I Went Potty!

I forgot to mention in the last blog that I went pee-pee in the potty for the first time Saturday night and I went pee-pee and poopie in the toliet at school yesterday. Yea!

Memorial Weekend

I had a busy Memorial weekend.

I am not picking my nose. I like to chew on my nails now that I don't have a bed to chew on.

See my pink purse? Anytime it looks like we are about to go somewhere I grab my purse, put my phone in it, and sometimes my sippie cup in my purse too. Then I stand at the door to let mom and dad know that I am ready to go with my purse on my arm.

Friday mom picked me up early from school and we celebrated the end of the school year...well for her. I still have to go one more day. More on that later. Daddy came home early with pizza. Yum!

Saturday, I let my parents sleep in. When my parents came up to check on me, I was reading my books in bed. I still love my bed. Only one night I tried to play "the get out of bed" game. Otherwise, I have done a great job in my new bed! It has been over a week in my new bed. I even take naps in it as well. Sometimes I fall asleep next to it on the floor, where mom and dad made it soft in case I fall out of bed. Then mom and dad move me to my bed. Weird, but it is comfortable.

Saturday afternoon, I played with some older and younger girls. We went to my mom's friend Jessica's house. She has a three 1/2 year old and a 5 month old. Mom's other friend Julie came too with her soon to be 5 year old. Us girls had a good time playing.

During the night, I got sick. I threw up whole hot dogs. It was my first time to have a real hot dog and I didn't chew it up good enough. Don't feel bad Jess and Mike, my parents didn't get sick just me. It is just something my system wasn't use to. Sunday, I laid around and only wanted to eat crackers.

Later on Sunday, I felt good enough to go grocery shopping with my mom. She was going to go by herself, but as soon as I saw her grab her purse, I grabbed mine too and cried till she took me. Mommy and I shared a muffin and I got a balloon. Later, daddy joined us at the store and he bought me a big pink ball. I was feeling fine by Sunday afternoon.

On Monday, we went to Aunt Tara's for Memorial day and Alyssa's 15th birthday. She has a pool now. It rained most of the time; however, there were some times when it would be ok to lay around the pool.

I wanted to get in, but it was just too cold. I look forward to visiting Aunt Tara a lot! I stayed up a long time. I normally nap at 12:00, but I held off with all the excitement till 3:00. I conked out and slept hard till my parents woke me up at 5:45.

I got to stay up late that night. We picked up Mexican food and a new movie, Happy Feet. I love dipping my tortilla in queso. Yum! Happy Feet was great! It has a lot of songs and dancing. I danced right along. I have never stayed up that late before with permission. I took my bath at 10:00 and was out by 10:20. Normally I start the bath routine at as early as 7:30, so Monday was a little different. I had a ball!

Summer is here, but I have one more day of school. I went today while mom took Gizmo for a check up. I love animals and would have loved to go, but last time I was at the vet I got pneumonia. Remember? So my parents wanted to play it safe and not let me go. Gizmo is doing great by the way. Mom worked in the yard, while I learned at school. She did take me an hour later and picked me up an hour earlier. She had to take me to the doctor too this afternoon. I am still doing good too, which means I had to get 2 shots. Ouch!

My last day of school is tomorrow while mom goes to her physical. I will get dropped off occasionally this summer, but tomorrow is the official last day. Yea, more time with mommy!

4th Night In Bed

I have done a great job in my new bed for three nights now. It took me a while to go to sleep the last couple of nights, but I put myself to sleep by staying in my bed till morning like a big girl. I love my new bed!

On the other hand two nights out of three I have fallen out of bed, so my dad says. He says he hears a loud Kplunk! Then he walks in and has found me on the floor. He picks me up and moves me back to the bed. I don't remember any of it, I stay asleep the whole time. Mom and dad have moved my bed to the corner so that I have less of a chance of falling out. Mom also put a lot of blankets to cushion my fall on the side of the bed.

Well I was doing good...

Tonight is the 4th night in my new bed. Right as mom was typing this for me, I said "momma" at the gate. Ironic that mom was just typing how good I was doing. Tonight was the first time I got out of my bed and wanted to see what was going on. I wanted to be sure mom was typing the blog right for me. Mom made me go back to bed.

