Home!

We're all home! Well, we all got home yesterday, but I was too exhausted to even think of saying anything.

Our doctor is pretty sure that Sydney had rotavirus, which causes dehydration. Normally, hospitalization is not required, but because she is so young, we (Charles and I and our doctor) all felt much better about just keeping her in the hospital, rather than multiple trips to the ER daily. Once Sydney stopped vomiting everything she ate and started acting like her usual active self, we were cleared to go home.

Sydney is doing SO much better. She's been into everything again and now crawls around the house saying "hi" or trying to mimic whatever we say. And she's almost back into her regular sleep routine (which we are glad for since we didn't want to have to sleep in her crib with her anymore). I'm just trying to catch up on a weeks worth of housework since everything got put on hold until Sydney was better.

We are thankful for all the prayers and thoughts that were sent our way. We really felt them and they are a big reason that she got better so quickly.

Prognosis Same as Usual

Well we are here at the hospital still. We will be here until tomorrow morning at least. This is day six of the adventure. The doctor came by this morning and said "We are in no hurry to send her home." So we may be here a while. It sounds like he is planning on taking his time. She seems more active today then yesterday. However, she has thrown up twice in the last 24 hours. She hates the crib here. The picture is our futile attempt to get her to sleep last night. Valerie tried it also, but Sydney threw up on her! I was able to go home and sleep a little. I guess Valerie had the raw end of that deal, but she does get free meals because she is breastfeeding still.
Anyways, we are hanging in here. Thank you all for your prayers!!

Prognosis

Now, we're all sick.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Poor Baby

Poor Sydney has had her first experience with the stomach flu. She's been throwing up since Wednesday and is just not feeling great. Thank heavens for Pedialyte, which is the only thing she's been keeping down regularly. Hopefully she'll be back to her regular active self soon.

On a side note, I've been impressed with how I've handled her being sick. Just ask Charles.

Danielle Visits

One of my college roommates, Danielle Koberstein, came to visit me while she was in Utah for a niece's baptism and a nephew's blessing. It was fun to get to spend time with her and see her adorable children. The picture above is of Sydney and I with Lawrence, Danielle's four month old boy who is already bigger than Sydney.



This picture is of Dawna and Sydney enjoying some juice. Last time we saw Dawna, she had just turned one. Now, she's almost two and has a TON more hair than last time we saw her, not to mention the fact that she is talking as well.

Tulip Festival

While Charles' parents were here, we all took a trip up to Thanksgiving Point to see the tulip festival. They have these MASSIVE gardens there and in the spring, thousands of tulips bloom and it is absolutely gorgeous to see.

New Beginnings

I would just like to say how proud I am of Charles and his scholastic accomplishments today as he received his "diploma" (real one to come in six weeks or so) and is getting ready to move on to new things.

Guilty Conscience

So, tonight as I was making dinner, Sydney was DYING to be held. I mean, screaming at the top of her lungs for me to pick her up. As soon as I could, I did but I was still stirring dinner on the stove to keep it from burning. Being the curious baby she is, Sydney tried to touch the skillet I was using and to prevent her from being burned, I swatted her hand away. Not hard, just enough to get the point across that she could not touch the pan. But, she started screaming twice as hard as she had been previously and I've spent the rest of the evening just feeling horribly guilty. I know that she's fine and she calmed down as soon as I sat down and nursed her...but I still feel just awful for it.

Anything You Can Do...

Go Blue! Go White!

Being the BYU Football fan he is, Charles was so excited to actually be able to go to the Blue and White Spring Scrimmage this year and see how the team is shaping up for next year.



Charles watching the game...Sydney was more interested in the kids running around on the stadium stairs.

Senior Celebration.

Since Charles is graduating soon, Charles and I were able to attend the Senior Celebration. It was nice to go on a free date and enjoy campus. Charles' favorite part...winning a BYU Football t-shirt and hat.

FYI

I've done some updating, so be sure to scroll down a bit for some new pictures and a video.

Popcorn?

While we were eating breakfast today, this is what we saw out our window.

A blog of words...

I think that Sydney have made some serious breakthroughs this weekend. First, she is 'kinda' saying Mama. It is pretty exciting. It seems really clear, to me at least. Second, we walked into her room on Saturday morning and she had pulled herself up on her crib and was standing; which means I need to change the height on the crib. Currently if she stands she can easily fall out. Now there are some definite things that haven't changed. She is enthralled with all structures wooden, including the head board of our bed, the church pew, and last night she was even sucking on the table about my niece's birthday party. She is still crawling and still pulling herself up on things. One of my favorite experiences so far came the other Sunday when she tried to pull herself up to standing position using the hymn book rack on the pew in front of us. Her shoes were so slick that her legs slid under the pew in front of us. Thankfully her arms are strong enough that she didn't fall, but hung from the hymn book rack like she was doing a pull up!