It's Been Awhile

I've been slacking with my blog lately, but things have just been so busy it seems I barely get a chance to check my email, let alone post an entry here.

Things have just been the same chaos as usual around here. Jamie is still working in Camrose, but it looks like he should be back working close to home and here every day within a month's time. So that'll be nice. Especially for Addy because it's obvious she misses him alot when he's gone.

Alexis is growing like crazy. I've already packed away alot clothes she has outgrown, and it looks like I'm needing to do it again. She is finally starting to go longer in between feedings and sleeping for longer lengths. She is also happy when she's awake, for the most part anyways. She has been smiling for a couple of weeks now and although she hasn't rolled over yet, I don't think it will be long. Maybe now that she is awake for longer periods throughout the day she will be able to get more tummytime and hit that milestone soon.

Addison is now in a big girl bed. We had to ditch the crib because she was very close to being able to climb out of it. Not to mention she's done a real number on it. She would stand up in it and shake it, and it was not taking the abuse as well as it should have been. So into a big girl bed she went this past weekend. It has been a fairly smooth transition, although we have to stay in the room with her while she is falling asleep. If you leave her alone she either gets out of bed and bangs on the door while screaming her head off, or she stays in bed but makes herself throw up. Yes we're still dealing with that. Will it ever end? Anyways, all in all it has been a pretty easy transition. She sleeps normally once she's fallen asleep, it's just getting her there.

Yesterday we ended up spending the afternoon in the ER, though. I was sitting with her while she was falling asleep and she had been sitting up in the bed. I don't know if she lost her balance because she was on the pillow, or if she went to lay down and moved too quickly or what, but she smashed her head into the side of the bed. Right along her left eyebrow, across her temple and to just above her ear. She cried and cried and cried, and then she quit crying, calmed down and proceeded to throw up. So off to the hospital we went.

The nurse checked her out when we got there (about 1:45) and the doctor ordered x-rays and said we'd have to stay there the afternoon to make sure she was okay. He said he wanted to check her out when he got there after clinic hours and then we could go, assuming all was well. Other than the x-rays which she did not like, she was really good all afternoon. She was running around the ER and the waiting room like the crazy child that she is, and she even had a little nap on the stretcher. And we finally got to go home at about 5:30. Today you'd never know she was hurt except for the bruise on her eyebrow and the goose egg above her ear.

So that was her excitement for the week. And really, in all honesty, with the way this child is and being into everything, climbing on stuff and trying to jump off of things, I'm really surprised that was the first trip to the ER with her.

And for me this seems like it has been the longest and most stressful week ever, and I cannot wait until it's over.