Fever

Summer has a fever. She has had maybe 2 other fevers but one was shot related and the other I don't remember so it was a quick 12 hour thing that didn't get very high. Even though I have gone through this twice already it is still so hard not to panic. We gave her tylenol and the fever went down. All day yesterday she was running a fever around 99/100 but she acted completely normal and ate and drank just fine. She went to bed and it went up to around 102/103 this morning (if you trust our head thermometer). Today she is up and running around and her temperature is back around 99/100 but she is acting almost normal. She has her 18 month well check up tomorrow at 11:00 am, I did call and got her a 9:40 appointment today but canceled it. If she wasn't act normal or wasn't eating or drinking I would be more worried and I would probably take her in. I think Kris is more worried than I am. She also has a runny nose but the snot is clear. No diarrhea or throwing up thank goodness. I hate fevers :o/ I have a feeling her shots will be delayed tomorrow, but I go in next week anyway so we can take her then. I am a little freaked out about measles because I just saw that show and we were just at a casino ... it was a local casino but still, how can I not be going crazy. I think kids should not get sick because it puts way too much stress on parents. Maybe we should all write congress?
In other more exciting news I weighed and measured Summer yesterday, my big 18 months old now weights around 28 pounds and is a little over 33 inches tall. She grew an inch and a half in three months, and almost three inches in 6 months. I cannot believe she is getting bigger, if it wasn't for the measurements I would not see it. I will have more measurements tomorrow after we see the doc. I am also going to ask about the dry spots on her legs to make sure we are doing what we should - lotion. I have no other concerns, she seems to be on track or ahead in most areas. She speaks all the time, she will repeat almost everything you say. She loves to talk and loves to eat and loves to play. She is still such a good baby, I have never had to smack her hand or say No, I have been able to remove her from the situation to avoid punishment. She has started to get a little attitude but we can usually diffuse it before it gets worse. I think she is well behaved and listens but it can all change I guess. I just hope she stays sweet and like she is.

Boogie Boogie Boogie

Kris just called me from home, I guess Cliff was out and brought Summer home a doll - well a head with a big orange nose - a Veggie Tale doll. Apparently Summer is grabbing the nose and running around saying Boogie Boogie Boogie. She has had a mild runny nose for the past month, and when we go to wipe her nose we say, "give me those boogies", so I guess she understands boogies come from your nose. New word this week, Boogie, nice.

Little Helper

Summer usually helps when I make dinner, she gets out bowls from the cabinet, and she gets out mixing spoons from the drawer to keep herself entertained. Normally she mixes nothing in a big bowl and is a happy baby. Yesterday she realized she can get the mixing spoons out of the drawer and reach and throw them into the sink ... great! These are clean spoons she is throwing into the sink, so now I guess I have to keep the sink empty of dirty dishes (yah rite).

I have been feeding Summer frozen veggies for snacks, this past weekend I had microwaved some green beans and gave her some in a bowl. I continued to cook while she went into the living room to eat them. She normally takes her bowl onto the rug and sits in front of the tv. Well she came back with an empty bowl and said "more" so I gave her more. Not long after she came back again for "more" so this time I watched her walk right up to the dogs with her bowl of green beans and start hand feeding them green beans ...great!

Whenever I start a bath for Summer, I take her shirt and pants off. I leave her diaper on for a few more minutes while the tub fills, and during this time she has to run into the closet up to her clothes and pull several pieces out. She brings me tese items and runs back into the closet to find some more clothes. I have no clue why, she never picks her pajamas so I always have to put these clothes back, now all wrinkled and unfolded, but she does this every single time before she gets into the bath.

Summer's 2nd Christmas

We had a lovely holiday. On Wednesday night (Christmas Eve) we decorated a gingerbread house together.



I really never want to do that again lol. Summer really didn't help either but in this photo it almost looks like she is!

Next we opened two gifts, one was her cute pajamas and one was a toy from Susan at work, here she is sitting in her new super cute pajamas playing with the tea set she got:



Then around 6:30 papa took Summer upstairs so daddy and mommy "aka Santa" could get the gifts together. This is what I found them doing when I went upstairs to get some of the gifts hehe.



We decided Summer really doesn't unwrap gifts very well so we unwrapped and unpacked everything and set them up under the tree, that way on Christmas morning she would walk into the living room and see all her toys all ready to play with under the tree.

