March Update

I can't believe it's March already!  You would never know by looking out the window here.  We're still covered in snow & anxiously waiting for spring so we can go outside.  We had a rough last week of February.  Livy had what the pediatrician thinks was croup & a sinus infection.  She woke up last Tuesday making a wheezing sound like she was gasping for air.  No other symptoms though--no fever or tell-tale seal bark cough.  They gave her an epinephrine nebulizer treatment & steroids for the croup & amoxycillin for the sinus infection.  I think Livy just gave me her cold though.  Livy LOVES to give open mouth kisses to her mommy!

We've been doing our usual routine of getting out of the house in the mornings for playdates with our friends &/or preschool.  Livy is doing okay at Miss Margaret's.  She's starting to get into another phase of separation anxiety, so she clings to me a lot more.  Baylee is having super days at Miss Rosie's & has started to branch out & play with other kids there.

Livy is starting to say some more words.  Her latest are: mama, da, ball, nana (for banana), & I think she has said jump too.  She makes other "b" sounds, but I can't figure out what they're in reference too.  It might be book & Baylee.  She does LOVE to read with Mommy.  Her two favorite books are "Chicka Chicka ABC" & "Llama Llama Red Pajama."  She brings those two books over to me all the time & sits in my lap.  Oftentimes, she'll just flip through books on her own.  So different from Baylee!  Baylee still runs around like a lunatic when we're "reading" & chimes out random phrases.  On the other hand, I know Baylee enjoys reading.  Most mornings & after nap/quiet time I find her in bed "reading" a book.

Mike has been working lots of long hours.  He's off to Boston/New Haven next week for another business trip.  As you can imagine, Mike's counting down the days until it's open water so he can fish!

I joined a book club a month ago & I'm really enjoying it.  It forces me (or at least gives me some motivation) to read a book a month.  Our February book was "The Reliable Wife" & March is "Shanghai Girls."  Both books were worth reading, but I was disappointed in the endings in both.  For April, we're reading "Water For Elephants," which I have heard great things.

Here are some pics of the girls.

This is a pic of Baylee & E at the Nature Center.  E is one month older than Baylee.  We're starting to swap babysitting with E's parents so we can both get out on occasion without having to pay for a babysitter.

E's mom is a fabulous photographer & she captured this picture of B which I love.  Baylee has a great expression on her face.

I've been doing more sewing & this is a ruffled knot dress I made for Livy.  I got a few patterns from this woman who lays out directions with pictures that even a novice sewer like myself can create this!  Baylee saw it & now wants one too.  And yes, Livy has a huge mouthful of food.  :P