pen LOVED minnie from a distance, but of course once it was our turn she shut down and was "all done, all done" but we got a pic to remember the moment
so she was traipsing around the hotel lobby like she was famous and people were feeding her ego for sure... it was a pretty funny site to see.
after disneyland (we literally went from the hotel to the airport) penelope and i traveled to florida to attend my grandfathers memorial service. it was pen's first time on an airplane and did quite well... we had a few traumatizing moments but all in all it was worth the trip. it was my grandmothers first time meeting penny- glad we had the opportunity. thanks to all of you who prayed for us!
this was my grandfathers chair... i love this picture.
penny and grandma tickling the ivory's and singing a song... very cute.
so the last time sarah and penny hung out it started and ended in tears, but this time pen was so excited to see sarah and even crawled into her lap to look at pictures!
not really thinking about details of this trip, and how penny has severe separation anxiety we spent the entire memorial service outside the church- boo. but i was still glad i was able to come and see family.
such a princess... grandma gave her the spa treatment and they were working on their toes
so florida was a success... we got home on monday night (late) and took off wednesday morning (early!) for catalina. we were going to catalina for 3 nights to celebrate thanksgiving with mavany, brian, lea and marc. mavany rented a condo over there where we all stayed and had a great time hanging out, walking and preparing a turkey dinner. it was much needed R&R for me :) so many helpers around!
waiting for the boat, grandma and penny looking at fish- nemo fishy
a beautiful sunset and it was COLD!
seriously cute...
well we got home from our many travels and it was already december. funny how that happened this year- thanksgiving weekend ended and december began, just like that. so we were planning on getting back into the swing of things when penelope gets sick. it started on wednesday when she woke up cranky, and went back to sleep only an hour and a half after she woke up. then she slept ALL DAY- i woke her up around 6 to give her food and make sure she would sleep thru the night but she was still so tired, i could only keep her up for a couple of hours. then thursday she woke up at 11ish, but was not feeling well at all- would just sit on the couch. friday she slept until 2 pm and saturday slept until 4pm. now some of you are wondering why wouldn't that mother think to take her to the doctor already??!! well really it is because penelope loves to sleep. she is my champion sleeper. i knew she wasn't feeling well but everyday just thought she would turn the corner... my bad. i know now to trust my instincts. that and everytime i took her temperature it never registered above 100, maybe 101. but saturday i called the pediatrician and asked him if we should take her to the ER. he didn't say yes, but didn't say no either, so i decided to trust my instincts and go. we took her to childrens and once we were seen, to our surprise they wanted to admit her overnight. i was taken by surprise for sure... but it was a good thing because her temperature reached 104 at one point and i am sure i would not have noticed that at home here. she was dehydrated, had ear infections in both ears and a pretty bad diaper rash oh and pneumonia to top it off. i am truly surprised they did not call CPS on us. the way the doctor was talking to us made it seem like we were neglegent for not coming in sooner. so they gave her 2 bags of IV fluids then maintaining IV and hooked up an oxygen sensor to her toe which made her toe glow red and she slept. she was put on antibiotics and sent home 2 days later. crazy.
this is what she would do when she wasn't in her room...
thank goodness for the iphone and Utube! mick mouse kept her entertained.
knowing she was more than likely dehydrated david and i discussed how they keep and IV in a toddler... this is how :(
"raider" the therapy dog came for a visit...
when she started to feel better and discovered the IV in her hand she just went about her business and adapted to her new life with a paddle hand.
