Kaili is underweight and it’s affecting her height, crud! She eats like a bird, so now I have to make sure her birdseed is packed with calories. I wonder if she would like her fries with mayonnaise?

She weighs a whopping 19 lbs but in her defense she did just get over a bad cold and she still has a lingering cough. The Dr. said I can give her Zyrtec once a day to help. Then I stumbled upon this article and now my paranoia is at an elevated level, I am about to go sanitize all her pacifiers. I will admit I lack in that department because they don’t leave her room but that is no excuse.

We didn’t talk much about her speech since I have already taken the steps to get her assessed on my own. Her evaluation is next week. I had a packet of a gazillion papers to fill out that all asked the same questions in different ways. The questions were geared towards early Autism symptoms <— I am not sure that is the word I am looking for  but you get my drift, right?  The only 18- month developmental skill she doesn’t have is language.

Our Dr. said she wasn’t concerned with her lack of speech since her understanding was just fine, Kaili likes to show off!

We are scheduled to go back in 7 weeks for a weight check. I am hoping loads of mashed potatoes, stuffing and cuisine de Walla Walla will do the trick!

Kaili only had 2 vaccinations left to get and we threw in a flu shot, then I left the room. Nothing can make a mothers’ heartbreak like hearing your child screaming from the other end of a building. Shane said the gentle nurse stabbed her pretty hard and there was blood. I am glad I missed it, I may have smacked her. Luckily that is it until her Kindergarten shots!

Well let’s see, where did I leave off? Kaili’s health has made a huge improvement over the past couple of days, her fever is gone, throwing up is done and her toe bled on it’s own which has made it look a million times better. After the week we had she ended up with a stupid cold!

Friday, our friend Randy from Portland ( you can follow his wife’s blog here) came into town for a visit. We, and a few of our friends went to Slaters 50/50 for an early dinner.

This was the first time Kaili really ate anything, Mac n cheese, french fries and ketchup, I’ll take it!

We spent Sunday sitting around, chatting, sipping Bloody Mary’s and laughing at K bear. Oh and watching football!

The past few days haven’t been the greatest. Well actually Tuesday started out just fine. Kaili and I went down to the Bay for some excercise  and a picnic lunch.

Kaili enjoyed playing in the sand and on the playground. It was a beautiful day.

Once we were back home, we headed out into the backyard for some kitty cat time. As Kaili was trying to pull a towel off the back of one the patio chairs she unfortunately managed to pull the entire chair over onto her.  I didn’t get there in time and the chair landed on her toe. She was in pain and her whole toenail instantly turned purple

Once the crying subsided, I tried icing it as much as I could, but she wasn’t having it. I was more concerned than she was, she was handling the pain fine, or so I thought. I decided to call the nurse to make sure she didn’t need to be checked out. The nurse suggested to see if Kaili could settle down for a nap, if so then she would probably be fine but if not to head to urgent care. Kaili was exhausted and napped her normal afternoon nap with no problem.

When dinner rolled around she was fussy and I couldn’t get her to eat more than a few bites and she fought bedtime, that is unusual. I knew she must be in pain and I gave her Advil but it didn’t seem to help. It is heartbreaking to know your child is in pain and there is nothing you can do about it, absolutely heartbreaking! By 9pm we both finally got some sleep. That is until midnight when I was woken up by her screaming. As soon as I opened her door I knew what had happened. She was covered, no actually drenched in vomit. Once everything was in the wash and she had taken a bath I put her on the couch to watch Barney while I called the after hours nurse. I was urged to take her to the ER. So we packed up and headed to Children’s hospital at 1:00 AM.

I was concerned that the vomiting was linked to her hurt toe but the nurse at the hospital didn’t think they were connected. They gave Kaili some a magic drug that stopped her vomiting and said they weren’t going to drain the blood in her toe at that time, so we could head home but we needed to see her Pediatrician in the next day or two.

We were both wiped by the time we got home and she went right to sleep. I hoped she would sleep until 8 or 9 to catch up on the missed hours but nope, she was up at 5 and then for good at 7. Once awake, she developed a fever. It started as a low grade fever but started climbing as the day went on.

Kaili came with me to the gym on Monday where she was in their daycare while I worked out. Shane thought, and I hoped that she caught something there and it was just a coincidence that it hit her the same day as her injury. But in the back of my mind I worried that it was somehow linked to the trauma of her toe or even worse an infection in her body.

The Dr. agreed with me that the vomiting could very well be her body reacting to the injury but she wasn’t convinced the fever was too. She gave me the option of doing blood tests to check for an infection or wait a few days to see what happens with the fever. I opted for the second option, wait and see. Her opinion was she would be just fine and wouldn’t be surprised if she woke up with a cough or congestion in the next day. But she said we were to come back if her fever got over 103 and or if the fever wasn’t gone in three days.

Kaili woke up the next morning with a fever, nasal congestion and sneezing. So maybe this is all a coincidence  and it’s just a bad bad cold. I haven’t been able to get her to eat or drink anything and I am forcing water, Gatorade and apple juice down her throat just to keep her from becoming dehydrated. This sucks!

This is what her toe looks like today, terrible picture but she won’t let me touch her foot.

She still has a temperature and that is my main concern right now. Fingers crossed things start looking up tomorrow!

Baby K turned 17 months last Sunday. We celebrated with a trip up to the OC so Kaili could see all of her family. But first we had to say good morning to Senna.

Kaili and I met the family at the Irvine spectrum where we enjoyed lunch. Kaili’s favorite part of going there is the pet store as sad as they are.

After lunch, Kaili was entertained by her uncle. She hasn’t seen much of him but she took to him immediately.

And then she wowed us with her piano skills, musical prodigy in the making?

My mom is leaving in a couple of weeks on another trip to Bolivia and beyond. She will be gone through the holidays so I got a present early.

It’s even signed! I love it.

We finished the evening at Salt Creek Grill, all the food was delicious!

What an amazing trip we just had. 4 countries, 20 days, 2 medals and Coldplay! I think I am home sick from it all. I miss waking up in a new place, sightseeing, eating and drinking our way through cities and just being out of the day-to-day routine.  And although leaving Kaili for those first 10 days was the hardest thing I have ever done and tears were shed on the way to the airport, I was prepared and so was everyone watching her.  I shook it off and enjoyed myself and I don’t regret it one bit. I think every couple needs to get away if they have the opportunity, marriage comes first. My biggest concern with leaving her was how it would affect her, would she have separation anxiety? Would she resent me? I worried for nothing because she did just fine and when we got to London it the same as it had always been, that was the best feeling ever. This vacation was greatly needed and it was better than I expected! But all good things must come to an end and reality slowly creeps back around. Today is that day.