dentist

I just got home from taking AK to the dentist and a trip to the grocery store.

The dentist=no fun for the tot. For one, she's not okay being confined in a place that she wants to get into everything her little fingers can touch explore. And two, she's not so fond of laying her head in some strangers lap with his fingers all up in her grill. HAHAHAHA. Okay, all joking aside, she hated it. She screamed her head off...which I guess was good in a sense because he was able to get a good look at her teeth and such. He said they look great, applied some fluoride paste on her pearly whites and we were on our way with rubber glove chicken balloon in hand. I didn't get any pictures because that would've been too much to handle at the time.

Then to the store we went.

Usually, I have a really hard time with her at the store. I haven't exactly made her sit perfectly still and quiet through the much dreaded appending doom shopping trips. A lot of times I end up holding her, pushing the cart with one hand all the while trying to handle a grocery list and trying to control teeny hands from grabbing things off the shelf. It's not a pretty picture ladies. Not one bit. I really wanted to start early with sitting nicely and quietly, buckled in, not having mommy balancing a circus act or standing in the back of the basket going through stuff while doing the shopping but I failed. Big time. I allowed the loud voice that comes from her little body to control me for the sake of others...and my sanity. BUT the other day when I had to make a quick run to the store I put her in the basket, buckled her up and made her sit there the whole time. AND guess what, she didn't even really object. She kept tugging on the belt saying, “uh-oh” like it was an accident that she was actually strapped in but she stayed calm and stayed in. It was so nice! So I tried it again today. At one point, she actually climbed out of the strap while I wasn't looking because I had it too loose. So I carried her for a few minutes and then we tried it again, this time tightening the belt, and that's where she remained the rest of the trip. She wasn't as okay with it as the other day but she dealt just fine. What a relief.

So now, I'm going to go relax while she makes tons of racket in her bed naps (maybe a cinnamon roll and apple juice before nap wasn't a good idea afterall-I HAD TO PUT AWAY GROCERIES. GA!). Tata.

today...

While my husband is on the front deck doing his part in this parenting journey, blowing bubbles, I have a quick break before he leaves for work. Yay! Today I FINALLY found AK a doctor nearby, instead of an hour and a half away, and I FINALLY set up an appointment to take her to the dentist-tomorrow at 10AM. Lets hope she's up by then since she usually sleeps until around 9:30 or 10 every morning. I'd hate to wake her up but I just might have to.

Excuse the "I don't care if you're taking a picture, I'm NOT smiling" face and check out this dress my mom bought AK from Wal-Mart this weekend for $5. I LOVE it and today I made a bow to match. It's not like she NEEDED a bow to go with it but I wanted to make a pretty navy-sheer one. She also bought the ribbon :). What would we do without grandmas?? Gotta love 'em and the things they do!
Here's a better pics of the bow:

It's cute, but she makes it better :).

Then at one point today, she wanted in her bed. It wasn't even naptime. This was before naptime. She's been doing that lately and I have no idea why. She climbs on the side rail and hangs there until I put her in. So again today, I tossed her in and let her be. Of course, there was a Brainy Baby video on but whatev, she still willingly sat in her bed with no objection. I continued on with housework while she hung out in there. Oh, and she wanted to wear her slippers. Hahaha. My child, I don't know where she gets her little quirks from but I enjoy them and they make me laugh. She is her own little person and she knows what she wants and when she wants it. Eventually, here soon, we're going to have to direct it a little and teach her about patience and such. Oh the joys.

Well, that's all for now. I'll let you all know how the dentist goes.

P.S. She's wearing the same dress tomorrow for her appointment. I washed it and everything...in hopes that it might shrink a little. I even made a second bow-different style-for her to wear with it. I just wanted to give everyone a little heads up incase I post pics of her tomorrow in the same outfit minus the pink fuzzy slippers. HAHAHA!

the weekend

Here's AK at her grandma's house doing THE finger point I've been trying to capture for a while now.


Giving my sweet girl some sugars


Swimming with Daddy at the hotel


6AM in the morning, watching cartoons, after puking all over the hotel bed...good thing we had another one.

So, AK has been fighting a fever for a couple of days now. She's been sneezing a mega mess and having a runny nose. I wrote it off as allergies and teething. I mean, sounds legit right?! Well, on Saturday we went to Waco and checked into our hotel.

Oh wait, I need to back up a day or two. I took her to McD's on Thursday or Friday to play and she totally had a blow out. I can't remember if I've mentioned that in a previous post or not. It totally looked like teething poop.

Okay, back to Saturday. We had been in our room maybe 5 minutes when she had ANOTHER blow out. All up the back. Amazingly, the shorts were spared but her shirt was beyond re-wear. It was bad. So in the bath she went. After that we tried to lay down for a nap...because it was about that time. Well, AK was totally being CUTE and the nap didn't happen. She was actually TALKING. Saying stuff we've been saying to her for a while now and she just starting busting it out...all on her own. She would pull the covers up over her head and whisper, "hi-hi-hi", which in AK language is, "hide, hide, hide". It was so cute!!! Sean does this with her all the time. They'll both get under the covers and "hide". Then, while I was trying to ignore her she started pulling the covers up and down over her face saying, "p-ta-boo"! OH MY GOSH, I was so excited. She was just laying behind me saying, "p-ta-boo, p-ta-boo". It melted my heart. And then we got up and just headed on over to my mom's, without a nap. We hung out, had dinner and headed back to the hotel to swim. My mom came to watch. So her and I sat pull side while AK swam with daddy. The pool was indoor and heated so that was nice. After that, my mom, AK and I left daddy down to enjoy the hot tub for a little while and we went up to give her her SECOND bath of the day. My mom eventually left and we were in business for bed.

I started feeling quite sick soon after we got in bed. My stomach was hurting so bad. I kept feeling like I needed to throw up but I couldn't allow myself to do such. I hate throwing up. So, I guess for forcing myself to hold it in it decided to come out the other end. AAHHHH. Not good!

THEN Anna-Kate started waking up crying and with fever. It was so pitiful and not ideal! She would wake up about every hour crying in discomfort. Around 6 AM I guess her little body had finally had enough and she threw up on the bed. Niiiice. Good thing it was around the time breakfast was served! I got her to eat some yogurt and cheerios and she seemed to feel so much better. So we all napped from 8AM-12 and it was great to finally get some rest. We got up, gave AK her THIRD bath, packed our things and left for my mom's house for a little while.

At some point she started feeling really bad again and running a fever. We waited around for a little bit and then decided to finally head back home. She was so pitiful looking. She just sat in her carseat, quiet as never before and just starred into space. She eventually fell asleep and when we got home I put her in our bed and she slept for another two hours! She must've needed it! She's still running a fever at this momemt and I'm hoping the vomit doesn't return. We're still trying to decide if she needs to see the doc or not. With her and I having tummy issues at the same exact time I'm assuming it's some stomach bug that'll pass soon. Lets hope.

new bows!!!

the first one is one of my favorites!!

flashback friday

Almost TWO years ago-oh my gosh-this is what my precious little girl looked like when we were bringing her home from the hospital *sigh*.



I can't believe how bitty she was...AND she looked so much like her daddy!...BUT, the nose never fails, it's mine all the way.