A MUCH happier girl today!

Yesterday Alexandria woke up feeling warm to the touch, so I took her temperature and it was around 38C or so - a bit of a fever. She was up and down as far as her energy and mood. At lunch she wanted to go for a nap instead of eating - and she slept for about 3 hours. She was burning up when I felt her after her nap was done, so I took her temp again. 40C!! That's 104F. That's getting to the could-cause-a-febrile-seizure kind of temperature. I was a bit concerned by how high it was. I gave her some Tylenol, took her downstairs and gave her some popsicles. An hour later it had gone down to under 38C (around 101.5F). So, still a fever, but not nearly as concerning as it had been earlier. By the end of the day she was feeling pretty normal. Today her temp is fine and she's behaving like her old self again. I'm glad that was short-lived! Her daycare provider's 3 1/2 year old son had a fever on Tuesday and Wednesday when she was there (and her older son was feeling crappy yesterday, too), so I'm sure that's where she got it. Fran (the home daycare provider) felt sooooo bad, but hey, it happens. Could have just as easily been Alex getting her kids sick. I'm just hoping Zach doesn't get it. Fevers in infants are much more of a cause for concern. We'll see in a couple days.....

We're getting there...

We finally got shelves put up in the office and playroom. That allowed us to empty A LOT of boxes - books, movies, magazines. We probably got about a 1/4 of the stuff out of the garage just by doing that! Now I can finally get the playroom set up the way it should be.

By the way, we have waaaay too many movies!

Just look at the change

It's quite incredible really. From three weeks to three months...

Two men and a cat

A Day Out With Thomas.. and Grandma and Grandpa

Yes. The big day for Alexandria on Sunday was to go see Thomas the Tank Engine (or Thomas the Train, as we call him). We kept it a surprise and when she saw the big train for the first time she said in a very excited little voice "It IS Thomas!!" Here are a few pictures from our big day.

Also, here are a couple links so you can see the train ride, if you wish. The videos are not very exciting. Pretty much just Alexandria looking out the window during the train ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6XQCndIAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpcW15iI0EU

I got to eat a whole bowl of soup....!

...while it was still hot!! Zach generally likes to choose mealtime to need attention. He was awake, sitting in his bouncy seat and he just watched me eat lunch. I figured a few spoonfuls into it he'd start fussing, but nope. I got through the whole thing. Then I thought, OK, should I push it and open the yogurt, too? He was getting squirmy, but I decided to press my luck (no whammies) opened it anyway. I got about halfway through that and he gave his little "yell" that says, "Look, if you don't get me soon I WILL start crying! Don't make me start crying! Because I will if I have to!"

This may not seem like a huge feat, but you moms out there know what I mean!!

Has it really been three months?!

I can't believe Zachary is 3 months old today! Man, it goes by quickly. Luckily the fussiness is pretty much over. The first 8 weeks were quite something.... He's sleeping in his crib every night and gets up about every 4 hours or so throughout the night. He'll still do the odd 5 hour stretch - or 3 - but he is going longer and longer.... He's behind Alex on this one. She was sleeping through the night at this point. I think we were a weeee bit spoiled with her! I'm just so glad we breed sleepers!

Tomorrow is going to be a really big, fun day for Alexandria! I'll post more about that later.