Here Piggy Piggy Piggy

So we have had a long few weeks at our house. Last week Ivorie was so crabby, we noticed she was getting her top 2 teeth, which quickly turned into her top 4! She was screaming when we would lay her down, and when I got home from work one night she had a temp of 102. I thought well she's got an ear infection for sure. So the next day I had to bring her into the clinic to get some antibiotics, or so I thought. Dr. Watkin is who we saw, since her regular pediatrician has Tuesdays off (she always seems to need to go in on Tuesdays!) She took a peek in her tiny little ears and said, "they couldn't look better!" I was shocked! Since that morning she woke up with a temp of 103.4! So we had some options, more tests, or hope that the fever was from teething. With a gentle nudge from Dr. Watkin, telling us that most babies do not spike that high of a fever just from teething, we went with the more tests option. So my poor little girl had to give a urine sample, with the help of Jodie and Angel's help. (not my favorite thing to have done to me little lady) then we had blood drawn and the lovely influenza test, no child or adult, likes to have something stuck up their nose that far! So my little girl was mad at everyone poking her and touching her, and she was so cranky while at the dr, thankfully she finally fell asleep. All her urine tests came back normal, her blood work did show one little thing, in favor of a viral infection. Influenza is a viral infection...So We got our prescription for Tamiflu and we were sent on our way and we were going to be called with the results of the influenza test. I kept thinking to myself, there is no way my daughter has influenza, she only has a fever! I was 200% positive she had an ear infection. So I contiplated if I needed the Tamiflu or not. Finally I decided it can't hurt to pick it up and if she gets even more sick then we will give it to her. So we went home with Ivy's temp creeping up (tylenol and ibuprofen wearing off, and only one dose left at home!) Daddy was called and told that he must stop at Target to replentish our supply of fever reducing medications and the news from the Dr. Ivorie had a long nap and then the Dr. called. Her influenza test was POSITIVE! My poor little lady had influenza A. I was shocked,, but happy we got the Tamiflu. So it was a rough few days batteling with that fever, keeping it down and keeping Ivy happy. But by Friday she was well on her way to recovery. The weekend came and went and finally we had a happy girl again! YAY! And to make things even better, Lance and I stayed healthy the entire time! So H1N1 came through the Klofstad household and was not as much of a pest as I had thought it would be.

On happier notes, since her illness, Ivorie has learned to get from her tummy to her knees and push herself backwards back onto her butt! She even surprised us with a little crawling on Tuesday night. Buddy is in so much trouble because she will be chasing him around the living room in no time! Her 4 top teeth have come in nicely, and they are HUGE I do have to say.

We have a weekend full of fun plans to visit everyone in her Halloween costume, and go trick-or-treating!

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!

It has been a busy week, we started out with a playdate last Sunday with Colton and Levi. It's getting a lot funner for playdates because the babies actually do things now! They even sometimes play together :-) As you can see taking pictures of 3 babies at one time is not an easy task!

Thursday and Friday this week were spent at home, which was just what we needed. No errands to run, nothing on the agenda at all! We got to stay in our PJ's until lunch time and no one to tell us we couldn't!

We drove out to Long Siding Saturday to visit with Lance's Uncle Howard and Aunt Arlene. We went to cut down some corn stocks for our fall decoration, to come back in and find Ivorie very happily ammused with a bag of apples and a can of cat food (not opened) Babies are so easy to entertain! It was a good time being able to visit. We even got to hear Ivorie wow us with her piano skills!

Then we ended our weekend with a family trip to the pumpkin patch. We were going to go with Jenica but she was unable to go because of some sprinkler issue (lame excuse to not hang out with the most adorable 7 month old!) We did however run into the neighbors there, so that was nice to have them to visit with. Although it was cold so we did make it short. Ivorie was overwhelmed with all the pumpkins, she like the little gourds that she could hold. She even tried to eat one, no surprise there! We got our corn stocks up and our fall decorations mostly finished, possibly one more pumpkin, 3 doesn't look like enough, and poor Buddy doesn't have his own pumpkin!

It's a busy week ahead of us with no daycare and finding babysitters. We will be lugging Ivorie around to different grandparents houses.

Play Date Pictures

Play Dates

I told you that I'm not very good at these blogs.... I actually forgot the password for about a week and had to reset it.

We have been spending our time playing with friends. Last Thursday we went to spend time with Kelly from work and her two little girls, Addi and Lili, Ivorie was a little unsure of what was going on. She isn't used to more than one baby around, and Addi and Lili were very active, and they were both quite vocal, which I'm sure made Ivorie wonder what the heck was going on. But she did warm up to them and seemed to enjoy having some girl time. As did I, it's nice to have friends that are moms too, if anything it gives us an excuse to get together and chat.

Sunday our friends Alisa and Colton came over. We watched the Vikings together and Ivorie let Colton jump in her jumper, even though he didn't really jump he loved standing in it playing with the toys! Ivorie was nicer to Colton this time around, no kicks to the face or head, just a few grabs at his face and nose, but everyone survived.

Yesterday little miss Ivorie woke up with her second tooth popping through. She looks like a little Jack-O-Lantern, which is fitting for the time of season... She doesn't seem to bothered by it, besides the little bit of a stuffy nose, and the bright red, sore tush.

We are patiently waiting for Ivorie's Halloween costume to show up so we can try it on and take pictures! It should come this afternoon!!!