Today started out HORRIBLE. This stupid cold of mine got drastically worse again last night...my throat was killing me and I flat couldnt breathe out of my nose or chest this morning...It burned so bad to breathe through my mouth...so I headed to the doc before going to work. I have tonsilitis & asthmatic bronchitis...shot of Rocephin & no I didnt act like a nut when I got the Rocephin shot and a shot Steroid shot. 7 days of Biaxin to take to knock this junk out! I am so sick of being sick I could SCREAM! I already feel better from the Steroid shot...Go Me! Bayley is better as well. She takes her medicine pretty good. In other exciting news...Bayley had 5 poop diapers for Katie today...sorry Katie but I thought it was noteworthy. Sydney is feeling some better. She definitely isnt over her infection yet but I think she is less uncomfortable. More tomorrow.
Check out the various baby items in the background....can you tell this bed doesnt get much use yet?
Ok today has been long and crazy. I stayed home with Bay this morning to take her to the doctor and slept in...7:15 Go ME! It was 9am and I was waiting for time to leave when I got a text from Syd saying she didnt feel well. I ended up getting Syd and taking her to the doctor at the same time as Bayley. Now that may sound easy but it was a lil stressful. First off, I must remind you Bayley & Sydney do go to the same pediatric group but dont see the same doctor. Sydney saw Dr. Latona & Bayley saw Dr. Tindle. Sydney went in for the actual exam with Dr. Latona by herself (what a big girl lol) We were still seeing Dr. Tindle when she got through so she waited with us. We all went for blood work together. When the doctors called for us to come discuss the visit and results of everything they called both girls at the exact same time. Thank Goodness Dr. Tindle offered to let me go in with Syd first. Sydney has a bladder infection with possible kidney involvement. Dr. Latona said that her results were not good at all and he was surprised that she wasnt in lots of pain. He prescribed a Rocephin shot & 10 days of Bactrim DS. She goes back the week of the 21st to have the culture repeated. After that visit he wants Sydney to get evaluated by a urologist & have her kidney tests repeated (renal ultrasound & VCU.) (For those who dont know Sydney has 2 right ureters and she had severe ureteral reflux from both kidneys until the age of 5. She had horrible kidney infections that were very hard to control even taking daily antibiotics for years. So we definitely dont want any more kidney trouble.) Ok so after seeing Dr. Latona we went to see Dr. Tindle about Bayley. She said Bayley's bloodwork looked viral so the yucky cold is viral. We get to give her Mucinex 1 ml every 4 hours in an attempt to try to keep it out of her lungs. Dr. Tindle wasnt thrilled with Bayley's weight gain. She was 12 lb 15 oz and 24 1/2 inches long. She gained 11 oz and grew 1/2 inch in a month. Bayley rated in the 20th % for her corrected age which was down from last month where she rated in the 25th %. Bayley cried for the first time when Dr. Tindle got her. She definitely knows familiar people from strangers these days. Anyway, after talking to Dr. Tindle we headed to the shot room. OK DONT MISS THIS... Remember Sydney had to get a Rocephin shot & Bayley got her Synagis shot & the 2nd flu shot. Brenda was gonna give them the shots (she is a funny lady with a kinda dry personality...sweet tho.) ok So Sydney said she wanted to go first so she could leave before Bayleys cause she didnt wanna see Sissy hurting. From the time Sydney saw the syringe for the shot...SHE WENT NUTS!!! 14 YEAR OLD TEENAGE SYDNEY MADE MORE NOISE IN THE SHOT ROOM THAN A STINKING 3 YEAR OLD WOULD. She was saying LOUDLY...AWWW ITS GONNA HURT. DONT DO IT. She asked Brenda at one point if she could NOT give her the shot and just say she did...Brenda told her that if she didnt Sydney could end up in the hospital hooked up to tubes and she didnt want that...Sydney agreed to get the shot but continued to LOUDLY protest that needle. Brenda was looking at me like is that kid serious...we both were kinda tickled at her cause she seriously lost her composure. After the shot she limped around and acted like her leg was broken...she kept LOUDLY stating how bad her leg hurt. Bayley was grinning up a storm at Sydney & at one point Me Brenda & Bayley were all laughing at Bayley. Anywayz... Bayley took her shots like a trooper ... the flu she didnt react too bad on but she had a come apart with the Synagis. Brenda said it is a horrible shot. Ok anyway that is the basic drama of the day...lol By the way.... tonight was the first night Bayley SAT BY HERSELF!!! ok she technically didnt sit up by herself but she did manage to balance for 2-3 minutes...well during that time she hit her head twice and face planted into the mattress but its a start!!! We were all clapping and talking to her and she KNEW she had done something great! Proud baby Bay. 
Today was a challenge. Gail had Bayley today and they made it fine. I was late picking Bayley up due to leaving a minute late from work and getting caught in traffic. Today was Sydney's first day back in school so when I got home she gave me the scoop on school. She has Honors Biology, Honors English, Visual Arts I & Soccer. She is gonna be a busy girl. Bayley seems to be getting a little worse wtih her cold. Im glad she goes back to the doctor tomorrow. More later.
This girl is WILD these days. She is hollaring and screaming and playing non stop. Sweet but exhausting! lol Bayley was good during church. It was so warm this afternoon that Me & Syd took Bayley for a ride in her stroller for the 1st time. I definitely need to get Brian to work on the straps because it was WAYYY too big but she liked it. Sydney spent most of the day working on her web site for Lads to Laders. I hope to get to post the link soon. More later.
