7 Months Old!

Yesterday we went to Houston so Elayne could meet her great grandparents for the first time! It was  blast and I hope they enjoyed her as much as she enjoyed them.

And here is your 7 month post…

Height: 26.5 inches

Weight: 15 pounds

She sits up all by herself!

Holding her bottle all by herself too.

She'll crawl any second now.

Growing so fast.

Loves playing with her feet.

Sleeping better through the night.

Cutting teeth.

Christmas 2013 Pictures

Can you see my theme of belated posts here? Did I tell you I was busy, or what? Sheesh.

Here are the photos from our Christmas photo shoot I am finally sharing with all of you readers. Isn't my baby just absolutely gorgeous!?

6 Months [Really Late] Post

Y'all I am awful. I'm SO SORRY for this post being so late. I promise, the picture and stats were definitely done last month (scout's honor) but for some reason, I am just now uploading it all to my computer. We have been kind of busy doing what seems like absolutely nothing.

Really. What do we have to show for being incredibly busy the past month? A semi-clean house, 3 huge piles of laundry instead of 5, and clean kitchen counters for the first time in months (this is a BIG deal). So here we go!

Goober.

Height: 26 inches

Weight: 13 pounds 11 ounces

Rolling over like crazy.

Starting to push up.

Eating baby food and cereal regularly.

Still having issues with food allergy/respiratory issues.

Getting really vocal.

Sitting up with assistance.

And for my tardiness, you get a BONUS 6 month picture! ;)

New Car!!!

Yesterday, Phillip said so-long to his Civic SI from his "younger, wilder" days and said hello to a new more family-friendly car.

Bye bye!!!

Say hello to his new RED Mazda 3! It's automatic, top-of-the-line, and has more room for baby and mommy. Plus, it has a hatchback.

Hello!!!!!!

RIP Holland

Holland died suddenly in his sleep last night.

I miss you already, cuddly fluffy bunny.

:(

Norovirus

Tuesday night was rough, y'all. I mean ROUGH.

At 4pm I was feeling perfectly fine and ready to get home from work. But by 5pm, the nausea I was feeling was so overwhelming I could hardly drive. Then by 5:30, I was vomiting every 15 minutes. That is not an exaggeration on my part. I am serious.

I thought it was something bad I had eaten. Or maybe just a little bug. But it kept going. And going. And going. I couldn't keep water down, much less medicine. I started shaking, started crying, started feeling like this was never going to end.

So by this time, we had tried going to bed. Phillip was sound asleep. Elayne was asleep. But I was still having to run to the bathroom every 15 minutes. So I woke Phillip up, we piled into the car with our sleeping baby, and headed to the Emergency Room. I needed fluids and I needed them right then.

Within 20 minutes of an IV of fluids and anti-nausea meds (Hello Zofran, my sweet sweet friend, I missed you so much), I was feeling so much better. I got a dose of antibiotics (for some reason this bug was responding to antibiotics in other patients so I said go for it), and a GI cocktail as well.

Norovirus and Gastroenteritis = the diagnosis. It is running rampant up here in the DFW area. So watch out y'all.

After my meds and some prescriptions to boot, it was off to bed. I felt tons better but was so exhausted. My body had been put through the ringer. I slept from 12am, when we got home, to 10am. I woke up for some water and then literally slept from 11am to 5pm. I picked up Elayne from school, had some soup for dinner, and was back in bed to sleep by 9pm. I needed that sleep.

I think that might have been the worst I have ever felt from being sick. That was truly awful. And in case you were wondering, clogged toilets while you have a stomach bug might be the worst thing ever. So gross.