Sick Baby

I have to documet this because it's such a rare occurrence. Besides the ocassional runny nose from new teeth, Linkan has only been sick one other time in her life. The other time was early on when she had a fever at 2 months old. Since then, she had been healthy as a horse. Last Saturday, while visiting my family in Atlanta, she started to come down with something...evidenced by her change in demeanor. The flight on Sunday was not fun for Linkan or her mama. By then, she had a pretty nasty cough and was running a temperature. When we got home, Ben urged me to take her to the doctor because he used to get lots of ear infections as a kid and thought that she might have that. She wasn't tugging on her ears or showing any of those signs so I wasn't sure. On Monday morning, the doc said she had a double ear infection. Good call, dad! She is on meds now and they even gave us some numbing drops for her ears. She is pretty grumpy and doesn't feel like eating or drinking so she is also fairly weak. She has the rest of the week to recover and then we leave for Cozumel on Saturday. We are praying that she is doing well by then. Here are some pics that I took this morning of her snuggled up in my maternity pillow, watching Sesame Street. It didn't take long for her to doze off. Maybe now I can get a few things done before she wakes up... :)

"I am not amused by the camera."

Watching Sesame Street

Cuddling with mom's maternity pillow

Getting very sleepy

Passed out on mom and dad's bed. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

5 Month Ultrasound & OB Appointment

Today was an exciting day because we had our 20-week ultrasound. We got to see baby #2 again (last time was at 10 weeks). It's crazy to think that I'm half way there already! He/she has grown so much and was jumping around like a fire cracker. Linkan was enthralled with the "tv" and kept saying "baby baby baby" over and over again. :) Although our doctor hasn't recieved the official results yet, everything looked great. 10 fingers and toes! We could have found out the sex but we didn't want to. I was looking real hard, though! It is harder this time around to not know! Ben thinks it's a boy and my intuition says the same. I had always thought that Linkan was a girl. Stay tuned...we'll know in about 20 weeks if we're right!

Had our OB appointment right after the ultrasound. Nothing too exciting to report. I am 118 lbs. and our baby's heart rate was in the 130's. Uneventful is good! Topped off a great day with Red Robin fries and campfire sauce!

Dinnertime Clowns

Hats

Grandma P made a few of these adorable hats for Linkan last fall. Her head wasn't quite big enough then but now they fit perfect.





Linkan was having fun playing with mama's scarf the other day.

4 Month Belly Shot

Gettin' fat and sassy! ;)

4 Month OB Appointment

Yesterday was our second (4 month) OB appointment. I don't think I've mentioned it before but we had to switch OB's from Dr. Essig to Dr. Christie because Dr. Essig decided to get out of OB and only practice family medicine about 6 months after Linkan was born...and I didn't find out about it until I called and scheduled my first OB appointment. I was disappointed because we both love Essig...however, she didn't deliver Linkan (Dr. Robertson did - she was awesome) so I don't know why it would bother me. :) Anyway, I had seen Dr. Christie before and liked her. After seeing her multiple times now, I totally love her. She stayed until 7:00pm two Fridays ago when I came in with a viral bug and severe dehydration. She stayed late to hook me up with an IV and it made all the difference in the world for me! When I was there yesterday, I thanked her again for staying late...she said "Well, it was the right thing to do. You would have ended up at an ER later that night needing an IV and it would have been a nightmare because it would have taken forever." Like I said, I totally love her. This is a bit of a bunny trail but I absolutely LOVE Broomfield Family Practice. Everyone that works there is so amazing. I feel so fortunate to have found such an awesome practice. Avista, the hospital where Linkan was born, was also equally amazing. Did you know that they are the ONLY LDR (Labor, Deliver, Recovery) facility in Colorado? ...Which means that once I arrived at the hospital and checked into a room, I never left that room...and the rooms are fabulous and "homey" and very accommodating to dads. I love love love Avista.

Anyway, back to my appointment! Pretty uneventful but need to record it for history purposes. :) I'm 115 - a few more pounds than last time! ha - but I had a horrible 1st trimester this time (nauseous ALL THE stinkin' TIME and heartburn) so I had to eat whatever sounded good (crazy strong food aversions)...and that usually meant that it wasn't good for me....I'm not kidding...I basically carb-loaded for 6 weeks straight. ;) haha. I'm well into my second trimester now and have been feeling like my "normal" self for a few weeks so I've been eating much healthier and started my normal gym routine back up about 3 weeks ago. Baby's heart beat sounded great - 150 bpm. I do have group strep B (didn't have it during my first pregnancy) but no biggie...they will just be sure to dope me up with antibiotics as I'm delivering my second sweet lil baby. Another ultrasound in a few weeks (at 20 weeks)....wooohoo! Can't wait to see our cutie again...and no, we won't be finding out the sex even though we would be able to tell at 20 weeks

I completely forgot to get 1 and 2 month belly pics...poor baby! But I did take some for 3 months. I'm about as big at 3 months now...as I was at 4 months with Linkan. Have been wearing maternity clothes since 11 weeks!

3 Months

Doggie Kisses

Linkan has been readily doling out the kisses for about a month now. Cutest thing ever. She likes giving the doggies kisses too. I didn't think to have her say it but she can say "stella"...it's adorable. :) Pretty sure Stella was more interested in the yogurt all over Linkan's mouth than the actual kiss...