Archive for December, 2007

 

 

 

 

We are getting ready to move into our new house! Yeah! Complete with a park down the street that has plenty of swings for Ava and bear-bear. And of course, resident geese and ducks who will be needing some extra crackers and bread when we go for walks.

 

 

Merry Christmas everyone! We are having a wonderful day as a family after some long days with Olivia being in the hospital. She had RSV and after visiting our pediatrician two days in a row, breathing treatments, and other medication; she continued to get worse. In the middle of the night she started running a very high fever, stopped nursing, and had sounded like an old man with a decades-long smoking addiction. I took her to Texas Children’s ER. She was positive for RSV but since her white blood cell count was so high they had to do a spinal tap. THREE tries later… white blood cells were in the spinal fluid. Of course, this could also be due to the fact that they had to do the puncture three times and allowed blood into the tap. But, to be on the safe side, they admitted her and started her on high dose antibiotics. While this was a difficult three days, it left me thankful for so many things. Thankful for family nearby who stepped in to take care of Ava. Thankful for good medical care when its needed. And after seeing all the parents with sick, sick, sick children…SOOOOO thankful that our child will recover and come home to return to her normal healthy self. That is the best Christmas present in the world. Hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday filled with family, loved ones, good food, great laughs, and all your heart desires!

 

 

 

We tried to get some family pictures for Christmas. It is almost impossible to get everyone fed, dry, dressed, and smiling all together before the sun goes down. I love the family one except for the giant glob of spit-up that Olivia has running down her chin! I need to learn photoshop so I can doctor that one in time for Christmas cards.

 

 

 

When I told Ava we could make a gingerbread house, she was so excited…the next morning she popped out of bed at 6 am and the first thing out of her mouth was, “Are we going to make a ginger house today, Mommy?”

 

And no, I do not take the computer into the restroom with me. On side note, even sans computer, potty training is going very well. We finally just told Ava that after a certain date there would be no more diapers. We talked about it for a few days leading up to the big day. And then, that day we packed them away (except for a few pull ups for night time). She has done GREAT (much to my relief, I really wasn’t sure if this approach would work or not). After one week, she is having very few accidents and is really doing great at announcing when she has to go.

 

 

Some of you have heard me talk about my Dad’s wood ceiling. He designed this pattern himself, hand cut the wood and stained it using a variety of natural stains. The final product is beautiful! The tone of the wood is so great in the room, pictures really do not capture it at all!