Hello World...: September 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Poor little Iva Lou is still not over her "end-of-Summer, beginning-of-Autumn" cold. It is no fun. She started out with it on August 28th. Derrick ended up staying home from church with her because she was up all night coughing. Her and I ended up in a steamy bathroom most of the night with the shower going on full blast. It was scary because she sounded croupy. Being the paranoid nurse that I am, and having worked with sick, RSV kids before, I even listened to her lung sounds. Course, rhonchi with expiratory wheezes (don't I sound so smart?! I would be more proud if they were coming from someone else's lungs, not my daughter's). I could tell she was not feeling well because she was wanted to be cuddled while we sat in the bathroom; she is not a cuddle bug usually, especially at night. She likes her space. But we cuddled and she went back to sleep while Derrick and I half-slept, half-listened from our room (we even kept the monitor by our bed, which we normally do not do cause we just leave it downstairs). She slept well and woke up happy and wanting to eat. She ate well and had good, wet diapers. Good signs. So we've just been waiting it out. That is the one good thing about being a paranoid nurse; I know what to look for. I think if I was not a nurse, we may have ended up in the ED Saturday night. But even though her lungs and cough was HORRIBLE, she was eating. Monday night was the worst. I worked all day, but Derrick said she was happy and playing all day, just still coughing. She likes to growl (the videos in the last post are proof!), so that just irritated her throat. Monday night, she was coughing so hard she had a projectile vomiting episode and kept coughing up mucous from her lungs. Definitely scary. But, that was the worst of her cough. I thought she was getting better this week, but woke up yesterday with an ultra-runny nose! Poor thing. I try my hardest to keep it wiped off, but she is constantly sucking her upper lip because of the constant drip (haha I know you all love the visual; that was really just to gross you out Mom!). I have also been using the bulb syringe like crazy. Hence, the reason for the title of this post. It is my friend, but Iva's foe! It really is her friend too, but she hates it. And dislikes me for using it. Unfortunately my awesome snot-sucker (google it), is not working out so much for this cold.

Oh well, I guess we will wait this out too. Common colds are supposed to last 10-15 days right?! Only four more days to go...

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Generation Pictures!

Before we left Utah we got some generation pictures with Iva's grandparents and great-grandparents!

Showing Iva the new toy they gave her!

Iva loves her great-grandpa!

Five generations!!

Just had to throw this one in! Love my little family! And my big, extended family!

Videos of Iva

Here are some of my favorite videos of my baby girl. They capture her funny weirdness. They show the world how come we love her so much!

Yes, she is sucking on the floor. And growling at it. Don't worry, I had just mopped!

Giggling girl! I love how she gets sick of it and angry at the end

She is her Daddy's girl! Likes to be thrown and tossed!

Nevermind the drool dripping from her mouth on this one haha. This is what I like to call "I'm going to be a disk jockey with my jumper and then get distracted by the tag hanging in front of me"

I'm Five Months!

This is my favorite picture. Her expression is priceless.

All about IVA LOU

Ok family and friends, the post you have all been wanting to read! All about our 'lil miss Iva Lou.

Iva turned 5 months on September 1st. I cannot even believe that I have a 5 month old! It seems like she was just born and so teeny, tiny. She seems so big to me! The funny thing is, she is not that big! She had her 4 month check up on August 19, and she weighed a whopping 12 lbs. 4.5 oz.! YIKES! She is still so small! She is in the 12th percentile on her weight. Her height was a little better, 24.5 inches at the 40th percentile. Tall and skinny still! She did not do so well this time around. Too bad her mommy had to work and was late to the appointment, so she was hungry and hating everyone. She screamed throughout the entire exam. And the shots did not go so hot, either. It is bad enough letting someone stick your baby with a needle, but even worse when you know what they are doing and you see them doing it badly. Next time, I will make sure to hold my screaming child so they can place the shot in the proper place, because she did not. So my poor girl had a huge bruise and knot in her little leg. But she was a trooper! A few loves from mommy and daddy, and a full tummy later equalled a happy girl.

Fun things about Iva Lou:

She is starting to scoot! She is really close to crawling. She pulls her legs up, but then does not know what to do with her arms, so ends up face planting. She thinks its funny! This is when I think she really is small. Most babies who are crawling and scooting are much bigger than her, so it looks weird that she is mobile on the floor; she looks like a little newborn!
She loves when mommy and daddy share fruit with her. So much that she grabs the fork and holds it in a death grip so you can't pull it away from her mouth.
She laughs hysterically when I tickle her. When Derrick tries, she looks annoyed and starts to roll away (haha I think that is really funny).
She chews on EVERYTHING! Her toys, her stuffed animals, the coffee table, the kitchen floor, Daddy's knee, whatever.
She thinks it is fun to be thrown into the air.
She prefers to roll from back to front, and loves being on her tummy.
She growls. A lot.
Her new thing is scratching her nails on things. For example when she gets her diaper changed, she will lay there and scratch her nails on the changing table pad. She also does it on the couch and in the tub. Weirdo.