Tonight was my nephew's 6th birthday party. All of the family is healthy again and we all got together. Just wanted to put up a few pics.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Friday!
It is Friday! Kara is in a mood for a party! The teething is hopefully passing for now. Every day she seems to be a little happier and a little less in pain. Today (with constant love and entertainment) she hasn't cried a bit. Oh, and a teeny bit of Tylenol at 3. She has been in a great mood and so smiley. Aaron loves her hair right after her bath so today I put some gel in it and let it do its thing. He thought it was great when he got home from work and saw it.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Ellie
Yesterday I put Kara on the couch for a little catnap while I washed bottles. Phew...a few minutes to get something done. Usually Ellie just follows me around or sits by the fireplace if it is going (which it wasn't.) The house was a bit chilly--especially for a Min-Pin who is always cold. While I was in the kitchen I realized that Ellie hadn't walked by in awhile and I couldn't see her anywhere in the dining/family rooms. Hmmm. She found the only warm, still spot in the house.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Teething
I thought I had at least a few more months before we needed to deal with teething. Nope. Poor little Kara has been drooling like crazy for about two weeks and has been chewing on as much of her fist as she can fit into her mouth. The past four or five days she has been sleeping more than usual and having horrible pain in her gums. It is evidently "pre"teething which is deeper below the gumline. Baby Orajel...etc. does no good. Chewing madly on her pacifier helps a little but it is more where the molars will be. It is so sad. She screams out of pain and frustration. Today was about 35 minutes. Then I stripped her down and gave her a warm bath. During the bath she smiled and just looked at me with pure love and happiness. I felt awful for her. When I got her dressed again she started the screaming again for another 35 minutes or so. She finally fell asleep on my chest probably just worn out from the work. We have been doing all we can with the Infant Tylenol but it doesn't seem to help much. The cold teethers don't get back far enough. :( To top it off, my mom can finally drive again and tomorrow should have been a normal work day for me. My mom has a fever tonight. I will be staying home with Kara tomorrow. AND, I just got a migraine and can barely see the screen. More later...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
So Many Things...
I have so many things I want to catch up on! Since they are not related I will just number them to get them out of my head and written down.
1. Last Friday night we had about 30 twelve-year-olds at our house for movie night. Yikes. Aaron has a special reading club that meets on Fridays at lunch for the higher level kids that usually don't get anything extra. We all read the same book and discuss it as we go. At the end of the book we try to do some kind of activity that relates to the book. Anyway, my mom and dad came to help with Kara upstairs since I didn't want her around that much insanity. As my parents were leaving my mom tripped over a sprinkler head and fell HARD on the concrete out in front of our house. They immediately took her to First Care. She had skinned/bruised both knees through her jeans, fractured her elbow, really sprained her hand, and skinned/bruised her face. She was really lucky it wasn't worse but she was in a lot of pain. I had to take Monday off because I had no one to watch Kara. My mom couldn't pick her up or anything. She also couldn't drive. On Wed. I took Kara to my mom's house on my way to work. Her neighbor luckily was available to help her out with Kara. I fed Kara right before I left and rushed back by the next feeding. It has been a stressful week to say the least. My poor in-laws have been very sick so we haven't been around them for a few weeks.
2. Kara is laughing. It is the most beautiful sound. I accidentally caught a laugh on video. My mom always brings her toy poodle, Daisy, over when she comes. My mom holds Kara on her lap facing away from her when the dogs are playing. She has been doing this ever since Kara first came home. All she knew was that she would move her head and follow the movement. I was watching Kara's expression on Tues. and she was smiling every time Ellie attacked Daisy. I grabbed the video camera so I could show my mom what Kara was doing. And then Kara laughed. It was hysterical. She just thinks it is funny when Ellie growls at Daisy and then attacks her. Since then she has laughed at sounds we make and when we talk with her and play games with her. It still isn't predictable or consistent but I am sure it will be happening more and more frequently.
3. Kara's passport. I am starting to get pretty stressed about getting Kara's passport before our cruise in April. We have everything we need except her original birth certificate. Michigan only allows the birthmother to get copies of the birth certificate. Our lawyer applied for a court order in December and finally received it this last week. It has been sent to Michigan but who knows how long it will take the county records office to get us the copies. When we booked the cruise we thought we would have more than enough time.
