with Mickey. Cal and I joined them at the new T. Rex restaurant at Downtown Disney. Mia is such an adorable little girl and so brave. That restaurant had lots of large scary dinosaurs roaring all around. It didn't even seem to phase her. I don't think Chase would have handled it that well. He was terrified of the gorillas in Rainforest Cafe when we went there a few months ago. Unfortunately, Chase didn't join us. He was still recovering from his illness. It was so great to see them and lookforward to getting the kids together soon.

Well Dawson and I have officially been initiated into parenthood. Sunday, Chase started throwing up and continued throughout the night. I threw up earlier in the night and to top it off...I HAVE MASTITIS AGAIN! Dawson has been a real champ taking care of us. He stayed home from work today to help me out. Thank GOD! Tomorrow, I am going to the doctor to start antibiotics for the mastitis. Nina (Nanna) will be coming over to help with the kids so that I can go to the doctor.

Below are pictures from our trip to Boca for Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving day, we celebrated at a family friends airplane hangar. They had a huge Thanksgiving spread. Chase and Liam had a blast playing badmitton and watching the jets take off. We celebrated Thanksgiving again on Saturday at my parents house. It was so fun watching the boys run around and play with eachother. They wore eachother out!!!

GO Gators!