Katherine had her 1 year check up on Monday. She's 28 inches long (the 20th percentile) and weighs 20.7 lbs (the 50th percentile). Her ears are clear, thank you Lord, but she did have to get 3 shots so that didn't make her very happy.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Walking at the Park
Both of our families are in town for Katherine's birthday (Sunday) so we did a picnic at the park yesterday.
We had a wonderful time and Katherine amazed us all by walking like crazy - we're on to actual walking, not just taking a few steps - and learning how to stand up by herself. She did it like it was no big thing! She'd be sitting down and pick up a toy, or Cheerio and then stand up! It was so fun as everyone was there to see it.
Sandy was trying to get her to feed the ducks, but she kept eating the bread instead of giving it to them- It was hilarious.
My sister, Nathan my Mom and I were playing frisbee and throwing a football around and Katherine would get all excited and come crawling over from the blanket. We let her run a few touch downs so she didn't feel left out.
The uneven ground was a bit challenging, as was the various slopes of the ground, but she did so amazing and had so much fun walking around like a big girl.
This video is just funny. Nathan was wiggling the baby and she got all into it flailing her arms around too.
We had a wonderful time and Katherine amazed us all by walking like crazy - we're on to actual walking, not just taking a few steps - and learning how to stand up by herself. She did it like it was no big thing! She'd be sitting down and pick up a toy, or Cheerio and then stand up! It was so fun as everyone was there to see it.
Sandy was trying to get her to feed the ducks, but she kept eating the bread instead of giving it to them- It was hilarious.
My sister, Nathan my Mom and I were playing frisbee and throwing a football around and Katherine would get all excited and come crawling over from the blanket. We let her run a few touch downs so she didn't feel left out.
The uneven ground was a bit challenging, as was the various slopes of the ground, but she did so amazing and had so much fun walking around like a big girl.
This video is just funny. Nathan was wiggling the baby and she got all into it flailing her arms around too.Friday, January 16, 2009
Sliding
My Mom is demanding video of Katherine laying on the cat, but since I couldn't orchestrate that I took a video of Katherine sliding at the park this morning.
She had a great time. By the time we left her hair was standing straight out from the static.
She had a great time. By the time we left her hair was standing straight out from the static.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Oh Mr. Lee
So Nathan and I have been talking about getting rid of our cat, Lee, for years. Seriously we've gone back and forth...okay I have. Nathan would have chucked him out a long time ago. Here is the thing. I love cats. I love Lee. He's beautiful, snugly, comes when you call him, hangs out with you when you're sick and can hold his own with the dogs.
The down side is he chews! I do not know what the heck his problem is, I think it's just part of his nature, but he's left his mark on just about every thing we own. He chews the backs of our couches, the tops of our chairs in the dining room, the baby's furniture knobs, my shoes (but only when they are in the shoe rack in the closet!) etc.
We finally came up with a united front and decided to get rid of him. We aren't willing to take him to the pound as we don't want to kill him, so we were trying to find him a home. Good luck convincing someone to take a chewing cat!
It has become a mute point, however, as Katherine has fallen in love with Lee.
She loves soft things - she sleeps with her velvet blankie every night, takes naps with her giraffe blankie and has recently started to love laying on her big sheep rug.
A few days ago she discovered that Lee is incredibly soft to lay on as well! I'm not sure why on earth he allows her to lay on him (it's totally AGAINST his typical personality) but he is very accommodating and she LOVES it.
She snuggles her face in first, nose down, and then lays her head to one side and smiles while kicking her feet behind her. It's the cutest thing EVER and now Nathan can't imagine taking him away from her.
Monday, January 5, 2009
2009 - A Quiet Beginning
Happy belated New Year!
We celebrated the coming of the new year thankfully asleep. I know it doesn't sound very exciting, but for us 3 Whickers it sure was!
As you may recall Katherine had an ear infection when we went down to Tucson for Christmas. On top of that she was also teething and had a bad diaper rash from the medicine. When we got back we took her in to get checked out and found her ears where still infected even though she'd finished her medicine that day. We were given another drug to try as the first two obviously did not work. Those few days were horrible. She was up and down all night long with a fever ranging from 101 - 103 and then breaking completely through out the night. We took shifts out in the living room with her as she'd wake up every half hour to hour and need to be comforted back to sleep. We had her dressed in a very light footie p.j. We had the fan going as she burn up with fever then it would break and we'd need to turn off the fan and cover her up with a blanket. I usually stayed with her until about 1am and then Nathan would take over (having gone to bed around 7 or 8pm).
