"Whoa"

"Whoa"

Is Piper's favorite word this week.

Josh was in the front yard with her and she was playing in the flowers. A huge bee was about 2 inches from her face and she just kept saying "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

Piper started the week eating like a linebacker.

The kid was eating me under the table.

She has taken a liking to raw onions *shudder* 

(onions are not Mom's favorite at all)

Tears streaming down her face, she munched on.

To even the score she cried for Dad's least favorite food the next day.

Bell Pepper!

As she felt better she started to play on her own.

Taking books and "reading" them on her own.

Not at all something she had been doing before.

At the Dr. office she took her toys, cracker, and water and placed them in the book rack.

And after being quiet for a few too many minutes I found her in her water table.

This week was the 4th of July!

A mellow midweek holiday - but we still popped in on the parade in town

And enjoyed some RAIN!!!!!

"WHOA!"

Pretend!

Oh ya, Momma is beaming with pride!

It has been said that in our day in age what is valued more than intelligence is creativity.

I pulled out an old packing tube and Piper immediately turned it into a horse.

Galloping around the house, we now refer to it as her horse.

No prompting  - she figured this one out on her own.

Updates

No photos from Thursday.

They would have broken a heart or two...

We woke up to more puke. 
If there is one thing that motherhood has taught me, its to ask for help when I need it. So Grammy came with me to take Piper to the doctor and good thing. The moral support factor alone was needed, though she helped with much more than that. 

They were an hour behind schedule.

Piper cried almost non-stop.

Despite the fact there is a stomach virus going around and Josh has had some symptoms,

 the Dr. asked for a urine sample.

Which in itself was an epic adventure in which Grammy's help was vital.

The Results?

Urinary Track Infection and Dehydration.

Apparently the crying is a sign of dehydration. There was no distracting her, she just went on and on and on. And if she wasn't crying she was restless or lethargic. 

Grammy got the sample back to the doctor, waited for results and then ran all over Alamosa tracking down the meds. and foods needed.

As well as some cute new shoes for Miss P.

Thank you Grammy!!!!

By Friday she was already better. The crying stopped by noon and then with each sippy cup she got better and better. She wouldn't eat really, but hey - at least she was drinking.

Aunt Charlie came to visit on Saturday and by then it looked like the poor girl had some hardcore teething going on (Piper that is ;-)

 But by Sunday afternoon all was well. She is eating again, playing and making us laugh.

feeew....what a week!

She's lost a bit of weight, but with the way she ate today - I think she'll gain it back quickly.

Off in the distance there is Aunt Charlie and Josh taking Piper to her park. 

Piper took to Aunt Charlie quickly. Kisses after just meeting her.

She wasn't so sure at first.

But after some big pushes from Daddy...

She found her smile.

Not Well

Well...

Things have not been so good around here.

Last Saturday Piper was burning up and not acting herself. By Sunday we had projectile vomiting what little food she was eating (though she'd wait all day to share). I'll spare you the tails of the diapers. 

But lets just say they were the wrong color.

Monday she seemed to be a little better. Still not happy, but at least she ate a little something.

By Tuesday morning she had lost all of her food from the day before in a colorful spread in her room.

Very Jackson Pollock

With the Dr. on the phone she lost more.

(Bonus Daddy points for Josh who cleaned up everything from this week's events)

Off to the Dr. we all went with a child in the backseat just starring into space.

Not good.

But when we get there everything checked out. Ears, throat, vitals...all fine.

So we were told to get as much fluid into her as we could and keep up with the BRAT diet. 

And to watch the diapers, the color needed to go back to normal soon. 

A follow up apt. was made and back home we went.

Many MANY episodes of old school Sesame Street later and she's still not right.

Grandpa came to the rescue with a swamp cooler in this horrible heat 

and Piper barely looked at him. 

what???

She warmed of course, but still. This is her beloved Grandpa we're talking about! What is going on?

Likely a virus that will just run its course.

But still hard for everyone. 

We're back to the Doctor in the morning and praying for sleep tonight.

There we go!

Up and Down

The week started out so sweet...

Piper seemed to have a break from her teeth and she was a gem.

 

Aoife took her to the stables - there was a kids camp happening and Piper soaked it up. She watched the girls intently and wanted to do what they were doing.

The effects could be seen at the Sat. market this week when all the little girls in town were all about Piper and Piper obviously remembered them and soaked up the attention. Too sweet...

Getting her "baby" to ride the camel...

Love this one - she was having some diaper free drawing time on the porch - she found that her plastic bib with a tray was perfect for holding her chalk.

She and Aoife played dress up

 I will forever remember coming home from Shumei and Piper is dressed up running around the yard chasing Yoda. Classic. 

But for the last couple of days we've seen high fevers, little to no appetite and lots of cuddles. 

Lots of screaming too. But lots of cuddles. 

I heard there was something going around, and she's just not herself. Not even her teething self.

She just showed me she wanted to go back to bed this morning after having a meltdown. 

She just doesn't feel right.

This too shall pass, but its so hard to see her like this.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!

Piper seems to be doing much better. Must have been the teeth (thank goodness!)

After sleeping until 9am she seemed better than she has in months!

She's never slept in that late. 

Not that I'm complaining!

Josh spent a leisurely morning with his girls and then spent a good chunk of the day in the shop.  Piper and I hung out in the yard playing and so it was a nice day of hanging out and laughing. 

Lots of laughing.

  Ya...so Piper is really into putting food in her hair when she's done eating. Must be entertaining her Dad, because we've had a request to start trying to move dinner earlier so we can all eat together.

Easier said honestly. Piper does not making cooking an easy feat. Ah well, we'll work it out. And with her going to bed later and getting older I suppose it is time. Even if we end up spending most of the meal dodging hand fulls of food.

Thank You Grandma Sally for the fairy skirt tucked into Daddy's Father's Day box!

Very big hit as you can see...

These days everything seems to need to happen to her toys too. The sheep got to wear the skirt. 

 And her doll is covered in yogurt at the moment...no joke.