4. I am so thankful to have gotten to know Kara's birthparents. Kara definitely has her birthfather's eyes but when she raises her eyebrows she looks so much like her birthmother. As she grows and develops more personality it will be so neat to see all four of us melding into one beautiful little girl. This is such an amazing journey and I am grateful every day for them and for Kara.
5. We finally got our Babybjorn delivered. Kara loves to be carried around and to be involved in whatever we are doing. We have a sling but it hurt my back so much (since she is 12 pounds now) that I couldn't wear it for long. I hope this new one works out better. She loves to dance with me and Aaron even allowed her to play Guitar Hero 3 with him for a little bit.
1. Last Friday night we had about 30 twelve-year-olds at our house for movie night. Yikes. Aaron has a special reading club that meets on Fridays at lunch for the higher level kids that usually don't get anything extra. We all read the same book and discuss it as we go. At the end of the book we try to do some kind of activity that relates to the book. Anyway, my mom and dad came to help with Kara upstairs since I didn't want her around that much insanity. As my parents were leaving my mom tripped over a sprinkler head and fell HARD on the concrete out in front of our house. They immediately took her to First Care. She had skinned/bruised both knees through her jeans, fractured her elbow, really sprained her hand, and skinned/bruised her face. She was really lucky it wasn't worse but she was in a lot of pain. I had to take Monday off because I had no one to watch Kara. My mom couldn't pick her up or anything. She also couldn't drive. On Wed. I took Kara to my mom's house on my way to work. Her neighbor luckily was available to help her out with Kara. I fed Kara right before I left and rushed back by the next feeding. It has been a stressful week to say the least. My poor in-laws have been very sick so we haven't been around them for a few weeks.
2. Kara is laughing. It is the most beautiful sound. I accidentally caught a laugh on video. My mom always brings her toy poodle, Daisy, over when she comes. My mom holds Kara on her lap facing away from her when the dogs are playing. She has been doing this ever since Kara first came home. All she knew was that she would move her head and follow the movement. I was watching Kara's expression on Tues. and she was smiling every time Ellie attacked Daisy. I grabbed the video camera so I could show my mom what Kara was doing. And then Kara laughed. It was hysterical. She just thinks it is funny when Ellie growls at Daisy and then attacks her. Since then she has laughed at sounds we make and when we talk with her and play games with her. It still isn't predictable or consistent but I am sure it will be happening more and more frequently.
3. Kara's passport. I am starting to get pretty stressed about getting Kara's passport before our cruise in April. We have everything we need except her original birth certificate. Michigan only allows the birthmother to get copies of the birth certificate. Our lawyer applied for a court order in December and finally received it this last week. It has been sent to Michigan but who knows how long it will take the county records office to get us the copies. When we booked the cruise we thought we would have more than enough time.
4. I am so thankful to have gotten to know Kara's birthparents. Kara definitely has her birthfather's eyes but when she raises her eyebrows she looks so much like her birthmother. As she grows and develops more personality it will be so neat to see all four of us melding into one beautiful little girl. This is such an amazing journey and I am grateful every day for them and for Kara.
5. We finally got our Babybjorn delivered. Kara loves to be carried around and to be involved in whatever we are doing. We have a sling but it hurt my back so much (since she is 12 pounds now) that I couldn't wear it for long. I hope this new one works out better. She loves to dance with me and Aaron even allowed her to play Guitar Hero 3 with him for a little bit.
6. I can't remember what else I wanted to write so there may be another installment soon. :)
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day
This has been quite a week! I am working on a blog post right now but I don't have time to write it all out. Just thought I would post a quick pic of our little Valentine. 
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Proud
I am so proud of myself! Everyone said that I would never have time to scrapbook again once Kara came. Well, I finished all of 2007 in my regular scrapbook and have completely caught up her baby book!!! I just love the way it is turning out. I am actually going to start 2008 this weekend! Thanks to Nicole coming over and taking turns playing with Kara I am feeling really good about my progress. Aaron has also been really supportive and helpful with keeping me focused and working on it. (Our whole kitchen table has been covered for weeks with scrapbooking stuff and I think he is ready to have a clean place to eat again.)
Kara is doing really well with the shots last Thurs. She has such a sweet, calm nature. We so look forward to weekends when we can just spend the whole day with her.
Kara is doing really well with the shots last Thurs. She has such a sweet, calm nature. We so look forward to weekends when we can just spend the whole day with her.
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