I can't believe our baby is two. That just seems so old!
Her birthday was very exciting indeed. At about 6:00am she woke up screaming. Brad had left early for work that day and I was alone at home with her. She just kept crying and grabbing her neck and telling me "owie." After I noticed a large lump in her neck, I quickly decided we were going to the emergency room because the doctor's office still had over two hours until it opened and we rushed over. Immediately the doctor noticed that L would not turn her head to the left. No matter what we tried, she would not turn her head. The doctor quickly assessed that her left lymph node was infected and she was concerned that it had perhaps abscessed and she would need to be admitted in order for it to be drained. She ordered a CT scan just to be sure and some IV antibiotics to combat the infection. The poor baby was like a wet noodle. She laid on that hospital bed and didn't even flinch when they gave her the IV. I knew that it was bad when she laid the entire four hours on the bed without really moving, and for the CT scan she was perfectly still and didn't require any sedation. You guys know my kid... she never quits moving!! I just felt so bad for her.
Each time one of the techs, nurses or doctors came in their room they would ask for her name and I would tell them and then they would ask for her birthdate and they would say, "oh..." and I would say, yup, it's today. Poor baby girl. The CT scan showed that her lymph node was indeed quite swollen and infected but that it was not abscessed. It also showed that she had a massive sinus infection. All of this was such a surprise, only a few days earlier we were playing at Sesame Place and she came home with a tiny bit of a cold, but seemed fine. They gave her another dose of the IV antibiotics and then sent us home with strict instructions to rest, drink plenty of liquids and gave us a prescription for amoxicillin.
We followed up with L's doctor the next day. She assured us that L was indeed still contagious and we decided that we had to cancel her birthday party for the next day. It was good that we did because Saturday morning she woke up covered in hives. It was amazing. We called the doctor and started poor L on benadryl that afternoon. The benadryl worked great, although as soon as it wore off the hives came right back. We got it all straightened out though and now we know! No amoxicillin for L!
Even though she was sick and tired, by the evening of her birthday we decided that she could have a little tiny birthday fun. So we rounded up the presents.
Then we sat down and got to business. Every present opening experience is more fun than the last for us. This time she did great ripping the paper right off of things.
After they were all opened, it was playtime.
We got a cradle for L's babies. She watched her daddy work for awhile putting it together but then decided she really needed to get in on the action.
Brad even got L a cake on his way home. He tried decorating it. Of course, then the cat got into it...
It's our own personal cake wreck!
It didn't stop us from eating the non-cat-licked part however.
A few days later, when we were still stuck in the house, but feeling a bit better we got out the play-doh that L got for her birthday. She loved playing with it, but I think her daddy loved it almost as much.
Last Sunday we opened even a few more presents. I had eyed this Aquadoodle pad for awhile, and when one of L's good friends got it for her birthday I was excited to see it. It's been a big hit, she loves this thing!
She took a break for a tickle fest, of course, but she's been playing with that Aquadoodle a lot!
She also spent a good deal of the weekend (and beyond) playing babies. L loves her babies and she's been having fun feeding and rocking them.
She's so funny, being her little mommy self! She's going to be a big help when those babies come in a few months.
Speaking of those babies, things are going well. Some days I feel like my old self ready to get up and go. Some days I'm just exhausted and wanting to stay in bed. My new evening ritual is to eat my dinner and wait for my heartburn to kick in. It's not my favorite pregnancy symptom but I'll take it. We've had several ultrasounds lately and the twins are growing well and looking great. We were able to find out that baby A is a boy, but we don't know what baby B is yet. We're very excited!! L is going to be a great big sister!
See you next week!
