Will is in the hospital

Will has been sick with a stomach virus since late Sunday night. We "treated" him at home....pushing fluids, BRAT diet, etc. etc. Tuesday he was very lethargic, but I figured it was just from being so sick. He did not have any vomitting until late Tuesday night and he made up for the whole day in one moment. Mike and I joke about our house being the Combs Chinese Restaurant since Will had consumed rice earlier and it all....plus some...came back up.
Yesterday morning we took him in to the doctor. Michelle, the PA, quickly had his blood drawn and all of his labs came back bad...really bad. His glucose was only 41! She ordered fluids to be given and that caused great problems. My poor baby was so dehydrated that his veins were flat. 2 nurses, 1 doctor, and 5 sticks later, they finally got it going. We stayed there for a few hours then were sent to he hospital. Mike stayed last night. I'm on the way back out there now. Please pray for my little guy!

How do you ask?

Will is yelling for more macaroni while in his highchair. This usually involves him pounding his fists and yelling, "MORE!!!!"
Mike just asked him how do you ask for more macaroni?

His response.....

"Mayday, Mayday!!!!"

I have NO idea where he got this, but its not the first time today he has said it...but perhaps the funniest!

Will's obsession

Will is obsessed with teeth. Ya see, when he was nursing, he LOVED to put his "free" hand in my mouth and play with my teeth and my lips. I "put up" with it because I wanted him to be comfortable nursing. Before long, it became a habit. As soon as he started nursing, his hand was immediately up in my mouth.
This "habit" continued when he started taking a bottle. It is his comfort and it continues today.
Whenever Will is tired and trying to go to sleep, he still has to put his hand in my mouth. We FINALLY kicked the bottle habit..just recently...but he has to keep his hand in my mouth.

I just want to add that it drives me absolutely crazy and I may end up going to the funny farm from him putting his hands in my mouth.

I got idea!!!

Ral says this several times a day now. Whenever he says it, he often adds a "ding ding ding" to the phrase. I have no idea where he got this from. You can be sure, however, that the IDEA will be very Ral centered.

A few examples...

"Hey mom...I got idea...ding, ding, ding....Lets you and me make a cake for for Daddy and Will!!" (This was said at 10pm last night while watching the Food Network.)

"Ding, Ding, Ding, I got idea mom. Let me go up to my Me's house while you and Will go home!!"


"I got idea mom...ding, ding, ding.....Let's go to the store and buy a cake for me Me!"

As you can see, most of Ral's great ideas involve food!

Ba Ba Black Sheep

This is Will's "default" song. Whenever he is bored...he sings it. Whenever he is eating..he sings it. Whenever he is getting his diaper changed...he sings it. Whenever he...well, you get the picture. Most of the time it is absolutely adorable. When he is tired and traveling in the van for 6 hours, the song tends to be not so cute. On the way back from Wilmington he started screaming it, not singing it. He took his sweet time to do it too.
BAAAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAAA

BLACK SHEEP

HAVEUENY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL??

ONE FOR DA DAME................ONE FOR DA DAME............

Yeah, he gets confused on the words sometimes as well.

SeaWorld

The family took a trip to Seaworld yesterday. Both Ral and Will recognize it from the street. We have an awesome view of the roller coaster from our hotel. Will keeps saying he wants to go to Sea Were-old. He says it with at least 3 or 4 syllables each time.
We had a nice time. It was hot to begin with, then it sprinkled and cooled things off. One of our first stops was to see the Shamu show. We got great seats (soaker advisory seats). Will was fine before the show started, but once things got under way he was glued to my lap, turned around facing me most of the time. Ral thought it was amazing and oooohed and aaaaaahhed quite a bit. They had some little hand signal thing they got the audience to do and then you shouted "Shamu-Shamu". I think this was the point that Will was actually shaking he was so scared. When I asked Ral about the simple hand signal later, he told me it was sign language. When I asked him how to do it, he proceeded to go into a 5 minute demonstration that included pretending to shoot a gun and making a silly face with your fingers shoved up your nose.
Ummmm...no, Raleigh, I don't think that was part of the Shamu jive, but I do appreciate your sense of humor! :)
After the Shamu shout for a while, the big whale finally came by our section and gave us a good splash.
Ral wasn't ready for it and drank some sea water, but in the end was ok with it.
Will just about crawled out of his skin he was so scared and mad. Luckily he did stay with me in my lap the rest of the time, although he kept talking about going up the stairs and leaving.
After the show, when we did leave, was Will's favorite part. He perked up, waved, and said oh so cutely, "Bye Shamu! Bye-bye Shamu!!"
You would have thought they were best friends or something. When we asked Will about it later he just kept saying, "get wet....get wet". We did catch him chanting the Shamu-Shamu mantra later and attempting the hand motions. As with most things, he absorbed more than we thought he did.

Mike and Ral are going back tonight so Ral can ride his first roller coaster. Poor Will just isn't big enough to do many things at all in regards to rides. Luckily, he doesn't know any better so it doesn't really bother him. I think it will be mama and Will pool time.