PLEASE NOOOOO!

Lots of pictures here because they are such poor quality I'm hoping Uncle Chris (MD) can see something from them. I think Abby might have the chicken pox. Opinions welcome! A little back round..... She, as I previously posted , has had a snotty cold for over a week. I took her to the Doctor on Thursday and they put her on a kiddy Z pack. So on Friday my Mom kept her. When I picked her up that afternoon it looked like she had been attacked by a flock of mosquito's. She had at least 5 bites over her left temple area/forehead and the one you see below next to her eye. She was scratching away. I fussed at my Mom for not putting any bug spray on her then didn't think anymore about them. That night I found 2 more bites on her left shoulder and 3 bites on her chest when I bathed her. Still not thinking much about them. That night I turned off the air and opened all the windows. This morning she was still scratching but I didn't see anything new. Awhile late I noticed she was scratching at her leg. Low and behold 3 more bites. I'm thinking great there must be a hole in one of my screens and another mosquito got her. I closed all the windows and turned the air back on. Fast forward to this afternoon and I'm finding more, mostly on her stomach and back. Now tonight they are on her left arm, armpit, more on her legs and her right hip. I counted 30 alone on her stomach and left arm. They are red, some look clear tho and maybe a little red around the edges, some look like pimples. I googled chicken pox but I just don't know..... Plus I'm pretty sure she had the vaccine. I read it's only 70 to 90% effective. I haven't heard of it being around at daycare or anywhere for that matter. Plus she spent some time with her cousin Josh who is less then a year old! She isn't acting sick either as evidenced by the video at the end of this post. her appetite has not been up to par but I attributed it to her cold. Maybe a little clingy tonight but I thought she was tired. tonight I gave her motrin, her zithromax, and some benadryl. Poor thing was scratching away until she fell asleep. I'm wondering if she could have a mild case since she had the vaccine and that's why she isn't acting like she feels bad. She hasn't had a fever either tho I hadn't officially checked.

First picture day ;)

Today was picture day at school. My camera battery died before we left this morning so I wasn't able to take any pictures. I took these tonight when we first got home. Surprisingly she was still neat and clean. Usually after a day at daycare her outfit is pretty trashed. They don't use bibs there :( She really wasn't in the mood to pose.

It took a little persuading.

And of course some warm up jumps always help.

My jumping bean :)

All right already! Take the darn picture MOM.

Only one. I am busy eating my chip.

Good Grief Mom! Don't you ever give up???

Your done right?

I know! I'll strip off this cuteness. Surely the pictures will stop then.

First my shoes just have to go. Especially since Mama took out the squeakers before I went to school. How does she know my teachers won't appreciate my walking squeaks?

Gotta loose this bow but I still got my chip :)

One sock.....

Two socks!

Now it's time for some serious rocking. But nope, I'm not falling for your camera.

Well maybe I will. Mama says I look adorable :)

Happy Sunday :)

First off, THANKS to everybody for all of your supportive comments in regards to the paci (Or "papa" as Abby calles it). I know she won't still be sucking on it when she goes to college so until then we will just continue to work on slowky phasing it out.

Abby and I got up and out early yesterday. They had a "Mothers of Multiples" sale and I was hoping we might score some good deals. We got there at 9:00 and it started at 8:00. Lesson learned. By 9:00 all the good stuff was gone. So we ventured over to one of my favorite children's consignment stores and found some good stuff there. Abby is really into shoes. We found two pairs of Barbie dress up shoes there waiting to be purchased.




And some Mama's shoes pictures too. Just cuz I think they are cute :)

Thought this last shoe was gone for good. We lost a sandal last weekend while trying to find D batteries in prep for Hanna's impending arrival. It was in Krogers parking lot. After the storm passed I thought for sure somebody would have picked it up and turned it in. We asked but no such luck. So a week later we asked again. This time a cashier mentioned that she had seen the sandal in the parking lot sitting on a lamp post. Sure enough it was still there. A week later through a tropical storm and it still lights up :)

I just put little Miss down for a nap and she went willingly. Poor baby is battling her 3rd (or is it 4Th?) cold since starting day care. Just wondering. Do any of you out there give your toddlers vitamins? And if so which ones? I'm thinking of getting some for her. Maybe they will boost her immunity to all of those nasty critters?

Never!

I haven't forgotten and I never will. May they all rest in peace and may that terrible day never be repeated.

8 Months Today

Our forever family day was 8 months ago today. Time is moving at warp speed it seems. I can't believe she has been with me for over half a year. And she will be 2 in a couple of months????

A Tropical Saturday

So Miss Hannah paid us a visit today. Luckily it was not as bad as at first was anticipated. I thought we would wake to some strong winds but really it was just a little more breezy. Since it wasn't to bad we ventured out to Wally World at 8:00 AM to look for size D batteries. (couldn't find em yesterday) No such luck tho. That's what I get for waiting til yesterday to buy them. Wally World was a ghost town. It was the perfect time to grocery shop but I didn't want to chance it just in case the power went out. The roads were quiet too. Guess everyone paid attention to the advice to stay at home. As I said tho it really just has not been bad. The wind speeds have probably been only about 27 with (per the weather channel) gusts of 35 to 40 around here anyway. Not a ton of rain either. Fingers crossed still no power outages either. So it's all good. Course we have spent our Saturday cooped up in my tiny condo, but little one had plenty to do. First on her list was pulling out every toy she had. Then she modeled her rain gear that fits perfectly now (Thanks Robyn!). Check out the cute pictures below:)

We will leave you with these to videos :