Trip to the ER

After Kelly starting throwing up at 3 AM on Christmas Day, and continued on an hourly basis for about 30 hours, I called the pediatrician to see if they thought she should come in. After I answered a few questions, they promptly sent me to the emergency room. Due to her obvious dehydration, I figured I'd better obey.

She was very lethargic. Here she is waiting for the doctor to see us. It's probably a good thing they couldn't get an IV started because the little bit of anti-nausea medication they gave her did the trick.
Finally a quarter-smile after days of being miserable!
Discharged and ready to go home. Fortunately Kelly was much better today (she only threw up once since we went home). Unfortunately I was the next to succumb to the bug, then Granddaddy, then Daddy. I just hope we're all much better by the weekend!

Kelly Hosts her First Playdates

On Thursday night Kayla and April came over to our house. Kayla ran around and showed Kelly some new tricks. She was 1 year old last week!

Then on Saturday Tim, Lisa, and Ryan came over. Kelly was so sweet with Ryan. It's amazing that he's less than half her age!
Checking out the bottom of a toy... Funny how the wrong side is always more interesting.

Kelly + Logan

We haven't had a picture of Kelly and Logan together in a while. This one is a pretty typical pose :) She kind of pets/plays him like a drum.

Kelly Loves Balloons

Kelly was admiring the mylar balloons in the grocery store so we got her one. The cats love them too (note Jake in the corner).

My Big Girl

Today was a day of cancelled plans. Because Kelly and her Daddy were both under the weather with colds, we missed a "Breakfast with Santa" with Grandpa's work and our neighbor's first birthday party. :( I was so looking forward to dressing Kelly in her party outfit that I did it anyway, even just for lunch at Five Guys and a brief shopping excursion. You can see where we went from the pics... I hadn't been there in ages and wanted to check out the baby section. Needless to say I was not impressed. I was so taken with how grownup and cute she looked in the cart that I had to take some pictures.

Faux-hawk

Because Kelly was a bit sniffly this week we've been giving her lots of vapor baths to make her feel better. You can see they are quite therapeutic. :)

Happy Hanukkah!

Kelly is enjoying her first Hanukkah.

First we lit the menorah. Kelly was fascinated by the candles.

Then Kelly got her first present. We pushed her around on it but she is a little too small to ride it herself (both feet don't reach the floor!). Her favorite part was walking/running around the entire first floor pushing it. We had no idea she had such skills!

Finally meeting Ryan!

On Sunday, we dropped in on Tim and Lisa and Ryan. We're so glad to have them back in Virginia! Kelly sort of met Ryan before, back in June, but that wasn't as exciting as today.

Close-up.... Too bad Kelly was about to clobber him. ;)

Ryan wondering when he'll be about to do that.

Telling Kelly a story.

I can't believe Ryan isn't even 4 months old -- he was so interactive and alert. Such a cutie!

Power Nap

In the midst of running around on Sunday, Daddy and Kelly snuck in a five minute nap while I was getting ready to head to our next destination.

Overexposed

I can't help it, I love this picture. Even though it's overexposed, I think it looks really cool.

Visit with Gramma Dot

Kelly got to spend some time at Gramma Dot's house today while I ran some errands. I think they both loved it. We'll have to do it again soon!


Enjoying Aunt Kate's old rocking horse.

Yummy...Cheerios....

This is fun! And it's not even Christmas yet!

Gymboree II

In these pictures, Kelly looks like she is all alone. That's because she was there with Grandma, and Grandma had to jump up to take pictures. Thus, we also missed photographing some fun activities that Grandma participated in. We do not plan to do this again (except in music class, next week). We hope to get some nice pictures in music.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Kelly loves when I sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider to her. Yesterday Daddy tried to capture some of her reactions, but unfortunately the novelty wore off a little bit as he tried to get a good picture. "Down came the rain" is good, but her favorite is when the spider is going up the water spout at the beginning and the end. A sure giggle producer!

Baby In Motion

Yesterday Kelly, Daddy, and I enjoyed lunch at the Hard Times Cafe in Springfield. Sorry for the blurry arm; sometimes she just can't contain her energy!

My Teddy Bear

Kelly showing off her little bear jacket.

It didn't last long... We haven't spent much time outside since purchasing the cute little coat, and the weather hasn't been quite cold enough to warrant a jacket for the brief trips from door to door. Thought I'd provide a glimpse of Kelly's willfullness on the blog ;)

November Play Group

Today we had our second Bode Play Group. We had a lot of fun. Thanks so much for hosting, Mimi!! All the babies together (clockwise from the top): Charlotte, 15 months; Davi Lynn, 4 months; Aiden, 3 months; Kelly, 10 months; Sienna, 4 months; Rithvik, 17 months. They're growing up so fast!

Kelly and Charlotte on the glider. Charlotte was ready for a nap and, frankly, probably a little tired of Kelly's shenanigans. Earlier Mimi got a picture of Kelly eating a piece of pizza crust out of Charlotte's hand....

Kelly was just helping herself... Since Kelly is good at sharing her things, I think she expects the same from everyone else ;)

Little Superstar

Yesterday we got Kelly the Fisher Price "Little Superstar Sing-A-Long Stage." She's already enjoying it!

First Straw

Today Kelly tried out her new sippy cup that has a straw. I gave it to her and within about a minute she was sucking through the straw like an old pro :) This will make offering her water even more convenient.

Gymboree

Today Grandma and Kelly and I went to Gymboree to see if we liked it. We're not sure if we're going to enroll Kelly yet, but she certainly had a great time. There were lots of other babies there for the Level 3 (10-16 months) class. Of course, not quite being 10 months, Kelly was pretty much the youngest, smallest one there. But that didn't stop her from having a ball! Grandma was kind enough to play photographer for the occasion.


We started out on the "air log." That's not even the whole class!

On the wobbly platform with Vance and his daddy watching.

Bouncy! Bouncy! on the little trampoline (Also note her two teeth, finally visible for the first time on the blog!).

Enjoying the singing part... look how happy she is while she watches the teacher.

Kelly loves bubbles!

Baby Behind Bars

Kelly is quite the crawler now and whenever she gets somewhere, she likes to pull herself up.

Yay, Breakfast!

The Hunt Continues ...

Hunting for Leftover Cheerios

Happy Halloween!

Kelly had a fun-packed Halloween. I snapped some pics before we went to Grandma's house just in case the cute little outfit got ruined before I could take anymore ;):


Amazingly enough, the outfit was still rather unscathed by the time Kelly came to my work's Halloween party (thanks, Grandma!). There she got to play with 3 other Bode babies:



Aiden, Kelly's beau (3 months);



Charlotte, Kelly's oldest baby friend (15 months!) ;);




and Caroline (7 months), the closest baby in age to Kelly. Kelly actually got a little rough with Caroline, but fortunately Caroline was very good natured and easy going about everything! Even when Kelly had two handfuls of hair and was pulling with all her might, Caroline barely wimpered. I can't even do that!