Halloween, Climbing the stairs, Blood Tests and Daycare take their toll! Also 3D Ultrasound

Quinn had a busy last couple weeks and it finally caught up with her. The blood tests were a lot to absorb, then mastering the climbing of the stairs, then the excitement of Halloween, and then finally the first week of Daycare. She started being a little off on the Sunday before Daycare but we just thought she was tired. Needless to say by Wednesday she was not herself at all.

Thursday she had a fever of 102 and was pretty much shutdown from doing anything. We took her to the doctor and she has tonsillitis. It is about 6 months since she had Strep throat. Because of the difficulty swallowing solid food she has been on a pudding and yogurt diet for about 3 days. She was really worn on on Friday and would spontaneously lay down and rest. The picture below shows how she just in mid crawl lay down for a break. Sometimes even fall asleep. At daycare they told us they were all practicing for a concert and she was laying down in the middle of everything sleeping.

It has been a tough couple of days and some quality time with her momma on Friday went a long way to making her feel better. Today was the first day we can see the old Quinn come back. In fact she climbed the ottoman for the first time. Yesterday she was really giving it a try and we showed her the mechanics to make it happen and then today she got it. Now it is her thing to do and we love it. Again she hasn't fully figured out the getting down backward. Here is a picture of her after she conquered the ottoman!

This morning we had some Baby Brelan v2.0 time (yes that is the name we are going with until they are here). We had the 3D ultrasound. It is amazing how we see so much of Quinn in the new baby. Here is one picture and the rest are posted on http://www.brelan.ca/ (the website was rearranged to accommodate v2.0)

Teeth and Colds

Quinn has received her 8th tooth. It is in it's final stages of making the push through. By our calculations that is her 8th tooth before her 9th birthday. Or if we look at it a different way, it is her 8th tooth in 4 months (she got her first tooth after her 4 month birthday). Along the way we have noticed some crazy patterns that foreshadow the arrival of those little white devils. It seems that every second tooth Quinn gets a cold. She is now working on her 4th cold. We also know that her appetite drops quite a bit when they are coming. Finally we notice that sleep becomes erratic. It is quite humorous. As soon as Quinn gets the sniffles we immediately start fishing around her mouth looking for the impending tooth. Invariably we always find one.

We are always really impressed with how well Quinn deals with colds. She has her moments but is sure a trooper. She continues with the smiles and giggles in between sneezes and a running nose. As you can see in the picture below, her eyes says "I'M SICK", but her smiles says "I'M CUTE". I guess she has had enough practice that she knows the routine as well.

Last weekend we finally made the plunge to get car seats for our little monkey. It is probably overdue, we don't think the infant seat is supposed to have the kids feet dangling over the edge like that. A couple of times we might have inadvertently given her little tootsies a knock when carrying the seat. It is going to be a bit of adjustment not to have the infant seat around. We are either going to have to carry her or take the stroller. We are mostly going to go with the stroller option because she isn't as light as she used to be. It was sure nice to have her nap in the restaurant in the infant seat while we had a meal. Hopefully it is possible for kids to sleep in a high chair.

Out Little Pumpkin

With Halloween fast approaching Quinn decided to go out into the pumpkins to get her first real taste of Halloween when we visited Downey's market. It is funny that next year we will probably be running after her all over the place.

Quinn just gave birth to her 6th tooth! The last 2 teeth have the greatest comparison. The 5th tooth was by far the worst one of the bunch and conversely the 6th one was probably the easiest. Either way she had her moments but all in all took it very well.

Because we felt left out of all the teething issues that Quinn was having we both decided to feel the need to have some of our own oral issues that require dentist attention. We didn't take it as well as Quinn did!

Quinn still hasn't figured out how much fun splashing water is, or she just really doesn't care. In the bath and at swimming she seems to be just trying to figure things out instead of trying to get as many people as she can wet. I guess we should be thankful. She does have her own "Quigs Look". It isn't so much of a "I'm pissed at you" look but more of a "Who the hell are you" look. She seems to save her smiles for only special people. So you all should consider yourself extremely lucky if you have had the chance to experience it!

With Halloween coming up we have to plan our candy purchases with better forecasting. A couple years ago we were way off and the split was: 50% trick or treaters and 50% us. We will hopefully slant that way more in the favour of the kids this year!