S-I-C-K

Yes that's right, that spells sick and that's what we have been ALL WINTER LONG!! What the HECK! We live in a WARM climate for goodness sakes! Eliana has had 2 bouts of pneumonia, and 2 ear infections... the last one that last for a MONTH... it didn't go away until she had 2 sets of antibiotics! Just found out yesterday that Julia has a double ear infection... her 3rd time in the last few months, which means they may need to put in tubes if this doesn't clear up well or she gets another one. On Friday Eliana got a rash on her legs. We called the Dr. and he said to use benydrl and go to the ER if it got bad enough to effect her breathing (which I thought was way worse than it would ever be). So by Sat. morning it was looking really good but by the afternoon, it was getting worse again and spreading. By the early evening her ankle was swelling which at first we didn't connect to the rash. We gave her benadryl and put her to bed and when I went to check on her at 10:30 her lip was swollen. We took her to the ER and by the time they saw her both ankles and feet and hands and lips were swollen! Fortunately it was NOT effecting her breathing. Our good friend and an angel in our time of need, Gina came over and hung out at our house so Julia could stay and sleep. I came home around 1 so Gina could go home and Christian stayed with Eliana at the ER. They got home at 3 something. They said it is an allergic reaction to something, a great MYSTERY and gave her prednislone and said to continue antihistamines! I took Eliana to her pediatrician hoping for more answers with no luck. She is now on Allegra only. The rash is looking better but has moments where it flares up. Here are a few pics of her looking a bit beat up!

Going Private

So we've decided to make our blog private. If you are a reader please comment and leave your email address or email me at addie77@msn.com and I will send you an invite. I will wait a few days and then make it official so get me your addresss soon please. I don't want to cut anyone out, just don't want any crazy people following what we do. Thanks!

I can do anything that's everything all by myself (Lola)

Julia likes to feed herself! She gets very frustrated when I try to feed her. She steals the spoon and won't give it back. So now I get out two spoons and give her one and myself one b/c most of the time her spoon doesn't actually make it to her mouth. I guess I am going to have 2 little Lolas. (from Charlie and Lola... a very cute show!)

We met the Newmas at the park. Eliana loves Bethie even though they don't get to play all that often.
Bethie and Ashlynn playing with Jewels.

Ashlynn striking a pose.
Eliana LOVES to do the spider on the swings. Iwas grateful for a different lap for her to sit on!

Preschool and the Zoo

The last week my Mom was here we went to the Tuscon Zoo. We also had preschool at our house. We did caterpillars and butterflies which was really fun. I love the cooperative preschool Eliana is in. I teach every 8 weeks. The other moms are great and do such a good job and the kids are all wonderful kids and friends for Eliana. I couldn't ask for a better group of people for her to associate with. Painting Butterflies
Counting fuzzy caterpillars. (pretend of course)

Wrapped up like caterpillars in cocoons.

Grandma always wanted to push the stroller for support. She had hip replacement surgery a couple of years ago.

Word Up!

This is Eliana's Word Girl costume. She has seen the show on PBS a handful of times and LOVES it. It's kinda old for her so I don't let her watch it much but it does teach some good vocabulary. She put this little outfit together (her third one of the day) and told me she was word girl. She also has memorized the word girl song from listening to it on PBS.org.... it says "Word up it's word girl.... " thus the title. Eliana was outside painting on the bricks and then next thing I know I look out to see this.....

Yes I did have a child with purplish gray legs... thank goodness for washable paint!

The Numbers

Julia had her one year doctor's visit on Thursday. She is now 23 lbs. 6 oz , the 82nd percent, and 31.42 inches tall, more than the 97th percent. She is quite a bit taller and heavier than Eliana was at a year. I think she's gonna be tall. She has 8 teeth with a couple more on the way. She loves to say Daddy and Uh Oh and also says Ama for mama and can say baby and book. She is walking a lot now... about 10-20 or more steps at a time but crawling just gets her faster so she still crawls a lot. This is Eliana and Julia playing on Julia's Birthday.