Feeling like Falltime

not too much going on right now. Dave had a 4 day weekend last weekend so we went to a pumpkin patch and hayride. Alyssa had a lot of fun. She kept trying to pick up all of the huge pumpkins and got frustrated she couldn't lift them. There was also a little petting zoo with a few goats that you could feed. Alyssa loved the goat, especially his beard. She tried to tug it, right before she tried to kiss it. Dave freaked out and thought the goat would bite her so she wasn't allowed to play with him too much...and I'm usually the paranoid parent. The next day we went to a place in Wilmington (like 45min-1 hr away) called Monkey Joes. Its an inside play place with a bunch of bounce houses and slides. Alyssa loves it! And Dave and I do too since parents with kids under 4 years old are allowed to "help" (aka play with) their kids. We went back again this past weekend. We are having to be more creative with things to do since its getting chilly out so our normal walks and playing at the park aren't cutting it.

I am about to make Alyssa some new cloth diapers. After using them for a year, I have found things about certain brands I like best and all so I want to make some more. Although I don't know how much longer she will be in diapers. We only go through like 4 a day now. She holds it until she has to go and then goes all at once which is a good sign. It means she is starting to know the feeling of how to hold it in and all. She has gone pee and poop on the toilet (well her potty) a few times. We have to trick her to get her to sit there for a little bit by letting her brush her teeth. My girl has good dental hygiene...she loves to brush her teeth.

I posted new pictures a few days ago...they are in the new 13 month album. It won't let me put a link on the blog so just click on an older album to get to the picasa site and then click on Lindsay's photos and then the 13 month album. Or you can click here http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsayb727/13Months?feat=directlink

sick peanut

To start off so I don't forget to say it, I am going to make Alyssa's blog private soon. With dave starting to be away more I don't want people to figure out when hes home and when hes not. And that will be pretty obvious through pictures and all. If you send me an email at LindsayB727@yahoo.com I can send you the username/password to read the blog and see the pictures. Also if you want any information on Dave/care packages email me at that same address.

Alyssa is now scared to death of the vacuum cleaner. Our entire house is hardwood (well laminate hardwood) flooring. We have one area rug in her playroom that Brody isn't supposed to be on so I don't have to vacuum it all the time. But over time the hair still piles up on it so I took out the vacuum and put it in the playroom and Alyssa freaked out. It wasn't even turned on yet. Then I turned it on and my poor baby was scared to death. I've never seen her scared like that before. I turned it off and let her see it and touch it and she was fine with that as long as I was holding her. She would cry if I put her down in the same room with it. She was also fine helping me vacuum as long as i held her. As long as I was in the room with the vacuum, Alyssa just wanted to snuggle me. Although this may sound mean since she was scared, I loved it. She is SO active that she will only take like a 2 second break to give me a hug and a kiss and then shes off. She never just lays on me for 15 minutes.

My baby girl is running a fever of almost 104 as of yesterday. Poor thing is soo worn out. All she wants to do is lay on my shoulder (which i do love) but I'd obviously rather her feel better. She has a double ear infection and possibly the swine flu. Now don't freak out too much, the swine flu isn't as bad as the media made it out to be. The doctor actually said the symptoms are a little more mild than the flu. He asked if we wanted to test her for it but he said it would not do any good as far as treatment goes. We were already in the ER for a few hours, still had to wait at the pharmacy for her prescription, and it was already 6 pm. She was also sleeping so I didnt want them to have to draw blood and wake her just for us to sit and wait for the results. He said if her fever goes down in a day or two with the antibiotics then the fever was probably just from the ear infections. However since her fever is so high and she has other flu like symptoms, we're afraid our little sweetheart has the piggie flu.

She keeps waking up from her nap every few minutes crying so I'm going to go snuggle my baby and rock her while she sleeps. :) I added new pictures to the 12 month album.