TEETH!

We can see a couple more teeth getting ready to pop thru on the top.  Looks like my kid is going to keep up her pattern of getting 2 teeth at a time.  I'm okay with that...1/2 the teething ;)  So far she's been pretty okay with it.  She was a little whiny last night, but nothing bad.  We didn't even realize she was teething the last time...she just had 2 teeth one day, lol.  So, I guess we'll see what teething is really like with M when these buggers pop through.

M's BFF, John, has pretty good timing, considering he sent her a brand new teether the other day as her "get well soon" gift!  She nommed on it for a while last night:

We met John and his mom on the internet in my January 2012 mom's board on The Bump.  We got to know each other a bit throughout our pregnancies, and then it turned out we had almost the same exact story.  John was born at 34 weeks due to IUGR only 2 days after Maddie and he weighed only one ounce more than her.  His mom and I have become pretty close since our bitty babies were born and over the last 10 months, M & John have done pretty much everything at the same time.  Having someone with the same story has kept us sane.  Shoot, she even sent us a bitty baby mask for M's breathing treatments because our docs never gave us one (umm, lifesaver)!

Sleepy Baby

M was super tired when I picked her up from daycare, but in normal M fashion, was fighting it.  She finally fell asleep in the car on the way home (the one thing she cannot resist).  However, when I brought her in the house and laid her down she immediately woke up.  Crawled over to me.  Cried.  I picked her up and she promptly fell sleep on my chest.  Guess she just wanted her mommy.

This is what Ryan came home to and felt was picture worthy:

I know I'm going to really miss this one day.  I love that little girl.

Thanksgiving Visit

Well, it's settled!  Grandpa Jerry and Trina are coming to Michigan for Thanksgiving!

M will get to celebrate her first birthday with both grandpas and her sister!!!

This should make for some great photo opportunities.  <3>

9 Months...Better Late Than Never!

I realize these are really late.  We didn't have the most forgiving month for a picture shoot between travel, sick M and sick parents.  So, we finally got around to it.  And...here they are:

 Waving "Hi!"

 Best Buds!

Cruisin' around with her walker:

Grandpa's Phone

I had to go thru the pictures on my dad's phone the other day for work and I found this:

All Things Medical...

M had her appointment with the eye specialist yesterday.  All good news.  She does indeed have pseudoesotropia, but it's not a big deal and she will grow out of it.  Her eyes are perfectly aligned and she has great vision.  The doctor also said that we should contact Gerber to find out if she can be a Gerber Baby because she's the cutest baby he's ever seen.  LOL.

As for the breathing...it does not appear to be getting any better.  Today is day 8 on the pulmicort and her breathing is still hard and fast.  She's doing about 50-60 breaths per minute on average and many times she seems to be demonstrating retractions.  I called the pediatrician today, and asked if I could leave a message to talk to my doctor.  But, after hearing everything I had to say, the nurse wants M brought back in.  I have a feeling we're going to end up at a pulmonologist.

I will keep everyone updated.


Also, if you haven't seen the newest Pure Michigan commercial yet, you totally should because it's awesome!

Fall Fest!

This past weekend was Fall Festival in downtown Plymouth.  I haven't actually gone to the festival itself in several years and was really surprised at how different it was this year!  We took M all around and played some of the games.  Grandma won M a giant stuffed teddy bear in the water gun game.

Grandpa almost won her an even bigger toy by shooting the star out, but he left a teeny tiny little bit of the star.  She won a stuffed piggy and monkey by herself:

Afterward, we all went over to my parents house to hang out.  M had quite a lot of fun with Mr. Potato Head:

Sunday was ROTARY CHICKEN DINNER DAY!!!  This is the 25th year we've done it!  I love this tradition soooo much.  But, it makes me a little sad every year because it makes me miss my Grandma Winslow, since we used to pick up the chicken dinners and head over to my grandparents' house to enjoy it with them.

In other news, M has been having some breathing issues.  It's been going on for several months and she's started losing weight.  So, the pediatrician put her on a round of antibiotics to see if that would clear it up.  Instead, it gave her thrush...so add another med to try and clear that up.  Also, after 7 days on the antibiotic she still wasn't 100%, so she's on 2 breathing treatments (albuterol & pulmicort) two times a day.  We're 6 days into the breathing treatments and we're supposed to see a difference in 7-10.  While she doesn't sound so junky in her chest and I haven't been hearing her cough...she still is breathing fast and hard.  So, we may be in for another ped appointment after the 10 days to see if she's made enough improvement or not.  I don't know if my expectations are too high, or if there's another issue that will require a visit to a Pulmonologist.