Yum, yum BBQ Sauce

Two entire nights of sleeping in my own bed - oooh, it's joyous! I don't think I remember how it felt to sleep in my own bed after being on the couch for so many days with Amelia. Things are much, much better here. Amelia's tests came back good when we went to the Dr, she's smiling, crawling and acting like herself again. I asked the Dr. why she was diagnosed at the ER with pneumonia, and did she ever have pneumonia? He said no, that her lungs were completely clear (which I found out when I checked when we got back) and her chest xray showed no signs of pneumonia, and she had no s/s either. So why did they diagnosis her with that, and lead me to believe that was the problem? Urghh.. why do I even bother? I also got more huff about not having her immunized and how we needed to start the well baby check ups. Oh how a smile speaks many words. Hee, hee!

Through all this craziness I forgot to update about my horrible dentist appointment I was freaking over. After 5.. or maybe 6 years of not seeing the dentist ... no cavities! That's right - I have perfect teeth. lol! It wasn't nearly as bad as I remember, they were super nice and I guess I have super teeth that are super white. Ha ha ha! Let's just say Crest White Strips work miracles.

Landen's been a bear lately - I think it's just how the environment has been here. Sadly! If he doesn't get his way he's going to "fight me". Right.. where did that come from? Oh well - he's a wonderful big brother and has been taking Amelia all over the house by crawling right next to her. Absolutely adorable.

We know Amelia doesn't like to eat regular food much - but she loves BBQ sauce and the bold party chex mix. That little mouth goes crazy when daddy gets home and is having his snack. Oh and another Dr. duhh moment. One sentence I'm being told that she should be weaning and the next.. good thing your breast feeding because we know she's not dehydrated. Ahh! I know this sounds like I'm bashing - I'm not - thank goodness for Dr. and nurses but sometimes it makes me crazy.

Is this picture not hilarious - yummy... bbq sauce!

An ER Trip

Last night we made our first trip to the Emergency Room for one of the kids - Amelia. As I have been posting she's been a sick little baby for sometime now, with the teeth and now this virus.

They told us last night that she had pneumonia - so we had the chest xray which was awful, blood work, two injections of antibiotics, and Tylenol to bring down the 103.? temperature she had. We had the run around about staying the night, but the Dr. said since I knew what I was talking about (I guess) from being a nurse we could just take her home and await a call for a follow up appointment for today. The night didn't seem to get any better - she was more lethargic, her temperature was staying up regardless of the Tylenol or Ib profen and she was restless. We decided to wait the night out though and got into the Dr. around 10:30am. Of course when I got there her temperature was down and she was seeming a lot more energetic. Good for her, but bad for them to see how she's acting, especially if in two hours she's just laying there again. He said she doesn't have pneumonia (duh - I listened to her last night and didn't hear anything either, and no s/s of pneumonia - oh well), her white count is up (more blood work - results tomorrow) and she's lightly anemic, but not bad enough to do anything about. Oh and she has lost weight - I kept saying she was looking skinnier and sure enough she's lost about four pounds. Poor thing! So now we just wait, give the Tylenol and ib profen and wait this out. I'm glad to have taken her though and got it figured out.

Of course I got the talk about not having her immunized, but he was very nice. Of course pushed the subject and wanted to get her started as soon as possible, but respected my our decision on delaying at this time. I also got the talk about Amelia not eating much solids yet. That she really should have been eating a long time ago, and they're okay with breastfeeding until a year, but recommend weaning after that. He even said something about mom's nursing until three, in a not very good idea tone. I just said, those babies are healthy ones! I was very proud of myself about staying calm and collective, matter of fact and nice during those somewhat heated topics. I know what we're doing is perfectly fine and healthy and do realize that as a Dr. he probably has to say those things.

So, that's the update. Keep our little sweet heart in your prayers. These's pictures are with her two band aids (from the injections) and arm wrapped up from the blood work. She was actually a little perky in these!