My sick little scooter

Kevin and I took shifts staying home with Haley today; she seems to have caught some sort of nasty little bug. She's been coughing at night and naptime for nearly two weeks now, and it seemed to get worse this weekend. Mom took her to the dr for us on Monday. The dr wrote us a prescription for an antibiotic but asked us to wait a few days before we fill it. He suggested that he cough seems to be breaking up, and she may just have something viral that will run it's course. Kevin and I both agreed (how often does THAT happen?).

Haley started feeling pretty bad Monday night. She woke up crying at 4:30 AM this morning, and she didn't sleep for any real period of time after that (neither did I!). It definitely seems that she's caught something new; the cough/congestion she's been battling for a few weeks can't be what's making her feel so bad today.

I've never seen her feel this bad - she spent all day on the couch. She didn't even want to get up to go to the bathroom. She's never had a fever this high before, either. It was 103.1 late this afternoon. By alternating Tylenol and Motrin every 4 hours, we've brought it down to 100.3.

Everyone keeps reminding me that we need to get better by this Friday night for Disney Clubhouse - hopefully, we'll be able to do just that!

Here's my little scooter...she NEVER naps on the couch. However, she laid there all day today and took 3 or 4 naps.



Haley did not talk much today, either. Just a few minutes ago, she felt so bad that when I asked her if she was OK, all she would do was nod her head - she couldn't even say 'Yes.' However, when I was bathing her tonight, she said 'Mommy, I love you.' She also walked from the den to the kitchen tonight to hug my legs and pat baby Kendall while I washed dishes. What a sweetie! Who could complain about taking care of a sick baby when you get affection like that in return?

Jennifer's Day Off

I had the day off from work today, so I got to spend it with Haley. We both slept in until about 8:00. A little after 8 AM, I heard Haley yelling 'Mommy! Mommy!' I yelled back upstairs to her, and she replied 'Mom, can I get up now?' I told her yes, and she yelled 'Thank you!' I'm not sure how long this will last, but it's nice that she asks our permission before getting out of bed in the morning.

It was rainy outside, and I was very sleepy, so I pulled her up onto the bed with me and let her watch cartoons for an hour or so (OK, maybe longer;). When I finally started getting her moving for the library, she wasn't thrilled - she preferred to stay in bed and watch cartoons - but we eventually got moving. We had our favorite breakfast - chocolate chip muffins and fruit - before heading off to the library.

Today was the last day of Haley's current toddler story time class at the library. I got to see the other kids, moms, and grandmoms that Haley and Marynell talk about all the time. The class even sang one song an extra song because as the teacher, Miss Leslie pointed out, they wanted to help Haley's mom learn it ;)

Haley and Marynell talk all the time about Haley's Monday library class friends, Pierce and Ryan. Ryan wasn't there today, but I did get to meet Pierce. He and Haley sat next to each other in class, and when the class was over they ran around together for awhile. They were very cute. Here they are picking out books to take home at the end of the class.




Here are Haley and Pierce running around the children's room.



After our library class, we headed over to Great Grandmama Jenkins house. We ate lunch with Great Gran and her helper Gia. Haley had fun playing with both Gia and Great Gran. Here are Haley and her Great Grandmama together.



Haley decided that Grandmama needed to take a nap. She used the remote to her chair to get her to recline.

Cookie Doughder

We had beautiful weather this weekend, so Kevin took Haley and her buddy Bianka to the park on Sunday. When they left the park, they picked up ice cream and brought it home. The last time they did this, they brought me chocolate ice cream with cookie dough chunks. I told them they could bring me the same again this time.

When the kids and Kevin got home, Haley yelled as soon as we got in the house 'Mom, we brought you cookie doughder!' She continued to refer to it as doughder rather than dough all afternoon. Bianka and I were both entertained by this. I even asked her at one point if she was eating cookie dough or cookie doughder. She replied that she was eating cookie doughder;)

Jackson's First Birthday

Haley's cousin Jackson celebrated his first birthday this weekend! The weather was beautiful and very warm for February, so the kids got to play outside at Aunt Stacey and Uncle Jason's house. They all had a great time, and Jackson definitely seemed to enjoy his birthday cake.

