I am writing this post a bit late because we have been out of town and you've been a bit under the weather. Let's rewind back to last week. Right after you got up, we packed into the car and drove down to visit the zoo in San Antonio. We arrived around 10:00 and stayed until about 2:00. That was plenty of time to see all the exhibits and have lunch. I thought it was neat for you to finally be able to see some of the animals from your books in real life. You seemed to really enjoy it. It was the perfect weather too.
You seemed to have overcome your fear of reptiles. You pointed out "sss" (Snakes) without wincing at all.
It was also cool to finally see real ducks.
At the aviary, you enjoyed swinging on the bars.
You also saw a lion for the first time. I'm glad you were able to point it out despite the lion laying really still.
You also got a chance to get a view of prairie dogs in the museum's new children's area. Sadly, I couldn't fit through the tunnel, but you got to go in with Daddy.
Towards the end of the trip, this was your preferred mode of transportation.
By the end of the day, I realized that I didn't have any pictures of us together, so I had Daddy take one in front of the flamingos.
Later that evening, we went to church for a special MOPS (and pops) event. You hung out with the other kids and when we went to pick you up, you were sitting so nicely and watching the movie that they had put on the screen. You were so cute!
Monday, after Chinese class, we drove up to Plano to go visit your grandmother and great-grandmother. The trip up was nice. We got there in about 3 hours (after lunch) and you were asleep for about 2 hours of the trip.
This is also the first day of your mystery illness. You woke up with a runny nose, but I attributed it to teething because you had been drooling a lot lately, and chewing on random objects.
That night we went to a restaurant and you ate so much food! I was a bit embarrassed because now your grandmother thinks I don't feed you enough. But I was proud of how much you ate. You even ate cabbage and liked it!
Tuesday, we went to the mall to pick up some things for your great grandmother. While we were there, we went to the indoor play area that they have for little kids like you. You had lots of fun climbing up and down the structures as well as riding in the mechanical rides (which we didn't put any money in because you were happy to just turn the steering wheel). Other than a runny nose, you were still your normal self.
Wednesday, we went to Ikea to pick some stuff up for your little sister's room and you were very fussy and clingy. So instead of eating lunch out, we decided to bring lunch home and you had none of it. Not even soup, which you love. I put you down for a nap and then you woke up feeling really hot. When I took your temperature, it was 99.3 degrees. You pretty much just watched sesame street for the rest of the afternoon and ate nothing for dinner.
Thursday, you woke up, had your usual milk, a few blueberries and then threw everything back up. You were super clingy and ate breakfast on my lap. Around 9:00 we were sitting on a chair and you fell asleep on my chest. You never fall asleep on me. So I held you for a bit until I had to go to the bathroom. I tried putting you back in your pack and play, but you just cried and cried. So instead, I put you on my bed and laid down beside you. Within minutes you were asleep. You slept until 11:30. When you woke up, you asked for a banana, ate it all and just wanted to cuddle. At 12:30, you were showing signs of being tired, so I put you back down to go to sleep. I tried to go get some Chinese groceries while you were napping since both grandma and great-grandma were there, but at 1:30 grandma called me to come home and give you some medicine because your fever was pretty high and you seemed pretty miserable.
When I got home at around 2:00, you were dozing off on grandma. I gave you some medicine, we read a few books and then you took another nap from 3 - 5. You woke up happier, we played until dinner, where you ate nothing again. After dinner, I gave you a bath and you went to sleep at your normal 8:00 bedtime and slept until 7 the next morning.
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| A-zho (Great-grandma) and us. You were finally feeling better to take a picture. |
We didn't get home until 6:00. Traffic was horrible, but I am so proud of you for being so patient and content with playing with your toys in the back seat. You were happy to see Daddy and Teddy. We had dinner, which you again, ate nothing, except for a few sips of smoothie and your vitamins.
So being the web-crazed mom, I tried to diagnose your illness. It came down to a bad cold, the flu, or hand foot and mouth disease. You were not eating, had a fever, and feeling bad in general. In addition to the recent outbreak of hfam disease in Austin, I feared the worse and kept on checking for sores. Thank God that they never appeared.
Today, you are eating a bit more, but you are acting like yourself once again. I am glad that this is over and you don't have to feel so crummy anymore.
Your great-grandma thinks you are a genius. She couldn't stop commenting on how many things you can do as an almost 20 month old kid. You were also able to pick up calling her A-zho pretty quickly. You would want her to do things with us. You wanted to show her your toys. You really liked her.
Still no new developments in language, but you are able to communicate exactly what you want through signing and pointing. It's also neat for you to be able to understand 2 languages. I really hope you don't reject chinese when you get older.
That's it for now. Oh, updates on your little sister. I can feel her kicking my bladder now. Yesterday during the car ride, I could feel something round (either her butt, or her head) jammed right under my rib cage. That made driving pretty uncomfortable. Other than that, things are pretty normal and I'm feeling pretty good. It's a bit scary to think that in 10 weeks she will be considered "at term." That day will come sooner than I know it.
That's it for now.
Love,
Mommy
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