Under the weather

Joey woke up sick on Christmas Eve morning with a bad chest cough. It progressively got worse throughout the day and Christmas was not a very fun time for her. By Christmas night she had a fever of 102. She was such a good trooper, she never cried just slept the day away. We took her to the Dr. Friday morning and she was diagnosed with RSV and 2 ear infections. All of this in addition to teething. Still she has not been crying, just sleepy and wanting to snuggle. She is such an amazing little girl.
As of today, her ears are still bothering her, the cough is still wet and she is still terribly congested, but it doesn't appear to have migrated into her chest. That is good news. The not so good news, Steve and I are not feeling so hot now!

All I want for Christmas...

Josephine's two bottom front teeth came in on Christmas Eve/Christmas day. Still too small to capture on film, but out enough for you to feel when she bites your nose!

Merry Christmas

From our family to yours..we hope that your holidays are filled with magic and love!

Baby it's cold outside...

Here is a photo I took of Josephine on Tuesday morning. We were going into work for a bit and the car dashboard thermometer was saying that it was a cool 14 degrees outside! So we put on our new snow cover from Nana McRae.

Here kitty, kitty...

Josephine and Reggie are slowly becoming friends. She finally took an interest in him about 2 weeks ago and he has been gracious enough to let her get close and smack him around. She is trying to pet him, but just doesn't possess the motor skills just yet. She grabs handfuls of his hair with one hands and swats with the other. Steve and I are trying to teach her the word "gentle", but I'm sure it will be awhile before she gets the meaning. Reggie is being such a good sport. So good in fact that at 530am I heard Joey waking up and looked over at the video monitor to see that Reggie had decided to join her in her crib! I woke Steve up and he went to correct the situation. We always knew this was a possibility, I'm glad that Reggie waited at least 5 months to act.

Merry Christmas

Sorry to be out of touch, we have been very busy getting ready for the holidays. We had a nice visit with Nana and Grandpa McRae last weekend. And we finally got around to visiting Santa this weekend. You can tell from the picture that Josephine was not very amused, but at least she didn't cry. The line was a bit long and she started to fall asleep when she was only 5 kids away from picture time.

Pop-pop VanWegen flew into town this weekend and we will get to see him at Gigi's house on Wednesday. We will be spending Christmas eve at Gigi's and Christmas morning at Grammie's. We will finish out the special day, just the three of us at our humble home.

Rainy Day

Rain, rain go away...you make for such a dreary day!
I was totally stir crazy today. Even with work and Josephine to keep me busy, the overcast sky and cold rain just put me in some kind of funk. Needless to say my jog has been rained out. Also rained out was our trip to see Santa Claus today. I am determined to take her this year to get her picture taken as she is still really good with going to strangers. The good news is that Steve has decided not to go to yoga tonight so I will have a bit more "me" time this evening, which is just what I need.
Joey had been doing well in the crib and still is for the most part. However the last few days she has gotten back into her normal routine of waking between 3-4am. We are working on a better nighttime routine and hopefully in another month she will be more consistent with sleeping through the night.
Oh, today she actually took interest in one of the cats (Reggie) and attempted to pet him. He wasn't really feelin the love though.

Tuesday's child

Josephine is still on antibiotics for her ear infection and they have the pleasant side effect of diarrhea. Poor thing, she HATES the medicine and I'm not sure that she feels any better as she has been a bit fussy all week.

We had a nice weekend. One of our best friends from San Diego, Kim, came over for dinner on Friday night with our other friend Trimble. Then we had our annual holiday open house party on Saturday and Joey was the honored guest. She was so well behaved and was happy to give everyone a chance to cuddle with her. She was the perfect host! As soon as our guests left we piled in the car and went to see the outdoor light show at the park near us. We also got our first snow on Saturday, not even enough to cover the ground, but enough to make the lights look pretty.

Sunday was my 31st birthday. Our good friend Brooke came over to babysit for us and we got to go to do dinner and a movie. I miss going to the movies. We saw 4 Christmases, and it was very cute. It was a nice day.

Today Grammie came down to watch Joey while I went into the office for a meeting and got a 4 mile run in. Grammie was gracious enough to make dinner for tonight as well. She is too good to us. Speaking of grandparents, Nana and Grandpa McRae are coming down to visit us this weekend.

It's a long one...

Again, I apologize for my lack of posting. I enjoyed having so much time off and I got a little lazy and a bit backed up with work! I'll try to give you all the highlights and a few pictures to catch you up.

We had a nice, low key Thanksgiving at Gigi's house with Grammie and family. Food and company were both exceptional. Josephine sat at the table with everyone else and eyed the food. Next year I'm sure she will be all over it! Friday morning, Grammie watched Joey while Steve slept in and Kyle and I hit up a few stores. We were just doing our part to stimulate the economy!

Saturday Josephine turned 4 months old and to celebrate she helped Steve put up the second Christmas tree, the main one in the living room (the second tree in the master bedroom is the "disney" tree and was put up the weekend prior to Thanksgiving). Steve also decorated the outside of the house which includes an inflatable Santa Mickey (new this year).

Sunday we made the huge transition of moving Josephine from the bassinet to the crib. I have been sleeping in the guest room next to the nursery this week so that I can be close to her. We got off to a difficult start and were up several times the first night, but have settled into a more "normal" routine since. She is still getting up once a night, usually somewhere between 3-5a.

Monday marked another developmental milestone...Joey put her toes into her mouth! This "first" was fortunately caught by Daddy. Today we went to the pediatrician for her 4 month check up to find out that she has an ear infection and is confirmed to be teething. Now she is on antibiotics for 10 days and will have to go back in 2 weeks for her 4 month shots. Her stats are: 27.25 in long (off the chart length...they measured twice to make sure it was correct), 15 lbs 15 oz (95%). She continues to grow like a weed at least one inch a month!

So that is all that I can think of for now, I'm sure that I missed something. I promise not to let so much time pass between posts!