We visited our good friends in Asheville. Lilly and Anna haven't seen each other since we moved from Wisconsin...and they have the same sweatshirt on
looking good on Folly Beach
dipping the toes in the waves with Papa
fire, fire, fire! I'm two!
Yum!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
summer vacation
Some pictures from our summer vacation, now a month later....
We visited our good friends in Asheville. Lilly and Anna haven't seen each other since we moved from Wisconsin...and they have the same sweatshirt on
looking good on Folly Beach
dipping the toes in the waves with Papa
fire, fire, fire! I'm two!
Yum!
We visited our good friends in Asheville. Lilly and Anna haven't seen each other since we moved from Wisconsin...and they have the same sweatshirt on
looking good on Folly Beach
dipping the toes in the waves with Papa
fire, fire, fire! I'm two!
Yum!
new tricks
We're trying new things around here...and taking cues from her Daddy.
The potty training hasn't really started in earnest yet, but Lilly is showing interest when it suits her.
The potty training hasn't really started in earnest yet, but Lilly is showing interest when it suits her.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
memorial day "vacation"
Like all of us, sometimes getting up in the morning is hard. But we had a bit of a scare on Thursday before the holiday weekend when Lilly didn't want to get up at all. Limp and unresponsive. A trip to the pediatrician had her whisked away via ambulance to TCH (our yearly visit, so it seems). Needless to say, we canceled our trip to California and spent the next five days in the hospital.
Lilly was diagnosed with hypoglycemia--her blood sugar was 42 when she arrived at the hospital. Both of us were totally freaked out to see our little one passed out for the entire day on Thursday. A brief spell of cookies, juice and Thomas the Tank Engine was the only time I saw her animated. After the ER staff decided that her initial tests warranted further investigation, we were admitted to the observation room where they did further monitoring/testing and where I spent the night sleeping on a recliner. The next morning, we were greeted by the endocrinologist who let us know that Lilly was to be admitted for further testing.
By now, Lilly was up and moving around and was acting somewhat more like herself. After a delicious (hardly) lunch at the hospital, we were told that Lilly was to undergo a fasting test in order to "replicate" her low blood sugar condition. This also meant that we'd be moving to a new room (considerably more comfortable too) in the hospital. This test would require many blood glucose tests to monitor the drop, which by the end of the test (20 hours later) left poor Lilly with band-aids on every single finger of both hands. She looked like Frankenstein.
After her blood sugar got to the low point, what seemed like an army of nurses and I took her down the hall to have the blood tests done. Suffice it to say, it was the worst thing that I have ever had to experience as a mother.
No word yet on the test results, but the scariest of things were ruled out fairly quickly. All we know is that little ones can suffer from this if they didn't eat enough, getting sick, or it could be indicating a more serious condition. We'll find out more in the next week when we have our follow up appointment.
Lilly did have many visitors while cooped up which I am sure boosted her spirits.....it sure did for Mom and Dad! Thank you to all of our dear friends who brought goodies and smiles. While Lilly is fine now, we also were keenly aware that she was never the sickest kiddo on our floor at the hospital. It was heartbreaking and made me very sad-send good thoughts their way too.
Lilly was diagnosed with hypoglycemia--her blood sugar was 42 when she arrived at the hospital. Both of us were totally freaked out to see our little one passed out for the entire day on Thursday. A brief spell of cookies, juice and Thomas the Tank Engine was the only time I saw her animated. After the ER staff decided that her initial tests warranted further investigation, we were admitted to the observation room where they did further monitoring/testing and where I spent the night sleeping on a recliner. The next morning, we were greeted by the endocrinologist who let us know that Lilly was to be admitted for further testing.
By now, Lilly was up and moving around and was acting somewhat more like herself. After a delicious (hardly) lunch at the hospital, we were told that Lilly was to undergo a fasting test in order to "replicate" her low blood sugar condition. This also meant that we'd be moving to a new room (considerably more comfortable too) in the hospital. This test would require many blood glucose tests to monitor the drop, which by the end of the test (20 hours later) left poor Lilly with band-aids on every single finger of both hands. She looked like Frankenstein.
