Chillin' on a Saturday

This morning, Willa thought Maya would look cool with sunglasses. Amazingly, She didn't even try to take them off.

Last night, Jackie watched her while we went to the baseball game. Thanks again, Aunt Jackie!! It turned out to be a great night out. The rain stopped right when the baseball game started and the Cards won 11-1. And, we got to see Pujols hit a 3-run homer in the upper deck. Our tickets were for the top deck but because of the weather, a lot of people didn't show and we found good seats on lower level on the 3rd base side.

Upon coming home, Maya had just woken up. Lezlie fed her a bottle and this time she stayed asleep for awhile longer. After one more feeding by myself in the middle of the night, she slept until 9am. I think she was a little wore out from watching Willa's every move.

We have gone on a couple walks with Maya and Vinnie on the nice days. Hopefully, we can make that into a habit instead of our lazy winter tv-watching routine. Not today, though. It's dreary again. In the 70s tomorrow and Monday and high of 80 on Tuesday. I may have to take one of those days off.

By the way, new pictures are in the slideshow.

Earthquake

Last night was a little interesting. It's not very often that I wake up in the middle of the night with my entire house shaking. Lezlie and I both woke up from the quake. At first, I thought it was thunder but after going to the kitchen and hearing all of the dishes rattle, I was convinced it was an earthquake. In the morning, I thought it was a dream but soon saw the news to prove me wrong. Maya stayed sound asleep through the entire thing. Vinnie was outside at the time and didn't even bark. Knowing him, he was cowering in the bushes.

Tonight, Maya is having fun with cousin Willa. I don't think I've seen her laugh for so long at something. Willa was trying to impress us all with her dancing, while in her underwear of course. Later, Lezlie, Tommy, Julie and I will be heading downtown for the baseball game. Right now, it looks pretty dreary but it has yet to be cancelled.

FYI, I hope to have some more up to date pictures uploaded soon. And, when we come home in two weeks, we have some pictures for everyone that were taken at J.C. Penney.

Sick Again

I'm frustrated and sad to report that Maya is sick again. She woke early Wednesday morning with a fever. Brandon took her to see the doctor and she has an ear infection. We are not sure if it is another infection or if it is the same one from a couple of weeks ago still lingering on. This morning she still had a low fever so we are hanging out at home today. Right now she is fever free and has been interested in playing a little bit but is still pretty clingy. She wants to sit on my lap and play with her toys. I don't mind though, I could sit and hold her all day.

Don't worry anyone, we know exactly how much antibiotic to give her this time!!

Rookie Mistake

Apparently, we aren't the best parents in the world. After getting diagnosed with her fourth ear infection, Dr. Davis gave us some samples of a different antibiotic. I liked not having to pay for the drug but this time, we had to mix the stuff ourselves. Now, you're probably thinking that's where we screwed up. It isn't. Along with the antibiotic, he gave us some Motrin. The dose for the Motrin was supposed to be 1/2 tsp. The dose for the antibiotic was supposed to be 1 1/2 ml. This is where we screwed up. We have been giving her 1/2 tsp of both for the past week, which happens to be almost twice as much as 1 1/2 ml. So, Lezlie freaked out and called the hospital exchange. They freaked her out even more when they told her to call the poison control center immediately. So, she called and they asked a few questions--what medicine, what dosage, and whether she had eaten lately. She had so the lady said not to worry, but she may spit up or have diarrhea. During all this, I stayed calm. My theory was that we had given her the same dosage for almost a week and she hadn't puked yet. She was just getting an extra dose. And, the engineer in me knew they would make this stuff so that even if idiots like us doubled the dose, no harm would be done.

Other than that, our week has been pretty non-eventful. It seems like now rolling over onto her stomach is now a reflex. If you put her on her back, she immediately tries to flip. But, she's still having trouble going belly to back. Here a funny video of her...



Below is Maya's first message to you all. She loves to type on the computer!!

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