The past two weeks have been kind of annoying and stressful for Jeremiah and me. Now, let me start by saying that I KNOW we are very blessed to have a healthy (for the most part) little girl. I know that we could have it much worse and for that, I feel very blessed.
The week after Olivia's first birthday, we started to notice a small pimple on her cheek. We thought nothing of it until it started to become bright red. A few years ago, Jeremiah had a staff infection that started out looking just like the pimple on Olivia's cheek. We decided to take Olivia to see the doctor on call at Carle. The doctor said, "Well, it could be staph. But..I think it's probably a bug bite or a pimple." I was so ticked. I knew it was staph because I had seen Jeremiah's arm a few years ago. That night we went home and put the cream on that the doctor prescribed. The next morning she woke up with a half swollen eye. It was red, puffy, and it looked pretty bad. Now, the pimple/infection had spread from her cheek (it was right by her eye) to her eye. Jeremiah took her to see our pediatrician and right away she said it was staff. She gave Olivia some "heavy duty meds." because she didn't want the infection to spread into her eye and hurt her eyesight. We started giving her the medication and then two days later she felt better. We were able to take her back to Kelly's house since she wasn't contagious after 24 hours of being on the meds. The pimple hadn't completely gone away but it was starting to shrink.
Two days later, Olivia woke up with a fever. I stayed home from school and took care of her. She was pretty miserable that day. Olivia has never been a cuddle bug and she was. It was actually kind of nice.:) For the first time, I let her watch Sesame Street and she loved it. I was so bummed though because we were having a joint birthday party the next day with Ava and Grace. I wanted Olivia to be able to go to her birthday party. The next day she woke up a little cranky, but she didn't have a fever. We decided to take her to the party and she was cranky the entire time.
The next day she woke up with a fever and a rash on her body. I called and the nurse said it was probably just an allergic reaction to her staff infection meds. I knew something wasn't right but I thought I should go along with what the nurse said. Olivia was again miserable throughout the entire day and very clingy. The next day she woke up with a bright red rash covering her entire body(including her face!). She kept scratching and crying because she was in such discomfort. Jeremiah took her to the doctor again and this time Olivia was diagnosed with roseola. I know this is a common virus, but it's hard to watch your tiny little girl feel so miserable. She would just start screaming because she itched so bad and couldn't make it feel better. We had to give Olivia an oatmeal bath, benadryl, and do a few other things to try to make her feel better.
After the rash cleared up, Olivia was back to her normal happy self for about 4 days. This past week, I picked Olivia up from Kelly's house on Wednesday and noticed that she had a little red pimple on the EXACT same spot that she had the staph infection before. We decided to just watch the bump. On Friday, Jeremiah worked from home and took Olivia back to the doctor. The doctor said that Olivia has another staph infection! This time we think we caught it super early, so they gave us cream to put on it. The doctor doesn't know why it came back.
In addition to these minor sicknesses we've been dealing with, we now have a new problem to worry about. Olivia has had a blocked tear duct since she was born. I've never been worried about it until recently. It looks like Olivia is constantly crying out of her right eye. When Jeremiah took Olivia in for her 2nd staph infection, I had him ask our doctor about the blocked tear duct. Doctor S. said that she was glad we said something because the duct should be working by now. Dr. S. said that if a baby still has this problem when he/she is 12 months it is a problem. Dr. S. said that we will need to take Olivia to an eye specialist. We will talk to this doctor about having a surgery done to unblock Olivia's tear duct. Dr. S. said it's a small surgery but they will put Olivia under for it. They need her to be perfectly still when they unblock the duct. Dr. S. said if we don't do the surgery, Olivia may have problems with her eye/eyesight for the rest of her life. So, Jeremiah and I are going to meet with this specialist in May. I REALLY don't want my baby girl to have surgery or be put under!! I'm really going to have to give this up to God! I'm such a worrier and I have already started to worry about this. I assume we'll be able to wait to have the surgery until June (when I'm done with school). Jeremiah said Dr. S. said we needed to have the surgery done by the time she was a certain age (he can't remember the age) or she would always have problems with her eye.
Okay, I'm done with my annoying/stressful week post! Olivia has been sick many times over the past year. It seems like she can't catch a break!