Click on the picture below to see more pictures of Jackson's 1st birthday!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! This is Haley's third Valentine's Day. Here are some pics that show how much she has grown each year!

Haley's 1st Valentine's Day - 10 months old





Haley's 2nd Valentine's Day - 22 months old





Haley's 3rd Valentine's day - she's almost 3!







Haley, you drove me crazy tonight. You didn't want to come home with me when I went to pick you up - you wanted to stay with Maynee, you told me in the car that you don't love me (you said you only love Maynee and O), you wouldn't eat your dinner, and then you threw up the dinner that you did eat (lovely). But I still love you!!!! Happy Valentine's Day!

Prenatal Appointment #5

I had prenatal appointment number 5 today. The glucose test went well; my number was 110. Everything looked fine with baby girl. The doctor said she has plenty of fluid. Her estimated weight is currently 1.8 pounds. Her measurements put her delivery date at May 17 (only 4 days before her true due date), so she's right on track.

I woke up at about 3 AM last night when Kevin's phone started beeping. I wasn't able to go back to sleep until 5ish this morning, and baby girl was up with me the whole time. I felt lots of movement. It's funny now to think that she's up partying while I'm sleeping, but it won't be funny after she's born!

Haley's in her big girl bed!

Haley started sleeping in her big girl bed this weekend! We've been talking about it for awhile, and she was so excited about it. We finally got her room ready (it still needs a little more decorating, but it's close enough). Haley has been so excited about sleeping up there that she hasn't even asked to 'rock rock' before bed. She's taken two naps up there, and she's done just fine.

Here's Haley getting ready for her first night in her big girl bed.



Night, night!

Fun at the Bounce House

Rick, Sheila, and Madelyn came to visit us tonight. We all went to the Bounce House, where everybody had fun. We went to dinner afterwards, and Haley wanted to sit with her buddy Sheila rather than next to her mommy and daddy.

Little Madelyn is such a smarty pants. She can already count to ten!



Haley made a new friend. They had fun sliding together.



Sheila definitely had fun sliding with Madelyn. Haley LOVES Miss Sheila. They played hide and seek while they bounced.

Valentines Day Tea

Haley, her doll Emma and I went to a Valentines Day tea today. As we got dressed, I showed Haley one of her blue dresses and asked her if she wanted to wear it. She said no, she wanted to wear her Valentines Day dress.

Haley's 'Valentines Day dress' was a birthday gift from Summar and family last year. Haley loves it. I think she calls it her Valentines Day dress because she gets the polka dots mixed up with hearts. She has not seen it in a few months - it's been up stairs with the other out of season dresses. However, she still remembered it and because we were going to a Valentines Day tea, she was insistent on wearing it. The weather was warm today (70ish), so she was able to wear it.



The tea was fun. Little booster seats for the dolls were provided. Haley and I had a choice of hot chocolate or tea. Haley talked all morning about drinking tea, so she was not happy when I ordered hot chocolate for her. I changed her order to tea, but she would not try it when it came. She was perfectly happy with the hot chocolate, though.

Haley had a pink heart shaped cookie with ice cream, I had strawberry cake, and Emma had a chocoalte. Haley helped Emma out by eating her chocolate for her. It was a fun afternoon.

Gold fish and hot chocolate

Oscar stayed home from work today. He had an early afternoon tee time, but he spent the morning with Haley. It worked out well that he stayed home, because Marynell was sick. This morning, Haley had colored gold fish for breakfast, and by the middle of the morning she had convinced O to make her hot chocolate.

Now WHO do you think was in charge - Haley or O? :)

Kevin stayed home with Haley this afternoon. After he got his work done, they did a little light house work together. Haley was a big helper; she emptied the trash cans and cleaned up some of her toys.

Feel better soon, Maynee!

Haley can write her 'H's!

Over the past few days, Haley has learned to write her capital Hs. Haley has been able to recognize her Hs (and several other letters) for awhile. Home Depot is one of our favorite stores to visit together, because she can always find lots of Hs on the signs.

On Wednesday night after we worked on Valentines, I let Haley play with stickers and paper and asked her to write me some Hs. She wrote about 20 of them! I haven't worked with her on writing them in at least a few weeks, and Marynell says she hasn't been working with her on writing them, either. Somewhere along the way, though, she figured out how to write them.