After her blood sugar got to the low point, what seemed like an army of nurses and I took her down the hall to have the blood tests done. Suffice it to say, it was the worst thing that I have ever had to experience as a mother.
No word yet on the test results, but the scariest of things were ruled out fairly quickly. All we know is that little ones can suffer from this if they didn't eat enough, getting sick, or it could be indicating a more serious condition. We'll find out more in the next week when we have our follow up appointment.
Lilly did have many visitors while cooped up which I am sure boosted her spirits.....it sure did for Mom and Dad! Thank you to all of our dear friends who brought goodies and smiles. While Lilly is fine now, we also were keenly aware that she was never the sickest kiddo on our floor at the hospital. It was heartbreaking and made me very sad-send good thoughts their way too.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
boppies
Once again, we headed outside the loop and up to the King's Orchard for some fruit picking. This time of year in Texas promises blackberries and blueberries, fruits that I associate with August most places we've lived. It seems as if we were about a week too early for the sweet blackberries, but we managed to find some that were tasty. Lilly, as anticipated was not so fired up about picking these due to the thorns, but nevertheless persistent for us to pick one for her, one for the box. Our trip also coincided with the last of the strawberries, so we picked them too. The real hit for Lilly was picking the blueberries, as they were 1) easy to pick at every height and 2) plentiful. Try as we did, it was hard to convince the little one to avoid the green ones in favor of the blue ones. Every "boppie" was tasty to her!
Mother's Day weekend
My oh my, it has been a while. It has been busy down here in H-town with visitors, out of the loop excursions, parties and the like. Since the last real post, "Gram-pete" Peter and Sue came down for a visit. Right on time, the nasty summer weather arrived. The weekend activities could not have been more fun! Saturday saw the whole gang down at the annual Art Car parade. Shade was at a premium and we managed not only to get clutch indoor parking (even more so with no A/C in the subaru!) but we managed to carve out a good spot near the turnaround on the parade route under the trees. This year was much better than last, as we actually watched the parade instead of just seeing the cars line up. Lilly's favorite was the giant chicken car. It was awesome. Our favorite was the *heavily* modified VW that was made into a flower.
Afterward, we headed over to a friend's graduation party where 50 pounds of crawfish and several pounds of smoked meats were awaiting consumption. Nothing says high-class like a old closet door propped up on sawhorses covered in crawdaddies and keg beer. Lilly was running around like a crazy woman, flirting with all of the boys. Moving to the woods into our yurt may not be as far off as originally planned....
Thankfully, a summer version of a 'comfy front' made Sunday considerably more pleasant. Even better--it was mother's day. Lilly was not quite up to the task of fixing mommy breakfast in bed, but by next year she should be turning out a bowl of cheerios at the very least. She did come home from school with a glorious bunch of foam flowers for me that were absolutely dripping with glitter, spangles and the requisite hot glue oozes. They now sit on my desk at work.
Afterward, we headed over to a friend's graduation party where 50 pounds of crawfish and several pounds of smoked meats were awaiting consumption. Nothing says high-class like a old closet door propped up on sawhorses covered in crawdaddies and keg beer. Lilly was running around like a crazy woman, flirting with all of the boys. Moving to the woods into our yurt may not be as far off as originally planned....
Thankfully, a summer version of a 'comfy front' made Sunday considerably more pleasant. Even better--it was mother's day. Lilly was not quite up to the task of fixing mommy breakfast in bed, but by next year she should be turning out a bowl of cheerios at the very least. She did come home from school with a glorious bunch of foam flowers for me that were absolutely dripping with glitter, spangles and the requisite hot glue oozes. They now sit on my desk at work.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
quick update
we've been busy and behind on the updates....stay tuned for the many goings on including:
Peter and Sue's visit
Berry picking, part deux
Memorial Day weekend "vacation"
Peter and Sue's visit
Berry picking, part deux
Memorial Day weekend "vacation"
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