Now I want to end my post on a high note and write about a few of the darling things Olivia does these days.:)
*Olivia says, "Cack-er" when she wants a cracker or cheerio. She will constantly repeat it until she is given one.
*She puts her hands up (looks like she is saying I don't know) and says, "Done" or "All done."
*Olivia can say the sounds that these animals make: Cow, horse, sheep, dog, chicken, duck, cat, and monkey. Sometimes she can make the elephant sound. She also has started making the kissing sound and fish lips.
*In addition to saying our names, she sometimes says, "Gaga" when she sees a picture of my mom or dad.
*One of the highlights of my day is when we wake Olivia up in the morning. Jeremiah and I both go in every morning when we hear her wake up. Every morning she smiles when she sees us and then she dives onto her mattress. We always start laughing and then she stands up and dives to the other side. She is trying to hide and play a game with us. By the time we pick her up, she is giggling.
*Olivia picks up her little phone and mimicks us saying, "Hello."
*Olivia has been walking since the middle of March. Now, she is trying to run. It's very cute!
*Everywhere we go, Olivia waves and blows kisses to people. She is very friendly.
Olivia is such a funny girl. She keeps us moving and laughing all day long. Even when she is sick, she tries to make us laugh. How can we be annoyed/stressed out when we have this precious little girl trying to make us laugh? We can't. It's as simple as that. God is good and we have been so very blessed!
Jeremiah knew that I wanted to take a picture of Olivia at 1:40a.m. on March 29. This was the time she was born. I told him that I didn't want to wake her up but I thought it would be neat to have this picture. I decided that I wasn't going to get up. At 1:39a.m., I heard Jeremiah get up out of bed and go into Olivia's room. He is so wonderful!! Jeremiah went in and took a picture for me. He's just so thoughtful and sweet to get up in the morning just to take this picture that I wanted!:)
March 29, 2009 at 1:40a.m.
March 29, 2010 at 1:40a.m.
March 29, 2009 at 1:40a.m.
March 29, 2010 at 1:40a.m.
I took a ton of pictures over Olivia's birthday weekend. I thought it would be fun to compare what I was doing last year on March 28 (day I went to the hospital) and what we were doing this year on March 28. I've decided to only post a few today. :) So, here it goes...
9:00a.m.
March 28, 2009-Jeremiah and I just got back from working out. I decided to call the doctor's office to see if we should come in.
March 28, 2010-Olivia was being absolutely adorable. It looks like she is giving me attitude here, but she was actually being precious! This was taken right before she got in the tub.
1:00p.m.
March 28, 2009-We were at the hospital and had just been moved into our own room. We were waiting for the doctor to come in so we could chat about putting me on pitocin.
March 28, 2010-Olivia was so happy to be eating at Dos Reales! She ate like a champ.
4:30p.m.
March 28, 2009-The pitocin was starting to kick in and I was having horrible contractions.
March 28, 2010-We were playing with Olivia. She LOVES her farm animals and says all of their sounds.
9:00a.m.March 28, 2009-Jeremiah and I just got back from working out. I decided to call the doctor's office to see if we should come in.
March 28, 2010-Olivia was being absolutely adorable. It looks like she is giving me attitude here, but she was actually being precious! This was taken right before she got in the tub.
1:00p.m.March 28, 2009-We were at the hospital and had just been moved into our own room. We were waiting for the doctor to come in so we could chat about putting me on pitocin.
March 28, 2010-Olivia was so happy to be eating at Dos Reales! She ate like a champ.
4:30p.m.March 28, 2009-The pitocin was starting to kick in and I was having horrible contractions.
March 28, 2010-We were playing with Olivia. She LOVES her farm animals and says all of their sounds.
On March 27, 2009 I went to my last doctor's appointment and my water broke that night.
On March 27, 2010 we celebrated Olivia's first birthday with our family. We had a fabulous time! Olivia enjoyed her birthday lunch and LOVED eating her cake. This was the first time she had eaten cake (or anything sweet). I can tell that she is going to be like me and have a sweet tooth. Here are a few. I smile every time I look at these pictures. It was so fun to watch her devour the cake!
She started out touching the cake with just one finger.
And then she realized that cake is yummy, so....
she started using both hands.
