THE BIG ONE!!!

1:00 am on the morning of March 3, 2011 my water broke and about 6 1/2 hours later Cyrus Robert Smith came into our world. A year later I am having a hard time imagining what our lives would be like with out him. We love this little man. He's so sweet, loving and tolerant (of his big brother unintentionally picking on him).

The Sunday after his birthday (March 4), mine and Jesse's family gathered together at the Smith Home to watch Cy with the traditional hoo-ha. It's something you can't miss.

While unwrapping presents the bows were a favorite of his.

 He did very well unwrapping as well (with the assistance of his daddy).

 Playing with his new toys.

Check out the cake that I made. A client of mine gave me the idea and the directions. It was really fun to make. I made the Carrot cake and the cream cheese frosting. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it was super yummy.

 Oh he wanted to dig into it so bad.

 I thought a cupcake size would be better portion size for him. At first he didn't really dig into it like we all thought that he would.  It wasn't until Jesse took a glob of frosting and smeared it on Cy's tongue that he started to chow down the cake.

 He wasn't really all that messy of an eater.

By the time he finished his cake, Jesse had Cy's tricycle put together. (It's a bit big for him, but he'll grow into it). He liked the ride though. Just can't peddle quiet yet, let alone reach them. But look at that face...

It was wonderful to have all our family together to support us and our little guy on his big day (even though he had no clue). I don't know what it is about seeing a one year old open presents and eat cake for the first time...but it's so enjoyable.

Happy First Birthday Cyrus! We all love and adore you so much!

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Tuesday (Mar 6) was his Dr. checkup.

Here are his stats...

Weight: 21lbs - 23%

Height: 30 1/4 - 66%

Head Circum: 47.5cm - 81%

According to the doctor everything looks great on the little man. We now get to switch him from formula to cow's milk (my wallet is singing praises). I guess since he's sort of a light weight he will be just fine with WHOLE milk over 1% or 2% milk.

The bummer part of this appointment was that the little man had to get FOUR shots. UGH! It breaks my heart every time they have to poke him. With each poke his cry becomes more and more sad. OH! It's terrible. Thankfully he calmed down by the time we got to the car. But the whole way out he let me know he wasn't happy about what just happened to him. He was very happy to get home and take a long nap.

Last week both Cy and Ryker had had a cold. The coughing, runny nose with a slight fever. So by the time of Cy's birthday he had just gotten over that. So I'm thinking that would hopefully be the last illness they got before spring would come. (BTW this time of year is just so yucky. I very much dislike that everyone I'm surrounded by is sick which makes my children sick, which gets other children sick. It's a terrible chain reaction). So... I THOUGHT I was done with all that.

Around 2 in the morning on Thursday I woke up to Cy moaning in his crib. Not crying or fussing, just moaning like he was miserable. I go in and check on him to see what the matter was. When I touched his head I was totally shocked by how warm he was. So I take his temperature... 101. Immediately I get the infant Tylenol and he went back to sleep.

Throughout that day he was probably awake for 5 hours of the day. Just sleepy and running a fever. Heidi was at our house taking care of the boys, so it was comforting to know that the boys were in good hands. We were feeling concerned that his fever wasn't going down. At the lowest it was 100.

That night I put him to bed by 7pm. Bedtime is regularly 8pm, but there was no way he would make it till then.  

As Friday morning came around I decided to call the pediatrician. I try really hard not to be a over paranoid mother. But I was starting to feel concerned that his fever was going on for 2 days now. I know when they get shots that that can and will cause a fever, but not for this long.

So after talking to the nurse, she told me that it sounded like something viral and to continue giving him Tylenol/Motrin to bring his fever down. By this time is was 8:45am and Cy was still sleeping. I decided call my Mom and ask her if she would be willing to come to my house until Cy woke up. She willing did, and I left for work at 9:15am.

Around 11 I called my mom to check in on Cy. She informed me that he was sleeping. Gosh. Sleepy guy!

At noon I then text her.... Is he awake? She replied...No. Then my next terrible thought...Is he alive? Thankfully she replied...yes.

Finally at ONE Cy woke up. He slept from 7pm Thursday night till 1:00pm Friday afternoon. UNBELIEVABLE! That's 18 hours. 

By Saturday, Cy's fever reached 104 degrees. I was worried that he was going on three days with such a high fever. When I woke up that morning at 7 I gave him more Motrin, undressed him to hopefully cool him down a little bit. Awe he was just pure miserable. He'd stare at me with the saddest eyes and I knew without even saying a word to me that he just was hurting. I just didn't know why.

My mom and my little sister, Chan, came over at 7:30am so I could do her hair for her dance competition. And while I was doing that Cy went over to my bed, crawled up to my pillow and laid his head down and fell asleep almost instantly. Oh it's just so sad and strangely sweet at the same time.

I headed off to work once Heidi arrived at the house. My heart was torn. I felt like I should be there for my baby, but at the same time I needed to work. I Thank the dear Lord for blessing me with a wonderful Mother and Mother-in-Law who can be the extension to my hands.

While I was at work I arranged an appointment for Heidi to take Cy to InstaCare. Also a friend of mine from work, Harmoni, offered to watch Ryker while Heidi took Cy. Bless her heart!

At InstaCare they diagnosed Cy with an Ear Infection.

By the end of Saturday Cy was doing lots better. His temperature was down and his personality had returned. He has to take antibiotics twice a day for ten days. Also that night Jesse and his Dad (Mike) gave Cy a priesthood blessing!

Thank heavens for modern medicine. Thank Heavens for Friends and Family so willing to lend a helping and loving hand! THANK HEAVENS for the Priesthood! And Thank Heavens Cy is feeling and doing much better! There is nothing worse for a parent than to have their little ones sick.