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May 20, 2003
May 20, 2003
In 3 days Virginia will be 3 years old. Although if you ask her how old she is, she will tell you 3. Close enough. ;-) Luckily we have all gotten back into the swing of things since Vacation. Although Virginia does ask to go to the beach every day, she doesn’t quite understand that there are no beaches by our house. So I take her to the park, and she loves that. We have a sandbox in our backyard but it needs new sand. The sand from last summer smells like mildew to me. Yuck!
The day after Vacation Virginia had a dentist appointment. We have a dentist book and we talk about the dentist all the time, so she was actually excited to go. However, on the way there she decided she was scared and didn’t want to go. So I told her that if she was scared she could squeeze my finger and that if she didn’t cry I would take her for ice cream. She hesitantly agreed. She really did a great job listening to the dentist and letting him give her a fluoride treatment. Virginia was very proud of herself and told her Daddy all about how good she was and how she had a blue ice cream cone.
Virginia brought home a bad cough from vacation. It sounded awful and very wet and very deep. She started to complain that her throat was hurting. She had no other symptoms though so I waited to take her to the doctor. I ended up taking her on Friday May 9th (2 days after vacation). Her doctor said she had some wheezing in her lungs, but since she had no other symptoms he didn’t want to give her an antibiotic (I agreed). He said she probably caught a virus and that she wasn’t contagious. That night we went over to a friend’s house (they have a son who is 2 months younger than Virginia). While we adore this family, whenever we leave their company we are reminded at what a good child Virginia is. Sometimes we need to be reminded of that, although not too often. Virginia really is a dream child. Sure, she has her moments. But on the whole she is so easy. Karl and I are very thankful for that. My MIL reminds us that part of the reason Virginia is so easy is because of the type of parents we are (spend lots of play time with her, follow through on discipline, and LOVE her). Anyway, the next day (Saturday) we took it easy so that Virginia could rest and try to recover.
Mother’s Day
I love my husband dearly and he is a wonderful father and husband with many great qualities. But remembering holidays is not one of them. I know this now, but I still get disappointed. A few days before Mother’s day I reminded him (nicely) that Mother’s day was coming (partially for my benefit, and partially for his mom’s benefit). The day before I asked what the plans were for Sunday. He said he was going to do more lawn work. I asked again what our plans were for Sunday and he repeated the same thing. I cleared my throat and asked one for time. The light bulb clicked and he said I guess it’s not lawn work. BINGO. Since he had nothing planned I mentioned to him I wanted to go out to the mall in Frisco (45 minute drive) to go to Pottery barn kids (the only one in our area). Then we could eat lunch somewhere and then drive another 30 minutes to Culver’s to get Frozen Custard (yum). On Sunday morning, Karl had Virginia run up to me and tell me Happy Mommy’s Day! That was very cute. We had a nice morning/afternoon. I bought a butterfly curtain rod for Virginia’s new big girl room. Then we ate lunch at The big bowl (Asian food) and then pigged out on frozen custard. So even though I planned the day, it was nice to spend it together as a family. This is the first time I haven’t had to share a holiday, and I really enjoyed it.
The following Wednesday I took Virginia to the zoo. We went with her friend Nathan (18 months old) and his mommy Amber. We had a nice time although it was much warmer this time so we were all happy to get back into the air-conditioned car! I don’t think we will be going back to the zoo until the fall unless we have an unusually cool day.
That Friday we had lunch with Karl. Virginia loves to visit her daddy at work (mostly because of all the stuff she can get into). She also loves to eat lunch out at a restaurant, and she really behaves herself (usually). I think she also likes all the attention Karl’s co-workers give her. The same friends that we spent the Friday before with came over to our house after dinner. The kids had a good time playing. They knew they would not be able to make it to Virginia’s birthday party so she received an early gift. A cute outfit from gymboree and a animal lace up toy. Virginia could care less about clothes, but I appreciate them (less to buy).