On a different subject, I have to go to the ENT doctor tomorrow. My ears started bleeding today and I look like I am getting pink eye. I don't want to go to the doctor, it is my last week of school.

Well so far, I have only gotten out of bed once tonight...mommy is keeping her fingers crossed as she types the end of this. Good night! Well so much for that...

I am doing morse code on the walls with my feet...mom isn't getting the hint! It is going to be a fun night.

No Prob!

I went right to sleep last night in my big girl bed. You must read the previous blog on my new bedroom.

I went right to sleep without a peep. I stayed in my bed all night and slept till my normal time.
I didn't fall out either.

My parents were so proud!

My parents hope that I keep it up...

My New Room

This blog is about what mom and I shopped for all day yesterday (See yesterday's blog). Grandma shopped too...what we couldn't find, grandma looked for across town. Good thing she did...she found just the bed that I wanted. I have moved to a toddler bed. We redid my whole room. I have a girly room now! It is purple and pink with butterflies. There are a few more things we are going to add to the room. We have the summer to finish decorating.

Most kids move out of their crib when either they are too old or can climb out. Not me, I got moved because I chew on my bed. Some babies stay on a bottle, have a pacifier, suck thumbs and fingers, or have a blanket. Not me, but I have my chewing problem. I chew on EVERYTHING! Every parent has some sort of goofy battle. Yup, mine is chewing.
My parents have tried everything to keep me from chewing on my bed. Chew toys, the works. They put a sticky rubber thing that is molded to fit any crib. That worked for a few months, but slowly I took it off. Mom and dad would walk in and see paint all on my face and elsewhere. It is non toxic, but my parents still don't think it is safe. Then they bought a plastic piece that fits on top of crib railings. Nope that didn't last one night. Mom walked in my room one night and I was playing the drums with them. They tried to put them on better, but the next night mom walked in my room she tripped on one of them on the floor and then noticed that I was cuddling one while sleeping in bed like a body pillow. They got real crafty and decided to use strong (would pull plaster off, it is so strong) double sided tape. That really worked. I couldn't get those off for anything. So I decided to start chewing on the vertical poles now too. So mom and dad decided it was time to move me to a toddler bed, a plastic one!

Now the battle will be will I stay in my bed? Will my parents get sleep ever again? Will I just find something else to chew on?

Well so far so good. Tonight I went right to sleep. My new bed is so comfortable! Normally, I toss and turn and kick off my blanket. Tonight, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow and mommy tucked me in. I was in heaven. I feel so grown up!

Here is my other new bed. This weekend I started crawling in Gizmo's bed a lot. It is a fun new game!

I will keep you posted on how I sleep in my bed tonight. So far so good. My bed, not Gizmo's bed! Good night!

Shopping

Saturday mom and I did a lot of shopping. After doing a lot of strolling around, I got to play in the play area at the mall. It was my first time to play there. All the kids could tell with mom following me around with the camera. I had fun though!

When it was time to go, I hugged and kissed the small tree bye.

Later on that evening I got dressed up to go out to eat with Grandpa and Grandma at Pappadeaux.
I was good for most of the time. After an hour, I was ready to go. I had a long day shopping and was tired. The food was great!

More later on what we were shopping all day today for and more shopping tomorrow for...

Brushing My Teeth

I have been brushing my own teeth for a while. By brushing I mean, chewing on it. Then mom or dad takes the brush back and forth on my teeth. They don't know that chewing it is better. Anyhow, I have been brushing my own teeth for a few months now. I love brushing my teeth. I am always begging my parents to let me brush my teeth by crying at the sink while staring up at my toothbrush.

Tonight all by myself, I moved the stool from the tub to the sink, stepped on the stool, and was ready to brush my teeth. Dad walked in and could not believe I did it all by myself! I would have started brushing too, but I couldn't reach the brush. I can reach good enough to run water over the brush though. I love doing that. I do that a lot when I brush my teeth. I love brushing my teeth.

Mother's Day

First things first...I am getting over my pneumonia. I still have a little crackle in my lungs but I feel fine. My teeth coming in hurt more. This pneumonia is nothing compared to the last go around. I hope I get to go out and play soon. I am tired of staying inside especially on such a pretty weekend.

