Our plans
We are officially moving to Arizona! We have an apartment that will be ready for us July 10th. We plan to go sometime around there. The apartment is San Prado and is right next to the med school which will be really nice. We are excited for the move, but sad to leave all of our family here behind. We will miss being so close to everyone.
Bed bugs
Lydia was starting to get bites all over her. First, I saw them on her knee. Then they were on her hands, eye, and arms. I couldn't figure out where in the world she was getting the bites, but I noticed she had more every time she woke up from a nap or in the morning when she woke up. I looked all over her room and couldn't find anything. I was ripping everything apart for any sign of any bug. I googled it and they looked like they might be bed bugs but I doubted there would be one in a crib mattress.
I looked even harder, and found one. It was disgusting. We found a live bed bug hiding in Lydia's crib pads(on the side of her crib). It also had eggs. We bagged it up and took it to the office. They came and looked around and couldn't find more, but they called in an exterminator. We had to bag everything up, empty drawers and closets, wash everything, turn furniture upside down, flip mattresses up, and vacuum to get ready for the exterminator. I didn't know where to put Lydia while we waited for the exterminator, so we went to Grandma's!
The exterminator came and couldn't find any sign of any bed bugs. He said he thought we must have had a hitch hiker. Lydia just wanted a little pet and to go see Grandma and Grandpa.
nasty
She had about 20 bites all over
It took forever to do all this. It took even longer to undo all of this.
Sick
While at Grandma's, Lydia got sick. Really sick. Her fever got up to 103.8 and she wasn't eating or drinking. She was up all night and whimpered all day. It was so sad. We took her to the doctor, and they saw blisters at the back of her throat. They said they think she had hand, foot, and mouth, but only in her mouth. We have no idea where she would have caught this, but it went away in a few days. Just in time for her first birthday!
My poor sick baby with glazed over eyes. :(
She was so sad and sick so we gave her a present early. She got to open her baby doll from Grandma Julie!
1st birthday!
Miss Lydia is one! She is now 16 pounds, 10 oz. She has no teeth...still. At her dr. appointment, she met all the 12 month milestones except for pointing at animals and body parts. She says mama, dada, duck, quack, uh oh(uh uh), and up. She loves to eat(especially blueberries) and likes to be as loud as she can. She gets bowls, pans, etc. and screams into them so it echoes. She loves taking baths because the bathroom echoes too. She walks along furniture and can stand for about 5 seconds by herself. We are still working on keeping her heels down and her feet straight. (Preemies often have tight leg muscles). Lydia loves playing peek a boo. She is starting to play games with me and it is really fun. She lip syncs when music comes on.
For her first birthday, we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We put a tutu on her high chair which was pretty cute. Thomas made pancakes for breakfast and made Liddy sized ones for her. Lydia loves her cousins. When Josiah and Sariah walked into the house, Lydia squealed and bounced up and down. She was SO excited. We had cupcakes and Lydia got her very own cake. She didn't really know what to think about it. She loves food, but apparently not cake. I think it may have been too much frosting and too sweet. She had fun though and got the all clear from the doctor to go out!
We went to the pet store so she could learn how to point--and she did! She had a lot of fun at the pet store. She also went to church. She loved playing peek a boo with the family sitting behind us. She did pretty good, but she wasn't feeling amazing and spit up a lot on her clothes. We ended up leaving after Sunday School.
Birthday pancakes!
Drinking bath water...gross
She sits Indian style. It's so cute with those little legs!
Pointing!
Daddy pushed her around in a doll stroller. She loved it.
Lydia beat up this poor little boy. He cried. She laughed. We have some social skills to work on.
This picture was taken before she fell out the bottom. haha
She LOVES the store
What's up doc?
Easter package from Grandma Julie
She was so excited about her new clothes and just layed on them and played peek a boo with them.
I took the clothes away so I could wash them. This was the reaction I got...
Sick again
Lydia has only been to church and the store twice and she has been sick twice. This time was pretty scary. She is still a little sick, but on the up. She had a fever Monday-Thursday. The fever was not going down. The lowest it got during those 4 days was 99.5. The highest was 102.8. She stopped eating and drinking. She had no drool and she usually has a continuous stream of drool. She didn't have tears when she cried either. Her lips looked pretty dry. She had a little cough, but it wasn't bad. She wasn't sleeping good either. She also had a mild rash on her chest. I called the doctor and she said to come in. She was pretty worried about the hydration. She said the back of Lydia's throat was red so she swabbed it for strep. Luckily, it came back negative! She said the rash looked viral but to keep an eye on it and on her hydration. She said to give her anything she wanted.
Today (Friday) her doctor called to check on her. Isn't that the sweetest thing? I was really impressed by that. I told her that she was drinking more and her fever wasn't near as bad, but her rash had spread. She had me text her a picture of the rash and then she called back. She said it was worse, but that it looked like it was a viral rash. If she scratched the rash, it meant it wasn't viral and we needed to come back in. She also said that if she went 6 hours without a wet diaper or if her fever went back up, we needed to call the office and she would most likely send us to the hospital to rehydrate Lydia. I'm a little nervous, but Lydia seems to be doing better. She isn't completely herself quite yet, but at least she is drinking a little and isn't as lethargic.
I haven't decided if I'm taking her to church this week or not. It depends on how she is feeling and how I am feeling about taking her. I hate seeing her sick. I know she needs to build up her immune system, but I would rather have more than a week between these scares where she gets so sick.
Daddy's Girl
Lydia is a daddy's girl ALL the way. She cries every time daddy leaves for work and squeals and says "dada" every time he come homes. During the day while he is gone, she crawls to our room over to his side of the bed looking for him. She will also crawl to the front door and bang on it. She loves her daddy. He hold her and spoils her and she loves it. I love seeing these two have such a special bond.
Daily morning meltdown
Thomas got me a jogging stroller for mother's day. Lydia loves being able to face forward and see the world!
Chillin' at the store like the cool kid she is
**As usual, Thomas has a lot of really good pictures on his phone that I need to get and upload on here. This will be happening soon!
