A Case of the Mondays

Monday, February 9th:
Me: get mastitis and have to got the doctor to get treated and am out of commission for a few days.
Grace: She is mad at me for ruining her meals and is getting over a cold.
Dave: Has to take off work to look after his girls and does a great job.

Monday, February 16th:
Grace: Had to go into the hospital for SURGERY to drain a neck abscess (an infection filled lump)and had to stay at Primary Children's for 4 days.
Me: Feeling better, just worried about Gracie.
Dave: Took the day off again to take care of his girls, he was Fabulous and I couldn't have done it without him there.

Monday, February 23rd:
Dave: Woke up with a fever, aches and congestion...had to take another Monday off of work.
Grace: Healing from the infection, but also woke up with a cough and congestion (praying she did not get RSV from the hospital and keeping a close eye on her breathing).
Me: Surviving. Taking care of the two above.

Needless to say...we have a case of the Mondays. Since all three of us have now been sick I really hope that next Monday is just a regular day and we can get back to routine.

Though I have to say I am officially ready for a vacation.

Here is a picture of Grace before her surgery with her IV:

A Little Piece of Summer

Last week we went over to the Dimple Dell pool and as you can see Grace had a great time! Ha! When we first got there she hated it, but once I really got her in the water she actually did love it. We will be going again for sure!

Cousins

Grace loves playing with her cousins! I think they have all helped to speed up her development in the last month because she sees them and works hard to keep up! Here are some pictures of Grace playing with her cousin Alexia, they are so cute together. They are two months apart and we hope they grow up to be good friends!

The Holiday Season

We enjoyed the holiday season up in Spokane this year. We spent a whole week stomping around in 4 feet of snow, eating, playing, shoveling and just having fun with the fam! Grace was totally in her element with tons of people to play with her and give her loads of attention. Though the drive up and back was treacherous we had a blast and we are so grateful we got to go!
Grace was thoroughly entertained by her cousins the whole week.

Christmas Eve feast...Mmmm.Here is Grace on Christmas morning enjoying her present from Santa and then the one from us. She also got all dressed up in her Christmas party dress for dinner (she was in it for like one hour, before stripping down to take a more comfortable nap!) and also played a little dress up with the Gonzaga University cheerleading outfit my sister Rachel gave her.


Above is a reunion with the Spokane Lilac court from 2003. It was fun to get together and meet significant others and the new babies!
Below was partytime at Jared and Danielle's after we got home!
Above is Grace up to her latest shenanigans. Over the holidays she reached a few milestones:
- Her first tooth! Plus two others at the same time and one more just popped up yesterday!
- Crawling! It took her awhile to get motivated since she was a speedy log roller, but I think being around a bunch of kids encouraged her to really get moving!
- Pulling herself up on stuff, like our entertainment center.
- Talking! Ok that isn't true, but seriously a lot happened in two weeks I wouldn't have been that surprised.

Now that Christmas and New Years is over I am ready for the snow to be gone, anyone else feel that way? I am ready to go swimming, go on walks and take Grace to the park. Once again I find myself wishing for the current season to be over and the next one to start...I need to learn to find satisfaction in the now!