New idea to come

So I have seriously neglected blogging. I thought it wasn't going to be too bad but I found that I had a hard time telling everyone about what was going on around here on a daily basis....so I have a new idea. I am always hearing and seeing about 365 photo ideas so Doodle's world is going to become host to the 365 photo page. Not sure what the pictures will be of but there will be one everyday. Can't promise I will comment about all of them but it should be interesting to see how it goes!!

Feeling better

Avery is feeling much better! I'm still not sure about the flu diagnosis but whatever has been going on seems to be gone!

She has also been talking a lot more. Now I'm not sure this is such a good thing. This morning she climbed into bed with Ricky and I, she turned to her daddy and told him he needed a haircut! When he asked her if he could grow his hair long like hers she told him "no because you have daddy hair!"

Saturday night she got on to her grandpa too, no one is safe from the new found words Avery can say!! He thought she was finished with her drink so he finished if for her. As you can guess it didn't go well when she found out. It included her pointing her finger at him and saying "you hear me?"

Tomorrow starts a new week. We changed her time for speech so she is going in the morning, her teachers and I agreed that she would probably do better with the morning class that has a couple of other little girls in it. We'll see how it goes!!

Double ear infection and the flu...

We spent a couple of hours at the doctors office yesterday because Avery was still running a fever and the child NEVER runs a fever! We were giving her Motrin every 4-6 hours and it still wasn't helping, plus her coughing was terrible and I was worried it would start getting into lungs and causing issues.

We walked out of the office knowing that she had a double ear infection and they sent tests for strep and flu out just in case. Avery's doc decided to go ahead and treat the ear infections just in case they were the causing the fever, and if she had strep we would already have meds in place to take care of it.

Got a call today that her flu test came back positive. They are sending it out to test for H1N1 just to try and track it...but it isn't going to change anything we are doing. The big things for her are to monitor and make sure she stays hydrated and to monitor her fever. There is a slight concern because of the other medical issues we have been dealing with that we still haven't nailed down but we are just keeping close tabs on her. I'm so glad now that my training this week was canceled so I can stay home with her!!

She seems to be feeling a little better today. She still coughs alot and ends up making herself gag because of the draining but we are making it.

Still not sure where she picked it up, could be from Nicole's kids, she had one that was sick right around Avery's birthday then the rest seemed to get sick one after another that week. Or it could have been from all the coughing, sneezing kids in the lobby of the doctor's office (that weren't supposed to be there) when she went in for her well check. If her insurance hadn't mandated I take her I would have rescheduled it. She has had a great time cuddling with mommy and I can't lie I have loved cuddling with her too!!

Sick...so sick!!

You know Avery is sick when she would rather lay on my chest than go to gymnastics. She seems to be having these huge swings from feeling great to being miserable. Poor baby, she is sneezy and coughing. Every thing is still clear so fingers crossed that it's just allergies. I asked her if she wanted to go to gymnastics and she actually told me "no" that she just wanted to sit on my lap instead. I have also created a monster when it comes to medications...let me say I am so thankful that she takes medications willingly with out fighting me but that also means as soon as she coughs, sneezes, or feels like she might do any of thsoe things then she wants medication!!

We have also entered into a new phase that Ricky and I aren't liking very much! Avery is really testing her feelings and trying to figure them all out...sounds great right.....WRONG...this leads to swings between highs and lows. One minute we are really happy and the next minute we are running out of the room slamming the doors saying something about how mean one of her parents is. If you get onto her about something then she runs off and gets upset, then she comes back in and asks if you are happy or sad.

We have been through some fun stages but this one might just be the end of us all!!!

Not much new...

There isn't much going on around here. We are in a holding pattern of sorts. Next big doctors appt isn't until the 22nd of this month. She starts speech tomorrow at her "big school" and I'm really bummed that I can't be there. I have training all week so I'm going to miss out, I'm sure she will do fine and she will have a lot to tell me about.

Avery seems to have allergies like her parents. She has had a runny nose and sneezes. I'm hoping the medication will help her kick it quickly. Her doctor did mention at her well check that she had fluid that was starting to build behind her ears so that's not good...that means we could be looking at another ear infection (we hoped we would be past them by now!)

Sick...blech!

Avery seems to be coming down with something...well actually she seems to have come down with something. Nicole missed her birthday party last weekend because Kadence was running a fever, then she was closed on Monday because Carson was sick too....UGH I really thought we missed out since she was home Monday and Tuesday but apparently not.

I took her temp this evening when I noticed she was starting to feel warm and it was up to 101.7 and climbing...gave her some Motrin and she's sleeping now. I really hope whatever it is passes quickly. We were supposed to go to the pumpkin patch and take pictures with Baby Bob tomorrow but I called to put that on hold until she's feeling better.

One good note, we have our appointment scheduled for the urologist. It is scheduled for October 22nd at 9am. So it's not that far away...hopefully we will learn something then!

"I be three again today?"

All in all Avery had a great day. Even thought she had to spend 3 hours at the doctor's office today. She was so funny when she woke up this morning. I was sitting in bed with her and was singing happy birthday she got a very excited look on her face and then asked "I be three again today?" This is the first year she has really grasped the concept of her birthday and getting a year older. With having her party on Saturday we tried to explain she would be three on her birthday (today) and not this past weekend (at her party.) Needless to say we spent the rest of the day assuring her that yes she is three again today.

Avery decided to wear her princess outfit again today, and she rocked it out!!Avery was already scheduled for her three year well check today but they had to do more checking to get her referral for the urologist. Luckly there is one in town that specializes in renal and urology so we are waiting for our appointment to be scheduled. She was such a trooper, I would have run screaming from the room after being cooped up for that long but she managed to entertain herself the whole time. Granted a lot of her entertainment came from the fact that they had her get into a paper gown that was huge...but she had a good time with it!!
We also had gymnastics today so we decided to take cupcakes to her friends in her class. Gymnastics went okay, she had a couple of lapses of attention and had a hard time focusing but she had a really busy day. She had a really great time sharing with her friends. It was so cute to see her take the cupcakes in to the gym as she says "Friends you want to share cupcakes with me?" So precious!!

After finishing gymnastics we went to grandma and grandpa's house for yet another birithday celebration. Avery is very good at blowing out the candles on birthday cakes...or in tonights case brownies. It has been such a great day. Our miracle baby is another year older and it seems like just yesterday that she was placed in our arms for the first time. I can't believe I have a three year old, and I can only look forward to all the exciting times to come!!