We're all getting better.

Well, Halloween weekend was not all that much fun at our house. We tried, but sicknesses were getting us down. Kaylee was sick with the stomach flu on Thursday and Friday, and Eric was a bit sick along with her. She was throwing up and had a high fever and it was miserable. Especially the nights and the high-pitched screaming/crying caused us to call the nurse’s line a couple times. I did take her in to the doctor, and they said if a cough didn’t develop within 24 hours after the sickness that it wasn’t H1N1. The doctor said sometimes the H1N1 can come with vomiting in someone her age, but she never did develop that cough in the 24 hour period. On Saturday she appeared to be doing much better, the time between Tylenol doses increased and she was happy again. She enjoyed as much as she could Halloween with Daddy, while on the other hand I was miserable. I came down with a terrible cold/cough/fever. I got the point I wasn’t taking care of Kaylee anymore, or playing with her, just sitting in bed shivering. But thankfully, after some rest Saturday and some TLC and help from Eric, I felt much better on Sunday.

We tried to make Halloween special for Kaylee. She loved looking outside and seeing the neighbors blow-up pumpkin with ghosts coming out of it. Eric taught her to say, "Pumpking - A boo!" which she says all the time. She doesn't understand why it's gone now and looks for it all the time. I told her the pumpkin time of year is over, that the pumpkin went bye-bye and nite-nite. She still insists, "Pumpkin? A-boo?" We bought a pumpkin and carved it. I put it out in the backyard where nobody could vandalize it (this happened in the neighborhood I grew up in) and as if our weekend wasn't bad enough, the dogs ate it! So we had to go out to Target and get ourselves a fake pumpkin to at least have something at our door for trick-or-treaters.

Kaylee enjoyed answering the doorbell to trick-or-treaters. She refused putting on her costume, so with as little energy that we had we weren’t fighting her. She asked each time after kids left our door, for “more” along with the sign for more. It was adorable. She wasn’t scared by their costumes, she’s not aware enough of those things yet to be scared. She learned the word “kids” and asked for “more kids” along with the sign as the night went on. She didn’t try any candy since she isn’t old enough for that yet, or interested in it yet. On Sunday, we asked her if she wanted to be a bumblebee now and she agreed. We dressed her up and snapped a few photos which we will post here when I get my hands on the camera card.

Kaylee has developed a cough after I got the cough. She is on Ibuprofen for some pain she seems to have with teething and possible body aches. But she is playful, not napping as much, sleeping again in her crib on her own, and generally seems alright. On Monday, I asked her if she wanted to go to Daycare and see her friends and she told me “yes” very excitedly. So I didn’t feel too bad about bringing her back in. We’ll be keeping an eye on her cough this week.

Along with talking and communicating comes the time when your child inevitably says something that’s not so sweet to you. The other day I was singing a song to Kaylee and she had a weird look on her face so I asked her what’s wrong. She said “You should stop it.” I felt so bad but could only laugh as I’m sure that’s the first of many requests she’ll have for us to not do or say things she doesn’t enjoy. C’est la vie. I’ll sing to her another day.

On the cute side, Kaylee hugs us regulary saying “Hug.” She also loves to touch my hair and her own hair, also pulling it from time to time.