Poor Baby Girl

Last Sunday afternoon, after her nap, Kendall's eyes were pretty much glued shut from eye boogers, poor baby. We thought this would be a quick passing thing and that she would be fine the next day. Well, when she woke up on Monday morning, we had to really work hard to get the crusties off so she could open her eyes. Poor baby girl! We took her to daycare thinking that surely this would pass. Ummm... No! By the time Tony picked her up from school that afternoon you could tell that Kendall just really wasn't feeling well. To add to all of this, she has had a runny nose and congestion for about 4 months now. We've been to the doctor several times where they have told us that it is just because she is in daycare and she just has a cold that needs to run its course. Well, obviously it had not run its course and the humidifier that we run in her room on high every night was not working. On Tuesday morning when we all woke up, Kendall's eyes were crusted over again and really red and puffy. I had looked this up the night before on the internet and found that it was most likely the result of allergies. But, I called the nurse at the hospital, which is where the doctor's office routes its medical questions when they aren't open yet, to ask them if I should take her in. They told me that she is probably fine, but that the doctor would want to check her to make sure it is not pink eye. So, Kendall and I got ready and she ate some breakfast and I took her in to the doctor. I could tell she wasn't feeling well because while we were waiting for the doctor to see us she just sat in my lap with her head laying on me. The doctor listened to her lungs, checked her oxygen intake and looked in her ears. After hearing how long she has had the congestion, the doctor finally gave her an antihistamine/decongestant. She also said that she has pink eye, but it's not like she ran any tests, I really still think it is allergies that caused the eye crusties, but I'm giving her the eye drops just in case. Because Kendall has been coughing for so long, the doctor ordered a chest x-ray even though she reassured me that her lungs sounded clear. She just wanted to check her. So, I bundled K up and took her straight to the imaging center after the doctor's appointment. It only took about 5 minutes to take the x-rays and Kendall cried the whole time. Awww... But, good news, the doctor's office called later and said that she doesn't have RSV (forgot to tell you that they checked her for that AGAIN) and her lungs are clear. So, I'm supposed to give her the eye drops for a week and I'm giving her the sample medicine for her cough, if it works I'm supposed to get the prescription filled. It's been 4 days of using the cough medicine and the only thing that I'm noticing is that it makes her sleepy. If she still has the cough in another week and a half, I'm supposed to take her back to the doctor so they can try something else I guess. I'm glad they are finally giving me something for her, I was getting really fed up with the "Oh, she's in daycare" line. I can totally understand that logic, but it seems like she would have had periods of time when she was well also. Oh well, maybe now we can figure out what is going on. I have a feeling that she has allergies (they are supposedly genetic) and that she will need to be put on some allergy medicine if she wants to have any type of time without congestion and runny nose.

Anyway, I guess that's enough for now. Tonight we are going out to dinner with our friends Ken and Kristen for our first annual Double Holi-date. We decided that instead of buying gifts for each other we would go out to a nice dinner. I'm excited! K is staying with my mom and spending the night with her tonight. I'm hoping I'll be able to sleep past 6:20 tomorrow morning, that's the time that i woke up this morning. Yuck!

I hope everyone has a great weekend, maybe I'll write more tomorrow.

Lots of Love,
Lisa

Kendall has a good time

Kendall had such a fun time in the bathtub tonight. I just had to post these pictures up here. She was splashing all over the place. I know, I know for now it's cute, but when she is big enough to splash everywhere it won't be so cute. I'm sure we won't do it for much longer. ha ha...

Bathtime is such a special time for us. We love to watch her laugh and play and just explore the water. She loves it! We also will read her a couple of stories at the same time. She is so into pointing at everything in the pictures of the book and at everything around her now. She is really doing pretty good at starting the regular (non-baby) food. And, she is doing GREAT at using a sippy cup. She really caught on to that one quick.

The second picture is of her watching me make silly faces at her and splash her with water while making funny noises. We had a great time tonight!

Enjoy your week!

Saturday turns into Saturnight

Here's how our Saturday went...

- Addressed Kendall's b-day party invites
- Went to order b-day cake/cupcakes
- Went to post office to mail invites
- Drove to parents to pick up Annie for lunch
- Parents drove up and offered to keep Kendall while we ran our errands (Yeah!)
- Went to Alamo Cafe for lunch
- Went to Party city
- Went to Costco
- Went to Barnes & Noble
- Went to pick up Kendall and then planned to go home and watch movies - Annie was going to come along
- Kathy came over to go out with my mom for dinner
- Annie and I change plans and go out to dinner for Kathy's birthday
- Driving downtown to Aldaco for dinner, traffic was too bad so passed our exit
- Drove to Little Red Barn and ate there instead. Annie and I split a small filet, neither of us very hungry
- Decided we should go do something after dinner (maybe LaserQuest Annie suggested), received laughs from Kathy and Mom. Don't understand why... ;-)
- Stopped at Phantom Stop Signs and Green Lights in the middle of the intersection, tried to treat a stop light like a stop sign and make a left on red, laughed the whole rest of the way home... (I wasn't driving)
- Well, we were going to go home, but then saw Bob and Bev's truck at Charlie Brown's and decided to go visit
- Mom and Kathy had one drink, Annie and I just chilled and talked with everyone
- Kathy took Mom, Lisa and Annie to Mom's
- Annie took Lisa home since hubby had taken baby home a few hours before

