Pull up head

At times in the past Ellie has worn a clean, dry pull up on her head at home. Last night ED, myself, and Ellie took a trip to Lowes hardware. Ellie rode in the blue car cart. She has a great time pretending to drive as we shopped for landscaping goodies. After a while Ellie got into my purse. Next thing I know she has a pull up on her head. It stayed on her head through the store and all the way home. I couldn't help but smile thinking of what people thought she had on her head.

Turns out its a . . .

. . .virus.

We saw Dr. Betsy yesterday. Ellie has a virus. Her mouth and tongue are filled with sores. Poor girl isn't eating or drinking much, just what she can to get by. Dr. Betsy said just give pain killers until it runs its course. Maybe a few days this will get better. She is crankier now without the fever. Mouth sores are the worst.

She was quite a trooper at the doctor's office yesterday. She sat patiently in the waiting area. We had to sit on the sick side. I was praying she wouldn't get up and start touching too much stuff or want to play with the other kids there. She sat quietly in her own chair. Once in the exam room the nurse took a rectal temp. Ellie promptly asked "Can we do it again? No, can we do it two more times?" as the nurse finished. Dr. Betsy came in and examined Ellie. She sat so still for her, but didn't care for the mouth exam. Despite the gagging on the tongue depressor Ellie still asked "Can we do it again?" to Dr. Betsy. She just loves the doctor's office.

-EM

Noisy sleeper

Ellie has always been somewhat of a noisy sleeper. In fact the first night in the hospital her and I were alone sleeping in our room when she started moaning. It scared me to the point that I didn't sleep well. Well I quickly learned that she is a noisy sleeper. Most of the time she moans or sighs when asleep. Her noises are a comfort to us now when heard over the baby monitor.

Well last night was a different story. As ED mentioned Ellie has been feverish all weekend. At times her fever has topped out at 103-104. When it gets high she becomes chatty. Last night she slept without waking, but she was chatty. At different times she was talking in her sleep. Most times I couldn't make out what she was saying, but around 2am a very clear "oink, oink, oink, oink" was heard.

She woke up with a lower fever then the past mornings. Hopefully she is getting better.
-EM

Fever

This weekend, Ellie's temperature never seemed to dip below 100. However, she's not displaying any other symptoms and, actually, she played quite a bit during this time. I think it's molars. But when you ask Ellie how she feels, she says "I'm a little bit sick." I dunno. EM's gonna call Dr. Betsy today and see if a visit is in order.

-ED

Shadows

Ellie and Daddy

Trip to the fair

Ellie, Nans, Papa, Daddy, and myself took a trip to the Cabarrus County Fair last night. Ellie had a great time. She loved the racing pigs, the farm animals, the corn on the cob, and the funnel cake. At the end of the night she took a ride on a horse named Tonto and loved it.

As we were getting ready for bed her and I discussed what we saw:

Ellie: " We saw goats, and neigh neighs, and a big cow. And the little girl got milk from the cow out of his butt."

Me: "Those are utters honey."

-EM

Yeah sure.

As they like to say, kids say the darnedest things. Ellie, of course, is no exception; we just happen to be doing a poor job of cataloging such statements. And while I'm not sure this qualifies under that heading, it is one of her more common expressions and it always tickles me to hear her say it. Specifically, what I'm referring to is her tendency to respond "yeah sure." I don't know where she got it; but, if you ask her to do something she's inclined to do more often than not you will get that response.

-ED

PS - Poor girl isn't feeling well. EM just finished a cold and as such Ellie is just starting one. I guess I'm next in line. Sigh.

Whew!

We're in the new house! It took quite some doing, but everyone is relatively ok. Ellie seems to like her new pink room, and little by little we are starting to feel at home. EM swears it's gonna take 'til December for her to feel settled and, as such, vows to never move again. Fine by me. More later....

-ED