14 months

Dancing with Rockin' Elmo!

I love my Daddy!

What a crazy month it has been!  Just after you turned 13 months began the two solid weeks of sickness.  You had been so healthy and mommy was so glad that we had only had colds and no real fevers (except after shots). You, daddy and mommy played one night and you were having so much fun and playing and running around without any sign of illness.  Then mommy woke up at 2 am to Natalie coughing like a seal and breathing very labored.  I got pretty nervous and went and held you and you were definitely feverish and breathing about 60 breaths a minute.  You had croup! We tried steam from the shower and I took you outside in the cold air, but you just kept getting worse.  Mommy took you to the doctor's with Gigi in the morning before going off to work.  They put you on a course of steroids and you were feeling much better within 48 hours.  Then you started to have a bad runny nose along with a cough, that was no where near as bad as with croup.  That went on for a few days and then you started to act kind of cranky.  Mommy and Daddy thought that it was because you missed your nap and we still went over to Papa and Gigi's.  You played with your cousins Joey and Charlie, but just seemed off.  Later that night when we got home mommy took your temperature and it was 102.6.  You didn't seem to mind too much though!  The next day your fever went up to 103.6 and you and mommy had a very cuddly day of reading books.  I even let you watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which you seemed to like!  Your fever lasted a few days and then came the rash.....you had Roseola!
Mommy is ready for her little girl to be healthy again!
At 14 months you are starting to say more words: "tank tu"(thank you), yes, no, duck, pees (please), down, up, lady (ladybug), eyes, nose, ears
You now know the animal sounds for: cat, dog, cow, horse, duck, owl, lion, tiger, monkey
You are also really starting to think things through and put together why things happen.  You love to pull things off of the counter and kitchen table.  You still love to eat...pretty much everything, although you are not eating chicken for really no reason at all.  Your favorite food of the month is blueberries.  You still love books more than any of your toys, although you are starting to push your riding toys around a lot more and you are starting to load up your wagons and push them around the house.  Your favorite book of the month is "First Look and Find-Baby Einstein" and "100 First Machines".  Sometimes mommy and daddy hide some of your books because we read them so much!