May 2010 With the Olsons

May 2010 With the Olsons

Some of you were waiting for an update. Here it is.

Much needed update...

Okay I know, I know. I am way late on these updates. I hoping to get more up soon. These pictures are from February when Delilah and Daddy went up to see Cousin Luke and Aunt Stephanie. She seemed to enjoy just laying with Luke. Much to our surprise she is a right handed girl so it seems. She is very intent on developing those writing skills. She does have some girls starting in the back of her head but nothing like mommy. Will heopfully get some more recent pictures from Easter up soon!

Vala's Pumpkin Patch..

This is how tall she was in October of 2009.
This was taken on the hay rack ride out to get the pumpkins. The entire night we fought rain off and on. It wasn't overly cold though. We spent about four hours out at the patch. Delilah did not enjoy it as much as I would have hoped. She was scared of so many things. She just wanted to hold on to us whenever we tried to show her something new and just kept saying "no." When she was really upset, she just kept saying "no, no, no, no." It was funny though. When on the way back in from the hay rack ride, one of the last things we did, she suddenly was herself again and just smiled and started talking. It was like her second wind came on and she just wasn't afraid. She loved walking along side us. She went into the Apple Education Barn and she kept walking over the bridge type walkway. Then we went to the checkout barn and she walked all over the place and kept smiling. I am really unsure what changed. Oh well overall we had fun and I am glad we did it before it got to cold. We have two great pumpkins and can't wait to try that experience of carving pumpkins. Everyone was really tired and ready for bed when we got home. Of course Delilah fell asleep in the car on the way home. I was glad I had brought her pajama to change her into. It made her getting into bed easy. Can't wait until next year to take her again and hopefully then she will enjoy it more and can get her to ride the ponies.

Just peachy....

Delilah came through her surgery with flying colors. She was very tired after her surgery, but overall did handled it like a champ. The fussiness later in the day I think was more related to teething than her ears. The biggest fight was actually the ear drops. One of the baby signs and words she know well is "all done" She uses it to let us know that she is done eating most of the time. Or we ask her if she is done eating and she says "all done." Well apparently the other day while Jarrod was giving her the drops she just kept repeating "all done, all done, all done." Jarrod felt so bad that he couldn't stop! We really do hope the tubes stay in long enough to get past that bad time and then no more tubes.

She is doing great. She is really starting to talk and actually said thank you the other day. I swear it was like we had the surgery and because she could hear so much more she jsut took off with her talking. She is always on the move. Yesterday all three of us went to Borders and man that girl was in heaven. She pulled off more books than I could keep track of. She just ran around and would grab a book look at it and then move to the next. It was like a kid in a candy store but it was bookstore. I like that even better. A kid happy in a book store.

She has start occasionally biting Jarrod and I but we think we have that figured out to be boredom as it is usually when we are on the computer and not paying attention to her. She does not do it at daycare, so apparently Jarrod and I are slacking :)

Other than that doing good and very excited to be expecting a nephew. Looking forward to a trip to SD soon to be a part of a great baby shower!

Surgery next week...

Next Tuesday Delilah will have her ear tubes placed. Sounds pretty quick and simple. We meet with her Pediatrician today too and she is doing well. Her weight dropped again, now to the 58%, her height spiked to the 68 percentile and head remains in 90th percentile. She got two shots (those don't get any easier to watch) and overall she is healthy. So off to surgery and then hopefully no more need for antibiotics!

Delilah's First Drawing

It took two days of effort but the masterpiece is finally finished. Behold the masterful strokes created with wax and paper. It proudly hangs on the fridge.

September 15th...

So as you can read in my last post that yes Delilah had moved onto Omnicef. Luckily though we have been able to keep the diaper rash at bay. We immediately started giving her Lactobaccilus (a probiotic), and treating her diaper area with lots of triple paste and Lotrimin twice a day and so far have only had a little redness and then a spot every once and awhile. I am excited that we aren't having a horrible diaper rash yet. By we are on Day 6!

The awesome news is that on September 15th we are getting to see the ENT for tube evaluation and our Pediatrician for her 15 month check up. So going to be busy day but finally we can get the ball rolling for tubes. I really want to get them in as soon as we can. Hopefully no more antibiotics for ear infections! Otherwise, Delilah finally said "Mama" I am not sure she was saying it at me but hey she said it and I heard it. Apparently Jarrod has heard it long before I did.

Delilah has quite the temper and is rather stubborn ( I know like mother, like daughter), she has learned "No" very efficiently and is starting to throw temper tantrums of throwing herself down and kicking. Does she know that she is only 15 months and she can't do this until she is TWO! Oh well. She is so funny and has such purpose now. It is so cute to see her so determined. She is one smart stubborn cookie!