12 Months

Our dear Adam Leighton Mueller is now one year old.  Twelve months ago he came into our lives and made our family complete, and we can't imagine our life without him. Adam continues to delight us every day.  He adores playing with balls and cars, which is novel to me since Davis was never very into those things.  It is so much fun to roll a ball back and forth with him, or to watch him crawl around while pushing a toy car.  He is a good "player" and especially enjoys anytime that he has an opportunity to play with one of his big brother's toys.  He got his first real haircut and did great - no tears, but a lot of squirming around.  We had a hard time adjusting to his new look after his haircut because he really did look different.  Such a  big boy! He got his first bad cold a couple of weeks before his birthday, and then he came down with a high fever (as high as 105.2) for a few days.  I even took him to the pediatrician and got chest x-rays (let me tell you, it is an experience trying to get chest x-rays on a baby) to make sure he didn't have pneumonia, but as turns out, he broke out in a horrible rash on his face and trunk a couple of days later - yep, roseola!  Oh joy.  Our sweet little man was a pretty miserable (exhausted, irritable, demanding) baby for 5 or 6 days between the fever and the rash, which luckily faded just in time to celebrate his birthday.  We are so thankful that he came through his illness okay and is now feeling much better.  It is so hard to see your baby suffering and you can't do anything but cuddle them and try to help them through it. Before haircut: During: After:

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