That next day (Saturday) we went to a small get together at another friends house (the one’s with the preemie). Virginia had a blast swimming and playing. But I think her favorite part was when she got to hold Amanda (the preemie). She sat and sang songs to her and Amanda touched her face. Virginia was in love with Amanda. This made me feel so good that she will want to do this with her new sibling (she kept asking throughout the day to hold her again and again). But then again, she may not want to. Only time will tell. Sunday was going to be a slow relaxing day for us, but it wasn’t.
A trip to the ER
Sunday morning Virginia came over to me and it looked like she was doing her constipated pooping dance. So I held her and told her it was all right and she asked to be changed. But there was nothing to change yet. About 2 seconds later her diaper was wet. So I changed her pull-up and then she asked to sit on the potty. So off we went and then she just started crying and saying her pee-pee hurt. I was then thinking, oh-no she has a UTI (urinary tract infection). She got off the potty and about every 5 to 10 minutes she would hold her crotch and cry and said it hurt. So I told Karl to meet us at the ER (he had to return a rented yard tool by noon). Luckily it wasn’t too busy at the ER and that they also have an urgent care facility connected to the ER for non-critical cases. We were escorted to Urgent care and the Nurse practitioner said she needed a urine sample. I kept asking Virginia if she had to go and she would cry and say no (I felt so bad for her). The NP told me they would have to then take a sample by catheter. I really didn’t want them to do that so I encouraged Virginia to drink and she finally agreed to try. So I got out her portable seat and got the cup ready. I put her on the seat, then maneuvered my hand to hold the cup underneath her. (My hand was partially submerged in the toilet water and that grossed me out, but what else could I do?). She did pee in the cup (yahoo) and then she was allowed to get dressed and play while we waited for the lab results. Karl had arrived at this point. She had a UTI. No more bubble baths for pumpkin, even though we were rinsing her privates with clear water after each bath…I guess that wasn’t enough. Karl gave her the first dose of antibiotics and then she had lunch and took a nap. By the time she woke up you would never know she had an infection. The medicine worked that fast! She is on that medicine for the next 2 weeks, just one dose per day. And luckily it tastes good and she is willing to take it without a fight.
Monday (yesterday)
We woke up, I gave Virginia a bubble-less bath. While she wasn’t happy about not having bubbles, she was content with the explanation that the Doctor said no more bubbles. I took her to her weekly gymnastics class. This was there last class for the session (she gets one week off) so they all received certificates and a medal. She is so proud of her medal! I then whisked her off to The picture people to have her 3-year picture taken. The first session was horrible, and I was just hoping one picture would turn out. Nope. So we immediately had another photo session with a different photographer, and this one went much better. So now we have a cute 3-year picture of Virginia. (I’ll scan it and put it on the babies-on-line website). We finally arrived home late (4pm) so pumpkin was so tired and she took a nice nap before dinner.
It feels like we have been going non-stop since vacation. My mom arrives on Thursday (yea) and Virginia has her 3-year well baby check up that day. Friday is her birthday and our wedding anniversary. So we will have a small family (us 3, plus my mom) “party” on the actual day. On Saturday is her bigger (but still small) birthday party. Virginia is really looking forward to that. She picked out princess plates and cups. I have a tiara for her to wear. I let her pick out the cake…she picked butterflies (her fav right now) and the colors are pink, yellow and purple. It’s a small gathering of family (10 people) and friends (3 people). There are 11 people not coming because of scheduling conflict, but that’s okay….less stress for me (I guess that is what happens when your birthday falls on Memorial day weekend). On Sunday we are going to meet Alicia from Ohio. I’ve become friends with her because of this iparenting diary. I am really looking forward to that. And then my mom goes back to Wisconsin on Tuesday.
I am hoping to have this diary closed and to move over to Moms Today. So if all of a sudden my diary disappears, look for us over there. I don’t think it will happen to quickly though.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
Hugs,
Katrina and Virginia
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