1. When Olivia was getting her breathing treatments using a nebulizer she would say, "Look mom. She's breathing!"
2. She often talks with a twang to her speech. For example, when she says dad, the "a" makes two different sounds that are both pronounced.
3. When we were in Kohls the other day, she was holding my hand and looking around saying, "Where is my mother?" I told her, "You silly. I am your mother." She told me that we could pretend that I was the sister and she continued to look for a manikin that she could pretend was her mother. I think she does these things sometimes just to embarrass me. Needless to say, we got lots of funny looks. Apparently she also hugged a manikin in St. Louis Cardinals apparel and told Trevor that that was her dad and that he was the brother. What a silly girl!
Another blog worthy event (in my mind) is that we got a new bed and upgraded to a king sized one. It is wonderful! It was definitely a worth while investment.
Lastly, Trevor and I got to spend some quality time with Olivia in the hospital. On Sunday she was having some problems breathing and had a fever so we took her to an urgent care center. They took a couple of chest x-rays and diagnosed her with pneumonia, gave her a prescription, and sent her home. The next day I had a follow up with a family practitioner. She felt that Olivia sounded very tight and prescribed a steroid to help her loosen up so she could breath better. On Tuesday evening Olivia was still sounding really bad and she was working really hard to breath. While I was at work Trevor researched and found out that babies with pneumonia typically should be doing much better after 48 hours on an antibiotic. We decided it was time to take her to the ER. Luckily a wonderful neighbor came over to house sit while our other kid slept. When we arrived at the ER we were thrilled to see the waiting room packed. We were ready for a long night. Luckily, (I guess) babies with breathing problems get high priority so we were in like a dirty shirt. After a few more chest x-rays and some more tests, it came back that Olivia had RSV. Her O2 levels were a little low so they put her on some oxygen and checked us into a room for the night. They decided to keep her on the antibiotic because the x-ray looked like she possibly had a bacterial infection as well. Luckily, on Wed. morning they were able to take her off the oxygen and she did all right. Trevor brought the kids to come and visit us and to bring me stuff for the night since the attending physician said she wanted to watch her for another night. Shortly after Trevor arrived the resident came by and told us that he thought Olivia was doing well enough to go home and he was going to talk with the attending physician to see if she was okay with that. He came back to tell us that we were going home! YEAH!! We went home at 5:00, just in time for a neighbor to bring dinner over for us. Olivia is sounding and looking much better today. I hope that was our first and last trip to that emergency room.
Now just a few cute random pictures of my girls that I wanted to share.
All the girls watching Super Why. It is their new favorite thing.
The girls on a playgroup trip to Krispy Kreme
Tori and Trevor doing yoga
10 comments:
Whew EE! I'd say you had a crazy month. The girls are all SO cute. Do you want more clothes? I will save them for you if you do... just let me know.
Love Diane
Happy Birthday Tori! I'm glad Olivia's feeling better. All your girls look like so much fun. I can't believe how old the twins look. Way to be awesome parents! Keep up the great work.
I am so glad that Olivia is doing better. THanks for all the cute pictures... those girls just make me smile.
Wow!! They are so cute, but I'm sure they keep you busy.
I was very glad to see Tori in those tights doing yoga and not someone else I know:) Cute cute girls! Love em
Man oh man. Sorry to hear you're not doing well Elise. And that you've been replaced by a manikin. Maybe you can leave a manikin downstairs sometime and have her babysit the kids while you take a nap. I mean, if she gets the title, shouldn't the manikin have some responsibilities? I think it's only fair. Well, here's hoping you get feeling better quickly and can make the trip to AWESOME Alabama. We'll take good care of you and have a ball, even if we're all have issues with emesis.
I can't stand it! You're girls are too cute. So glad Olivia's better:( I'm proud of Trevor for at least putting hats on them!
Hats are such a great idea for dads who don't want to do hair...you're a smart one Trevor!
you guys are so cute. happy belated birthday tori! and i'm so sorry about olivia! a sick baby is never fun! we miss you guys! stay in touch!
I finally found it!
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