Quick update

Annabeth had her GI study this morning. She was very reluctant to drink the barium milk, but they managed to get enough in her to be able to tell that all looked good. This will allow us to give her more meds for her reflux if we need to do so. We go back to the Dr. tomorrow to check her ear. Hopefully it will look much better. If not, I'm not sure what the next course of action will be for her treatment. Hopefully we won't have to find out.

I'm so sorry Annabeth...

I took Annabeth for her ear recheck today. I knew I was probably going to be told it was not totally gone yet. She had been slightly fussy. Since Annabeth is never fussy, I knew. However, what I did not know was the extent of the infection. He told us he knows we gave her the medicine he prescribed, however he could not tell by looking in her ear. Her infection is so bad Dr. Injac decided she needed an antibiotic shot today and tomorrow. So, Friday we get to go back for another check. This is in addition to the upper GI study on Thursday morning. Hopefully this will help her.

Halloween fun

We had a great time this week. Monday we had a small get together for the kids with everyone in costume. Friday we attended a small party with friends. Savannah was not feeling it with the trick-or-treating, so we decided to head home when it got dark.

Daddy and Annabeth on Halloween
Savannah as Raggedy Ann at our little party

Fun choas

Daddy playing with Savannah

Heather's attempt at a pumpkin cake

Did I mention Savannah likes animals?

The church across the street had a festival yesterday. So, we decided to check it out. Immediately upon arrival we spotted the petting zoo. Well, those of you who know Savannah well can guess what we did for the majority of our time there. When we weren't in the petting zoo, she was asking to go back to said petting zoo. It was Annabeth's first experience with a petting zoo. The donkey seemed to get her attention the most. Here are some fun photos of the girls.

Savannah loving on the bunny

Annabeth petting her first cow. It is a baby too, it was only 3 days old!

Can you believe they let her hold the bunny? She was so gentle too.

Savannah, Savannah and more Savannah

Savannah has been underrepresented on the blog lately. So, this post is all Savannah. She is becoming so chatty. It is nice to see her interested in communicating with words, now if we could only get interested in potty training.... She is such a good big sister to Annabeth. She is still struggling with sharing her toys but she is very free with kisses and hugs.

She has quite a posse that she would take everywhere, if only we would let her. The posse includes a unicorn (called "baby horse"), wags the dog, tripes (a triceratops), a small bear, a tiger and a whale. She loves animals. She can name all the animals at the zoo, even the okapi.

She has such a sweet heart. She will bring me things she thinks I would want. She is such a big girl but still such a baby. She likes to help with baby sister and then I will look over at her and she will be sucking her thumb. I have really loved watching her become more independent.

Sweet Savannah, how we love you.

There goes my mother of the year award...

We took Annabeth for her 6 month well check today. It started out so well. She showed off her sitting and crawling abilities, and the crowd (read: Mama, Dada, and Dr. Injac) went wild. She then proceeds to smile and wiggle through the exam, much to everyone's delight. Then he checked her left ear. (Hear the sound of the other shoe dropping?) His smile disappeared. Evidently she has a raging ear infection. That would explain some of the night waking, except for the fact that she has always had lots of night waking (thank you, acid reflux). We feel lucky if she only wakes us up twice a night. So, now we are taking antibiotics for the next ten days. Then we get to go back in two weeks, check her ear and get her 6 month shots (I don't like vaccinating a sick kiddo).

Here are her stats as of today:

15 lbs 5 oz - 29th percentile

26 inches - 48th percentile

She is a little shorter and a little chubbier than Savannah was at this age. She was 27 inches and 14 lbs. It is nice to have a more proportional child. It sure helps the clothes fit better!!

I promise to have a thorough Savannah update soon, she is such a sweet big sister!!

Onward and Upward

Annabeth is not someone who rests on her laurels, so she has decided to try cruising. Since she is not quite 6 months (Satuday she will hit that milestone), she is too short to use normal sized furniture. Thus, she has decided that Savannah's little chiars are the perfect size for her early adventures in learning to walk.