Go Fish!

Last Wed. Grandma Linda invited Allison (and me) to the Go Fish concert in Hutch.  I wasn't sure what Allison would think of her first concert!  She LOVED it!  It was so fun to watch her watch them, get excited, dance, clap and sing!  I was so proud!  And I really enjoyed the concert too.  I guess they have Bible School programs that some kids have done, the gal who took our pics last week said her kids had a Go Fish bible school program.  Her kids have not been to a concert yet.  I am going to be getting a CD!  I need something besides E-I-E-I-O in my car!!!  Here is the link to their website. 

Oh, yeah, we had pics taken last week.  Mostly pics of Allison for her 3 year pics, but a few of all of us and a couple of Kara and Allison to use for Christmas cards.  Kara will have 6 month pics at the end of Nov.  They are pretty darn cute!  Here is the link to those.  The password is Mages11.  If anyone is trying to see the pics and can't let me know and I can send you the link another way. 

Bitten

It seems we have all been bitten in our house by a bug of some sort!  It started a few weeks ago with Allison.  Got a call from daycare, just as we were going to get the girls anyway, that Allison had a fever.  Sure enough.  Well after 3 days of a fever and then she woke up from a nap with a temp of 105!!!  Jesse took her to the dr. (I was at work).  They ran just about every kind of test and did blood work, everything was negative, so it was viral, which is what I figured.  But her fevers continued until last Monday, which was the day the dr. said to bring her back if she still had a fever!  So, she was over it.  Well, then Allison got a stuffy nose...which, of course, led to an ear infection!!  And the first antibiotic she was on upset her stomach!  Poor baby!  So after trying to force it down (and then of course it only stayed there for 5 min.!) for 3 days, we stopped it and saw our pediatrician on Thursday.  New antibiotic seems to be doing the trick.  And in the meantime, I came down with a fever, sore throat, body aches!  I was starting to get a sore throat, but got my flu shot anyway, which I don't think helped!  Ended up with a fever that night.  Blamed it on the vaccine, went to work the next day, fever again.  Ended up coming home sick!  And now I am finally feeling better!  I still have a sore throat, but I have my tonsils yet, so I am blaming that.  They are swollen and huge.  I did have a strep test done at work (we can do them at the lab there for $15, FINALLY a perk of working at a hospital!) on Friday because I was feeling so miserable, but it was neg., of course!  So, I am trying to be patient.  I am hoping this isn't a sign of how our winter is going to go and instead we are just getting it out of the way early!  In either case, I think I will be flexing extra medical next year...

Laser Treatment - Round 2

Kara just had her 2nd laser treatment on her hemangioma by her eye.  Dr. Wood of Gillette Children's is the doctor we have been seeing for it.  It went very well.  At her last appointment when we scheduled this laser treatment he started her on the Propranolol (that I had thought we were going to do in the first place) and I think that has really helped.  So did he.  This should (hopefully) be her last laser treatment.  I don't know for sure how long she will be on the propranolol, we go back for follow up with Dr. Wood in 6 weeks so I suppose we will find out then.  Kara did GREAT during the laser "surgery".  They were fighting over who got to carry her back.  She was so cute, talking and smiling.  They just gave her a little gas to put her to sleep and didn't even have to start an IV, which I was greatful for.  She has chubby little hands and feet, I don't think it would have been very easy!  Anyway, she came back to us and did great.  The car ride was great too, she slept the WHOLE way there and home!!  I wish she napped like that at home all the time!  I did have a camera this time and we snapped a couple pics. 

In her hospital gown! 

Princess Palooza Party

I have not seen so much princess/pink etc in all my life.  And she loved it.  She being the birthday girl, of course!  Miss Allison turned 3 on Sept. 30.  And, of course, as any 3 year old girl would want, we had a "princess party".  Complete with a princess cake, courtesy of Grandma Nancy. 

The Princess Cake, it was beautiful!!  Allie loved it. 

A new princess bike from the Zupkes!

We love you our little princess!!  I can't believe you are 3 already!!

4 Months

Finally getting around to posting a few pics of Kara at 4 months!  All smiles and all cheeks!!  Enjoying every minute with her!!  She is growing so fast.  Still not sleeping all night...but last night she was up just 1x at 4 a.m., ate and back to sleep!  But I no longer stress about it (most days/nights! :).  She is my last baby, and I know it will not last forever.  So, for now, I just hold her, love her, rock and cuddle her to pieces.