SUPER- MEGA-BABY-UPDATE MASHUP!!!!

So...last week I had planned several new blog posts because Juliet had hit 2 rather large milestones: crawling & her first steps! Each were so exciting that I felt they deserved separate blog posts. So I started some drafts and planned on finishing them before last Friday.

BUT THEN....

Juliet contracted a Rash that scared the be-jesus out of us, turned my focus elsewhere and surprisingly, the blog was not updated.

THEN..

We spent the entire weekend away from home and were super busy so alas the blog suffered again.

THEN....

During this time, Juliet continued to impress us with additional changes like waiving, clapping and enjoying her first meatball!

SO...

This post is now a (say this in your best WWE announcer voice)... 

 

SUPER-MEGA-BABY-UPDATE MASHUP!!!!

WOOOHOO!

Milestone Break-down:

"MRS. CRAWLEY"

Juliet crawled officially for the first time Sunday 9/29.

Please enjoy my extremely subtle Downton Abbey reference as I celebrate this momentous occasion:

 

 

 

"AH WON'T YA GIMME 3 STEPS MISTER"

 And, because Juliet is obviously a genius and a bit of a show-off....this is what she did at Grandma's house Monday 9/30:

 

 

 

JULIET WAIVES

Capturing this on photo or video is still alluding us. Our normally outgoing girl is being particularly shy regarding this issue and seems to know everytime I try to catch this on camera. But, trust me, it's happening....it's really happening.

 

 

JULIET CLAPS! 

To keep us on our toes, Juliet started clapping at KSU Homecoming over the weekend.

 HOLY SCHNIKES! I mean, of all places to start clapping????!!!

 

 

She's so freakin AWESOME!!!!!!

 

 

JULIET'S FIRST MEATBALL

 Again I have no photo (BOO KRISTA!). But, I can tell you it was SUPER AWESOME! I got home from spinning last night and was enjoying my delicious Skinnytaste Crock Pot Italian Turkey Meatballs on on the couch (I was being careful Mom!! ;) ). And Juliet, having already been fed pears and carrots by Daddy started to climb onto to me trying to attack my delicious dish. So I thought, "Well...she is 9 months next week and at 9 months she can have dairy and pretty much almost anything else..so why not? Let's see what happens..." and so I gave her a spoonful of meatball and ricotta.

WELL....of course she LOVED it! She's Italian!

 

This of course led to me Facetiming Nana and singing "On top of Spaghetti" to Juliet.

Because...why wouldn't you?

 

 

XO!!!

Krista

 

 

P.S. I found this...heheheheeee

 

 

You have a RASH?

This is sorta how I'd look like trying to explain what happened over the last 24 hours.

 

"You have a RASH?"

 

Well...

I didn't have a rash, but my little pumpkin JP did.

 

And man, was it a scary rash!

 

 

Once we discovered the rash, we rushed her to the pediatrician.

The pediatrician didn't do too much except to tell us that it was probably an allergic reaction to either food or the amoxicillin she was on (JP was taking it for an earache last week) and that we should make an appointment to see an allergy specialist as soon as possible. They told us she would probably need bloodwork to test for allergies.

 

We were terrified.

 

Food allergies can be horrible especially for little kiddies.

 

 

And then the rash got a bit worse.

 

First that rash be like:

 

Then it be like:

 

 

 

WORRIED!!!

 

We made an appointment for the following day to see a Doctor downtown at the Cleveland Clinic. Apparently the downtown location is the only location that does allergy testing for allergies to medications (such as amoxicillin). I'm not the hugest fan of taking appointments there because the complex is huge, maps are confusing and you have to pay to park in one of the massive parking garages which means you should probably add on about 15 minutes to your commute time to find a parking spot and then find your doctor's office within the complex.

 

Anyways....

 

I digress...

 

We saw the allergy specialist, he took a look at Juliet's rash and told us right away that it was not a food allergy.

 

PHEW!

 

HOWEVER...

 

He said that it could be a delayed reaction to the amoxicillin she has been on for several days (FYI this is the 2nd time she has had amoxicillin. She had it back in June with no reaction) or a reaction to the virus she had that the amoxicillin was treating her for or a combination of the virus and the amoxicillin.

 

Basically, again the doctors just don't know why these sorts of rashes happen but he thought it was extremely unlikely that it was a reaction to the medication, so no allergy tests were ordered.

 

The doc gave us a prescription for a medication that MIGHT help if the rash didn't go away in a few days. But again, they weren't sure that would help either.  Doc also said that the rash could last a few days or weeks and would not be a cause for concern without any additional side effects.

 

Comforting eh? It SOOKS when a Doc tells you "Sorry GIRL I just don't know!". REALLY?

 

BUT..

 

Little Lady woke up this morning and almost the entire rash was gone, she was giggling away & seems extremely happy.

 

So...now I think things are pretty good since this fluke rash is gone. 

 

**Sigh of relief.**

 

But I wouldn't say no to a very tall glass of Cabernet and about 3lbs (ok ok 6lbs lol jk) of chocolate tonight.

 

Mommy needs her treatment too.

 

XO,

 

Krista

 

 

Hopefully no more sick Babu for awhile!! It's no fun. 

 

 

8 months!!!

 

Ok so September has been...

 

CRAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYY!

 

 

There are so many things to update the blog on that I'm going to have to break them all up into several mini-posts!

 

This Post is...

 

 Juliet's 8 month pictures!!!!

  

 

As you can see someone (ahem JP) can no longer still "model still" which results in truly amazing photos!

NOT.

 

 

(Ok this one is pretty freakin cute)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 P.S. We tried on 2 separate occasions to get a good shot. As you can see it REALLY payed off! ;)

 

 

 

Needless to say I'm a bit nervous (to say the least) about her 9 month photo shoot coming up this weekend.

 

We might have to pack the duck tape and tape her bottom (heee bottom) to the floor.

 

 

More updates coming!

 

XO,

Krista



P.S. Heheheeeeeee BOTTOM: