The Last Week in Pictures

The antibiotics are working their magic and we are now blissfully back to the land of sleeping normally =)  K is still stuffy but she is improving each day.  Hopefully by the weekend she's back to 100%.  One of the hardest things as a family who has two working parents is to deal with the guilt we have over taking a sick (but not too sick?) little one to daycare.  Yesterday I went to nurse her on my lunch break and she was having the time of her life...dancing with her friends and going down the slide over and over.  It's times like that that calm the guilt and make me feel like she is much happier being distracted from her cold.  I am really so very thankful that we've found a daycare that has people (both teachers and kids) she enjoys so much.  She is always excited to go and that takes a very heavy weight off! 

Anyway, I'm going to try to tell the story of the last week or so in pictures:

K riding her worm around the house last week, such a happy little girl!

In the car on the drive up to Estes Park for our anniversary on 3/14 to stay at the Stanley Hotel (no ghosts were spotted!).  She has decided her sunglasses are pretty cool.  When she wants them on she says, "mama no bright".  She learned months ago that the sun is bright and she looks horrified when it shines on her face in the car.

An attempt at a family picture at the Stanley - one of these days she'll look at the camera and smile again, right?

K's favorite part of the Stanley - climbing all the stairs!  She was smiling and giggling but as soon as she sees the camera these days she gets the serious face.  Love the dots and stripes together ;-)

The Stanley, for those who aren't from CO, is a beautiful old hotel in the mountains.  It was a treat to stay there for our anniversary.  We found an amazing deal on Groupon and couldn't resist.  K did really well sleeping in a hotel for the first time too =)  She looks HUGE in her pack n play though.  I hope she can still sleep in it for our trip to AZ in May *fingers crossed*

K helping M brew some beer.  She took her pool float, that we use in the hot tub, in to sit in while she "helped".

Helping me talk on the her phone (one of my old ones) - she insists that my hair is in the way.  I love the look of concentration on her face =)

That's pretty much our week!  

Ear Infections Suck!

We are all exhausted...two nights of horrible sleep and it turns out her cold is not just a cold it's an ear infection.  Three hours spent in the urgent care at Children's Hospital today confirmed as much.  At least the chest x-ray was negative and the breathing issues are just from cold congestion.  Here's hoping that the antibiotics M is picking up now at the store will help her in time to get some rest tonight!  We could all use it...

Friday!!!!

Not much time to post, but it's been a while so I wanted to say hello to the blog world.  Work has been off the hook lately!  And we just found out yesterday a 21 year employee who has been in charge of a lot of different things at our small company is leaving the end of this month.  Scramble time...

This weekend we're going to meet a friends twins that are now 4 weeks old.  Can't wait to hold some itty bitties =)  And K's been healthy all week so it's perfect timing.  Here's a picture of K and I from earlier this week...this little girl seriously cracks me up!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

21 Months (and 1 day)

Seriously, can my little girl really be only 3 months away from being 2?!?!  I'll stop sniveling and get down to an update =)

This month K has really been a happy little one.  She has had a couple colds (#30 is on it's way out now) but it hasn't kept her from being playful and happy.  I really think these little ones are tougher than we are!  She has grown quite a bit and is now 26.25lb (60th %) and 32.5" (41st%).  It seems that her vocabulary grows by the day and she's busy telling us what she's doing, what we're doing and what her baby doll is doing almost all the time.  She loves patterns and pronounces "argyle" surprisingly well.  For the first time I've noticed her doing pretend play this month, like saying her baby has a boo-boo and needs us to kiss it (her and us).  She also gives baby hugs to make her feel better and apologizes to us if she does something wrong.  Precious I tell you.  She's also found that her words have power and she's turning more independent all the time.  I ask her if she wants help and she says, "no, Kylie helps".  She'll work at it for a while and usually figures it out but if she can't she'll ask for help.  The new found independence has been leading to a few temper tantrums here and there but overall I think it's a good thing...I think =)  Her favorite things to do in the whole wild world are to read and to dance.  She does both for hours and hours at school with her little friends and they hold hands, play with bean bags, etc.  Then we all dance as a family after dinner and read lots of books before dinner and after bath.  It makes my heart sing, seriously.  Sometimes I fell like trying to have a 2nd child is only pushing our good fortune...

Without further adieu, the reason you really come - a picture of K.  Here she is in her PJ's building a block tower.  Also notice the little pig tail on top of her head.  She LOVES to have her hair done and will sit very, very still so you can gather enough hair to get one to stay =)

The weekend...

Friday our poor little pooch had 13 teeth taken out =(  He's a Chihuahua and I know they are known for dental problems but WOW.  I also didn't know that dogs have 42 teeth.  Apparently the ones he lost aren't used for eating so after his week on antibiotics/anti-inflammatories and two weeks of soft food he should be good as new. For now though he's a little swollen and sad.  Get better Paco!!!

Saturday we had a nice morning at the butterfly pavilion.  We got a year membership there through Groupon for $35 =)  So nice to have a warm place to go and run around during the winter in Colorado.  This time they also had a special event going so there was a guy with a guitar playing kids music and K thought he was pretty cool.  Here she is sitting on a rock wall in the butterfly area, I love that it looks like she's making a little monkey face while she's wearing her fuzzy monkey shirt =)

On the way home K told us her ear hurt so we swung by the ped's office (thank goodness for Saturday hours!) and they told us she had a big ball of wax in her ear and when they tried to remove it there was blood.  Apparently the wax can stick to the skin of the ear canal.  Short story - they gave us antibiotics but couldn't tell for sure she needed them.  What?  We didn't give them to her since she is sleeping well and not showing any other signs of an ear infection.  We'll be trying hydrogen peroxide with water (the peds suggestion) to get the wax out starting tonight.  We needed to wait until the scab healed or it would hurt.  Apparently it eats away at the wax.  Blech.  That afternoon she woke up from her nap with a fever of 103 and was CRABBY so we canceled our dinner plans and took a family nap on our bed.  She never takes another nap so she must have been feeling really crappy.  We learned why people co-sleep (they are adorable when they snuggle into you) but we don't know how they do (hello baby fist to the face every 30 minutes).  

Sunday we did our normal laundry, cooking, grocery shopping stuff in the morning and then went to my parents for a visit after her nap.  All day she was totally happy and no signs of the fever.  This is two Saturday's in a row of fever.  Weird.  All we can figure is new viruses.  So that's #30 if anyone (besides me) is counting.  Boo, hiss.  Anyway, she's back to her normal happy self, just with a runny nose and mild cough.    Here she is giving her baby a sip of mommy's (empty) soda.  

That about wraps the weekend up!  Hope everyone had a good one =)   I just wish weekends didn't go so fast!

Randoms

I have been one lazy blogger for the last month or so!  So  to catch up in the most efficient fashion I'm thinking bullets today, so please bear with me:

• Kylie has illness #29.  OMG!  I feel so sorry for her.  One day she will know what it's like to be healthy for over a month...I promise.  This has to be the only thing I really dislike about her being in daycare.  I love that she has fun there and enjoys playing with her little friends so much.  Maybe if she didn't give her friends so many hugs and kisses she wouldn't get all these colds...but where would the fun in that be?
• This past weekend we got to catch up with our good friends from the town we use to live in.  There were six of us adults and 5 kids (ages 3.5, 2.5, 1.5, 11 months and 2 months).  We're not outnumbered yet!  We had a yummy brunch and watched all the kids play together for a couple hours before disbanding for our various napping locations.  Party animals!
• Monitoring cycle has gone ok.  E2 was 91 just before O - so that's a little low.  Not sure it makes any difference in the chances for a natural FET, I don't think so.  My 6DPO progesterone came in at 8.24 which is also low, I believe they want a natural cycle level at 10 or above.  But it does indicate ovulation which is good and O was also confirmed in the 6DPO ultrasound.  It likely confirms our plan to supplement in the LP with progesterone.  We'll be doing another monitoring cycle this next month (see how much hope I have for a natural cycle to work?) and then we'll meet with the doc in late March or early April to put a plan together for our FET in late June or early July.
• I know this is old news but it's too good not to share.  The weekend before last we got invited to a surprise 40th b-day party for Mike's boss.  His wife was throwing it and the invite said something about an "R rated stripper".  We felt politically obligated to go but didn't know anyone except the guest of honor and his wife.  The short story is that this was his wifes first stripper experience and it turned out very differently than she planned.  Let's just say it did not stay R rated...it went XXX my friends.  And the crowd of PhD scientists, spouses and....wait for it...the b-day boys Mom and sister...oh yes....were all stunned.  It was our first night out after Kylie had gone down for bed (my Dad came and sat with her).   Before the party I was calling it my first adult night back on the town since I hadn't been to a night time house party in over 2 years.  I'm no prude but this evening was a little too adult.  It did however provide us with endless ammunition for taunting his boss in the future and we will be very cautiously screening any gatherings they might invite us to in the future.  You can't make this stuff up!
• Enough bullets you say?  Ok, here are some pics:

Showing off her baby blues in her new jean jacket

She BEGGED me to paint her nails the day before Valentine's.  She sat so still and even let me blow on them until they were dry.  I think it's official, this tomgirl has a girly girl =)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Riding in her friends tractor at our play date on Saturday - she loves tractors!

Monitoring Underway

Today was my first "peak" day on the CBEFM and I went in for b/w (results will come back on Monday) and an u/s. The u/s showed lining at 12.6mm with triple stripe and a 20mm follicle on ol' leftie. The doc is starting me on 25mg of Synthroid for my thyroid (TSH=2.59) and took blood today for E2 and thyroid antibodies. Next week I'll have another u/s to check lining conversion and P4.  So far things are lookin' pretty good for that natural FET cycle in June =)