The Waiting Game

So Kaitlyn ended up sicker than I thought so I ended up taking two days off of work to take care of her. Her fever would not go away and I realized that where I may be the calm collected kindergarten teacher when emergency arise at school, I am not the calm collected mother by any means. I was freaking out! When K's temp got all the way to 104 I almost called 911, but managed to call the doctor's office instead. I was bawling on the phone asking them if I need to take her to the hospital. They told me I could come in at 4:45, which was not what I wanted to hear considering it was only 2:00. I was asking them if it was safe for her fever to be that high and they were saying, "Oh, it's fine. Just give her some motrin and fluid." Well no duh - I had been doing that for two days now. Of course I know they were just doing their job, but I wanted my baby to be okay. So I did what they said and then put her back to bed. All she wanted to do was sleep. So then I had to wait. I felt helpless. Here I was - her mother - and I couldn't fix it for her. I felt like I should be in the kitchen making something that would make this all go away. I could not sit still for anything. So I cleaned....and cleaned...and cleaned some more. There was some rearranging too - and some laundry. I was a machine I'm telling you. I had been doing the same thing each time she napped the past two days. I just felt guilty sitting still. Needless to say our house would be spotless if I worried all the time. :)

I just cannot wait until she gets a little older and can tell me what hurts her or tell her she must drink whether she likes it or not. This age and sickness scares me so much. I know I'm just another crazy mom being - well, a crazy mom, but I can't help it. It does make me understand my kinder parents a bit more when they are so worried!

But good news so far today - she has been fever free and drank two sippy cups of milk without a problem. I've also been chopping up some popsicles and she is loving that! I'm going to keep her hydrated one way or another! Thanks to everyone that has been praying!! Looks like she's well on her way to recovery!

Not So Fun Weekend

I cleared my camera of lots of pictures this past week because I knew I was going to take a zillion this weekend. We had planned on taking Kaitlyn to a pumpkin patch in Grapevine Saturday with some friends and then our church has a HUGE carnival called First Fest that was this Sunday. I love the fall and Halloween so I was just so excited to get Kaitlyn out in all of it. We couldn't last year because she was so little and on "lock-down" orders from her doctor.

Then Saturday morning came....

Cody woke her up and I was in the kitchen baking some muffins. Cody said when he woke her up her body felt really hot so he took her temperature. It was 101.6. Not good I'm thinking, but I fed her breakfast anyway because she was laughing and carrying on like nothing was bothering her. Then after breakfast I took her temp again - it was now over 102, so Cody called the doctor and off we went. Of course now I'm just about crying and thinking she has H1N1 or something worse. But the doctor tested for it and the test came back negative. He checked her ears, nose, and throat and they all looked good. So he said it was probably something viral in which case there was nothing we could do but wait it out.

So, no pumpkin patch or carnival for Kaitlyn. Number one she needed to get better and number two I don't want her to give this little bug to anyone else. She's been in the best mood all weekend though. Her appetite has been great, but she hasn't been drinking much which freaked me out because I don't want her getting dehydrated. We tried gatoraide, pedialyte, and even sprite. She didn't want any of it. So when she wouldn't even drink her normal water that she loves I started forcing it down with a syringe. Needless to say that didn't make her too happy, but it kept her hydrated! Today her temp spiked back up to 103.5, but after some Motrin again it went back down and has stayed down since. I'm still keeping her home tomorrow because I want to make sure she's better.

This just goes to show you have to roll with the punches. I can plan and plan all I want, but there is always going to be something that can kink it up. As for the pictures...I'm going to get some somehow. She will only be this small this year and I can't pass that up. There are several pumpkin patches that stay open until dusk so maybe one day this week she'll be better and the weather will be nice. I can't get the carnival ones, but she'll be in her costume on Halloween night. It does bum me out that we couldn't get all the cute pictures with our friends, but I am just so very thankful that she is going to be okay and it wasn't something worse than it is.

In her highchair as her costume waits for next weekend...at least I can say I finished it on time!

Even sick, droopy eyed, and in her pjs I think she's adorable!

Cadie's Birthday Party

August 29th was Kaitlyn's cousin's first birthday party. Cadie and Kaitlyn are only 13 days apart which will be fun for them growing up. Cadie's party was so much fun! It was good practice for Kaitlyn's which wasn't too far off! Aunt Heather also had fun making a cupcake bow to go with Cadie's cupcake themed party! :)Cadie had the bag opening thing down! :)"I got this mama!"Digging in!

Can you tell she missed her afternoon nap?Cadie's turn to get upset
Trying to get the bow back in

Such a funny picture!
She was loving that balloon!

Uncle Caleb

Uncle Caleb was going back for his sophomore year of college at East Texas Baptist University on August 27th. He came by the house to tell us all goodbye, so of course I brought out the camera to snap a picture (okay, two) of Kaitlyn with her uncle. We are so proud of him!!!

Photo Shoot...sort of

I have no knowledge of taking pictures whatsoever, but I still have fun playing around with my camera and photoshop. Here are a few that I took back on August 2nd. I really do want to take a class someday soon so I can actually know what I'm doing!

Her daddy made a face like this when he was a baby too. His parents called it his piggy face. :)

1st Birthday Invitation

I didn't really like the invitations that went along with the paper goods I bought for Kaitlyn's party, so I decided to try and make my own using photoshop. I used some digital scrapbooking software that I had also and these was the final result.

Dancing Outside

I was trying to take pictures of Kaitlyn outside for her birthday invitation(yes, it was the end of July and her birthday is in September, but I'm a crazy planner like that), but I never did get just the right shot. She was in such a good mood though and kept dancing her little sway dance the entire time. I just LOVE this picture because it is so her!

Food for Thought

So Kaitlyn's doctor said we should be giving her all types of food and letting her "play" a little bit so she can feel the different textures and what not. This is oh so very hard for me because I want to clean up every little bit as soon as she gets even the slightest bit messy. But I am getting better and I think this day was a big step. This was on July 28th and I let her have ravioli for the first time - well, the real kind anyway. She never really liked the toddler kind - it's just too bland. Cody said she looked like a cannibal in these pictures. Don't worry though - I took her right to the bath tub after lunch! And just in case you're wondering, the other little pieces on her tray are apples. :)

Play Date

Kaitlyn had her first real play date with kids that belong to two of my favorite people in the world. This was back on July 27th (I know, I'm horrible for just now posting these) Kelly and Melanie both used to teach with me when I first got my job. They were so wonderful and welcoming and even though they both moved to other districts now we still keep in touch. Mel has moved to Tyler so we wanted to get the kids together before she officially left. Her daughter, Hunter, is the other girl that was staying with Kaitlyn during the day at her sitter. So Hunter was really Kaitlyn's first friend. It makes me sad that they are leaving, but I know we'll keep in touch and have visits every now and then!This is Kaitlyn with Jacob - he belong to my friend KellyJacob and his mama Kelly

Hunter with her mama Melanie

Whoa!

Has it really been since July that I posted?? Wow. I'm officially a horrible blogger. But today I'm home sick and bored out of my mind so hopefully I can get some posts up. I love reading everyone else's too - I've been behind on that as well. I have such incredible friends and I love reading about all their adventures! Hopefully as school gets into more of a routine I can stay up to date on Kaitlyn's blog! We'll see.... :)