Happy Mother's Day!

Daddy, Gizmo, and I got to show mom how much we love her. We cuddled and watched TV.

We also cooked her breakfast and dinner. I helped stir the pancake batter. We also helped with the laundry and vacuuming this weekend.

Gizmo, Daddy, and I made mommy a card. We also gave her a gift certificate to a spa. Mommy loved it! I also made her a card at school.

Mommy and I are getting more and more excited about Summer being around the corner.

When It Rains It Pours!

Yesterday we celebrated Gizmo getting better. He is back to his old self again, except skinny. Hard to believe that 48 hours ago we thought it was the end. My Grandparents went by to check on Gizmo on Wednesday since they were in the area and they picked me up early from school. Yea, what a treat! They took cute pictures of me.
Now I ask you do I look sick to you? No way, I look cute and happy. If you have been reading the blog, you know that I have had bad congestion with fever for a couple of days, since Gizmo was in the hospital. By Tuesday, I felt fine! So we thought all was back to normal. I got to play outside at school and at home.

This morning my dad said that I look better but that he didn't like the way my lungs sounded. Mom thought he was crazy. Good thing dad made the appointment tonight. I have pneumonia again! That is right pneumonia. So far it isn't bad enough to go to the hospital like last time. Last time I had 104 fever, I wouldn't eat or drink, and I turned blue. This time it is walking pneumonia, but mom says it should be called running around, dancing, singing, playing like crazy pneumonia. You would never know that I had it, unless you listen to me breathe. The doc said that doing the breathing treatments all week helped this be a minor case. It is only in my right side of the lungs. I am on antibiotics and more breathing treatments. I have to go back to the doctor tomorrow to check my oxygen level. That was where they make my toe look like ET's finger.

Old hospital pic...

When they put that on me today, I immediately wanted to take that off. I do remember the hospital. I didn't like it!! I hope this one doesn't go to that. I have a new doctor that seems to be taking care of it quicker...not waiting till I turned blue to do anything. I hope to be better soon. I will keep you posted.

Good News!

Gizmo made it through the night. He didn't look very good this morning. Mom said you could tell he was in a lot of pain and didn't feel good.

I slept in to 8 this morning. I slept great and I woke up fever free. I still have bad congestion in my lungs, but I will be alright. When I did wake up Gizmo and daddy were gone. Daddy had taken Gizmo back to the vet to drop off for one last test (ultrasound) to see if we should place him in a better place or if he is treatable. His ultrasound was at 7:30 this morning. Mom and I anxiously waited for a call from the doctor. At 9 mom couldn't wait any longer so she took me to school and she went to the vet to wait on Gizmo's results.

Good news! He is treatable and already is doing a lot better. It turns out it was his Gallbladder not his liver or pancreas that was giving him trouble. His gallbladder is swollen and has "gunk" (Quote from doc) in it. There is medicine that can push the "gunk" out and get things moving again.

Mom picked me up early from school and Gizmo happily greeted us at the door at home like old times! He is already a million times better. He is eating and drinking too. He has to take it slow though. It is such a relief to see him not in as much pain and to know there is a lot more hope now. I am so thankful that my parents and doctors continued to search for an answer and not give up on him too soon.

It is so good to have him home! Look familiar...

Mom whipped up a special spaghetti dinner to celebrate. My first homemade spaghetti dinner!!

Poor Gizmo couldn't have any. I can't give Gizmo handouts anymore. I don't want him to get sick again! My parents have to put him on a chair that they know he can't get out of so that he won't pick up my food that I drop on "accident."

We are all so relieved and thankful!!!!

Gizmo Home?

I went to school while mom went to visit Gizmo. He gave the vet and my parents a scare this morning. His heart rate went down really really low. It didn't look good for Gizmo.

But with mom and dad visiting him he perked up. It seemed that the best medicine was for him to be with family. That was the only thing really working. Gizmo has always been a very sensitive dog. I think he is sad without his family and being locked in a cage all weekend with no one really watching him.

Mom and dad had to make a difficult decision to bring him home despite the vets orders. The vet thinks a few more days in the hospital, but it isn't getting any cheaper and he seems to do so much better when he is around family. We had to keep his IV catheter in just in case.
I was so excited to see Gizmo. I happily screamed his name over and over. I also gave him lots of kisses.
Since he has been home there have been some happy times and some very sad times. One minute he is so perky, eating, and up to his old tricks like barking out his window or begging at the dinner table. The next minute he was throwing up and looking as if he was about to go to a better place. Then again later on he would be perky again.

We just hope he makes it through tonight. At least he is home and not in a lonely cage. Mom and dad said they are going to wake up a lot to try to feed him water during the night to keep his fluids up. In the morning he gets an ultrasound that is suppose to hopefully give us A LOT of answers.

Meanwhile my fever has gone up to 100. I have a horrible cough and I am back to my breathing treatments again. Mom and dad are taking turns holding Gizmo and myself.

I will keep you posted....

Gizmo Update

If you haven't read about Gizmo being in the hospital, then see previous blog.

It is Sunday night and Gizmo is still in the hospital. He was admitted on Friday night. We are hoping that he can come home tomorrow and be well. To be honest, we don't know if he will make it through this or not. There are still some tests to be run to see if he has liver disease that was the main contributor or that this was just a fluke episode. I hope he will be ok, he is my best friend!

It has been really sad around our house. We went to church this morning to pray for Gizmo. Here I am in my new dress.

I also might be getting sick AGAIN. We think it is allergies. I have a bad cough and runny nose. I hope we all get better soon. I will keep you posted on Gizmo.

Gizmo

Older picture of Gizmo and I.

After school mom and I took Gizmo to the vet. He hasn't been feeling good the past few days. I won't go into the details, but lets just say my parents have done a lot of cleaning lately.

I enjoyed the first part of the vet visit. There were dogs everywhere. I pointed to every dog and said dog.

The bad part was that Gizmo really wasn't feeling good. I know how he feels. I don't like going to the doctor either. He was really sick in the office and looked like he was in a lot of pain.

The sad part is that I didn't get to come home with him. Gizmo is staying in the hospital and they are treated him for Pancreatitis. Supposively it is really scary and can be life threatening. We get to visit him tomorrow at the hospital. I will be sure to give him Get Well kisses!

Mommy and daddy are really upset but I don't understand. I guess it is better not to because they seem really sad. I will dream of him getting well soon. Good night and keep him in your prayers! I will keep you posted!

Love,

Mary

Hats?

Sometimes you see pictures with my hair up in cute pig tails or hair clips. But what you don't see is that I am taking those things out of my hair very quickly afterwards. Mom wants to keep girly things in my hair, but I just don't want them there.

So instead I have moved on to hats...well sort-of. I have this purse that I think looks better as a hat. Don't you think so?

I walked around the house in it for 30 minutes twice this week. It is the new thing.

And at school this week, I found another great hat. The teacher has us organize balls by their colors in these pails. I had enough of it and decided it would look better as a hat. I put the pail on my head and gave myself and the class a big laugh. I walked around the classroom with it on my head and at times ran into things. It was funny. My teacher reassured my mom that she kept a close eye on me so that I wouldn't get hurt.

I think hats are my thing.

Big Girl Cup

For 4 months now I have been able to drink from a straw (as long as someone else held the cup.) I only did it at restaurants and it was a treat. At home and school I would use a sippie cup, less of a mess.

Two weeks ago we were at Jason's Deli and I drank from my kid cup with a straw (and lid) all by myself. I drank it like a grown up. I didn't make a mess either.

Since I can do it at a restaurant mom let me try it at home too. Here is my new big girl cup that works like a sippie cup but has a straw. And check out my new hair cut!

My hair is really starting to get full and thick. It has a little curl near the bottom now near my ears! : ) They cut the bangs and the back to even it out.
Mom says I am doing pretty good drinking from a straw already. Rumor has it, mom couldn't drink from a straw till 3 or maybe even 4 years old.

I forgot to add pictures of my artwork I did over the weekend. These pictures are before the haircut. I did a Q-tip painting like I did at school (See previous blog.) Daddy's 80's sheets finally found a use as a table cover.

I enjoyed it! Here is my final product. And what a mess mom and I were afterwards. It took a long time to get us clean, but it was worth it!