Life on the Coast...the one that matters...

Halle and I have been on the coast for over a week now and we are both doing really well. We are looking forward to the arrival of daddy tomorrow though. Halle misses him. I wouldn't give her her own way the other day and she asked for him. Too cute. Halle has made some leaps forward in our time here. She know days 'I don't know' and holds out her hands in a questioning manner. She has also been working on spelling her name with Nana. It's pretty cute. She has not reacted well to the black flies. Her bites are swollen and look infected. Does anyone know any remedies you can put on a 16 month old? Halle's hair seems to have grown since we've been here. I have to keep it pinned back out of her eyes which is a challenge. The other day I caught her chewing one of her hair elastics like it was bubble gum. Nana has been keeping her well fed and I think she eats more than me at a meal. A bowl of cereal and toast for breakfast, a glass of milk and fruit. Yeeesh! She must be having a growth spurt or something.

When Alan arrives with the laptop I will post some pictures. Halle had her first ice cream cone the other day. It was mildly amusing watching her get the last of the ice cream out of the cone. She loves my mom's little dog too. She hand feeds her whether the dog is hungry or not. She and Papa have BIG conversations at the dining table discussing the days events and sometimes what she says even sounds like English. She calls my sister 'Jay' and gives her big hugs. Halle is a huge fan of her Uncle Allan (yes, my sister is marrying a guy named Allan too. He loves shopping, talks just as much etc etc). He was playing with her on the couch in the livingroom and it was all belly laughs. He's a big teddy bear.

Saturday is 'the lobster feed' as they say out here. After we finish indulging and gorging ourselves, I will hopefully have some interesting pics!!1

Need we say more???

Ahh...she smiles!

I know that Halle is on the mend now because she smiled today for the first time since Sunday evening. She is almost back to her old self.(all 16 months old!) I took her back to the doctor today to get her ears checked and the ear infection is gone. The doctor said her breathing was a lot better too. Good news! I was starting to get worried about our flight! Halle and I are going to visit my family again. (I want to visit as many times as possible while Halle still flies for free. I`m not sure how I am going to contain her in the seat this time being a whole two months older... I`ll worry about that later. )

The croup and nothing but the croup...so help me!

Halle did okay last night. Her fever came back so I was measuring Advil at 3am using the light from the fridge while Halle was screaming mad because I tried to give her a drink. Yeeesh! Today was a pretty quiet day for us. Halle's energy level of yesterday was not there and she napped a lot which is good. I think we should see a big change in her by tomorrow afternoon when the antibiotics start to do their thing. Tonight she is back sleeping in our bed elevated on the pillows. I put her in her crib to sleep originally but she was coughing so much that she threw-up. Blankie is going to need another bath. I decided that one more night with me won't totally ruin her sleeping schedule. It just seems her cough is much worse at night. It's another damp, cool evening so I opened the windows to let some of that air into the room. Hopefully that will help Halle with her breathing. Poor little bug! I can't wait until you are better and back to your old self!!

Halle Update

Well, it must be nice to have the energy of a sixteen month old!! Halle was up today like nothing had happened yesterday!! She was jumping in her crib this morning, dancing to Barney and in a generally good mood. She wasn't very keen on taking in any liquids. I tried everything. Popsicles, juice, tea from my cup, ice water, milk...She had maybe 8 oz today which I don't think is enough. I'll be keeping an eye on her.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

No....not the weather...Halle. My poor little bug has a fever. She woke up around ten Sunday night kind of fussing so I went to check on her. She was boiling up. I took her temp and it was 39.5 Kinda scary for this first-time mom. I gave her some Tylenol and we ended up sleeping in the guestroom. She had a bad cough too so keeping her head elevated seemed to help. Monday morning at five I woke up because it felt like someone had burned me on my side. I realized that it was Halle's feet. They were so hot. I gave her some Advil because I was out of Tylenol. The taste of grape flavored medicine at 5:30 did not sit well with Halle so we got up and watched some Treehouse. (Yeah, I know. I'm breaking my rule about TV) We both fell asleep on the sofa and didn't get up until 10. Halle just sat on the sofa watching Rolli Polli Olli and not doing anything. She hardly moved. That is not my girl. Her temperature rose to 40.3 so we went to the doctor. She has the croup and an ear infection. As if one of those is not bad enough. Halle was given some meds and seems to be doing better today.

Rain, rain, go away....

New Camera; posts pending

Well, I sorta, well actually, definitely left our digital camera out in the rain for two days. Needless to say, it didn't work very well after. We have been camera-less for two weeks other than borrowing Grandma's camera for a few days. We finally decided on a new point and shoot camera and should have some more blog updates in the next while. The only thing left to do is read the 200 page manual...and charge the battery. :)