Just when Julia recovered from her terrible cold, RSV and bronchiolitis, she got an ear infection. The docs think she probably had it for a while and it was a result of the terrible cold. She was very congested with the cold and bronchiolitis that eventually things just backed up in her ears and caused the infection. On Wednesday, I picked her up from daycare and she had some nice, yellowish-brown, foul smelling stuff draining from her ears. She didn't have a fever, but we figured it was an infection. We took her to urgent care that evening and sure enough her right ear was infected. Her ear drum had perforated because of the pressure of the infection and was now draining. We would have never known she had an infection because she never showed signs of one (fever, pulling at her ears, etc...). She is a tough little gal. They prescribed an antibiotic for her and she will take that for about 10 days. It is some lovely smelling pink stuff that we have to give her twice a day. We just give it to her in the side of her mouth when she is eating and she doesn't really notice the extra fluid or taste. She does a good job.
Other than having many visits to the doctor, we had visitors ourself last weekend. Grandma and Grandpa Mock came to visit. They babysat Julia on Saturday night while Mike and I went out to dinner alone for my birthday (on the 11th...a late celebration). We went to a nice seafood restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. It was so great to have a night out alone. We ate some wonderful food. Mike had steak and lobster and I had Alaskan King Crab (like the ones they catch on the TLC channel show "Deadliest Catch"..if you are a fan of the show you know what I am talking about). It was excellent crab and all the other food we had was wonderful. Still I missed Julia and she was sound asleep when we got home. It was a fun night, but of course we won't go out that often and eat at that restaurant for a long time because it is quite pricey! During the day, Julia got to go on her first walk outside. Since the weather was nice (around 50 degrees), we went for a walk with Grandma Mock. Julia loved it and of course fell asleep!
Julia is doing well. Her two front teeth are coming in pretty fast and are almost all the way out. She is now rolling over from tummy to back again after not having done it since New Years Day. She finally figured out how to do it again and it also almost rolling over from back to tummy. She gets on her side quite well, but just has to figure out where to move her arm to get on her belly. She loves tummy time and also wiggles around and scoots on her belly to move. If we leave the room for even a second, she might be in a different position or facing a different way than when we left the room. We took this as a sign to get the house ready for her when she gets more mobile. Better sooner than later! Julia is a happy, giggley little gal. We find more and more things everyday to humor her. She just loves to giggle and laugh when we laugh. She loves to kick her legs, move her arms and thrash her toys around to make noise. She still puts everything in her mouth, but not before inspecting it with her eyes and hands first and swing it around in her hands and arms. It is so fun to watch her explore new sites and objects.
Other than having many visits to the doctor, we had visitors ourself last weekend. Grandma and Grandpa Mock came to visit. They babysat Julia on Saturday night while Mike and I went out to dinner alone for my birthday (on the 11th...a late celebration). We went to a nice seafood restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. It was so great to have a night out alone. We ate some wonderful food. Mike had steak and lobster and I had Alaskan King Crab (like the ones they catch on the TLC channel show "Deadliest Catch"..if you are a fan of the show you know what I am talking about). It was excellent crab and all the other food we had was wonderful. Still I missed Julia and she was sound asleep when we got home. It was a fun night, but of course we won't go out that often and eat at that restaurant for a long time because it is quite pricey! During the day, Julia got to go on her first walk outside. Since the weather was nice (around 50 degrees), we went for a walk with Grandma Mock. Julia loved it and of course fell asleep!
Julia is doing well. Her two front teeth are coming in pretty fast and are almost all the way out. She is now rolling over from tummy to back again after not having done it since New Years Day. She finally figured out how to do it again and it also almost rolling over from back to tummy. She gets on her side quite well, but just has to figure out where to move her arm to get on her belly. She loves tummy time and also wiggles around and scoots on her belly to move. If we leave the room for even a second, she might be in a different position or facing a different way than when we left the room. We took this as a sign to get the house ready for her when she gets more mobile. Better sooner than later! Julia is a happy, giggley little gal. We find more and more things everyday to humor her. She just loves to giggle and laugh when we laugh. She loves to kick her legs, move her arms and thrash her toys around to make noise. She still puts everything in her mouth, but not before inspecting it with her eyes and hands first and swing it around in her hands and arms. It is so fun to watch her explore new sites and objects.
Today we went to the Como Park Conservatory and Zoo in St. Paul. The conservatory was having its annual Spring Fling where they have a display of spring flowers in one of their greenhouses/atriums. It was a beautiful day to be out. The conservatory was busy, but it was nice to see the green plants and flowers. We walked around for about an hour and then had lunch in the nearby cafe. We met up with our friend Jenny and her son Noah who is 6 weeks younger than Julia. Jenny's mom and Jenny's godmother also joined us. We pushed our strollers through the greenery and flowers and took some fun pictures of the kids. Julia really enjoyed the koi pond and the flowers in the Sunken Garden. Afterwards, Julia was beat (as were mom and dad) and she slept all the way home.
Ready for my first walk...
It actually does get sunny and warm here!
The Sunken Garden with pond
Mike and Julia viewing the pond and fish
Enjoying the flowers
Looking at mommy's favorite flowers...tulips!
Who's hiding in the trees?
Julia and daddy by the fountain
Looking at the fish in the koi pond....she was reaching out too them and wanted to touch them (and probably put them in her mouth!)
This is not a staged picture, she loves chewing on the giraffe's leg!
Cute little toesies!
This chair is comfy!
Playing baseball with daddy....home run!
I am glad to see that Julia (or maybe it is more Mike!) is enjoying the baseball toy! Very adorable!
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