And after eating a good amount of cake, she decided she was done. So, she started throwing cake off of her tray.
Here she is telling us that she's done.
Olivia with her grandparents
Opening presents
On March 27, 2010 we celebrated Olivia's first birthday with our family. We had a fabulous time! Olivia enjoyed her birthday lunch and LOVED eating her cake. This was the first time she had eaten cake (or anything sweet). I can tell that she is going to be like me and have a sweet tooth. Here are a few. I smile every time I look at these pictures. It was so fun to watch her devour the cake!
She started out touching the cake with just one finger.And then she realized that cake is yummy, so....
she started using both hands.
And after eating a good amount of cake, she decided she was done. So, she started throwing cake off of her tray.
Here she is telling us that she's done.
Olivia with her grandparents
Opening presents
As you know, I was off on spring break last week. When Olivia went down for her afternoon nap on Thursday and Friday, I worked on decorations for her party. It was fun to be crafty and I think the decorations turned out better than I imagined they would!
Cups and napkins
On Thursday night, my wonderful hubby helped me make a banner for Olivia. It has a picture from each month of her life on it. I know it wasn't something that Jeremiah was just dying to do, but I'm so thankful that he helped me create it. I love it!
We took these pictures at the party, but I need to take better pictures of the banner.
I've been planning Olivia's party for about a month. I wanted the theme to be "animals" because she loves playing with animals. I decided to do mostly zebra print and hot pink decorations. I didn't want to spend alot of money, but I did want to make a few decorations for the party. Anne was nice and offered to sew table runners (out of very cheap material) together for the tables. They looked awesome! Thank you, Anne!! Here are a few pictures of the tables decorated before the party started on Saturday.
I made this cake for Olivia. It looked a little dorky, but she loved eating it!
Cups and napkins
On Thursday night, my wonderful hubby helped me make a banner for Olivia. It has a picture from each month of her life on it. I know it wasn't something that Jeremiah was just dying to do, but I'm so thankful that he helped me create it. I love it!
We took these pictures at the party, but I need to take better pictures of the banner.
I've been planning Olivia's party for about a month. I wanted the theme to be "animals" because she loves playing with animals. I decided to do mostly zebra print and hot pink decorations. I didn't want to spend alot of money, but I did want to make a few decorations for the party. Anne was nice and offered to sew table runners (out of very cheap material) together for the tables. They looked awesome! Thank you, Anne!! Here are a few pictures of the tables decorated before the party started on Saturday.
I made this cake for Olivia. It looked a little dorky, but she loved eating it!
On Wednesday morning my dad had a meeting in Champaign. After his meeting he took Olivia and I out to lunch. Then we went and played at the park. Anyone in my family will tell you that Olivia just ADORES my dad. There is definitely a special bond between my dad and Olivia. The second Olivia sees my dad, she smiles and reaches for him. She doesn't want to be with Jeremiah, my mom, me, or anyone else. Olivia just wants my dad. If she's grumpy, I will just hand her off to my dad. She immediately perks up and starts showing off. I hope this bond continues to stay strong as Olivia grows up.
My baby will be ONE! I can't believe it. During this week last year, I was on spring break. I was cleaning our house and preparing for our little girl. This year I'm not spending my break cleaning or preparing for our new arrival. I'm preparing for Olivia's first birthday and spending time playing outside with her. We've thoroughly enjoyed the nice weather this week. Olivia and I went to the park yesterday. She loved swinging and feeling the breeze in her face. She loved it so much, that Jeremiah and I took her back last night. Here are some pictures of our happy girl and her first time swinging at the park.:)
Lovin' the park!
Doesn't she look so old!?
Hanging out with Daddy
Pure happiness....
*On a different note..Olivia has been walking alot lately. She still crawls, but would rather walk to get something. She is getting better everyday. It's fun to watch her walk around and explore new things. She has started standing up, looking up at the people in our picture frames, and talking to them. It's adorable!
Lovin' the park!
Doesn't she look so old!?
Hanging out with Daddy
Pure happiness....
*On a different note..Olivia has been walking alot lately. She still crawls, but would rather walk to get something. She is getting better everyday. It's fun to watch her walk around and explore new things. She has started standing up, looking up at the people in our picture frames, and talking to them. It's adorable!
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