A Doctor Visit, Birthday Presents, and Soccer

I had to take Charlotte to the doctor this morning. She still hasn't gotten better and was complaining that her mouth and teeth hurt. We left with a diagnosis of a viral mouth infection, similar to hand, foot, and mouth. Luckily Julia's "fever" seems to have just been a fluke and she begged to go to school today so Mom took her just before lunch when she had been fever free for 24 hours.

 

This afternoon Charlotte had a birthday box from Big Bill and Annie. She loved all the princess stuff! 

Julia had her first soccer practice tonight. She was SO excited and did pretty good for her first practice. I can't wait to see her improve and have fun this season!

Giving me a thumbs up!

Birmingham

We got up this morning and headed downtown to Children's for Julia's appointment with the pediatric pulmonologist. Fortunately they were able to rule out seizures, apnea or any other major health problems as the cause for all of Julia's sleep walking. Unfortunately we walked away without many answers.

 After Julia's appointment we drove around downtown and did a little sightseeing on the UAB campus. The girls wanted their picture made with Blaze.

 

We ate lunch at Melt and headed over to the Galleria for some shopping and a ride on the carousel. 

 

Tonight we met Meghan and Ed for dinner at Chuck's. The girls love Aunt Megs were definitely excited to see her tonight! 

 

Tomorrow we're going to the McWane Center before we head home and Meghan and Ed are coming with us. I'm not sure who's most excited! 

A Change of Plans

Michael told me last night that he had planned a weekend away for our anniversary tomorrow. We were supposed to leave this afternoon and he wouldn't tell me where we were going. Unfortunately things didn't work out that way. Michael woke up early this morning with a rash ALL over his body. He was at the walk in clinic when they opened this morning. The NP said it was just a bad allergic reaction. I'm glad that it's nothing contagious but it still took a toll on him. He got 3 shots at the clinic and then several prescriptions. By late this afternoon the rash was gone but he's still drowsy from all the medication.  So, we had to cancel our trip. :(

This afternoon I turned my back for half a second and found Charlotte on the couch eating the kettle corn!  She's such a mess!

 Granddad cooked hamburgers for us tonight. As usual, Julia had to gallop laps in the backyard and practice her barrel racing and Charlotte was right behind her.

 I'm hoping that Michael feels well enough tomorrow that we can at least do something fun around here for our anniversary.

The Flu

Charlotte woke up this morning with a runny nose and a fever.  I went on to school this morning and took the afternoon off to take her to the doctor. She weighed 29 pounds and was 30.8" long. Unfortunately we left with a diagnosis of the flu. 

We've picked up TamiFlu and have quarantined Julia to Nonny's house. I have my fingers crossed that no one else gets it!

Cupcakes!

What a day it has been! I took this video of Charlotte when I went to get her out of bed this morning. I love how she gets so excited that she kicks her legs and flails her arms!

Charlotte had a doctor's appointment this morning. She's had diarrhea for a week so I decided it was time to take her in. Thankfully she acts just fine. You wouldn't know anything was wrong if your nose didn't work! :)

eating fruit snacks while we waited for Dr. Whitaker

My sweet girl!

So, this is what we got to deal with today! We have to take a stool sample to the hospital to see if we can figure out what's going on. I tried to wait until Michael got home so he could have the pleasure, but he waited too long! :)  

This afternoon Mama, Nana, and the girls rode to Dothan. They brought back cupcakes from Sweet & Sassy so after dance girls and I went home and ate ours.

I sent Mama this picture of Charlotte's high chair and told her I thought Charlotte did more damage with this cupcake than she did with her smash cake!

 cupcakes=bath time

When I was trying to cook dinner tonight Charlotte kept coming in the kitchen. I was afraid she was going to burn herself on the oven so I put up the baby gate. She and Julia did not like that one bit! They stood at the gate and cried! Just told me that I terrified her!

 

Mama came over for dinner tonight. As soon as she walked in the door Julia ran over to her and told her, "Mama locked us up!" HA!

After dinner tonight the girls were playing in the living room. Charlotte grabbed the remote and changed the channel from NCIS to Disney Junior. I guess she didn't like my choice of TV shows!

When it was time for Julia to go to bed tonight she decided that she needed to "watch something". I told her she could watch her eyelids. Once she got in bed and realized what that meant hysterical, tear-producing crying ensued. She kept saying "My eyelids is broken! I need new ones!" These girls are always keeping us laughing!

Finally Friday!

We had to be at the surgery center bright and early this morning to get Charlotte's tubes. I wasn't sure if they would do the procedure this morning because of her fever last night but they did. They listened to her lungs first and said that they sounded clear so we went ahead with it. The procedure took 1 1/2 minutes per ear. I don't think she was even gone from the room 10 minutes.

Yes, she wore Christmas pajamas! Trying to find clothes for an almost one year old that are 100% cotton, no zippers, and no snaps is HARD!

 

 This afternoon the girls had a dance party in the living room to Call Me Maybe. Julia kept saying "Come on Charlotte. Dance with me!"

Splash Pad & Sickies

First things first. This sweet girl slept until 8:15 this morning! That is major for a girl who is usually up by 5:45. I'm crossings fingers that we're starting a new routine here

We met Betsy & Carie at the splash pad this morning. I didn't expect Julia to last more than 30 minutes but we ended up staying for almost 2 hours! 

When we left the splash pad and got lunch at Arby's before heading home for what I hoped would be nap time. Charlotte took a pretty good nap but Julia was a different story. When I got done putting Charlotte down I found Julia in the kitchen with a bag of grapes she got out of the refrigerator. She was supposed to be laying down in bed where I left her! 

We got a phone call this afternoon from Dr. Whitaker's office. Apparently even though her strep test came back negative yesterday it grew strep overnight so she does have strep throat. We started her on an amoxicillin tonight. Michael said that his throat hurt this morning so I looked at it this afternoon and he has puss pockets too! 

Charlotte'd eye started watering this afternoon and by the time we put her to bed it was red and swollen. I'm afraid she has pink eye now! She has a check up with Dr. Mike in the morning to check on her ears so we'll see what he has to say about it then. We can't seem to catch a break lately! 

Tonight, Julia was in Charlotte's room while I was getting her ready for bed. She got in Charlotte's little house and said "Mama, take my picture". So I did! 

 I'm hoping the sickles leave our house soon! We may have a long weekend at home!