MRI follow up

Olivia's MRI was scheduled for this Monday but again, we had to cancel. We've rescheduled three times now due to illness and weather. This time I felt she was just too congested to be safely sedated. So instead, we went to her pediatrician so that he could evaluate her as she's had a runny nose and a congested sounding cough for almost two weeks. He took a look into her left ear and yep...another infection. I think there is something wrong with the drainage of her eustacian tube on that side because she's had a chronic infection since January (off and on). This time she's on two weeks of abx and a week of steroids. Also, he remeasured her head circumference and it looks like this little one just has a big head. I've really been stressed about having to sedate her and put her through that miserable experience of the IV, meds, etc just to do an MRI which most likely is normal. Anyway, we're just going to monitor her growth and take it from there. I'm relieved. Other than a runny nose and an occasional cough you'd never know she has an ear infection. She's been such a happy baby and now that it's warming up outside, she's even happier to spend all day running around outdoors.

A week later

It's been about a week since I planted a few little seeds and I'm happy to report that they are really growing. It's now time to thin them out (cut off the ones that are smaller) so that the heartier ones aren't competing for nutrients and water. My only disappointment is that my peppers haven't sprouted, perhaps they take a little more time. We'll see. It's been a lot of fun watching them grow.

The outdoors

After several months of hibernation, the weather is finally warming up. Well, if you call 50's and a high of 60 warm. I'll take it. It's fun to see Olivia exploring outside. She absolutely loves Isabella's Dora bike even though she has a bit of growing to do before she can actually ride it.

Good Morning!

Isabella took bed head to a whole new level this morning. Unbelievable.

Sowing seeds

I'm jumping in feet first to gardening this year. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I'm giving it a good try. I started out a few weeks ago by checking out several books from the library on gardening and particularly, gardening in NJ. I researched who I should purchase the my seeds from and finally decided on Hudson Valley Seed Library. My seeds arrived yesterday so the girls and I took a trip to Lowe's today to get the rest of the supplies. I decided to play it safe and bought a seed starting kit because again...I don't really know what I'm doing. The little babies are sitting on my kitchen counter right now with a heating pad underneath them and a lamp overhead to provide them with adequate heat. I hope this experiment works.

Growing up

After I bathe the girls and put their pj's on, we usually hang out in Isabella's room and play and read books. Tonight Olivia grabbed a hot pink purse, clutched it tightly as she gave me a kiss, said "bye" and walked out the door. Gosh....they grow up quickly.

A free spirit

Olivia is turning out to be quite the free spirited little girl. She has little fear of anything and loves trying to find the highest spot in our house to climb onto. She already wants to walk down the stairs the way I do and her favorite thing is to climb onto any chair in the house and sit on it, the higher the better. She also loves rocking in the rocking chair in Isabella's room all by herself of course. In contrast, Isabella has always been the cautious one when it comes to physical feats.

This Sunday I spent the last two hours of church in nursery with the girls because I just didn't feel like hassling with chasing Olivia around the various classes. It was fun to see her in action around older kids. She just gets in the middle of the action and fights for her place. She has no fear of the older kids and when she sees something she wants, she'll do anything in her power to get it. The last 15 minutes of nursery is music time and Olivia was just one of the crowd sitting in her chair and completely involved in the songs, even doing the hand motions to most of them. It was so cute to see this little person just enjoying it all as if she'd been there many times before.