Lainy was so excited we just had to go outside and play in it!
We had so much fun sledding, building snowmen, and catching snowflakes on our tongues. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Winter Wonderland
Saturday morning we woke up to a blizzard!
Lainy was so excited we just had to go outside and play in it! 
Lainy was so excited we just had to go outside and play in it! 
Monday, December 8, 2008
Our Growing Girl
Today we went to the doctor for Alaina's 15-month checkup. All in all, she's doing great. She's defined herself on the growth charts as tall and thin - surprise, surprise! (I wonder where she gets that? ha ha)
Lainy has been learning so much lately. I am amazed as I watch her play. What happened to my little tiny baby? Now she's a full-blown toddler, getting cuter every day.
To commemorate her 15 months of life, here are a few cute things she's doing now.
1. She raises her little hand and says "hi-eeee" in her cute little sing-song voice whenever she meets someone she likes, or when her dad comes home from school.
2. She mimmicks the sound of the following animals: dog, fish, lion, lamb, monkey, and sometimes cow.
3. She loves her daddy. She walks around the house looking for him and saying "da-eee" when he's gone.
4. Brad taught her to say "cool". Now she says it all the time. She walks around and points at things and says "cool".
5. She says "baby" when she sees a baby or when she holds a baby doll.
6. When she's tired she'll bring me a book to read, which virtually means "Put me to bed!"
7. She dances when she hears music. It's not just the head-banging anymore. She'll pick up the corners of her shirt/dress and sway back and forth, she'll hold onto the tv stand and lift her leg in a very impressive arabesque, or she'll bounce her knees and wave her arms. I don't know where she learned all of this! It must be inherent in all little girls.
8. When I pick her up when she's sad or upset, she'll pat and rub my back like I'm crying and need comforting too.
9. She likes to be looked at, but not touched by strangers. She'll smile and flirt shamelessly until someone tries to hold her, then she freaks out.
10. Her hair is growing! Now it can be put in pigtails and ponytails. Yay! (Okay, I'm much more excited about this than she is.)
11. She gives good kisses, complete with the smacking sound. She used to give these sweet, but drooley, open-mouth kisses. Now she'll pucker up and smack her lips when she gives kisses.
12. She's convinced she can talk. She jabbers in sentences, waits for my response, then keeps talking. It's really funny. Sometimes she looks at me like, "C'mon Mom! Don't you get it?"
It's fun to be the mom of such a cute little 15-month-old!
Lainy has been learning so much lately. I am amazed as I watch her play. What happened to my little tiny baby? Now she's a full-blown toddler, getting cuter every day.
To commemorate her 15 months of life, here are a few cute things she's doing now.
1. She raises her little hand and says "hi-eeee" in her cute little sing-song voice whenever she meets someone she likes, or when her dad comes home from school.
2. She mimmicks the sound of the following animals: dog, fish, lion, lamb, monkey, and sometimes cow.
3. She loves her daddy. She walks around the house looking for him and saying "da-eee" when he's gone.
4. Brad taught her to say "cool". Now she says it all the time. She walks around and points at things and says "cool".
5. She says "baby" when she sees a baby or when she holds a baby doll.
6. When she's tired she'll bring me a book to read, which virtually means "Put me to bed!"
7. She dances when she hears music. It's not just the head-banging anymore. She'll pick up the corners of her shirt/dress and sway back and forth, she'll hold onto the tv stand and lift her leg in a very impressive arabesque, or she'll bounce her knees and wave her arms. I don't know where she learned all of this! It must be inherent in all little girls.
8. When I pick her up when she's sad or upset, she'll pat and rub my back like I'm crying and need comforting too.
9. She likes to be looked at, but not touched by strangers. She'll smile and flirt shamelessly until someone tries to hold her, then she freaks out.
10. Her hair is growing! Now it can be put in pigtails and ponytails. Yay! (Okay, I'm much more excited about this than she is.)
11. She gives good kisses, complete with the smacking sound. She used to give these sweet, but drooley, open-mouth kisses. Now she'll pucker up and smack her lips when she gives kisses.
12. She's convinced she can talk. She jabbers in sentences, waits for my response, then keeps talking. It's really funny. Sometimes she looks at me like, "C'mon Mom! Don't you get it?"
It's fun to be the mom of such a cute little 15-month-old!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
We love the Holidays!
We had such a great Thanksgiving. It was wonderful to be with our families! Brad and I kept talking about how lucky we are to have such wonderful families. We love spending time with both of them.
To make a very long entry short, here are a few highlights of our Thanksgiving break:
To make a very long entry short, here are a few highlights of our Thanksgiving break:
- Thanksgiving dinner at my Grandma's house. Delicious!
- Spending time with Brad's brother Bryant and his fiance Rachel. They're such a cute couple!
- Watching Lainy warm right up to all her grandparents. She loves them so much!
- Being home for my birthday. I was so spoiled!
- Seeing our good friends Tyson, Audrey, and Daegan. We miss them!
- Sleeping in (because there were people around to watch Lainy while we slept)!
- My parent's hot tub. What a treat!
- Family dinners with Brad's family.
- Games with my family.
- Lainy was so good on both our 9-hour drives. She's such a sweetheart!
- All in all, just being with our families was great!
I just wanted to share a couple of stories.
