Sunday, May 31, 2009
Chillin’ With the Kilgore’s
Today we went and ate tons of food that Kenny grilled. There was also a birthday cake for Kelly…that had trick candles on it that we couldn’t get blown out!
Grandpa was there and playing with Chloe.
Grandma Karen fed Chloe a bottle and played with Chloe.
Plus, this was the first time Chloe got to meet Buddha…err…Uncle Billy!
Just today Chloe has started to realize her toes are more than just places for toe jam to accumulate, they are also fun things to grab.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Grandma and Grandpa Lewis’ Visit!
Grandma and Grandpa came up to see me and take care of me while mommy and daddy went to work the last few days of the week. We had so much fun. We went on a walk, worked in the yard AND did my most favorite thing…PLAAAAY DRESS UP! We talked, laughed and giggled (and sometimes cried and fussed). Lots of things happened while they were here…I was sick: Just a little bit of a head cold that made me kind of congested which made me not so happy sometimes. Especially, when I had to have the bulb suction shoved up my nose!
EATING:…I decided that I needed MUCH more food than what was in my bottles, so after grandma would give me a bottle I would cry and cry until mom figured out that I might still be hungry…AND I was (on multiple occasions)!
THUMB SUCKING: Over the last week, I've found my hand and sometime my thumb. Over the last few days I have really liked sucking on my thumb. It is taking some getting used to, because somehow I gag myself when I stick my fingers/thumb in my mouth...but I'm pretty persistent, so I just keep trying. In the last few days I've gotten pretty good at sucking my thumb. I don't do it very often, yet. I get this from my mom :-)
SLEEPING: I started sleeping through the night! I slept 3 nights in a row from about 11:30 to 5:30 in the morning! Mom and Dad are LOVING this…I might throw them a curve ball and stop doing this, though. I just think that might be funny :-). I also started taking naps in my CRIB! First time I’ve ever slept in my gorgeous room. It was nice, but I think I still want to be in mom and dad’s room at night :-).
TALKING: I had so much to say. I would sit in grandma’s lap and tell her EVERYTHING I was thinking! We would laugh and giggle too. I would sit in my bouncy seat on the desk while grandpa was on the computer and he and I would just talk about things goin’ on in the world. He would talk and then he would let me have “my turn”. He would also talk with his hand…which I just loved!
DRESS UP: Grandma put me in the most cutest outfit…it mad me look like a tennis player. All I needed was a racket…oh yeah, and to learn how to walk.
I gotta run. My cold is going away so I have so much to do, so much to say, so much to figure out that I better get goin’ if I’m going to get it all done. :-)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
This, that, and everything else
The blog has been somewhat neglected recently. I’m working quite a bit and have a ton of stuff to do in my ‘free time’ for chief resident duties before the new interns start in July. Kelly is now back to work. Despite the daily and sometimes more frequent question of, “Do I need to go back to work,” she unfortunately got the same answer each time. She started a new position when she went back so not only is she getting acclimated to work again, she’s learning the quirks of a new position.
Chloe is getting bigger and bigger. It was exciting when she graduated from all the newborn 5-8 pound clothes. She’s made it all the way to size 1-2 diapers and is in 1-3 months old clothes. The reflux is fairly well controlled now. With prevacid twice daily, reglan three times a day, and Kelly doing absolutely no dairy or mayo in her diet…Chloe does great! Considering Kelly’s love for cheese, it’s been impressive to see her give up so many things she liked. Chloe’s appetite actually is at the point that Kelly is just barely keeping up. Ironically, Kelly’s doctor prescribed her reglan too, which will make a woman’s milk supply increase. Long story short, Kelly had a severe reaction to the reglan (called dystonic reaction). I was coming home one afternoon from being on call and Kelly told me she didn’t feel good and said her teeth felt twisted. It was primarily her jaw when I got home that was displaced similarly to what this girl's jaw is doing. Multiple doses of IV benadryl in the ER later…she was better.
The baby sitter is great. She sends Kelly pictures and emails during the day. The first day at the baby sitter was the day after Kelly’s medicine reaction so Kelly was actually anxious to be alone with Chloe still that day so indirectly that helped ease Kelly’s feelings of leaving Chloe.
