An update

Things have been super busy lately with lots of traveling with work and such. It's hard to keep this updated sometimes. LOL
I took Alexis back into the Doctor yesterday for her "official" 6 month checkup and to make sure her ears were doing better. She is 7 months now....too hard to believe. She is rolling everywhere and Dr. Reynolds thinks she will be crawling VERY soon...she is doing the whole scooting thing. She does however have another ear infection in her right ear. She didn't want to do meds yet, but decided with us going to Great Falls for Easter that we would just in case it gets worse...better to be safe than sorry this time. She also put her on Singulair for her nose....she has had a running nose off and on since December, so she is thinking maybe allergies. We will see if this works first and go from there. I remember the allergy testing we did with Shelby...I hate it, but if it needs to be done I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there. She weighs in at 14.6 lbs and is 25.5 inches. She is in the lower end of the percentiles, but Shelby was too and she is "proportionally" correct. LOL!! I asked about her eye color to see if it was done changing...sure enough she has Papa's blueish eyes. The outer part is a dark blue and the inner part closer to the pupil is greenish with some flecks of gold. I thought that was pretty cool.
Shelby was a great help. She was antsy when we were doing our shopping, but as I was putting Alexis in her car seat to head home, Shelby had the entire cart (except for the dog food) unloaded from the cart and lined up perfectly in the back of the van. She is such a great big sister. SO...her treat was a small blizzard at DQ--she chose the Mint Oreo blizzard....I was so glad she shared with me too.
We are heading to Great Falls for Easter weekend, and Shelby is so excited. Easter is her 2nd favorite holiday...a very close second to Christmas. She can't wait to dye the eggs on Saturday. I am excited for it to be Alexis's first Easter too...I love the traditions.
I hope you are all well and have a wonderful and safe Easter break.

Alexis's Appointment

Well, what was supposed to be a Well Child Check didn't happen. My poor baby has a double ear infection and the right ear is so bad it is bulging bad. She wasn't tugging at her ears at all. You could tell she didn't feel good, but with the coughing and runny nose I figured it was a cold. I felt TERRIBLE...I couldn't believe it was an ear infection. She has made it 6 months before getting sick, but still. Because of the history with Shelby and her having to get tubes put in, we will need to watch Alexis, but she could go down that road too...I hope this isn't a trend we are getting ready for though. They put her on amoxicilin and that will hopefully clear it up. We go back in 3 weeks for an ear check and hopefully her Well Child Check....I am just grateful we got her shots done a couple of weeks ago.
She weighs in at 14 lbs, 2 oz and is about 24 1/2" long (she was measured in February and was 25", so somewhere our measurements are off a bit). She is growing very well...she is in the lower percentiles in each category, but everything is in proportion, so no worries. I picked up some State 2 meats for her to begin on...Ham, Beef, Turkey and Chicken. I'm sure she will enjoy it, but for now she is just a snuggle bug and I don't want her to be hurting when she eats...last night wasn't good at dinner time. We will see...she is asleep on Brad's chest as I type, but I hope she gets to feeling better real soon!!!
Shelby has the nasty crud too now, so I got her some cough medicine that will hopefully help her when she sleeps. Crossing my fingers anyways!! I will let you know how the next appointment goes.

Spring is Knocking

I can't wait for the snow to melt (don't tell Brad I said that though) Winter is nice, but I LOVE Spring time--it's my favorite season. I love the flowers and the sun and Everything about it.

It has been a while since I posted, but things have been good....Alexis is now 6 months old...hard to believe that. She is pushing 14 lbs, but we have her 6 month appointment on Monday, so we will know for sure--she is also officially rolling over BOTH ways now-she finally figured out how to get her arm out of the way to roll from her back to her belly when we got home Saturday night from Billings-of course we ALL missed her rolling over for the first time, but she is a pro now. Shelby is doing great...she is so excited for school. She is writing her name so well now (of course it took some tears for both her AND Mommy to get to that point) We don't know what we are doing for school in the fall...we are keeping our options open right now on whether it will be in town or at a country school--you know I have a bias.

Brad is getting antsy to be outside too...it's been so dang cold to do much. He was busy over the weekend installing the bathtub (temporarily) in the basement for the Girls...Shelby got up and had to check and see if it was done cause she is trying it out tonight! LOL! Silly kid. He is so ready to get the concrete poured for the foundation to the addition. It will take years to get it finished, but it will get done eventually.

I have filed for office again, so will be on the ballot again this coming election...doesn't seem like 4 years is almost up already. I have been busy traveling all over for my job, but I do enjoy it. Like my Grandma Virgina used to say...I should write a book of my adventures....well it would be pretty lengthy by now.

I need to take some recent pictures of the girls soon, but have updated the blog with a couple of them. I hope everyone is doing well.