Home at Last!

It has been a long three to four days for us, out of the blue Sunday Brynn got sick. She had shown no signs or symptoms throughout the day that she didn't feel well. Dan, Sarah, Josh and I met Sunday afternoon to go running while Chelsea watched Brynn and Olivia. They played and everything was fine. Later that day we ordered pizza and watched a movie and Brynn still seemed fine. Then that evening around 530 or 6 she threw up all over Josh, he always seems to be her favorite target. We thought it might of been a fluke though because she seemed fine after that. We gave her a bath to get her cleaned up and then she played for awhile and seemed fine so we decided to go ahead and give her cereal and her nighttime bottle. She ate both and kept it down. Then about 2 am she woke up coughing and puking everywhere again. So we got her and her bed all cleaned up and I went out and got some Pedialyte. I know now to keep it on hand so I don't have to make runs to the drugstore at 3 am ever again. So we were up with her til about 430 am. Then Monday morning she had diarrhea and still wouldn't eat anything so my parents came up to watch her so I could work and took her to the doctor and she had lost 11 ounces since last week when she was there. The doctor had them feed her two ounces and wait 20 minutes to see if she kept it down, which she did. So then two hours later she got another 2 ounces and kept it down. So she waited to daddy got home and fed her to throw up again. I had to hold her all night Monday night, that is the only way she would sleep. So she wasn't keeping anything down so Tuesday morning we went back to the doctor and she had lost another 6 ounces so they admitted her to the hospital due to dehydration. I knew it was going to be the quickest way to get her better. He said it is just so hard for them when they are that little to get caught up again without the IV fluid. It was just so sad seeing her get the IV put in and to make matters worse they had to do it twice because it got infiltrated. She was there for 24 hours and you could tell she started feeling better by last night. She wanted to play but just didn't have much energy. I stayed at the hospital with her last night. She kept waking up and you could just tell she was scared.. she would calm back down when she would see my face. We got to come home this morning. She was so happy to be home. She is still pretty puny but you can tell she feels so much better. She is still sleeping alot and pooping alot but not near as runny. Hopefully this is the last we see of the flu bug in this household for this season.. now we are just hoping Josh and I don't get it this time around. Brynn is the one that started it last time too!

Winter Blues

I am so ready for winter to be over with. I can't wait for it to be warm and I am able to take Brynn for strollers rides every day. I can tell the cold weather is getting to me and her. Not to mention as soon as it gets warmer we are moving her up to a convertible carseat, she is too heavy to carry around in the infant carrier anymore, but we do it because it helps keep her warm.

Yesterday I went to Indy and got my haircut. I used to go there all the time before I had her, but once I got pregnant I quit going because it was too much of a hassle to try and make it there. I love the girl that cuts my hair there though and she sent me gift certificate a few weeks ago for a free cut and color so I had to take advantage of that. My mom and dad went along as well to watch Brynn while I got my hair done. I got alot of it cut off. I was just ready for a change, I think that I was starting to feel "momish", so I wanted to do something different. I kind of feel like a punk rocker now, but it is fun.

We were supposed to run 7 miles this morning but skipped out because of the nasty weather. We are hoping it is half way decent out tomorrow so we can run it then. I hate being behind but I was not about to run 7 miles on a treadmill this morning.. that is just too far.

Josh went to the IU/Purdue basketball game today. Brynn and I are being lazy. It is 430 and she is still in her pj's. I will just give her a bath and put her in another pair of pj's later. Tonight we are going to an art show with Dan and Sarah, Josh and I neither one know anything about art but it is for charity and it will get us out of the house for alittle while. Grandma Canup is going to babysit Brynn.

7 months and counting!

We had a nice weekend. Saturday morning we ran our 6 miles and I was so proud of myself, I ran the whole way without stopping. I didn't know if I would be able to do it because it seemed as if I was a mile behind of where I really needed to be, but I guess it was pure determination that got me through. It is so nice training with the group here in The Haute because they have coaches that run with you that encourage you the whole way, Josh is at the very front of the group so he is no help back where I am, so it is nice to have the coaches along the way.

My parents came up Saturday afternoon. The plan was for them to babysit while Josh and I went out to dinner for Valentine's Day, but we both decided we didn't want to fight the crowds at places( I know we are fun) so we just stayed in and all cooked dinner. It was nice to visit, I know they were only gone for a week but it had been two weeks since they had seen Brynn and since they hadn't been in the US I wasn't able to talk to them that whole time so it was nice to catch up.

