Sad Saturday

Kaos (pink nose) and Skyler (black nose)

Skyler would always beat up on Kaos

Best Buds

I am sad to say that this past Saturday, Skyler went to doggy heaven. It was a rough morning. Skyler has always been our mischievous dog. She would dig holes throughout the backyard or under the fence to get out. Sometimes Kaos would follow, sometimes he would not. I am very thankful that he didn't follow this time. I don't think I could handle losing both. Skyler dug out sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. She was very determined....she moved a center block to get out! We had no idea that she was out until Saturday morning when I found her. Definitely a bad surprise! We miss Skyler a lot....definitely Kaos. He has been moping around. I feel bad for him.

Ellie is doing really well with it. It all happened so fast that I didn't have time to think about what to say. At first I told Ellie that Skyler was hit and that she went to heaven. Then I realized about an hour later this might be too much for a three year old, so I told her that Skyler ran away and we couldn't find her. She is a smart girl though. Every once in a while she will say, "Skyler ran in the street and got hurt. We don't run in the street. We will get hurt." I am glad that she understands the bad things that can happen if she ran into the street.

On a lighter note....funny things that Ellie has said lately.

Last night we had Mexican for dinner. We were on our way home and Christian said that he ate to much and that he might throw up. Ellie said, Daddy when you throw up, I throw up!

I was giving Ellie a bath last night and some shampoo got in her eye. We washed it out and she seemed to be fine. A few minutes later she told me that her eye still hurt. All of a sudden Ellie screamed out, "Eye! Stop hurting!!"

Sick Little Girl

We had a rough week last week. I dropped Ellie off at school on Tuesday. I knew that her eye was red, but there was nothing coming out of it, so I didn't think it was pink eye. I hadn't even gotten 10 minutes down the road, and daycare called and asked that she be picked up because her eye was watering, and they wanted to make sure it wasn't pink eye. I went to work, got my computer and headed back to get her. I had called the doctor to see if they would call in a prescription for pink eye. I didn't want to take her to the doctor and expose her to everything that is going around. They wouldn't because they said there could be an underlying issue, so off to the doc we went. They did diagnose her as having pink eye.

About 2 or 3 on Tuesday afternoon, Ellie felt so hot to me. I didn't have a good thermometer at the house, so the two of us ran to Walmart to get one. I took her temp in the parking lot. It was 99 or 100, I don't quite remember. I called a RN at my office, and she thought it could be the flu. I also called the pediatrician, and they said to watch her over night and see what happens. Wednesday morning she woke with a 102 fever. Christian stayed home with Ellie. He called me and said she is bouncing off the walls. Christian brought her up to my office to have lunch. She wouldn't eat anything....even her favorite Chick-fil-a. I knew she was a sick baby then. He took her back home. He said she walked in the door and got sick. We took her back to the doctor on Wednesday afternoon, and they tested her for strep and the flu. Both came back negative. They said it was all viral.

Christian stayed home with her again on Thursday. It was the same thing. For a couple of hours she would bounce of the walls, and then they next thing you know she was sick again. I still don't understand all of that.

Daddy built Ellie a fort.....inventory: black: guest bedroom comforter, red: our king comforter, stripped: Ellie's comforter, and a sheet somewhere in there. That's all I can see...know telling what else was in there. Luckily daddy had it all cleaned up before mommy got home!!

My mom came up and spent the night with us on Thursday, so she could keep Ellie on Friday. I know my mom was questioning why she was staying with her because yet again she was bouncing off the walls. Friday morning at 5, Ellie was up again with 102 fever. Mom took Ellie to the doc again for me (yes, that's three times in one week).

The doc had a chest xray done on Ellie just to be safe. It came back clear. Poor mom and Ellie were at the doctors office for about 3 or 4 hours. The doc diagnosed Ellie with flu symptoms, but not the flu! I still don't understand that. Luckily, Friday night I could tell that Ellie was starting to be her old self again. Saturday morning she woke with a very low grade fever. She said her head was still hurting, so I gave her some Tylenol. Her fever never came back after that.

Ellie was so wired this weekend. I can't say I blame her. She was locked up in the house for four days. As most of you know, we have had so much rain here, she couldn't even go outside on Saturday. We did let her play in the garage for a little while. That helped some.

I took these pictures with my iPhone, so they are a little fuzzy, and she has a pink nightlight in her room. I love how she is in the middle of the bed spread out!!

Ellie's Burn

About an hour after it happened

Two days later

Turn your volume up. Its kind of hard to hear.

We had a great holiday weekend! Ellie and Braxton spent Friday night with mom and dad. Christian and I hung around the house and got some things done.

Monday afternoon we went to a friends house. Chris was grilling some food. We had told Ellie that the grill was very hot and not to touch it or go by it. She had done good all night and not gone by it. She was standing behind Christian's chair and I guess didn't realize how close she was to the grill. She started backing up and bumped right into the grill. I immediately ran for this skin conditioning oil from Arbonne that I have. I swear by it!! I have one in my purse and one at the house. She cried for about 45 minutes. As big as the burn was, I wondered if she was going to sleep good that night. She really did great though. She was back to herself after about an hour. She hasn't even noticed it since. I felt awful. To see her in so much pain, an not be able to do anything. The oil helps so much, but it does still burn for a little bit.

I wish I would have gotten a video of the conversation we had before this one. It was so cute. I think her facial expressions are what make it so great.