When we walked in the door to our house, Lainy was so excited she started squealing. We put her down in the living room and she just ran around grinning from ear to ear. She was just so happy to be home! It was really cute. As nice as it is to visit, sometimes there's just no place like home.
To celebrate our homecoming, Lainy and I decorated for Christmas. After we got our tree up we laid underneath it and looked at the lights. She looked so darn cute that I had to take a couple of pictures.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
We're hitting the road in a few hours to drive home for Thanksgiving. We're so excited! So if you don't hear from us for a while, it's because we're enjoying time with our families.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
By the way, Lainy's rash disappeared after a few days and she's feeling 100% better. Yay!
Monday, November 10, 2008
One Sick Baby, ie What Do We Do?!
Saturday morning, Alaina woke up feeling feverish. She had a pretty high temperature and a runny nose, but she was acting okay so we just gave her some Tylenol and didn't think too much about it. By the afternoon, her temperature was down and she was playing and laughing with Brad like normal. We thought the worst was over.
As I was getting Alaina ready for bed Saturday night, I noticed some puffy red bumps on her stomach. It looked like some kind of rash. Brad and I went over everything we'd given her to eat during the day and couldn't think of anything she hasn't had before. We'd been careful to give her food she likes because she hadn't been feeling well. Still, despite the rash, Lainy was acting fine so we decided to put her in bed for the night.
It was a long night. I spent it on the floor of Lainy's room because she wouldn't sleep unless I was right by her. She scratched and fussed every few minutes.
At 5 am I woke up Brad and we proceeded to examine our little baby. The puffy red bumps had spread all over her body and swollen her eyes half closed. It about broke my heart to look at her! But still, once she was awake, she didn't act sick. Her temperature hadn't returned and she was talking and walking around like normal.
We decided to watch her. If her temperature got worse or she started acting weird, we'd take her to the ER. If not, we'd wait and take her to the Urgent Care clinic when they opened at 1:00.
We arrived at the Urgent Care center about five minutes after they opened and were shocked by the huge line inside. Everyone in Moscow must have been sick yesterday! We ended up waiting for over an hour, watching as Alaina's rash got worse and worse and her temperature returned.
Finally, it was our turn. The doctor took one look at Alaina and said, "Whoa! That's quite a rash". (Something you never want to hear from a doctor when you don't know what's going on with your baby and you're hoping he does.) He did some tests, asked us a lot of questions, and sent us away saying: "I don't know what's causing her rash. It might be something viral. Give her some Benadryl and if it gets any worse, take her to the ER".
After that helpful advice, we took Alaina home, gave her the Benadryl, and all went to sleep. We slept for a couple of hours and it was just what we all needed. When we woke up, Lainy's rash looked ten times better.
She's continued to improve, though she still looks so sad! She slept pretty well last night and this morning she looked even better. Here are some pictures of her this morning.
Throughout this whole ordeal, Brad and I just felt so awful! It was hard to watch our poor sick baby and not really know what to do for her. Last night as we got into bed, Brad said, "It's a good thing I'm going to be a doctor because I just can't stand feeling so helpless when our baby is sick". I have to admit, I agree!
As I was getting Alaina ready for bed Saturday night, I noticed some puffy red bumps on her stomach. It looked like some kind of rash. Brad and I went over everything we'd given her to eat during the day and couldn't think of anything she hasn't had before. We'd been careful to give her food she likes because she hadn't been feeling well. Still, despite the rash, Lainy was acting fine so we decided to put her in bed for the night.
It was a long night. I spent it on the floor of Lainy's room because she wouldn't sleep unless I was right by her. She scratched and fussed every few minutes.
At 5 am I woke up Brad and we proceeded to examine our little baby. The puffy red bumps had spread all over her body and swollen her eyes half closed. It about broke my heart to look at her! But still, once she was awake, she didn't act sick. Her temperature hadn't returned and she was talking and walking around like normal.
We decided to watch her. If her temperature got worse or she started acting weird, we'd take her to the ER. If not, we'd wait and take her to the Urgent Care clinic when they opened at 1:00.
We arrived at the Urgent Care center about five minutes after they opened and were shocked by the huge line inside. Everyone in Moscow must have been sick yesterday! We ended up waiting for over an hour, watching as Alaina's rash got worse and worse and her temperature returned.
Finally, it was our turn. The doctor took one look at Alaina and said, "Whoa! That's quite a rash". (Something you never want to hear from a doctor when you don't know what's going on with your baby and you're hoping he does.) He did some tests, asked us a lot of questions, and sent us away saying: "I don't know what's causing her rash. It might be something viral. Give her some Benadryl and if it gets any worse, take her to the ER".
After that helpful advice, we took Alaina home, gave her the Benadryl, and all went to sleep. We slept for a couple of hours and it was just what we all needed. When we woke up, Lainy's rash looked ten times better.
She's continued to improve, though she still looks so sad! She slept pretty well last night and this morning she looked even better. Here are some pictures of her this morning.
Throughout this whole ordeal, Brad and I just felt so awful! It was hard to watch our poor sick baby and not really know what to do for her. Last night as we got into bed, Brad said, "It's a good thing I'm going to be a doctor because I just can't stand feeling so helpless when our baby is sick". I have to admit, I agree!
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