Ear Infection :(

Adelle wasn't feeling well on Tuesday when Brian picked her up from daycare. They went to see Nana and Papa but Adelle just wasn't herself. During the night, she was coughing, crying, and generally miserable unless we were holding her. She even spiked a fever of 102! We thought she was just teething because she was gnawing at her thumb and fingers, didn't want to eat anything too hard and producing a TON of saliva!! Well, when she decided not to sleep on Wednesday night, we took her to the doctor. He looked in her ears and said she had an ear infection in one and would probably get one in the other.

My poor baby girl!!

We got her the amoxicillin, bubble gum flavored of course, and she ate it like a champ. Within about 30 minutes she was down for the night. She fussed a few times, but she was actually sleeping! Friday morning, before I went to work, I was giving her the amoxicillin again and when we finished, she made the sign for 'more'! ADORABLE!! I told her that she could have more of it that evening, but not right now. She let her hands fall to her sides, started talking and walked away.

She did so well on Friday with Brian that we decided to keep our plans this weekend. Nana and Papa took her last night and will have her until Sunday. This will give Brian and I a chance to clean the house and get some sleep! I am sure we will be able to fit in a date or movie though ;)

I hope this is the last ear infection Adelle gets. It's really tough to stay sane through it because I couldn't take her pain away and she wasn't able to tell me what was wrong. I know that she will probably get another one, or two, or three, but I hope at those times she will be able to tell me about it!!

Get better soon Sweet Girl!

Our Cutie

I just LOVE that Adelle doesn't have to wear her helmet anymore! Look at the adorable pigtails I put her in! Plus, Nonna and Papi gave her pretty flower clips!! Oh my goodness!!!

New Phone

So I got a new phone the other day because I hated my other one and T-Mobile said I could trade it in. I got an amazing new phone that I absolutely LOVE!! I got an LG OptimusT, which means we had to get a data plan too. I really like all of the features, I just wish I was able to download stuff with a gift card (with mac stuff you can just get an iTunes gift card so you don't have to put in your CC information).

It's awesome, I got the wine color and it has a cute little ring. No one really calls me so I don't hear it that often, but it's cute anyway. AND I can take a ton a pictures and videos with it! AND it can upload pictures of Facebook, Blogger, Picasa. AND I can view all of the pictures from the blog and my Picasa account on my phone! How cool is that?!

I love my new phone!!

No More Helmet!!

We are so excited that Adelle doesn't have to wear her helmet anymore!! We got the news today when we went to her appointment. Dr. Mary said she isn't measuring a difference anymore, that she is down to 0mm and we Brian and I cheered! We are just tired of seeing it on her and want to see her actual head! We also can't wait to get her in some cute bows and headbands!!

We celebrated the news by going to dinner with Nonna and Papi. We all got there and proceeded to take out our cell phones and mark the occasion by spending the next 10 minutes taking pictures of her. I don't think ANYONE got a great one!!

YAY for Adelle!!

Gwyneth Paltrow

Back when the movie Duets came out, I remember LOVING the song that Gwyneth sang with Huey Lewis and the News. Yes, we are on a first name basis (that would be AMAZING actually)!! Anyway, tonight, while I was watching the Grammys, I heard her sing again. She is just incredible!!

Brian, the love of my life, wasn't around to see/hear her vocal stylings with the awesome Cee Lo Green and always entertaining Muppets, so we went to the internet. We searched for Gwyneth and Cee Lo and this came up. It's from an episode of Glee, so it's the clean version.

I LOVE IT!! Enjoy!!

A Little About Me...

One of my blogger, and fellow Mommy, friends, had this little survey on her blog. Thanks for the idea Anika. I thought it would be nice to post it on mine, so people can get to know me a little better. Some of you already know the answers, but some may not. Enjoy, learn, and create your own survey!


{1} When and how did you and your husband/significant other meet?

Brian and I met online in December of 2004. We met online on a Friday night, talked on the phone for the first time on Sunday night (2 days later), then met in person on Wednesday night (yup, just shy of a week). We stayed up until the wee hours of the morning and loved every minute. It was amazing!!

{2} What do you and your husband/significant other do for work?

Brian works in IT, and I am a 3rd grade teacher. We both love our jobs and really do look forward to work every day!

{3} What kind of car do you drive?

Honda Civic - wha! It's a great little car and I love it! I would like to own a little bigger vehicle in the future, but we'll have to do some research. When I say bigger, I really just mean 4 wheel drive and a tad taller. I don't want to have to worry about getting stuck all the time - St. Paul doesn't do the best job plowing!!

{4} If you had a few hours to yourself {baby free}, what would you do?

I think I would clean the whole dang house!! It really needs a good cleaning/organizing!! Spring break IS right around the corner.... I would do that or scrapbook/make cards. I haven't done it in a while and miss it a lot!

{5} What is a strong trait of yours?

Using exclamation points!! All jokes aside, I think a strong trait of mine, for better or worse, is that I am caring/empathetic/compassionate/sensitive. Sometimes they all roll into one, sometimes I take them one at a time. However, I do think they have so many similarities that sometimes it's hard to tell each apart.

I Wanna Dance!

This has to be one of the best dance videos I've seen! I want to have that spunk when I am older!! Good for them!

P.S.
The band is great!!

13 Months

Where, oh where has the time gone?!

Well, Adelle had an appointment for her helmet yesterday. She's had it on since September, when she started out with an 8mm difference between the diagonals of her head (front to back). Yesterday, she was down to a 1mm difference!! YAY Addie!! The doctor asked if we wanted to keep the helmet on and try to get down to 0 and we agreed. We already have the appointment set up, so why not?!

Adelle has also been a real mover and shaker! She is running walking around everywhere! She picks things up in one room and puts them in another. She LOVES putting all of her Little People animals into a bag then dumping them out. She also really likes to take blocks apart, put them into things, take them out, put them back in... it's a never ending story. Another thing she likes doing, is reaching for us when she wants us to pick her up or if she wants to go to one of us (when she's in the others' arms). She will also pick up a book, bring it to us and reach for us so we can read to her. It is adorable!! One thing we are happy about is that she is finally getting the hang of the sippy cup! She is getting in some/one molar and sucking on a bottle has been tough. So we have put her milk into a sippy cup and have been giving her milk to her that way. She seems to like it anyway. She's also tried some new foods: fish sticks, raisins, bran muffins, ribs, cheeseburger, fries, and a couple of malts!

*Speaking of malts, the BEST place to get a malt in MN is The Convention Grill in Minneapolis. I love their fries and they have great burgers too! I highly recommend it!*

The only thing that we'd like to see develop a little more is her oral development. I mean, she babbles quite a bit, but she doesn't say a whole lot of words. We say what things are, describe things, repeat things, are as explicit as possible! What are you other Mommies out there doing to grow your child's vocabulary?

We are looking forward to a low-key weekend. It's supposed to be kind of relatively warm this weekend, so we were thinking about taking Adelle out in her sled. How exciting! I am really looking forward to the warm up since it has been so frigid. Then the Big Game is on Sunday already. I really can't get over how quickly time passes! Anyway, how are you spending the weekend?

- Teresa