After a few days we took her back again as she had fevers up to 103. They said that medicine wasn't having an affect on the infection either, so told us to stop using it and to try this 4th kind! They also decided to have her blood work done and do a urine test to make sure there was nothing else going on. Although everything came back normal, it scared the beejesus out of us as they ordered the tests and then wanted to see her again the next morning. They said the drugs should be working by that night and she should start feeling a lot better.
The next day we thought she was doing better as she wasn't as fussy and her appetite had picked back up even though her sleeping was still a nightmare. We were wrong. Nathan called me at work to say her fever was up to 104! He was getting her into a luke warm bath at the time trying to get her fever down. I left work and on the way home found out where to take her. It was New Years Eve so our doc's office was closed. We took her to the Children's Emergency Room at John C. Lincoln. Her fever had come down to 101.5 and the doc said her ears didn't look infected (no puss) but were red with fluid behind them. She said she thought she had a virus on top of the ear infections causing the fevers but she should be a lot better by Friday and to take her into our doc's if she wasn't or if things got worse. That evening she seemed to be doing much better - maybe that last high fever burned the bug out of her. That night was amazing as she slept in her own bed and us in ours. We were all asleep by 9pm. I woke up at 11:54 and told Nathan 6 minutes till 2009. We were asleep again before it came.
Her fever did not return and she's been sleeping her 11-12 hours again - yea! We're still a bit concerned as she keeps sticking her finger in her ears (only does that when they hurt). We're taking her in again when she's done with her medicine to have her checked. Say a prayer she's better.
We celebrated the coming of the new year thankfully asleep. I know it doesn't sound very exciting, but for us 3 Whickers it sure was!
As you may recall Katherine had an ear infection when we went down to Tucson for Christmas. On top of that she was also teething and had a bad diaper rash from the medicine. When we got back we took her in to get checked out and found her ears where still infected even though she'd finished her medicine that day. We were given another drug to try as the first two obviously did not work. Those few days were horrible. She was up and down all night long with a fever ranging from 101 - 103 and then breaking completely through out the night. We took shifts out in the living room with her as she'd wake up every half hour to hour and need to be comforted back to sleep. We had her dressed in a very light footie p.j. We had the fan going as she burn up with fever then it would break and we'd need to turn off the fan and cover her up with a blanket. I usually stayed with her until about 1am and then Nathan would take over (having gone to bed around 7 or 8pm).
After a few days we took her back again as she had fevers up to 103. They said that medicine wasn't having an affect on the infection either, so told us to stop using it and to try this 4th kind! They also decided to have her blood work done and do a urine test to make sure there was nothing else going on. Although everything came back normal, it scared the beejesus out of us as they ordered the tests and then wanted to see her again the next morning. They said the drugs should be working by that night and she should start feeling a lot better.
The next day we thought she was doing better as she wasn't as fussy and her appetite had picked back up even though her sleeping was still a nightmare. We were wrong. Nathan called me at work to say her fever was up to 104! He was getting her into a luke warm bath at the time trying to get her fever down. I left work and on the way home found out where to take her. It was New Years Eve so our doc's office was closed. We took her to the Children's Emergency Room at John C. Lincoln. Her fever had come down to 101.5 and the doc said her ears didn't look infected (no puss) but were red with fluid behind them. She said she thought she had a virus on top of the ear infections causing the fevers but she should be a lot better by Friday and to take her into our doc's if she wasn't or if things got worse. That evening she seemed to be doing much better - maybe that last high fever burned the bug out of her. That night was amazing as she slept in her own bed and us in ours. We were all asleep by 9pm. I woke up at 11:54 and told Nathan 6 minutes till 2009. We were asleep again before it came.
Her fever did not return and she's been sleeping her 11-12 hours again - yea! We're still a bit concerned as she keeps sticking her finger in her ears (only does that when they hurt). We're taking her in again when she's done with her medicine to have her checked. Say a prayer she's better.
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