Sunday we went to church. Brynn was flirting with the boys sitting behind us, I already think we are going to have our hands full with her and the boys. She always seems to flirt with them. I have no idea where she gets that from. Then Sunday afternoon I hosted a baby shower for one of my co-workers. I work with mostly women and we all seem to get along so well so it is nice to hang out together away from work sometimes. It was alot of fun having people over to the house, I love cooking and getting things ready for things like that.

I took Brynn to the doctor today just to make sure she didn't have an ear infection because she has been so congested and pulling at her ears. Everything with that was fine, but she does have some eczema and then the doctor noticed that she tilts her head to one side alot, which I had noticed before too. I can't spell what she called it, but basically the muscles in her neck are stronger on one side than the other and so that is why her head tilts. So we have to go to some physical therapy to try and work through it. She will go for an evaluation on March 10th and then we will know more from there. She did weight 18 lbs 4 ounces so that was a big gain from a month ago. The doctor said 6 months is the chubby stage, she doesn't seem chubby to me but considering she gained almost 2 lbs in a month, I think she does have more chubb than I am admitting.

She is still crawling all over the place and now pulling herself up on the stairs and furniture. She definitely thinks she is hot stuff. We have still been going to music classes on Tuesday mornings which she loves and I enjoy visiting with the other moms, so it is nice for both of us.

Surprise!!

So I wrote early in the day on Friday, little did I know that night there was a surprise birthday dinner planned for me. I knew we had plans to meet Kelli and Jason for dinner. We always try and get together with them in February because my birthday is the 6th and Josh and Jason's is the 11th.. I knew Bob and Linda were coming to dinner as well.. but I didn't know when I got there that there would be a bunch of other friends and family there too.. it was so nice. I was truly touched that people came that far just to meet up for dinner. It was so special so thank you to everyone that made it.. I really appreciate it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! and Kelli thank you for planning the whole thing. I am sure it took quite some time to get ahold of all of those people and coordinate something!

Brynn started crawling over the weekend. It is so cute. I know she is old enough to do it, but she just seems so little to be on the move. I love watching her crawl. She watches you the whole time to make sure you see what she is doing, like she is so proud of herself.

My parents and sister, brother-in-law, and nephew have been in St. Kit's for a week now. I am ready for all of them to get back.. I forget how often I call my sister or my mom to talk to them on my way to or from work.. I haven't been able to do that since last Tuesday. I feel like I have so much to tell them.

Josh's birthday is tomorrow, he will be 28.. I like them young what can I say!! Of course every year at this time he teases me about how old I am until his birthday rolls around, this year is worse of course since I turned 30.

So far 30 hasn't been too bad.. I am just going to keep telling myself it is the new 20 like all my 30 year old plus friends keep telling me!!

The Big 3-0

So I am thirty today.. I can't believe I am thirty. I am having a hard time with this birthday for some reason... 30 just seems so old. I apologize to everyone out there that reads this that is over thirty, I don't mean to offend anyone. I guess I just feel like I am no longer a young adult, but a full blown adult now. I guess I knew I was always going to have to grow up sometime but now I feel like it is official. So I have made myself reflect on what I have in my life and then I get so happy. I am healthy, I have a wonderful husband that is healthy, and I have an adorable, sweet 6 month old baby that is healthy. I still have both my parents alive that are healthy, two wonderful in laws that our healthy, siblings, neices and nephews, friends and tons of family that are healthy.. so I need to not pout because I am thirty and just be thankful for what I am so lucky to have at thirty. Thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes! Love ya!

Can't believe it is February

It seems like 2009 is going so fast.. it is already February. I feel like the month of January flew by. We have been busy so that is probably why, but still I want time to slow down for two reasons. One being, I don't want my baby girl growing up too fast and the next being I am not ready to turn 30!! Yikes!!

Brynn and I have been going to music classes on Tuesday mornings. It is alot of fun! I think she really enjoys it. She is definitely ready for a nap by the time it is done but she loves every second we are there. I also thinks she likes the fact that there are a lot of little boys in the class, she is already a flirt. I don't think Josh is going to be prepared for this.

We went to Lafayette yesterday. Josh went to the basketball game and I went and visited my friend Mary from pharmacy school and her new baby boy, Will. He is so cute and so cuddly, that is one thing Brynn was not... she never liked to cuddle. I just loved how he w0uld fall asleep on you and you could hold him for hours.

Wednesday morning( I know I am not going in order), I got the car stuck in the driveway. It was 630 in the morning and I didn't want to wake Josh up because he had worked 14 hours on Tuesday so I just left him a note telling him the car got stuck and to call me when he got this message. I think he really appreciated the fact that I left a note. Luckily, the yukon is 4 wheel drive and I could take that to work.