A Day at the Hospital

Sigh sigh sigh!

Today's Low: Having to spend FIVE hours at the hospital waiting to see a doctor because the bug bite             on Piper's leg is starting to really get nasty... and there are new spots appearing around it.

Today's High: Having an excuse to have Piper in my arms to cuddle and nap ALL day!


Here's a quick blurb of the story.

August 28th: We were at the park with some friends. When we got home, we noticed a small red dot on Piper's leg with a small pale pink circle around it. We just assumed it was a mosquito bite and didn't think anything else about it.

September 5th: While giving Piper a bath, I noticed that the 'bite' was getting bigger and raised. I called to see a doctor but couldn't get in until the next day.

September 6th: Visit the doctor who thinks that this is indeed a bite of some sort, but tells me to go home and watch it. If it gets bigger, come back. Ummm... it's been 10 days and it IS bigger. Sigh.

September 8th: (Today) The 'bite' has gotten even bigger, is hard and raised AND there are little dots showing up around it.

This makes for a very panicky mother!

I took her to the hospital where they agreed that it is looking irritated and is possibly getting infected. I'm told once again to "watch it" and come back if it gets bigger. I JUST DID THAT! TWICE! How many times am I supposed to do this and how big do we let it get?

It has gone from less than 1mm, to 6x7mm, to bigger, harder and more dots!

At least this time we were given an antibiotic cream to put on it. I'll give it another couple of days before I go back again.

I'm not a very relaxed mom, so this is very stressful. I think I need a glass of wine....

FYI: Piper was a rockstar at the hospital! She played, nursed and slept as well as if we were at home. What a good girl she is!

xo

You can see the bite here on Aug 28th.

Here it is today, 11 days later.
It's shiny because I just put the cream on it.
:-(

Unimpressed!

Bibs are for babies! This is what I think Piper is thinking every time I put one on her. She tries to fight it and then proceeds to rip them off if not quickly distracted - a talent I'm getting pretty good at.

So this morning was no different. I was actually trying to get a good photo of her as she held the bib with two hands and then lifted her arms above her head. The bib stayed put, so all you could see was Piper's mouth and chin. Super cute!

But by the time I grabbed the camera, she was defeated by the new bib that has decent velcro and thus proceeded to give me this look. This very unimpressed look. It became even more serious when she saw that I had the camera. I swear that she knows that I try my best to take photos of her when she is being the most ridiculous!

She may be unimpressed with me right now, but she will thank me for it when she's 16 and looking back on these photos! Ha!

xo

What's you lookin' at?

Growing is Exhausting!

Today was what you would call a SLEEPY day!

First, Piper slept in, which is always a treat for us all! 

Then we decided to walk to the park so that Daddy could also see how much she enjoyed the swings. We arrived at the park only to discover a sleeping baby in her stroller. Ha. No swings today.

THEN, after having a complete meltdown at suppertime, Miss P passed out on the living room floor. 

Oh well. Maybe tomorrow we can eat carrots and go swinging. Or not.  :-)

xo

Carrots will have to wait. I'm too tired!

Sleeping beauty!

This was yesterday.
There were people in our house updating the electrical panel,
so sleeping on Daddy was a special treat!

Growing UP-date: 
Piper surprised us last night by sitting up all by herself!! At 5 o'clock this morning, she woke up for a feeding. After nursing her, I kissed her goodnight and then placed her back in her crib - on her back! I went back to bed and turned on the video monitor so that I could keep an eye on her. Normally she will play with her blankie, maybe turn on her little Fisher Price aquarium and/or practice her crawling formation for about 30 minutes before collapsing and falling back to sleep. This is what I assumed she was doing as I was drifting in and out of sleep listening to her "singing" to herself. At one point I woke up and looked that the screen on the monitor to see what she was doing. Boy, was I ever surprised to see her sitting up playing with her blankie. I thought I was either hallucinating or dreaming, so I woke Mark up to get him to look at it. Ha! Sneaky baby doing fancy tricks in the middle of the night when we can't see them (or so she thinks)! Cheeky little thing!

Just a swingin' !

Today was Piper's very first time on the swings!

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words... well here are 5000 words that could really just be summed up into one. JOY!

EnJOY!

xo

Testing out the waters.

"Wind in your hair" kind of fun!

JOY!

Aching gums don't just disappear because you're having fun...

.... so this is where the fun came to an end.
Mommy didn't like me chewing on dirty ol' swings!
(But she did let me do it long enough for a photo. Ha!)

Just for Fun:

I thought I should share this story for your amusement. If you follow my blog, you will have seen photos of Piper's little friend Cole. Well his mom went back to work recently and his dad is now on paternity leave and taking care of him. He joined us for the playdate today in the park.

Well, Cole had a little accident where he peed out of his diaper and soaked his pants and onesie. His dad sighed, as he had forgotten to pack a change of clothes for him. I didn't think it was a big deal and told him that I was sure that I had a onesie in my bag that he could borrow. No problem.

Ha. You can imagine how unimpressed Cole's dad was when the only spare onesie that I had in my bag had WONDER WOMAN printed across the front. Hahah. Just too funny!

Baby's Best Friend!

I feel like I have two children already. I'm constantly having to watch these two. Either Blue is licking Piper or Piper is picking at Blue. They love each other when they're not tired or hungry, but if they are... oh the drama! Behave children behave!

xo

Up to no good!

The anticipation! 

The Kiss!

The Love!

So concerned! 

Just hanging out together!

Travel buddies!

Roommates!

Dinner companions!

Trouble!

Abby Cadabby look alike?

Sorry. One of the same photos as yesterday's post, but I had to add Abby's photo to show what I'm talking about.

Can you see the resemblance? lol


Here is a photo for today! Trying so hard to crawl!! We think we will be there soon!

xo

Cuteness Times Three

One really fabulous part about living here in Yellowknife and having Piper here, is that I've met some really wonderful other first-time-moms. Piper and I usually have at least one play-date a week with her little friends.

I'm not sure why, but there really seems to be an influx of baby boys in Yellowknife! Last week we went on a play-date where there were 7 baby boys... and Piper. lol.

It's always fun to sit back and watch the other mothers as they panic whenever their little boy gets too close to Piper. They treat her like she's made of glass, which I think is hilarious. I keep telling them not to worry because she only has boy cousins at home and needs to learn to be tough!

And that she will be, because those little pigtails are VERY enticing to little boys...


These photos were taken yesterday at a play-date with Duggan (left) and Cole (right). All babies are watching Piper's little doll which giggles when you squeeze her belly. Cole especially loves this toy (much to his mom & dad's dismay) as you can tell by his face in the photos. lol

xo

Hanging out with my boys!

Everyone loves Dolly!

I think Piper looks like Abby Cadabby here!
(Excuse the background please.
We have to live in old public works housing for this posting.
Sigh.
We hope to buy our own house on our next posting. )