Fall Fun

Here are some pictures of Marie enjoying the fall leaves and cool weather. What you can't see is Charlie digging at the leaves like crazy as if he thought we were going to leave her in the pile and he had to rescue her! Unfortunately with the weather and her bronchiolitis, we didn't get to a pumpkin patch, so we created our own.

Our Jack O' Lantern Girl

Friday night was Marie's first Halloween Party at her daycare. All her friends were there in their costumes. She spent most of the night with her eyes wide open and staring at all the costumes and bright lights. It was nice for us to meet the other parents, too. Yes there is a bow in her hair and yes, I had to use tape....but doesn't she look cute? Enjoy the pictures!

No more nebulizer!

We had a check up for Marie yesterday and her lungs are clear! We can be done with the nebulizer unless we feel her cough is returning. She had definitely had enough of that machine and the treatments were getting difficult to complete without her pulling it away from her face. In other news, she finally slept through the night again! We are so happy to have her back to her old self - just in time for her daycare Halloween party this Friday night!

New Toy, New Tricks

Grandpa & Grandma found a new toy and Marie is having so much fun with it. When the lion roars, she gets all excited, rolls over, and balances on her tummy!

mmmm cereal

Marie is such a big girl now she is starting to eat rice cereal! Although a messy eater, she definitely enjoys it!

Good news...

Marie is starting to get better! Her cough has definitely lessened, but her sleeping is not improving. Her medicine, albuterol, causes her to be restless and agitated, especially during the night. She is waking up 3-4 times in this whiney-cry, yet she is still kind of asleep....very odd. Last week was rough, but we are hopeful that this week we can catch up on some things and get Marie better. On a lighter note, Marie experienced her first snow! She loves looking outside no matter what is going on out there, but I definitely think she is going to take after her mommy and love the snow and winter months. Charlie seemed less than thrilled, but a warm blanket on a couch seemed to cheer him up.

Poor Marie...

Marie has had about a month of congestion and sleepless nights. We thought it was allergies, common cold, or just getting used to the cool fall weather. The past 4 nights she has not slept much at all and would cough, cough, cough until she would throw up. Daddy was always checking her chest with his stethoscope but they were always clear so we didn't go to the doctor right away.

We finally took her to the doctor today and she has bronchiolitis. It is like a common cold in your bronchioles. She more than likely caught a little bug and it went straight to her lungs. She is on nebulizer treatments 3 times a day with albuterol. She is such a good girl and sits still for them so far. She doesn't like the mask, but she is dealing well so far. She is fine to go to daycare but she will have to get one treatment while there during the day.

Pray for a quick recovery so she (and mommy & daddy) can sleep through the night!!!

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' on the table

SHE DID IT! Marie rolled over to her stomach on Sunday, Oct. 4th at supper time. We set her on the table while we were eating and she rolled right over! She had been working so hard at it at home and daycare. We are sooo happy it happened at home so we could both see it happen. What a big girl she is getting to be....