Just wanted to share a quick video of Hadley walking. It’s funny, this video was taken last week and already she looks so much steadier to me. It’s amazing how quickly they learn things! Please also notice how many times she has to take off and put back on her bracelet and purse – pretty sure she was just checking to make sure she still knew how to do it.
In honor of my 29th birthday, I’m going to take the day off! It probably seems counter-intuitive to post on a day where I say I’m going to take the day off, but I wanted to check in since it had been a few days! I’ll leave you with a teaser of things to come (along with a wedding re-cap in photos soon)!
I almost hate to type this out for fear of jinxing myself, but we are finally all healthy again! After 3 doctor’s visits and one trip to the ER, we finally got a diagnosis for Hadley: Roseola. We sort of suspected that, and I had multiple friends mention it as well, but we weren’t sure until the rash showed up on Sunday. Poor girl ran a fever from Tuesday evening through Sunday when it finally broke and her little cheeks and neck started showing a rash. Longest 5 days of my life. There is just nothing worse than seeing your baby sick. As awful as this was to go through, I am so thankful for Hadley’s overall health as I know there are so many others struggling with so much more. Thanks to everyone who was praying for us while she was sick!
To catch you up, here are a few iPhone pics from the past week.
Sweet little trooper in the hospital after her fever spiked to 105 last Thursday morning.
On Sunday I knew she was FINALLY starting to feel a little better because she actually started eating again! I had to take pictures to document the occasion.
And on Monday we actually ventured out in public for a little retail therapy! Hadley’s nana spoiled her with a new purse, sunglasses, a baby stroller AND a shopping cart! She’s learning from a young age that there can be a bright-side to being sick!
Hope y’all are having a good week! Hopefully I will get back in the swing of things now that little miss is healthy again!
Did you like how I made that title all official-like? As if this is something I do every Friday and have loads of followers waiting to see what “edition” I’ll come out with next?
Anyway, when the seasons change, I love getting a few new pieces to spruce up my wardrobe. One of the GREAT perks of a growing baby girl is that I simply can’t re-use things from last season because they don’t fit! I thought I’d share some of my baby favorites for Spring!
First of all, I know I am so behind the times with this, but I just discovered Kelly’s Kids. I haven’t actually ordered anything, but oh.my.gosh do I want to.
I want pretty much everything from the Island Blue collection
And the Coral Reef Collection
And the Buckets of Fun Collection
And ohmygosh these bubbles are so cute!
And I want every “basic” in the whole entire catalog. AND, you can monogram just about everything they sell! Seriously – put an H on it all and ship me the whole shebang!
I am also drooling over these Matilda Jane items…
How adorable is this Lucy Baby Bubble?
Unfortunately, none of those are exactly in our budget, so here are a few more budget-friendly items I’ve seen recently!
I LOVE this little flutter-sleeve top with bloomers
And this little striped sundress is on sale for $10!
And last, this little bowtie romper would be so cute with a monogram on the chest!
Ok, that’s all I’ve got! Hopefully this was more fun to read than a day-by-day update of Hadley’s illnesses!
After our doctor’s appointment yesterday, they said “wait & see, but take her to the ER if her fever spikes to 105.” Well, wouldn’t you know, this morning she woke up screaming at 7am and when I took her temperature, it was 104.8. That was close enough to me to 105, and since it was still another hour and a half before our doctor’s office opened, we packed up and headed to Children’s.
By the time we got there, the Tylenol had kicked in and her fever was down to 100. They did another strep test (negative), although they said her throat looked really red. Then, since that came back negative, they had to rule out one more bacteria – which was the ONE thing I was praying wouldn’t happen. The nurses were great and suggested that “momma go get a drink and wait in the hall” while they cathed Hadley to get a sample. (TMI? Sorry…) Although they sent both tests to be cultured, the initial responses were negative, which left us with basically a viral infection with no name.
All that for nothing? We are still in wait & see mode – they said we could potentially have 2 more days of fever, and at that point, if it hasn’t gone away on it’s own, to go back in for blood work.
Hoping & praying we’ve seen the worst of this so far! Thanks for your prayers!
We officially have our first big fever. I guess I should be thankful that this didn’t happen DURING the wedding weekend. And I guess I should also be thankful that we made it almost 15 months without really any type of high fever. But when your baby is sick (just 2 weeks after having strep), it’s hard to be thankful.
I’m still not caught up on laundry after getting us all unpacked, and now I’ve got to get my Lysol back out in case this is some time of bug that Hadley is fighting. She started running a fever last night and I had to wake her up to take her to the doctor this morning because her fever was up to 104. Thankfully it was only at 100 when we were at the doctor (without meds), so it seems to be fluctuating a bit. All of her tests came back negative, so we are just in watch-and-see mode right now and giving her tylenol/advil every 3 hours.
If you have a minute to pray – please pray that this is just a virus that is running it’s course. The doctor said if she’s still running a high fever in 48 hours that they’ll want to do all kinds of other tests, likely including a catheter for a UTI test. I’m not sure Hadley would ever forgive me if she had to go through that!
Anyway, I’ll leave you with some cute pictures to end on a good note.
WHEW. We just got back from THE wedding weekend and I am exhausted! I have a ton of unpacking, laundry and straightening to do, but I just wanted to check in since it has been a few days! Everything went off without a hitch and my sister is now a married woman(!) and enjoying some r&r in the DR (Dominican Republic) with her husband. Hadley had the time.of.her.life. Seriously, the girl was in heaven. She completely wore herself out, but I have never ever seen her enjoying herself so much. She was a dancing QUEEN and the life of the party!
I should hopefully have pictures to share soon, but for now, our photobooth pictures will have to do!
