The yucky flu!

Laela woke up crying at 5:00 Monday morning. Ro got her and rocked with her in the rocking chair. She fell right to sleep and did not budge until 8:00. Ro noticed she was warm and took her temp to find out that she had 102. YIKES! They were soon off to the doctor where Laela got a nose swab and finger prick to check for the flu. Then off to the hospital for a chest x-ray to verify that she does not have pneumonia. Poor Ro. He had to take her and put her through all of this. I know she hated it. Poor baby girl. Well...Laela does have the flu, but not pneumonia. Thank goodness! After stopping at three pharmacies, Ro got her prescription and she has taken 3 doses as of right now. Today she has not had a fever at all. She is playing and laughing, with an occasional minute of rest and snuggle from mommy.

Another first...CHOMP!

Picked up Laela from daycare this afternoon and the teacher told me that Laela got bit. Holy smokes! SERIOUSLY?

It really sucks to find out that your child got hurt while they are at school. You take them and pray that the teachers are doing everything they can to protect, guide, and love your child. Poor baby! The teacher said Laela did not make any kind of commotion so they did not even know it happened. They found the mark during a diaper change.

The write-up for the biting accident says:

Your child was bitten today...we are sorry it happened.

Where did it happen? Classroom

How did it happen? We did not visibly see another child bite Laela. However while changing Laela I noticed a bruise on her right, top forearm.

What was done? Area was washed and ice pack applied.

Were the parents notified? Copy of biting report sent home.

So...I hope this does not happen again, but in the case that it does...I told Laela to scream very loud! :)

Laela's first aquarium visit!

We had a great day at the Dallas World Aquarium. There were a ton of people there, as I think many stayed in the area for the long weekend. Oh well....we still enjoyed ourselves. Laela got to touch lots trees, branches, and fake rocks. She thought that was awesome. Also, she saw many birds, fish, turtles, monkeys, alligators and a penguin. (The signs said we would spot a sloth too, but no luck.) We had to wait about 20 minutes in line and Laela was very relaxed and just hanging out. I think the reason for this was due to the fact that there was a couple (no older than 16) making out and touching one another (in places you do not want to know about) the whole time. Laela loves to people watch, so she was happy. Now Ro on the other hand...he was flaming! He just kept mumbling under his breathe about if he saw Laela doing what they were doing, then he would chop both Laela and her boyfriend's legs off with a giant hacksaw. YIKES! (Sorry. The picture will not rotate for some reason.) Well, we made it in and we got to see a lot of cool stuff. Check it out! In the middle of the trail Laela decided she needed to give Ro and I kisses. LOTS of kissses. What a sweet baby girl.Then there was this gigantic alligator. It was so big and "pretty" that you would almost think it was fake. Laela was definetly momma's girl today, but Ro had to take his turn too. She got sooooo heavy after awhile. :) Besides...I know Ro loved his daddy-daughter time.And then came the poop! YUCK! The outdoor penguin exhibit was not what I expected. Kinda sad actually. There was one lonely penguin, BUT he was cute. How do penguins live in 93 degrees and 90% humidity?

School lunch...

Needless to say, the teachers said that she didn't eat anything. AH!

Oh we love Saturdays...

I have not loved Saturday this much in a long time. This week was truly exhausting! I started school, Laela's second week of school, Ro is working on a class for his doctorate, Laela started walking, Ro worked until 8:00 on a Friday, I puked my brains out on Tuesday night, Laela threw a major tantrum, I missed my third day of school...hmmmmmmm....should I go on? Anyway...I loved waking up to this wonderfully, beautiful Saturday morning.

We did the usual Saturday shopping routine but when we got home this evening we made dinner and Laela ate a dinner consisting of all "big people" food. YEA! She loved the chicken nuggets, fruit, and yogurt. Maybe we are making some progress with the food!

After dinner, we gave the "kids" each a much needed bath. Ro took Allie and I took Laela. Afterwards, Laela thought she was super cool walking around the house in her sunglasses and pj's. Then Laela helped Ro dry off Allie Mae. Oh...Allie thinks she is in heaven when she gets the blow dryer treatment. :)

Finally, watch Laela put Allie in her crate. It is crazy what she can observe, understand and do at one year old. Turn on your volume.

Just because...

These showed up at work yesterday...

Brightened my day and well appreciated after this long week!

Well...the time has come!

Laela Grace is walking! (Please excuse the video. I recorded it vertically and can not figure out how to flip it. Just flip your monitor on it's side to get the best view!)

I went into daycare today to pickup Laela. Her teacher said she had a good day. Nothing big. Then we went to get her bag and all of our goodies and we were on our way. Going out the door the secretary said..."did you hear about Laela?" I said no! What? She said...oh! I can't tell. Sorry! Well...that did not work for me, so I marched right back to Laela's teacher. "What happened today?" She laughed and asked who told. Well, come to find out...she walked around, BY HERSELF, for most of the day. HOLY SHAMBOLES! Ro and I talked about this happening, so I was not super sad about it. Laela has taken 1-3 steps at home, but not really walked. I was a little sad that this happened two weeks into school (not during the entire time I had her with me during summer). Oh well...she is walking now...Lock the doors and hold on. This baby had 14 months to think about all of the stuff she wants to run around and find. OH MY!

Hair Craziness

One of the teacher's in Laela's class decided it would be interesting to see how Laela looked with braided hair...I would rather watch a girlie flick than even try to put a rubber band in Laela's hair (Ms. Independent doesn't like people messing with her hair) so I was amazed to see the job her teacher did. Also, Laela has started practicing her eating techniques by using her own spoon. I use it as a way to distract her such that she eats her veggies and meat. HA! These are some pictures from this evening.
Braids close-up: Hair after the braids:
Yummy dinner time:

Back to school...

Laela Grace and I went back to school today! She is in a room with several of her old friends and they range in age from 13 - 17 months. This morning, Ro walked her in and she did very well. We put her stuff away, pointed her in the direction of the toys, gave her a kiss and headed out. Ro peeked back in the window and she was just looking around. We tried calling a couple of times to check on her, but no answer. :( Seems like she had an okay day. Laela had a little crying spell, she did take an hour nap, and she ate the food we brought (she did not want the daycare food...SURPRISE!) The classroom teacher said she would not leave her bow alone (see the picture below...her hair is crazy because she ripped out the bow and rubberband) and she "talked" all day. Then two other teachers stopped me to tell me that they thought she was a "talker" too. Oh lord! We may have a serious problem on our hands. :) I just knew she would be wiped out and fall asleep on the way home. NOPE! I was completely wrong! She told me EVERY detail about her first day back to school. Sounded like she loved it! When we got home, she played a little, helped get the mail, let Allie out of her crate, took a bath, ate dinner and headed to bed by 6:00. WOW...she was tired! She was out by 6:10. YEA for Laela's great day back at daycare. I will miss spending the day with my baby girl, but I am glad we are all getting back to a routine. :)
PS - You should click here to see Laela's first day picture last year. Too funny...and time flies!

Friendly Friday...

We just wanted to take a minute and say that we are so thankful for our friends. There is not one particular friend, but we are thankful for everyone! We know that if we every need anything that we can count on so many friends...and we are very blessed.

Just the other day a friend thought of Laela when they were getting rid of full plastic grocery sack of bows! Oh man...thanks for thinking of us. :)