Well, that's your Saturday wrap up. Phew!!! That was kind of fun and that's how SaturDay turns into SaturNight!

Love,
Lisa

The Addiction

Okay, so what is it with facebook. that makes it so addictive? We've been hearing for several months now that we should join because the rest of Tony's family has accounts. But, since we have this blog and a MySpace account I didn't really want to mess with having info and pictures and friend requests and whatever else that was associated with a new account. Well, my friend that I used to work with who now lives in Dallas and I only see once in a very blue moon sent me a friend request to my email. I saw that he had pics on his account but I couldn't see them without joining and becoming his friend. Well, I wanted to see how much his little boys had grown, so I joined with the sole purpose of looking at his pictures and then that would be the end of it. That's exactly what I did... until a few hours later when I got back on the computer just to check out all of Tony's family's accounts. They were all set to private, so of course I sent a friend request and that was the start of the MAJOR addiction. A day and a half and 23 friends later, I'm well on my way to having a facebook problem. At least I can admit it, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The point of all this is that I like facebook much better than mySpace now. It's way easier to use and you don't have to worry about setting up a layout or anything. Cool Beans! (whoa, 80's throwback!) Also, Tony liked it so much that he set up his own account. It's pretty cool and if you are a member look us up and add us as your friend.

YUCK!!!!

Well, I had to stay home from work today. I woke up soooo sick. I am hoping it is just the 24 hour stomach bug that I've been hearing about. I'm finally feeling a little better thanks to the Sprite my lovely husband brought home for me. Unfortunately I had to forego the Celine Dion concert I was going to attend with my friend and sister.. ;-( Luckily Kendall was going to be kept by my mom while I was at the concert, so we just kept those plans and Tony will pick her up after bowling tonight.

Speaking of bowling... wish T-Dub luck using the new bowling ball for the first time that I gave him for Christmas. This was the first week back to league and he was pretty excited to throw the ball. He threw a couple of practice games last week after he got the ball drilled and threw a 190 and 200. Not too bad for a brand new ball that you still need to get used to.

Watch out, here comes another segue. :-)

Speaking of getting used to... (okay, that transition wasn't as good) Kendall has started trying out the regular lunch menu at daycare. I think she seems to like it. Hopefully we'll be baby food free pretty soon. I guess next on the list is teaching her to use a spoon. That should be interesting.

Okay, well I need to get back to resting and trying to get rid of this stomach bug. Wish me luck, I haven't felt like this since I had food poisoning the Christmas before I got pregnant. (Stay away from that Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich from Mickey D's.)

Leave a comment, let me know you were here. Talk to you soon! -Lisa

Kendall goes to the playground... a collage

This evening we took Kendall to the elementary school playground that is up the street from us. She went on the swing, and slid down the slides. We all had a great time. It was fun and sort of scary watching her go down the slide BY HERSELF... ;-)

I found this cool collage feature that picasa does for you and decided to try it out. This is a collage of our time at the playground. I hope you enjoy it!!! (you can click on the collage to get a larger view of the pictures)

Kendall gets a haircut

Kendall got a haircut on New Years Day. We waited the full year to cut her hair so she wouldn't have bad luck... ;-) Just teasing. So, it's a little crooked because she wouldn't stay still and screamed the whole time. We just wanted to cut her bangs because they were hanging in her face. But, we also wanted to be able to save her hair from her first haircut. So, we had to get her bangs in a pony tail and then cut right above the ponytail holder. ugh... easier said than done. The result is a slightly too short, crooked haircut. I think while she is sleeping I will sneak in and trim it a little. Luckily we can still get it in a ponytail. I guess it's not TOO bad, plus it should grow out a little before her birthday party.

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year to all of our friends and family! This was the first year in a very long time that I have actually been in town for New Years. It was funny how loud it suddenly got outside when it turned midnight. Usually we are at the coast or the ranch and since there is no one around there for miles, it is super quiet. We had a quiet night in and watched a movie. It was really relaxing. Tony bbq'd some chicken and grilled some corn and I made up a new potato dish that turned out soooo good if I may say so myself.

We wish all of you many blessings on the start of your new year! May this be the best year you've had.

Love,

The Dub Family