Saturday in the City

We ran into Penelope the Pig and Avery couldn't take her eyes off her - as you can see.



Saturday morning we drove into the City for the "Starving Artist" sale downtown. We bought some BEAUTIFUL paintings, went to lunch at Carlucci's Bakery and walked a little downtown. How it's changed! It's amazing to me that I used to live at the Gateway and to see all that has been added on to it and all the new shops. I am glad I don't live there anymore - I'd be broke!

When we bought the painting, we had no idea what it would have sparked in us. We came home and saw the canvas in our livingroom and it inspired us to paint! Needless to say, we still have some finishing touches to take care of - but once it's complete I will post some pictures.

Getting older....

For Sid's birthday this year, I thought a night at the shooting range was just what he needed. I hadn't been before, but he has been a few times with Cameron and Todd. He is always ranting and raving about how "cool" it is, so we tried it out. I was actually surprised at how it was quite fun. But, I am not sure if it's the shooting that I enjoyed, or the fact that I got a higher score than he did.

Happy Birthday Sid!!

Bad Mom

Yesterday I felt like the worst mother in the world.

I put Avery on our bed as I always do for her afternoon nap, and turned the monitor on. Then I went about my business. She will usually nap for about an hour or so then start to jabber and talk to let me know she's awake. By the time I get to her, she's usually sitting upright smiling and as happy as can be, rested and ready to play.

Yesterday was different. About 20 min after I lay her down I heard a loud THUD from upstairs and then her screaming on the top of her lungs. I ran upstairs and she had nose dived right off the side of our bed! Luckily she was OK other than the rug burn on the tip of her nose! Poor baby! As soon as I scooped her up, she stopped crying, but then I felt like I could cry.

10 months and two teeth later

Whew. 10 months. I never really understood when people would tell me to cherish Avery because it's all going to fly by until yesterday, when she hit 10 months old.
TEN MONTHS?!
Where have I been? It is amazing how she has changed not only our lives but so many others --and she's only getting started.

www.stansburyparkguitar.com

It's official! We have our very own website. The father of one of Sid's students whipped this up for us. As you can see, it's still a work in progress, but hopefully this will get the word out about what Sid is doing in Stansbury Park...go ahead - take a look and let us know what you think!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Well, this Valentines Day was a first for us with little Avery...and it was one of the better ones. Since Sid and I don't really have any babysitters near by to sit on the big day, we thought we would just stay in and have a quiet night together...just the THREE of us. Actually, we kind of feel that going out on Valentines Day is a little overrated anyways - and who wants to deal with all the crowds. (One year we waited 2 HOURS for Red Lobster and since then we are a little hesitant of making plans on or near the holiday)
I woke up and as I walked past the computer room saw this:

waiting for me! What a great suprise!! Sid's still got it :) He left for me: flowers, purfume and cards. And for Avery: a card, balloon and stuffed animal that sings and flutters it's wings. He is so sweet. Every year he does something different and suprises me. And for some reason, I don't see it coming...

Anyhow. I made dinner and we ate (with Avery) by candelight. Which I might add she LOVED! Then watched Lost and went to bed early. (Sid had Strep throat earlier on in the week)

Sounds simple, but it really was one of the better ones.

RSV

Friday (2/1) Avery woke up with a pretty thick cough in the middle of the night, but went right back to sleep. The next morning, she did the same. No runny nose, fever no signs whatsoever of illness. I heard that when babies are cutting teeth, they can sometimes develop a cough, and thought that's what it was. Then Saturday morning, I noticed that she was coughing more frequently and it scared both me and Sid. Luckily our Doctors office accepts walkins on Sat and Sun. We took her in and she giggled with the nurse...played with the paper on the bed...flirted with everyone she came in contact with. The Nurse thought that perhaps it was just a cold. I asked about RSV, since I have seen a lot of news about it on TV and how it's been really bad this year. She said that we could test her if we felt like she needed it, but that typically the symptoms are more that just a cough. She asked us to be patient because the test will take 15 min to show if it is positive or negative. (They just swab the nose).

Approx 2 min passed when she came back in to tell us that Little Avery tested positive. We were so scared. RSV is pretty serious in Utah and lots of children have been hospitalized for it.

So, we were told to take her home, watch her closely and that most likely it would get worse in the next 24 hours, and that we were to bring her back on Sunday.

I called my mom and she came up right away.

Sunday we took her in and she was much worse. The Doctor told us that we needed to get a nebulizer and to give her breathing treatments around the clock every 4-6 hours.

It's been a long couple weeks! We didn't go anywhere, see anyone, and just locked ourselves in for the week to make sure she healed. And I think it worked. She is back to normal for the most part and her cough is still there, but not as bad as before.

THANK YOU to all of your thoughts and prayers as we dealt with this...