The first thing she saw was Penelope the pink dog, then she saw the Elmo doll and then the books I think. She had a blast, maybe next year we will wrap them but this was so much easier for everyone, I am glad we did it this way.

Then I made breakfast and lunch!

Here is Summer eating turkey in her Christmas dress:



Before we could even eat dinner Summer crashed out:



The food was --- one of my best! I made a Turkey, it was so moist, I had bought a honey baked ham, they are always delicious, I made green rice casserole, it was heavenly, and a sweet potato casserole, oh it was so yummy, and we had mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, bread, olives and cranberries. I even made a gravy with the turkey juices!

Today we have already taken down the tree and put all the decorations away! I have leftovers and can't wait to eat lunch yum. Thanks for sharing the day with us!

Talking continues

Last night I left Kris to watch Summer while I went and showered. After my shower I was lying on the bed and Kris and Summer came into the room. Summer pointed to me so daddy put her on the bed and Summer said ... "Daddy theres Mommy" while pointing to me. We both just looked at each other in amazement. She already knew how to say daddy mommy but "theres" was a new word we have never heard her say and she said it so clearly in her little sentence. It was really cute, and I think it was her first real three word sentence, besides I Love You.

Earlier yesterday morning I was changing Summer's diaper - she had just woken up - and normally after I change her diaper I start to put her pants on. I pick her up and tell her to hug me so I can pull her pants all the way up over her diaper, so I picked her up and she said HUG before I could! So I told her I loved her and she said I love you back :o)

Summer has two little bears from Jared's where papa works and she grabbed both of them off her shelf earlier and said "two". I think she is learning what two actually means. If we start counting and say "one" she will say" two", sometimes "three" and "four".

Late Updates

I haven't updated in a while ... I am still considering ending the blog but I will decide later.
Thanksgiving - we had a great Thanksgiving together. Everything was perfect except the Turkey! We woke up like normal, had pancakes, played, Papa bought Summer a bear and after her nap she spotted it immediately. She than began to hug and kiss on that new bear - it was really sweet. Oh and I am changing his name from Grandpa or Grampa to Papa because that is what Summer calls him, Papa. The food was good all except the Turkey, I don't know what was wrong with it but it was gross! Apparently there were a few bad birds this year so hopefully that is what happened and nothing I did. We thought it was funny and had a vegetarian meal all except the deviled eggs.
Things have been good at home. Summer is starting to say so many new words - like What the Scallops because daddy says that all the time. She is starting to say I love you :o) and will almost repeat any word I say. This past weekend I babysat another girl, Chloe who is 20 months and having both girls together helped me see how different three months can make, I couldn't believe some of the things Chloe was doing but I know Summer will be there soon. It was a nice day babysitting, I was glad to see how the two girls interacted and of course I took a thousand pictures (all on the flickr). I was worn out but it was not as hard as I thought it would be, maybe because Chloe was a good baby too and never cried or whined.
Two nights ago Kris, Cliff, Summer and I loaded in the car and went to the Magic Forest at Opportunity Village. It was a chilling 40 something degrees outside, but the lights were beautiful and Summer enjoyed looking at the neat decorations. We rode on the carousel and train and Summer got to slide down the fake slide. Afterwards we went to dinner at the Outback steakhouse where I had some really yummy salmon and chicken. Summer slept horrible that night for some reason, probably teeth, she is getting the last 4 of her teeth, her canines and whatever the bottom ones are called. She keeps putting her hands in her mouth and before I cut her nails she had little scratches around her mouth, poor thing. I hope she gets these 4 in and can be done with teeth for a while.
Oh and I forgot Saturday - we went to the dentist Saturday for cleanings and Summer came along. I had the dentist look in her mouth and everything seemed fine. While Kris was getting his teeth cleaned so was I, so I had Summer sit on my lap during the cleaning, she sat so good. Hopefully the experience was a positive one and one that will help when she has to be the one sitting in the chair!
After the dental appointment we went to see Santa at Walgreens. They had free Santa and pictures. We sat Summer on his lap and at first she looked suspicious then she got this look like she was about to lose it but she never did cry and the picture is priceless. I could not have been happier with the way it turned out.

Are you out there?

I am debating the blog, should I continue, is anyone even reading this thing anymore? If you are let me know ... and then I will decide if I am going to continue or not.