Today could be summed up as LAZY. I have felt bad with this stupid cold I cant get rid of and Bayley has a lil stuffy nose so we refused to leave the house today. We took naps and basically stayed on the couch as much as possible. Bayley is in a new phase of SCREAMING...not just when she is upset but basically all the time. When she is "talking" to us she SCREAMS .... that isnt so sweet when I have already had a headache for days. I hope she outgrows this phase quickly! 
This picture says it all...its been a CRAZY SEVEN MONTHS! Miss Bayley is seven months old today! Go Bay! She has definitely got a cold poor thing. She woke me up off and on all night because she couldnt breathe. Bless her heart. She has no temp so we will just try to ride it out. She goes to the doctor on Tuesday anyway for her RSV shot. More tomorrow.
Bayley is offically a wild child! She was with Katie for the first time in over a week today. I think she must have had a great time...because she refused to sleep. lol I dont think that she took more than a 30 minute nap. lol Poor Katie. Bayley was good at church tonight except for when class was over she wouldnt shut up. She is definitely a talker these days! She played in her Excersaucer today for the first time in awhile and she liked it. She can finally reach some of the toys and so she loves to chew on them! We noticed tonight that Bayley is a little stuffy. YUK More tomorrow.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today was a good day. We slept late. Thank Goodness...then we all took our morning nap. Devin came over and him & Syd spent the day on the computer and car shopping a little (dreaming mostly). They played with Bayley a good bit and that was good. Bayley LOVES her Sissy. It is so funny how she can spot Sydney in a crowd and gets so excited because she knows Sydney is gonna play with her! I am so glad that Sydney & Bayley have each other. We weighed Bayley today with no clothes and no diaper and she was 12 lb 9 oz. I would have thought it would be more but I guess it will do! More tomorrow.
Today has been a good but LONG day. Bayley was with Gail today. Me & Brian both had to work and it stunk! Miss Bayley is still loving her jumper. As you can see she is figuring out how to move around in it. She is cracking me up. We had a lazy night. Brian & Bay slept in the recliner for most of the night...then I got the great privaledge of driving to stinking Hayden to get Syd after midnight. YUK YUK YUK. So I rang in my new year on the phone with Cindi! (Thanks Cindi for talking to me and keeping me awake! lol) This time last year I was terified that I would lose the baby & of course no one knew. lol Well as you can see this year ended up being extremely stressful but worth every bit of it! Hope everyone has a great new year!
This is Bayleys "thing" she does when she is trying to go to sleep. She either holds our nose and plays with our face or she sticks her fingers in our mouth...she is cute you gotta love her. Bayley had a good day. She was good at church. She slept a lot again today. We basically didnt do anything but go to church. We went to the grocery store after church but Bay got sleepy before we got home. She is a LAZY baby these days. 
Today has been a good day...We did ....NOTHING. Like completely NOTHING. We woke up a late (yes who would ever think 8am would be late) and fed Miss. Bay and then took a hour and a half nap. then we watched tv and took a bottle and napped some more. Brian & Syd did manage to get the tree taken down but me and Bay sat on the couch and just watched! lol it was fun! I definitely think we needed our day of NOTHING.
Bayley is starting to LOVE her Jumper! As you can see she is all smiles....for a few minutes atleast! lol She has been in it for maybe 5-10 minutes before she gets fussy and that is good for her... She is DEFINITELY a high maintenance woman! She had a good day at Gails today. Nothing too exciting to report. 
Bayley is LOVING her daddys new blanket! lol Today was a good day. Bayley went to Gails. She had a good day. She was a little tired today because of all the excitement from yesterday but that is to be expected. She has had fun playing with some of her new stuff. We have really been trying her in her jumper a good bit and I think it is growing on her. More tomorrow.
Bayley Lauren's First Christmas
Hayley couldnt wait for Sissy to finish opening her toy!
Sissy got Bayley the cutest headband...we decided it would be a great ear warmer during soccer season!
Brock loved his toy too!
Look at Hayley's little grey hairs...She is such a good baby!
So pretty to be SOOOO MEAN!
Bayley checking out her new jumper
Big Girl had too much early morning fun!
Christmas At Mother & Daddys
Our First Christmas as a Family of FOUR!
Christmas morning I got up with Bay like normal...then the strangest thing happened...SYDNEY ACTUALLY GOT UP AND OFFERED TO FEED BAYLEY! WOW. No doubt it was in an attempt to hurry me up so that we could open gifts but regardlesss Merry Christmas to me! lol We had a great time opening gifts. Everyone loved their stuff. Sydney loved everything she got. Bayley did a good job opening the first few presents...until her attention span was shot then it was hold me time! lol We layed around and watched Gilmore Girls! We got ready around 11 and headed to Mother & Daddys for Christmas. We had fun there. Alana & Brody were sweet with Bay. She rolled over for them. We goofed off there for most of the afternoon. Then we headed back home and dropped Brian off. Me & Bay took Sydney out to Kimberly to Devin's dads house so that she could have Christmas with him. Bay was really good on the ride out there and back. We had a quiet night at home and even napped a little bit! I would say Bayley's First Christmas & Sydney's First Christmas as a sibling and not an only child were a SUCCESS!!! Hope everyone's Christmas was great!
