Cereal, Baby. OH YEAH!

Bubeaner had his first cereal today.  And he did an awesome job.  He was taken aback by the taste and different texture at first.  But he did not spit up/out except for the first bite.  Matt was able to watch this milestone but from the other end of the hallway.

Bubeaner AFTER eating cereal for the first time.

Notice his clean face; 

he did so well not spitting up.

We are still being careful even though Matt has been symptom free for 24 hours now.  He is thrilled.  He even executed a jail break earlier today just to drive around; he just needed to get away.  Bad Matt!  He also plans on going back to work tomorrow.  We expect that the test will come back tomorrow from the CDC.  Although, the news tonight mentioned that some cases are not being confirmed because somehow the virus sometimes "dies" before it reaches the CDC for testing.  We hope that's not the case with Matt.  An answer, any answer, would be good.

Onto some more good news, Bubeaner has not had any more coughing or sneezing episodes.  YAY!  He did have a tiny little spike to a low-grade fever again this afternoon.  But it was after we had been playing and laughing.  It went back down on it's own by the time we finished with bathing and feeding.  Not concerned right now.  And Bubeaner is back to eating more.  WooHoo!  It does make him mad because I still only make his bottle 2 oz at a time.  I was just wasting way too much formula; I would make 6 oz, and he would eat 1oz.  The rest went down the drain!

We debated long about still having the baptism this weekend.  But barring a positive test from Matt and more symptoms from us, we will continue with our plans.  We understand that this will probably mean some people will not be able to join us.  And, of course, we also would ask that anyone feeling ill or with cold/flu symptoms not join us to help protect our little Bubeaner.