Grams' visit, Father's Day, my birthday, and first steps!

A lot has happened in the past week - as I just got up to catch Kya throwing up her spit. We think she is teething, but she has never quite reacted like this before. She is drooling like crazy and has had a low grade fever, but only in the afternoon, which is weird to me. I was going to call the doctor this morning if she still had a fever just to check in, but no fever, and then, at 3:00, she had around 102, but the doctor is closed at 2... Hopefully, this is just teething, and the symptoms will subside soon. I've read all of this stuff that teething does not cause a fever, but I don't know what else she could have because she is drooling and refusing to eat.... Seriously, can I go 2 weeks without going to the doctor?!?!

Well, we had Grams (Eric's mom) come help us out with Kya last week, and we were sad to see her go. She spoiled us by taking the monitor and getting up with Kya when she would cough, which we have been to the doctor twice about, and they told me to try allergy medicine, which has not worked either. Now, I think it was from excess saliva now that the drool has come out in full force. Grams also cooked, brought us lots of fresh fruit and veggies and taught Kya new things! Kya can now clap and understands what the word clap means. She also worked with her to learn her shapes with one of her toys. We're still working on waving. She does it sometimes. We were so thankful that she was able to come help us out because CDO was closed for VBS!!!

Then, we celebrated Father's Day by going to Waffle House! Eric and I went to a brunch at Ariccia the weekend before to celebrate Father's Day and my birthday while we had a free babysitter! Unfortunately, Eric had to work all day, but we had a relaxing afternoon together. The picture of Kya and Eric was taken Father's Day night after I had gotten her ready for bed.

THEN, my birthday was on Tuesday (21st), and Eric got me a cupcake from Gigi's for breakfast and left a complete schedule of the day for me. I went to school to work for a few hours, and then, we met at Amsterdam's for lunch. Then, Kya and I hung out until 1 when Lindsay got there with another cupcake for me from Gigi's! I went to get a massage that Eric had actually gotten me for Valentine's Day, and it was amazing. Seriously, if I could justify getting one a week, I totally would. After that, I got yogurt with Abby, which was so much fun! She got me a picture frame from the place she works in downtown and put a picture of us from this year's Winter Retreat. I am going to miss Abby so much when we move, and it was been a joy to watch her grow into a young lady after God's heart! Lastly, Eric let me open my presents: awesome running socks, Nike shorts, and a new sports bra. I know there is a theme, but I do love running, and I actually bought a new pair of shoes with the birthday money my parents sent. My next pampering will be a pedicure and eye brow wax that Sandy and Randy got me (in addition to the credit reports - ha ha!). I almost forgot - Eric then made me dinner, and it was great, and we had cookie cake to finish it off! I wasn't really looking forward to my birthday, but Eric did a great job making it really special for me. He is a great husband!!!

So, the most exciting thing to happen this week was Kya took two steps on June 22nd. I was holding her hands walking her around when she "walked" up to Eric and let go of my hands and took two steps to him. It was awesome! I was so thankful that we both got to see it. Such a gift! She hasn't taken anymore steps, but she has also been sick or teething or whatever this junk is! We were going to go to the lake this weekend to use our good friend Jordan's lakehouse, but that was out when Kya had a low fever yesterday. Oh well - we'll make up for it another time! Just pray that this sweet girl gets better for her big birthday next weekend!

Boo for sickness!

So, Kya is getting over a nasty I don't know what. I don't think it was a cold, but allergies. Anyways, she had a nasty cough, and we had to pull out the nebulizer and put it back into commission. Eric and I took shifts sleeping with her on a pallet in the living room. She would wake up, and wouldn't go back to sleep by herself, so we figured it would be easier to just have one of us not sleep at a time than both of us! So, a week later, I went to the doctor wanting to demand the steroid cough syrup (which I had a little left over from Christmas and gave her over the weekend) to find out her lungs were clear and she had two ear infections! I wasn't even thinking that she could have ear infections! Good thing I took her in because I was about to just let the cold or whatever run its course because her cough sounded better. Plus, she never runs a fever, and she was climbing on me like a human jungle gym at the doctor. She is now back to sleeping through the night. Thank goodness! I am so spoiled by it, and when she doesn't do it, I can only take about a week before I get crazy tired. I don't know how we did it when she was first born. It was a blur to say the least. I do feel like I am getting better at knowing what to do when she's sick, but obviously I am still clueless! I love antibiotics, though!!!

Kya is crawling so fast now! She can stand for moments at a time, and she will try to take steps with only one hand balancing herself. Her favorite thing to do is get into things we repeatedly tell her not to get into. She loves pulling the DVDs off of the shelf. She is also extremely hard to change now. She flips over and tries to stand up on her changing table. I had to put her in her bed and let her stand while I dressed her last night after her bath. It's not easy putting a diaper on a walking baby. The only time she lies still is if she has a poopy - thank goodness! My dad drove down from Atlanta to see us on Tuesday for lunch! Kya enjoyed all of the extra attention and showed him her "walking" skills. It's harder and harder to take her out now. She sits still for about 20 minutes, and then, she somehow gets out of the strap holding her in the high chair and tries to stand up in it. She still hasn't said a true first word unless you count da-da-da, which Eric does. She loves making her "s" sound still. I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but she has started shaking her head no when we talk to her. It's pretty hilarious. We ask a question, and she just shakes her head "no". I guess we do that too much to her right now. She has also started throwing little tantrums when we don't do what she wants, which we just ignore and let her lie on the ground. Then, she gets up like 10 seconds later and does something else. I am semi-ready for her to start walking - one- it will be easier than having to walk her around all the time, but then, it means I have to baby proof even more, which is going to be tough when we start packing up in a few weeks! Well, that is the Kya update.