March Madness

Lindley had her first (and hopefully only!) visit to the ER last night. She had been breathing really rapidly with fever starting on Wednesday of this week. I took her to the doc on Wednesday; he diagnosed her with a sinus infection, said she wasn't wheezing and sent us home. At 4 a.m. the next morning, she was breathing even faster, and I of course was freaking out. So, I talked to the doctor on the phone, who said sometimes kids breath fast because of fever. He told us to give her Tylenol and just watch her. Lanny stayed home with her on Thursday because I had some stuff at work that I couldn't get out of.

After lunch, her fever started to break, and we thought she was getting better. But, then she slept the whole afternoon and kind of stopped being herself. We talked to the doctor on the phone one more time about the breathing and he said if she stops eating or if her fever comes back, then we need to take her in (our doc's office stays open until 9p.m.). Of course, when we hung up the phone, she wouldn't take her next bottle, and her fever was back. So, we took her in to see the doctor that evening. He was concerned about her breathing because the pulse ox test (that measures the amount of oxygen in the blood) was a little low. He was also concerned because her soft spot was sticking up, and he said "it feels a little full..." SO, he sent us to the ER to be tested for MENINGITIS!! I honestly don't even remember what time we got to the ER. She had to have blood work, urine tests, an IV, and a spinal tap. I totally left the room for the spinal tap; I couldn't handle that. It was hard enough watching them put an IV in our poor little girl. She was such a trooper, though, and was even smiling at the nurses. She is such a sweet baby girl...

Anyway, after all that, we found out that she does NOT have meningitis, but she did have 2 bad ear infections and brochialitis. So, the pumped her up with antibiotics and motrin and sent us home. We got home a little after 2 a.m. Needless to say, we are pretty tired today since being up with her since 4 a.m. the previous morning. We take her back this afternoon for a follow up appointment.

Many, many thanks to all of our family and friends who stayed up praying for Lindley. Maybe we will know someday if it was their prayers that kept Lindley from having meningitis. We certainly felt their prayers. We are also so thankful that this happened on a weekend when my aunt and uncle and grandparents happened to be in town if we needed them. Brad drove from Arlington to stay with Ben so Lanny could come to the hospital...Much love to all.

Princess Diaries

The other day we were cleaning out a closet and Ben saw a picture of me in my wedding dress. He said to me, "Mommy, is this when you used to be a princess?" It was so sweet, and one of those "this is all worth it" moments!

Speaking of princesses, one of Lindley's favorite places to sleep is on my pillow. I don't get it, but she sleeps so well right on my pillow. Usually, she will sleep in her bed until about 6 am or so, and then she will sleep for about 2 more hours if I put her on my pillow. Since she has started cereal, though, she is starting to sleep longer in her own bed.

Lindley Eats...Cereal!

Lindley ate rice cereal for the first time last Sunday (3/9). Here is her "before"...


and "after"...
Do you think she likes it?
Here are some more funny cereal eating pictures...

A Singer and a Dancer

Benjamin got a guitar for Christmas, and we get concerts ALL the time! Santa did a good job this year! Here is a video of him singing and playing. After Ben sings, you can see Lindley dancing and laughing...

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Perfect Peace (but not so perfect hair!)

Lindley just looked so peaceful when she was sleeping, I had to snap a picture. Of course, that disturbed her perfect peace, but it was worth the picture! Now, as for her hair, Lindley has had the craziest hair since Day 1. She has the hair line of a balding old man, and her hair itself is so crazy that it can stick literally straight out sideways (think Pippy Longstocking...).

Ben-ism's

Lanny and I like to keep a list of some of the funny things that Ben says or does. We call them "Ben-ism's." Here are a few of our favorites:

- One night I accidentally got the chicken a little to "brown" (read, I burnt the chicken). Ben sits down at the table and says, "But, I don't like chocolate chicken!"
- When Ben moved to the older class at school, there was already a Ben in that class, so his teachers started calling him Benjamin. I guess that confused both him and the kids at school because he now goes by "BenjaBen."
- He pointed at Lanny's nose and said, "Daddy, is that a nest in there?"
- He can't say Lightning McQueen very well, and it comes out sounding like "Wipin Na Queen." He said that very loudly in a store one day, and I almost died!

There are so many of these; he really keeps us laughing.

Re-Blogging

We started our blog a long time ago, but you can tell from the date of the last post how good we were at keeping it updated! So, here is our second attempt at blogging. Hopefully, we will be better at it this time around!

A lot has changed since our last post. We moved to Dallas in July 2006, and Lanny changed jobs when we moved. He really likes the company.

Benjamin is now 3 1/2, and he is all boy! He loves all things sports and is very active...here is a recent picture.

We also added another bundle of joy to our family! Lindley Kate was born on October 11, 2007. She weighed 6 lbs 1 oz when she was born, but she has grown really fast! At her four month check up she weighed 14 lbs!!! She also recently started rolling from tummy to back. This picture was taken by one of my good friends (she is an excellent photographer).

I (Missy) still work for Deloitte part-time. I have really appreciated the opportunities that Deloitte has extended to me with their flexibility.

I have enjoyed reading my friend's blogs when I have a free second (which isn't often), so hopefully with this second attempt at blogging, you can stay in touch with us!