Cheese!!

Just when we thought that heinous cheese face was gone forever, it comes out again! What will Sapphie do when she's a teenager and has to look at these?!

Playing with Zoe in the princess tent. Cheese!!!
First bikeride on her new bike. Cheese!!

"No Babot, that's my kitchen! Go way down. Cheese!!!"

Four is Fun!

Cheesy title I know, but it's true! We're having a blast. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Daddy napping with Teo
Sapphie making gnocchi with Hannah. It was AMAZING. So yummy!!

"Playing with little my brother"

First outing with her new seat attachment on the stroller!

Teo loves to sleep

Sapphie loves getting her face painted at the Farmers' Market

At Taft's Milk and Maple for their open house

Sleeping, sitting up, on top of her baby

When we go into her bedroom in the morning, she says "we're having a book party!!!"

She loves it when I put Teo in her bed for snuggles in the morning

Another book party

Watching Sesame Street when we were snowed in!

Showing him how to grab the rings

Cooking soup with Auntie Hannah's earrings on

We got a ton of snow during the storm 2 weeks ago.

Hello!

Big sister. Yay!!!

Bathtime for...three!

Remember how I was so worried about bathtime, and what I was going to do? Well, I figured out quickly that bathtime for two is no longer. We now have bathtime for three!! It's a blast. The few times I've tried to have a bath with Sapphie alone, she's had a meltdown and demanded that Teo take a bath with us. A few times she even suggested that Daddy join us, and I had to explain that the bathtub isn't big enough. I don't know if she'll remember the days when it was just us, but I will always cherish them...as well as the many more baths ahead, even if it is three of us stuffed in there!
I can't believe how easily she has adjusted to the new addition. Here are some pics.

Watching "Peter Rabbit going in McGregor's Garden" as she calls it

Sapphie loves reading to Teo, and he adores her already!

Peek-a-boo

Not even 6 weeks and already at the ER

Sapphie didn't get her first cold until she was well over 6 months old. I knew that Teo would be different though - Christina has prepared me for all the sicknesses that come through the house when you have more than one child. So, I wasn't surprised when Teo got a runny nose a couple of days ago. Sapphie has had one since Christmas it seems, and even though she washes her hands a lot and we are always wiping her nose, she is all over Teo. She loves him so much and likes to snuggle him very closely.
Tonight, I decided to take his temperature because he felt a little warm to me. He's also been really fussy since yesterday. Sure enough, he had a fever of 101. Not a huge deal for a toddler, but for a baby under 2 months a fever can be life threatening. You're not even allowed to give them medicine without seeing the doctor, because the fever could indicate a serious bacterial infection that needs to be treated. So, I called the doctor and she sent me to the ER. Kevin was getting Sapphie ready for dinner, and I had to call Soe and cancel our hot date for Brasil night. I felt bad but I was so worried about Teo. Lukey had RSV (that's respiratory syncytial virus) when he was Teo's age, and he was hospitalized. I know that was really scary for Christina.
Anyway, I packed us up and headed over to the ER. As usual for a Saturday night, the waiting room was totally packed. Most of the people didn't look sick, they looked drunk. It made me sad. There was another mom there, alone with her two young toddlers. Both in PJ's and very cute. One was sick and looked really scared to be at the hospital. Teo and I got called in pretty quickly, and they took his vitals.

Look at this cool thing: it just attaches to his foot and, without puncturing the skin, it measures the levels of oxygen levels in his blood! It tells some other things too because 3 different numbers come up. The nurse told me but I don't remember what they were.

Then, we waited for the doctor. And waited and waited. Teo got sick of waiting and decided to go to sleep.


The doctor finally came in, took a look, and said she needed to have some tests run. Urine, blood, nose swab, and maybe a spinal tap and a chest xray. I thought she was crazy! She explained they need to be sure the fever isn't caused by a bacterial infection. But, she thought Teo looked pretty good so maybe they wouldn't need to do a spinal tap. She left, and about 5 minutes later a very charming doctor swept in. Hey grabbed the stool and sat on it, then rolled really close to me. He said:
"hey. sorry you've been in here forever. Has the resident been in yet?"
I said "yes, and she said she wants to run some tests."
He said "well I run the place, so I want to have a look too."
I said "sure"
This doctor was pretty hot I have to say. He was arrogant and pompous, yes, and clearly the boss around, but in a way that is attractive and not annoying. He grabbed Teo and said
"wow, he's going to be a big boy. You and your husband will have to buy an extra fridge. I have two kids close in age too. It's fun."
Then he told me he wanted to send us home with some Tylenol and call it a night. I liked that idea. But, he said since my pediatrician had sent me in, he needed to call her. She wanted a urine test and nose swab...but no spinal tap thank goodness.

Then the nurses came in and used a catheter to get a urine sample. He was so good!!! They absolutely loved him.

Then we sat and waited for the results. For 40 minutes!

The nurse came back, and said we were free to go! We'll get more results back tomorrow, but they did confirm it isn't bacterial. So, we got a dose of Tylenol and hit the road to home. We ran into 2 drunk people on the way out, both walking aimlessly around and hiccuping.

We didn't waste any time getting back to our cozy house. Now Teo is sound asleep and I'm thinking about going to sleep myself! I'm so glad he's okay. What a relief. We are very lucky to have two healthy babies. I can handle a cold here and there, and a 3-hour trip to the ER once a year, no problem. I guess this is only the beginning...they'll always be keeping us on our toes...

5 week old smiles

We've been so busy and I haven't posted any pictures! But here's a cute video of Teo smiling this morning.