a few more pics

I mentioned briefly that our nurse, Rosa, is out of town.  I got a quick picture of her and B when she was here last...they look deep in conversation:

H:

Just for the record:

* B weighed 7lbs-2.5oz last night...I know this is less than at the doc the other day, but they weigh her with clothes and we do it right before bath time

* B eats 60mL (that's 2 oz) 6x per day...3, 7, and 11am and pm...yes, we still get up in the night but have it worked to a science now!  

What else is going on around here???

The usual getting ready for school stuff...H goes back to school in a week...ahhhhhh!  I'm not ready!  He IS!

Dinner time...

C

Monday update and random stuff

Here's a sweet video of H and B from this afternoon...she's smiling in her sleep:

if you can't see this, let me know...I literally have no clue what I am doing with this Mac!

Cannot believe I am about to post this, but I am!  You NEED to get this app for your iPhone...H put it on mine.  It is high-larious...hours of entertainment...really fun if you can do this over the speakers in your vehicle!  It's called AutoRap and I cannot wait to show this to my parents...will be even funnier to see them use it.  

Well, curse of the MAC...I can't figure out how to post the rap we made today.  It's called Battley Cate's To Do List.  It's funny...guess you'll have to trust me.

Battley is FINALLY fever free for a few days in a row!  Yea!!!

We have a new drink around here...limeade!  We had one at Brent's drugstore a while back and can't get over them...they have some secret trick that we can't get exactly the same though.

I've spent the past few days searching for a new mirror trick...think we may have found an idea...a video monitor for the car...they make these!  Adam's gotta investigate...apparently "video" stuff falls into his jurisdiction.

C

The Nice List

Blogging may be hard for a while...Adam decided to swap my computer for a Mac...boo!  I haven't used one since college and am lost!  I have some pics on my camera that I can't get loaded to this thing yet, but I did manage to figure out how to get one or two from my phone from today...

Look who is on Santa's NICE list!!

Santa has an AWESOME handle-bar mustache that you can't see in this pic!  As a side note, H wants to grow one!

Our doctor's appointment yesterday went well.  The doc thinks that even if B did have a virus before it is gone now and her fevers are probably from a temperature instability issue...for the record that means Rosa, you were right if you are reading this!  (Our sweet nurse, Rosa, is out of town for a bit)  All is well and B weighed 7lbs-4.5oz there!!

H ran a 5k this morning:

Our sweet MB and I in our sweet baby shirts (her in Ava Grace's new shirt):

C

18 weeks

We have had quite a week around here!  My Gramma who lives 4 hours away came down for a visit.  She stayed with us for 2 days.  While she was here we:

* shelled peas...lots of peas...fresh from my uncles garden

* ran errands...Target, the Post Office, the bank, and had lunch out!  Quite a feat if you would have seen it!
* someone ran 14 or so miles...NOT ME!
* and squeezed in some work

Gramma holding B:

18 weeks old:

Last night H and I had our weekly tennis lesson...it's the ONLY exercise I get so I'm glad it didn't rain this week!  We picked up dinner on the way home since they were giving away free sweet tea...H's favorite:

Today we are off to the pediatrician...just a check up.

C

2 things for my tennis buddy, Terri:
1. Did you know this post was about you? Change of Plans
2. Found the cup, filled it up, walked out of store, saw paper was still in cup...FAIL!

4 months and 7lbs

So I'm a day late...such is life around here!  Battley turned 4 months yesterday.  She also tipped the scales last night at 7lbs-1/2oz!  

We stayed home all weekend so our gal could sleep and try to feel better.  We had a cardiologist appt this morning.  There is no change in the size of her VSD (hole in heart).  I still hold a sliver of hope that a miracle could happen, but it didn't happen today.  The doc also looked at her x-ray from last week.  She thinks this is something viral and maybe B just has a harder time fighting off little things because her heart is working overtime.  Her x-ray looked okay though!!  Yea!  They were making sure she didn't have pneumonia.

When we left the doctor's office I ran a quick errand and left Adam and sleeping B in the car.  I was literally inside for 5 minutes.  When I got back in the car B was out of her seat and Adam said, "Uh...we are gonna need a change of clothes back here".  This is what happened next:

Don't worry...we are parked!  And you know what happens when the Terhunes park...chaos ensues!  Ha!  I had a fresh pink outfit for B.  We put it on and I passed her back to Daddy...then I hear this..."now let's work on that change of clothes"...uh...he meant for him too...hahahahahaha!!!!

A few pics from tonight...we had dinner with my parents at their favorite hole-in-the-wall!

We MAY have solved the mirror situation...it's still a work in progress.  I'll give you a hint about one of the possible problems though:

 

C

Sat morning

Battley had a very low fever for over a week, so yesterday afternoon we took her back to the pediatrician.  Her regular doc was out so we saw someone else.  She listened to her and then sent us to Batson for an x-ray.  Adam and I figured that it would be an all afternoon affair, but it seriously took us 10-15 mins from the time we walked into the door until we walked out!  Whew!  The doctor called back last night to say (lots of medical terms that I was furiously trying to write down as she said them)...basically she doesn't have pneumonia, but let's put her on some Amoxicillin just in case this could possibly turn that way.  I really think she already feels better this morning!  

Here's B all propped up with her Daddy this morning:

Thanks for all the mirror suggestions!  Adam and I will be working on that little project again this weekend!

I have been thinking back to how much things have changed for us since those first few weeks we brought B home from the hospital.  Remember this post?  A Day with Battley Cate  Our days are totally different now!  We are much more relaxed and not in constant fear that she will have apnea.  It's safe to say now that she doesn't wear her apnea monitor at night any longer.  We tried it for a night and then not again for a week or two.  Then one day we just never put it back on and put it away.  We still have it, but she is more comfortable without it on.  Maybe we will do another day with B post soon so you can see what all has changed.

Happy Weekend to You!!

C  

17 weeks

C