And to help feel a little included in the wedding planning process, I surprised her and Ryker and I flew out there last week for bridal showers and wedding planning. She was very shocked!
I learned very quickly that there is very little free time in the Durrant, and Bartholomew family households. Everyone has a schedule, they go, and go, and go, and go... Very little time was actually spent as family time. I slept at my mom's like usual.
I noticed that one of the biggest complications we experienced was not having a crib for Ryker. We had just gotten him into the habit of sleeping in his own bed every night. There was a crib at my dad's, but the side wouldn't stay up. My mom has a play pen, but Ryker never fell asleep deep enough to be moved to the play pen. As a result, he shared the bed with me. It took a whole day trying to get him to sleep in his crib again when we got home.
To complicate our busy week at home ( in Missouri), Ryker developed a bacterial sinus infection, probably from teething. He seems to get teeth two at a time. It happened this way with his bottom teeth too. One tooth will break through and then go back in until the other one is ready to come out. So, he is on an allergy medication, an antibiotic, and iron drops because he is slightly anemic. We discovered the infection when he woke up one morning with a fever of 103.4-degrees. Our poor child was so cuddly and sleepy for two days after he started the antibiotic. Now, he is back to making lots of messes and is even eating more. While he was super sick, the only food he consumed was breastmilk. So, good thing I wasn't even close to weaning him!
