Seizures

On Friday, Dec. 12th, Evelyn became very ill. She had a low-grade fever and tummy troubles so Mommy stayed home with her. Mommy called the pediatrician and they felt that Evelyn had a virus that has been going around and told me to monitor her. Around noon, she layed down for a nap. That is when I heard her making an unusual noise. When I went in to her room, her eyes were fixated on the ceiling, she did not respond to my voice, and was slightly shaking. I grabbed her and rushed to a nearby Urgent Care. They took her temp. and vital signs. Her temp. had skyrocketed to 103, which is why she was reacting the way that I found her, and they gave her some Tylenol to bring it down. They also discovered that she had an ear infection. After her temp. began to drop, they gave us an antibiotic and sent us home. All was well until bath time. At 7:00 p.m., Daddy was giving her a bath and I was in the kitchen getting her next dose of Tylenol ready and some milk. That is when Rob yelled for me and rushed to the bathroom to find her shaking violently with her eyes rolled in the back of her head. We immediately realized she was having a seizure. I called our neighbor who is a nurse and she rushed over. I started the car while Rob wrapped up Evelyn and we rushed to the ER. They did some chest xrays and blood tests. They determined that she had an ear infection, influenza A, and pneumonia. They told us that she is in the 1% of children who suffer from febrile seizures when her temperature rises. The good news is that most children grow out of them by age
6. She is on an antibiotic and Termaflu along with Motrin and Tylenol every 3-6 hrs. Mommy keeps wondering why I didn't see any signs, but if you know my daughter, then you know that she never shows symptoms of not feeling well. Our hearts are broken over this news, but we appreciate all the love and support our friends and neighbors have shown us during this time. If you are wondering what you can do to help, we simply ask for prayers.

Indiana Holiday Time

On Wed. night, we hit the highways to visit family in IN. To our great surprise, there wasn't much traffic and Evelyn was an angel all the way! She never once fussed for a toy, book, or any other reason. She just sat in her car seat, petted Mindy, and looked out the window until she fell asleep around 7:30 p.m. We were astonished at how well she traveled! Grandma Donna cooked a large Thanksgiving feast for us and Evelyn gobbled up every last bite on her plate (imagine that)! The next day, we headed up to visit Grandma Jill and the Grandfather along with Grandma Jeanna, Aunt Kenzie, Uncle Ty, and Aunt Abby. We exchanged Christmas presents and played with our second cousin Blake, who is about the same age as Evelyn. Sat. morning we headed back down to Grandma Donna's and exchanged more Christmas presents there. Now, we are home safe and sound and watching the first snowfall of the season--pretty to look at, but Mommy would rather see it in a picture while sunbathing at the beach!

It has been a while...

Since our last post, we have been busy with colds, work, and lots of playing. It seems like either Daddy, Mommy, or now Evelyn has had a cold with a cough for the past month. Of course, Daddy's began as an ear infection that became severe rather quickly. He finally went in to a doctor and got medicine. Then, it was Mommy's turn to fall under the spell of a cold. Now, Evelyn has a runny nose with a cough. Hopefully, we will make it through Thanksgiving without having to see the doctor. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving--we will post pics from our Thanksgiving in IN soon.

Let The Training Begin!

On Monday night at 5:00 p.m., Evelyn came around the corner of the kitchen pulling at her diaper and fussing. When Mommy asked her if she needed to go potty on the potty chair, Evelyn took off for the bathroom. We sat on the potty for a few minutes and read some books, then Evelyn stood up and she had gone potty! We did a high five and celebrated! Since that day, she has gone potty on the chair a few other times--looks like we are heading down the potty training road! My what a big girl she is becoming.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider went trick or treating tonight! Evelyn donned her spider costume, grabbed her ghost bucket, and headed out to get some treats! Daddy and Mommy were excited to take her for her first official trick or treating. She tuckered out after walking for a few minutes, so we carried her most of the way around the subdivision (heaven forbid she rides in her stroller). She enchanted everyone with her "Boo" and saying "Thank you." By 7:30 p.m., we were home, taking a bath, and heading for bed. With all the fun she had this Halloween, we can hardly wait to see what Christmas will bring this year!

Pumpkin Carving

We invited our neighbor over to carve pumpkins last night! She brought her two daughters over to join the fun! Evelyn decided what kind of face to draw on her pumpkin from two drawings that Mommy made on paper. She chose the happy face (imagine that). Then, she helped Mommy draw the face onto the pumpkin. Daddy took over with the actual carving and scooping out the seeds. While that took place, Evelyn ran around playing with the neighbor's older daughter while the youngest one sat quietly in the stroller. Evelyn finally noticed all the seeds on the newspaper and decided to investigate them further--she really enjoyed pushing them around with the ice cream spade. Once the pumpkins were done, we all headed inside for some pizza. After bath, we lit our jack o' lanterns and Evelyn said "Boo!" (Mommy has taught her that for Halloween). We can't wait for Halloween night!

Fall Fun

Grandma Donna arrived late Thursday evening for a weekend visit. On Saturday morning, she and Mommy took Evelyn to the Fall Festival at Mommy's school. Daddy had to do some homework and go to the dr.--he has a terrible ear infection. At the Festival, Evelyn picked an alligator out of the pond for a prize (a duckie--one of her favorite bath toys!) and then headed outside for more fun. She wanted to go down the huge inflatable slide, so Mommy climbed up with her and we slid down together. She loved it and wanted to go again. We then headed over for a pony ride, but as we got close, she began to cry and wanted nothing to do with the pony. So, it was back inside for a quick bite for lunch. Before leaving, we stopped to make our little princess a crown. On Sunday, Daddy was feeling better and we all headed to Rombach's to pick a pumpkin! Evelyn tried to help Daddy pull the pumpkin cart. We met up with our good friends, Owen and Avery. Evelyn loved climbing on the fire truck and going for a tractor ride for kids. When it was lunch time, we headed to the mall to grab a bite and pick up Daddy's new suit. Of course, Evelyn did some shopping and found a winter dress coat and Christmas dress. On the way home, our little diva fell fast asleep.