"My new personality"

"Sometimes Mom thinks I look like Sonny."

Is it too soon for teething?

"What's this thingy in my bed? I never noticed it before."

"Maybe I should check behind it..."

"What Mom?! Leave me alone! You're like the flippin' paparazzi!"

Like father like daughter...

These two are busted for sleeping in!

Also...

Elaines two Grandmas, Nana and Grammy, gave her the "accelerated nap time" Christmas presents which deserve some recognition: The Steiff and the mobile. Thanks!

Playtime

Elaine just Flu in!

Wayland and I were in a bad way last Wednesday. We both caught a bug in the same hour and while his bug lasted only 2 days mine has dragged on and on. Aches, pains, fever, cough, headache, chills, sore throat, itchy throat, runny nose watery eyes etc. (if there is anything else). Well, 2:00 am Monday morning our little shnookie started a fever, 101.3. Then by 6:00 am she was whinning constantly. The pharmacist at Walgreens told me not to try to treat her fever because she is only 12 weeks and to call Doc. Dr. Miller is such a saint. He brought us right in on that holiday Monday and sent us to the hospital. We would've had a non-stop ticket straight to a bed but pediatrics was full so we went through the ER. They gave her every test there is and said she had the flu. That's weird because that's what we had! Whatever, 4 attempts at an IV later we got a bed and they observed her over night. We came home this afternoon with a lot of congestion and 2 tamiflu doses later. She seems to be doing ok but very sleepy. Sorry to scare everyone with the hospital stay but we were really worried for a little bit because she is so small and sooooooooooo sweet!

I begged the nurses to print her chest X-ray for us to put on her blog. They agreed because they thought it was a cute idea. Baby bones are so CUTE! Was that too weird?

Addition: Here's how Elaine feels today. She might be a little dehydrated but she is smiley.

(The blue bear gets most of the abuse.)

Party Antics

"Come on baby lets make a cake for your big brothers Birthday."

"Wow this is taking a while since mom decided to layer the cake and make her own butter cream cheese icing."

<:Yawn:>

"That's what we worked so hard on? Stupid condensation! Stupid lopsided cake!"

(It was the most delicious red velvet and vanilla cream cheese icing layered cake ever.)

Back to saving the world

Now that the holidays are over life can go back to normal. Somewhere around the beginning of December Elaine had completely outgrown her plastic protective pants that accompany her cloth diapers. I remember a time when I was gun-ho about sewing my own All-In-One cloth diapers but the challenge of getting the size right was too much since Lainie packed on the pounds rapidly. Now that it's time to start putting money back into savings so I bought her new organic cotton diapers (they were the same price as the others) and fresh new BIGGER plastic pants. She seems to be noticing the differences between cloth and disposables.

For one: it takes longer to change her
And two: She feels the wetness right away

These are things we will have to deal with because I couldn't believe the amount of diapers we took to the curb bi-weekly. 10-15 diaper changes a day! So, now that my crocheting mania has come to an end, I think I'm ready to tackle that All-In-One.

PS. I never thanked Megan for sending the flannel. Thanks!
PPS. Did anyone else notice the American Girl doll of the year?! Her name is freakin' Lanie!
See for yourself!
Wayland laughed at this because I tried so hard to give our baby an un-trendy name. At least it is just a nickname.

How does Elaine say Happy Birthday?