THE GOOD...THE BAD...AND THE UGLY!

Ok, I have put off posting long enough!!! Time for an update! Last post, I was just leaving for Utah. So here's the good...we had a great time visiting both of our families and all of our friends! Kate loved spending time with her cousins and seemed especially interested in her cousin Nicole, who is just about 3 months older than her! It was so fun to see them interact and "play" together, and it made me even sadder that we aren't living close to family!



My friend Sadee's wedding was amazing! She looked BEAUTIFUL and so in love! We were so glad we were able to be there for it! We had my friend Tristyn watch Kate while we were in the temple, and I'm sad to say that she screamed the whole time, Kate...not Tristyn, although I'm sure Tristyn wanted to scream by the time she was done! All said and done, it was great to see everyone again! Here are some pictures of the beautiful bride, I LOVED her dress!





Ok, now the bad. Upon arriving home, we discovered we were all sick! Kate had a cold and Jason and I had tummy troubles! Since I am new to this whole "mom" thing, I was on the phone everyday with my own mom, seeking advice about what to do for my stuffy nosed, croupy cough, up-chucking baby. After a few days of misery, Kate threw up some blood, so we took her in to the E.R. Apparently this bug has been going around; there was an 8 month old there with the same exact problems. After a little waiting and some assurance from the nurse that Kate was going to live, we headed home....with the new found knowledge that we could give Kate Benadryl! Heaven in a bottle if you have a sick baby! We are all feeling much better now!

Kate has developed a real talent for blowing snot bubbles! :)




Now we get to the Ugly!



Jason rolled his ankle playing basketball last week, right at the peak of all of our sicknesses!

AND WE'RE OFF!

Kate and I are about to embark on our first plane trip together without the assistance of Daddy, wish us luck!

SIX MONTHS OLD!!!

I can't believe it has already been 6 months since the doctor placed my sweet, brand new baby in my arms! It amazes me how much she has grown and changed! She becomes more fun every day, and I can't imagine how we ever lived without our little Katers. She truly is the light of our lives!


Just for fun, here is Kate the day we brought her home from the hospital:



And this was taken today:

Barfing Baby!

This weekend Kate woke up from a nap with a temperature of 101 degrees. Of course I called my Mom right away, hoping it could just be a fever from teething or something. Much to my dismay, my Mom said 101 was pretty high for just teething, so I called the doctor. They said to just keep and eye on it and if she had a rough night to bring her into the ER the next day. Well, she was up all night, so Sunday morning we headed into the children's ER. After waiting around for 45 minutes, they called us back to get us checked in and then informed us it would be AT LEAST a 5 hour wait. The nurse said, if she were us she wouldn't wait around and expose Kate to all the germs there. She said one more night wouldn't really hurt if it was just and ear infection. So we headed back home, Kate seemed to be doing better anyway. She slept fine Sunday night, but I still took her to the doctor Monday morning just in case. The doctor said her ears were fine, and her fever was gone, so it was probably just a little virus or something. Feeling good, I went back home and got on with my day, pretty pleased that Kate had plowed through her first real sickness. We had a great evening, the weather was a beautiful 78 degrees and we went on a 2 mile walk. Kate went down for her little evening nap and woke kind of fussy. I went to feed her and she threw up all over! Of course I called my Mom AGAIN, and then called the doctor, as Kate kept it coming about every 5 minutes for the next half hour or so, and then she was so exhausted, she passed out. It was the saddest thing to see, and Jason and I felt so helpless! We took the nurses advice and fed her 2 teaspoons of milk every 5 minutes for the first four hours and then upped the amount to 4 teaspoons for the next four hours. Luckily she kept all that down and is now back to eating as much as she wants (which hasn't been that much) and she has been passed out all morning! I really hope this is the end of the bug this time!

Some More Videos

Not a whole lot going on around here lately, so I decided to just post some more videos. Kate absolutely loves bath time. I swear she would stay in there all night if we let her.



A few nights ago I tried mixing her rice cereal with formula, and she did not like it. Apparently she was still hungry though....




That's all for now!