G the Gardener

She must have gotten her Grandparent's green thumb...

...because my thumbs are black!

Sweet Sleep, Second Glances, & Scary Moments

K was sleeping this afternoon and looked so sweet snuggled up with her bunny.

So peaceful.

Earlier today we were getting ready to go to a petting zoo at a local college.  I put K down to get some things ready and she cried & screamed--nothing unusual--but for some reason I went back to check on her and found her laying on her back with white froth coming out of her mouth. 

HEART STOPS.

She was also coughing, so I knew she was breathing.

I picked her up and calmly  PANICED while patting pounding her back, and she threw up, spit up, and finally I found what was causing her problems.  A tiny piece of juice box straw plastic.  Not the whole straw wraper.  A piece of it.  I pulled it out of her mouth & held her and she was fine.  So scary to think of what could have happened.  I cried all the way to pick up Daddy P to go to the petting zoo.

The thing is K always cries when I put her down.  Screams in fact.  It's normal for her to cry & scream and roll around.  Something made me check on her today and for that I am thankful!

When G was this age we were SUPER cautious about anything she came into contact with that could potentially go into her mouth.  We didn't buy ANYTHING that came from China, for fear of lead paint or some other chemical leeching into her systerm when she put a toy into her mouth.  G NEVER put anything into her mouth.  She still doesn't....K on the other hand puts EVERYTHING into her mouth.  Just last week I found blue crayon in her diaper.  Why is my 2nd child the one who puts everything in her mouth.  It is next to impossible to keep everything small enough for her to ingest out of reach, especially with a very active 2 year old sister running around!

Date Night

Our friends the S's came over for burgers & such on the grill this past Saturday night.  Daddy P has been friends with them since before we were married and I got to be good friends with them while dating Daddy P.  Now we have 4 kids between us, ranging from K to S who is almost 5.  C is 3, while G is 2.

So us adults had a nice evening together, while C & G played.

Then things started getting serious.

C wanted to take G for a ride in the car.  G got in willingly, and even brought some dinner.

Then the "parked" for a while, enjoying one another's company:

After that C asked to see G's room.  Upstairs.  She took him and it got very quiet.  I decided to go investigate and found them trying to climb into K's bassinet!!!  After directing them back downstairs where the adults could supervise, we, the adults, began to talk about the future...

like in about 12 years...

when they might try to pull similar stunts...

YIKES!

Here they are at 6 months (G) and 18 months (C) napping together while on vacation at Panama City Beach

Should we be worried???

:)

My Sweet K, 8.5 Months

Dear K~
As I write this today I've neglected this blog and your monthly updates for 3 months, 3 months in which you have grown, changed and accomplished countless things.  You are now 8 You experienced your first Christmas, New Year's, snow, Valentine's Day, hospital stay & move.  You still haven't met any of our Northern family, including my Grandparents, who you are named after.  I pray that you will be able to meet them.  That they will be able to hold you and you will have a picture of you with them to look at in years to come.

Stats:

Weight:  16.8 lbs
Height:

• You are wearing a Size 3 Diaper
• You are wearing 6-9 Month clothing
• You are sitting well by yourself
• You are crawling,  pulling up on anything & everything, and crusiging along.
• You had your first taste of solid food on your 6 month birthday (cupcakes--ARGH) and have steadily increased your intake since then.   Currently you usually eat a YoBaby for Breakfast, have cereal at lunch time & a jar of Earthsbests babyfood at dinner.  You also nurse throughout the day/night & have bits and tastes of table food throughout the day.
• You are able to drink from a straw all by yourself.
• You love to watch Cody & G play. 
• Nothing & nobody makes you laugh like G does.
• You were hospitalized for 4 days :(  March 7-10th.  It was so hard for Mommy, Daddy & G to see you sick.  Thank God for Dr. Mommy Love.
• You had a fever for several days before the 7th, but it was controlled by medicine (staying around 101 with meds), but during the night of March 6th it spiked at 103.8 with medicine.  Our ped office was open and though we couldnt' get you in at first, Dr. Mommy Love worked her magic and we were seen.  They ran all sorts of tests, all coming out negative, but because of your fever & lethargy they admitted us to the hospital.  You had to sleep in a crib, though Mommy slept on a chair by yourside, have an IV, and have lots of other unpleasant things done.  It made us all very sad and turned you against any strangers.  Thankfully after a course of IV fluids & antibiotics you were able to come home on March 10th!
• Since your hospital visit you are a MOMMY's girl.  You won't stay in the nursery at the Y anymore, so I only work in the evenings now.
• You have found your voice and squeal & make lots of noises.
• You are still nursing & we both LOVE it more each day.

You are amazing and I love you more than words could ever express.