My! What Sharp Teeth You Have!

Tuesday, Mom and I thought we'd head to the mall to enjoy the A/C and give Rachel a chance to run around and have some fun out and about. The best made plans....

First, Mom realized she forgot her medicine. Since she'd missed the previous days dose, we quickly made a few phone calls and got her a new prescription called into the local pharmacy. By this time, Rachel was taking her morning snooze. When she got up, we started to pack up to head out. The jogging stroller was in the car, and while it's wonderful for outdoor activities like the fair, the zoo, a walk in the park... it is NOT ideal for maneuvering in small spaces like the mall. I got her blue stroller, loaded it in the back, and took the jogging stroller to the deck for storage until we returned home. I did not see Boots taking her morning snooze under the patio furniture. She did not hear/see me coming. I must have stepped on her and in her slumber, scared her half to death because the next thing I know, she was yowling, I felt a sharp pain in my foot (which caused me to yowl) and I had blood dripping down my foot. Since cat bites are notorious for getting infected, we called Dr. Jeannie and made an appointment.

So, instead of enjoying an afternoon of window shopping at the mall, Rachel provided in-house entertainment in the waiting room at Dr. Jeannie's office. I think she was relieved that she wasn't the one Dr. Jeannie wanted to see! A second trip to the pharmacy was made that day and I went home to ice my foot. Let me just tell you, while the bite didn't look too bad, it hurt like the dickens!

Later that day, I noticed that Boots wasn't eating her foot. Her nose was swollen. We noticed it on Sunday and thought she gotten stung. Since it wasn't improving, she wasn't eating, and she was not acting like herself (she doesn't usually BITE), I took her to the vet yesterday morning. She has an abscess on her nose. She probably got into it with the orange barn cat that she loathes...

We are both enjoying our antibiotic.

Nick has filed this into the "Predicaments That Adrienne Gets Into" along with falling on my face twice in two weeks (ankle) and several others.
What can I say? It takes talent!

Nana O. Comes to Visit

Rachel's Nana O. came to visit for a few days this week. Despite the heat, Rachel and Nana still managed to have a good time. There was bubble blowing and playing in the hose (my personal favorite activity of the week), helping water flowers, etc. But Rachel also learned how to help around the house. She helped do dishes...

And she even helped wash the potatoes for dinner...sans her diaper since she decided to plop down into the sink of dishwater, diaper and all. I can't say I blame her! It's hot out! In case you are wondering, Huggies do have remarkable absorbency.

Rachel also helped Nana stir up her morning cup of coffee.

She took her job as coffee stirer very seriously. Sometimes too seriously... Nana had to watch out for splashes.

Despite the week not always going as planned, a good time was had by all!

Day at the Zoo

As part of her birthday gift (a couple of weeks late), we took Rachel to the Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville. We diligantly watched the weather to pick a day where we wouldn't either roast or drown or both. I have to say- for mid-July, the day was perfect!! If you go off the amount of pointing and grunting at various animals, objects, people, trash cans, etc, I think it's safe to say that she enjoyed her trip to the zoo. We had a mishap after lunch with the sunblock, which I feel bad about.... When we reapplied at lunch, she began to sweat and it ran down into her eye. Her eye was red, watery, and puffy for quite sometime afterwards. I will be finding a waterproof formula. Who'd have thought, though, that BABY sunblock would cause such discomfort? Aveeno, I'm very disappointed. However, a trip through to see the strange bunny cat looking creatures and some entertaining racoon relatives from India or somewhere along with Donna the Hippo, seemed to perk her back up. Other favorites were the mister over by the lions and tigers, the peacocks that popped up across the zoo, and the zebra striped carts you could rent for $3. She thought those looked a lot cooler than her stroller. Next time, Peanut...next time!

So Grateful....

That the A/C is fixed!!

Full Moon

This was too good not to share with the masses. Rachel will find it mortifying later in life...but it's just too good!!

Since she didn't eat any dinner to speak of, she woke up at 4:30am crying. I knew she was hungry, so I went ahead and fixed her a small bottle to tide her over until breakfast. I changed her diaper so she'd be nice and dry, made sure she had her coveted blankie, and wished her good-night. I didn't hear a peep from her again. At 8:30am (feeling rather refreshed from a nice long slumber), I peeked in her door to check on her. Not wearing my glasses it took me a moment to realize what was amiss with the scene I saw there. Then I had to go get my camera.

It's not too often you start the day with a full moon.

Since our A/C was out yesterday and it was stil in the 80's when I put her to bed, I thought a cute little nightgown would be more comfortable. Apparently, she figured out how to take her diaper off. I also had to wash her sheet and blankets since the diaper was not there to do its job. (I realize this could have been much, much worse).

Oh, Rachel. My life is never dull and boring with you in it. Love and Hugs, Mama

Birthday Girl!

I know this post is about a week late...but better late than never!

Rachel turned ONE last Friday. It's still hard for me to believe that I am now the mama to a toddler! I think I am safe to say that we had a wonderful birthday party for Rachel. The weather didn't cooperate completely and rain showers drove all but those who dutifully watched over the grill.

I was once again amazed at how blessed Rachel is by the mountain of gifts she received. She should be the best dressed girl in town with no reason to complain about lack of things to play with.

Here are some pictures from her very special day!

Rachel enjoyed helping with the party decorations. I think she would have been totally fine if all she got for her birthday were balloons.

Rachel enjoyed her cupcakes and she ate them without making a mess. Unlike me, she prefers the cake to the cream cheese icing.

But what she really loved were the Cheetos that her Nana O. shared with her. That was only one of several nutritious food items that my mom shared with her over the weekend.

We had a fun weekend and I look forward to many more birthday celebrations in the years ahead!!