My Poor Sick Little Girl

Saturday afternoon Naomi spiked a 103.7 degree fever. During the night she seemed OK while on meds and Sunday during the day she kept the high fever, but was eating and drinking normally. Sunday night at about 11:30pm she woke up and felt as hot as hot can be. I took her temp and it was 104.2 degrees. I freaked out and all I could think about was "what if she has a seizure?" We put her in the bath tub to cool off. She did not like that at all. We gave her more meds and laid her on our bed under the fan. We turned the air down to what seemed like freezing to me and let her fall asleep next to us. Her fever went down to about 102 by morning so it was off to the doctor bright and early. Turns out she just has a virus that needs to run its course. While we were at the Dr. office he decided that she needed to be treated for a sinus infection which he thinks is not related to the fever. So, she is now on a 3 week course of antibiotics. No that was not a typo - it is 3 weeks of antibiotics for her. After one dose of meds and 2 doses of probiotics the next 3 weeks are not looking promising. Pray that she feels better soon.

Some of our Portraits

What a Week!

Last week was very busy. We spent time at the Y on Monday and Tuesday, working out and swimming. On Wednesday we had a service coordinator from 1st Steps (birth to three) come out to our house and set Naomi up for a speech evaluation and possibly an Occupational Therapy evaluation. Since she came home she has not increased the number of sounds that she makes very much and she also has a mild fine motor delay. She was evaluated back in April and this is a follow up to see if she is still delayed.
On Thursday, Josiah and I dropped Naomi off at Grandma's house and had a fun day together. We went to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom with Aunt Melody and Leah. They have a season pass and got us in free for kids fest. I forgot to take my camera with me, so no pictures of the blast that we had. Melody convinced us that we should ride the kiddy roller coaster. She even convinced Josiah that it was no big deal and that he would need to hold Mommy's hand to keep her from getting scared. For those of you that don't know - I do not like roller coasters very much. Anyway we got on and as soon as we got to the top of the first incline, Josiah freaked out. He cling to me and cried for the entire 30 seconds of the ride. He was completely distraught and said he was never going to do that again. We got off the coaster and he said, "Let's ride the carousel - I think that would be a better choice!" So we did! We did not swim at the water park since it sprinkled on us all day and we didn't want to be caught in a thunder storm while swimming. We had so much fun.
Friday we got up late and got dressed to go to Grandma's house. It is Melody's birthday this weekend, so we celebrated at Grandma's house. We really thought we were going to get rained on, but we didn't. We ate a lot of good food and played outside for a long time. The kids drew with chalk on the driveway and rode their bikes. I rode the little tricycle and everyone thought that was too funny (bring back any memories - Jan?). I will have to get a copy of the picture from Melody.
As if our week and week end were not busy enough, we went to have family pictures taken on Saturday at Portrait Innovations. We have never had them do our pictures before. It was a good experience and we got some nice shots. We also had Naomi's 1 year pictures done in her Hanbok (Korean traditional dress). She was just not very smiley this morning. She woke up with a low grade fever, but nothing that really concerned me. By the time we got home and she woke from her nap she had a raging 103.7 degree fever. It took several hours to get it to come down to 103 and then another hour to decrease it further. She is feeling a little better now and is in bed. I can only hope and pray that we have a good nights rest. Boy am I tired?

4th of July

My Little Book Worm

Josiah has always been interested in being read to and now is very motivated to learn to read and spell himself. Some days Greg and I can't even spell words to each other without Josiah figuring out what we are saying. Here is a little video from one of the cool websites we frequent to practice reading.

She's Growing up - 1 year old

A Birthday Celebration

Today we had a few friends and family over to celebrate Naomi's 1st birthday. Her Birthday is actually on the 26th, but we had a fun today anyway. She took a good nap in the morning before everyone arrived for lunch. The menu consisted of Korean Bulgolgi, brats, hot dogs, salad, fruit and mac 'n cheese. The Bulgolgi was a big hit and the kids loved the hot dogs and mac 'n cheese. Even Naomi. We have been slowly introducing her to regular food. I think after today she is not going to go for the rice cereal and pureed fruit and veg. She is a big fan of big people food. After lunch and lots of outside play, we brought out the beautiful cake that Laura made for Naomi. It was not only beautiful, but delicious too. Naomi LOVES cake and ice cream. She was even diving for the spoon for more ice cream. Watching her dive into her cake was priceless. Needless to say we had to give her a bath after eating it. After a quick bath and change of clothes we worked on opening gift. Greg described the event perfectly. He said that all the older kids were like a bunch of Parana fish just digging into their prey. They all helped rip the wrapping paper off all her gifts. She has played with all her new toys already. She got a baby doll from Greg and I, A popping toy from Josiah, a baby stroller from Grandma and Grandpa, a wooed alphabet puzzle from the Zoeller"s, a pretty pink book from the Donaldson's and a fish bowl toy from Granny and Grandpa. Naomi took a nap after lunch, the other kids played in the basement and the adults still standing played the Wii. We had a great day.