Monday, October 25, 2010

First fundraiser....

Our girlies.

C is slowly becoming much more in control of her world. The phase of amazed wonder of everything around her is leaving us only to be replaced by a very mischevious and happy little girl enjoying everything around her. Her language continues to grow and now she is saying more and more words although she has been able to make herself quite clear about how things should be without words to this point.

As I put K to bed last night she asked me about when her tooth was going to fall out. She was tired of waiting for it to come out... not that we have any loose teeth, a false alert a year ago, but obviously a false alert. I tried to explain to her that her teeth were late coming in so my guess is they would be late to leave as well. She was bummed, but accepted the reasoning and reminded me not to throw the teeth away when they fall out...

In other funny moments, we are getting daily requests for green veggies... the reason, her new best friend from kinder told her the more green veggies she eats the louder her snap will be when she snaps her fingers! So we are eating lots of green and snapping our fingers after each meal to see and yes I didn't tell her that was totally not true...

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Really all those teeth at once...

So C has long been the winner in the most teeth contest comparted to K. K had one tooth at 13 months. C had 8 at 8 months... We returned home to two very very happy monkeys! C unfortunately felt a bit warm to the touch and was a bit fussy. We decided this was all linked to missing mommy and daddy and just spent the time enjoying her. Unfortunately by 4pm in the middle of a bday party for one of K's friends she was really hot... and so the fever began... over 102 degrees lasting for over 16 hours... the medicine did nothing to bring it down and so we worried, called urgent care as if we were first time parents and spent all night Sunday holding our little girl... especially when her breathing became very fast and shallow we became very very worried... As it turns out finally the fever broke the 102+ range and she was finally able to sleep. Monday resulted in a doctor's visit as she still was not her normal self... everything looked ok... except her swollen gums and about five molars who all decided to appear at once. A little dehydration was treated with Jamba Juice and it appeared we were through the worst of it. Unfortunately the fever returned about an hour after the doctor's visit and is still here today. Nothing like it was, but still here... Here's to hoping the teeth do their thing quickly and our little girl returns... we are really missing her. Now that vacay seems like quite a distant memory.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Our first long getaway

We are nearing the end of our coupley get away that was made possible thanks to our amazing mom's who have been taking care of both kids and our kitty, all our wonderful friends who have helped with school pick ups, weekend coverage and countless offers of help.... Thank you everyone for making it possible. We are so lucky!

The trip so far has been awesome and amazing... It is sometimes easy to forget what traveling so light can be like. i.e no diaper bags, strollers etc. In fact we managed to leverage carry on only for the entire trip which would never be possible as a family of four. We started our trip in Florence and ventured out to Tuscanny and some other surrounding towns. One of the towns neither one of us had been since our babymoon before K... It was so wonderful to remember all the hopes and joys you have as you become parents... We went on to Paris, and the end of carrry on only... a dangerous town for my shopping bug especially since we had to bring things for the kids.. had to! The things I bought for me, well those not sure how they ended up there... The trip so far has been full of amazing food, late night walks, dinner at 11pm, loads of museums, cappucinos, wine and exploring parks. The last part of the trip, has us out in Chantilly which is the work part of the trip for me and a chance to continue to try and figure out if we could live in Europe for a short period... one can dream. Heading home on Saturday and couldn't be more excited to return home to our two girls. Lots of pics to follow... and more importantly lots of memories and appreciation for our time as two.