A Little Scare

Last Friday, Mandy decided to take Hadyn to the Dr because he had been violently spitting up after each feeding. Come to find out the poor little guy has Pyloric Stenosis and his stomach wasn't allowing any food to go through to the small intestine. Hadyn was pretty dehydrated so they checked him into the hospital Friday and started him on an IV. On Sat he had surgery. He is still in the hospital and is doing well. If he can keep food down today he'll get discharged tonight. The Dr said that this shouldn't cause any long term problems. Mandy was so brave and I'm very proud of how she handled everything. It's scary anytime your baby gets sick but when your two week old has to have surgery that's another story all together. Luckily Grandma Lynn just happened to be flying down and got to San Diego on Sat. Here's a picture of her with Hadyn in the hospital. This was the first day that she met her new grandbaby and I absolutely love this picture! Please keep Hadyn in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

Yesterday to get my daughter out of the car without throwing a tantrum I bribed her with a sucker.

I think she's winning.

Weekend In the Zoo

Jeff and I cruised back to Missoula this weekend to party it up at Stephanie’s wedding reception. Steph and Joel got married in Mexico a couple weeks ago and unfortunately Jeff and I couldn’t make the wedding. So being the awesome person that Steph is, she decided to have a reception in Missoula for all of us that couldn’t make it to the actual wedding. She looked beautiful in her dress by the way!

My parents met us in Helena and took Avery for the night. They debated on going to the reception and just watching Avery in the hotel room but since the reception started at seven and the kid crashes at eight we decided that wasn’t the best idea. Handing my kid off to spend the night with the Grandparents in Great Falls proved the better option. I hate being away from Avery even for a day, so it was hard to send her away to another town but it ended up being a fantastic idea that I might just do again sometime.

Jeff and I made the exchange Sat morning and then off we went for an adult date in the Zoo. We had lunch at Sushi Hanna, which I love, then checked into the hotel. That’s when I realized that like an idiot, I had left my outfit laid out on a chair (so as not to wrinkle it) in Butte. Glad it didn’t get wrinkled! So off to the mall hubby and I went and to my amazement, he helped me shop for a new outfit and didn’t tell me to hurry up even once. I swear being in Missoula instantly relaxed both of us. We met up with Jill and her husband Ken for appetizers and wine and then headed off to the reception. We had a BLAST!!! I drank way too much and danced to every dumb song that came on. I loved it. Afterwards we went with Jill and Ken to the Mo Club, which was crazy packed. Apparently some guy stepped on my pinkie toe and I kind of think it might be broken? I say apparently because I don’t remember much after we left the reception and Jeff doesn’t either. We did, however, manage to walk back to our hotel. Neither of us felt great the next morning, a little hung over, but it was so worth it. I can’t even remember the last time I let loose like that. It felt good. Jeff and I both needed a break.

We picked up Avery Sunday around two, which was about perfect. I was starting to miss her… a lot. I guess she had a great time in Great Falls. My parents invited the family over for a bar-b-que and everyone got some great Avery time. Apparently she was in top form. When we got back to Butte I told Avery I missed her and she started saying, “ I miss you Mommy, I miss you.” Then she gave me a hug and did the same to her Daddy. It was too cute. As much as I love the little munchkin, I think it’s good to have some time alone. If nothing else it makes me appreciate her even more.

Thanks for giving us an excuse to get away Steph and thanks Mom and Dad for watching the small one!


Here's Avery with her new tea pot, an early birthday gift from Aunt Lynnie! I guess everyone at my parents had to drink tea and if they didn't hold the cup by the handle, she'd take it away from them.

Update On The Small One!

She’s growing up my little one

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The other day we got a catalog in the mail full of Fisher Price toys. The first few pages were the little people brand toys. I tossed the catalog on the coffee table and figured I’d finger through it later.

About an hour later Jeff and I were talking and all the sudden we heard Avery saying, “I wan dat, I wan dat, Mommy I wan dees.”

She had discovered the catalog and was pointing at the Little People. Jeff and I cracked up, it was the first time she had ever asked for a toy or really shown any interest in a catalog.

Our morning and evening ritual when I either take Avery or pick her up from daycare is to plop her in her car seat with juice and then we put on Dora or Sponge Bob in the car DVD player. She really likes this Dora cartoon about the Mermaid Kingdom and has been watching that one a lot lately. Sometimes she’ll sing along to parts of the songs but yesterday she actually started repeating the video almost word for word. I was amazed! Just more proof that my child is a genius!

My car keys have been missing for about a week. I’ve been hoping they would just show up. This morning while putting frog to sleep in Avery’s stroller for the day (it’s a morning ritual to put frog to sleep for the day in various places in our house) I discovered my keys lying under her doll who is also “seeping” in the stroller?

The small one has learned another song. So far the only song she’s really good at repeating is Twinkle Twinkle. Avery’s rendition goes something like this (imagine her singing this to the Twinkle Twinkle tune):

Winkle Winkle …. STAR

Wonder….. ARE

Up abova….. HIGH

……………. SKY

Her latest song is the map song from Dora. For those of you that don’t know, the map song pretty much says Map over and over again with a few more words thrown in. Avery’s rendition is the exact same tune as the map song except ever word is Map. There is one part of the song were map says, “What’s my Name, the map, say it again, the map, I’m the map I’m the map I’m the map…” You can imagine the rest. Avery’s version goes something like this….

Name….. Map

Name….. Map

Map, Map, Map, Map, Map, Map, Map

Name…. Map

Name….. Map

Over and over again. It’s pretty funny! Yesterday she sung it the entire time she was in the shower or showee as she likes to call it.

Avery’s obsessed with driving the car right now. The other day, Daddy let Avery sit in the front seat and drive the car while it was parked in the garage. She had the hugest grin on her face, looked over at us and said very firmly “shut a door” and we watched her threw the window while she “drove” for like five minutes. When we tried to get the small one to come inside she threw a tantrum.

Now every day when I get home from work I have to work fast to get her out of her car seat and the car before she climbs up to the front seat. The whole time I’m taking her out of the car she’s wining “driving” and basically the kid stays pissed off at me for about a half hour after we get inside for not letting her drive. I figure even if I let her drive she’ll throw a tantrum when I try to pry her away from the wheel so at least this way I forgo standing in the garage staring at her through the window for minutes on end. I’d like to personally thank my husband for coming up with this idea (note the sarcasm).

Have a great weekend everyone. The Kline’s are off to Missoula for sushi, shopping and a wedding reception!

Wednesday Bitchfest!

What’s the deal with kids and colds?! I swear I have been sick more since I’ve had Avery than all my 30 years combined. Well maybe not that much but sometimes it seems like it. It just occurred to me today that I have had three colds in the last six months, all occurring within a day or two of Avery getting a cold. That’s way over my average two colds per year. I’ve pretty much become reserved to the fact that if Avery gets sick, I am going to follow. For some reason my dear husband doesn’t seem to get afflicted even half as much as I do. What’s up with that!? It probably has something to do with the fact that he doesn’t usually sleep with her or stay home with her when she’s sick. I end up getting sneezed or coughed on all night. With this last cold the small one even shoved her thumb sucking saliva covered fingers into my mouth twice for no apparent reason while I was trying to rock her to sleep. WTF! So I have become reserved to the fact that if the kid gets sick, I’m screwed. I didn’t even attempt the Xicam or Airborne this last run since it didn’t help much with the previous two colds. Oh what I would give to be able to open my windows and air out my germ infested house. Man I am so ready for spring, unfortunately in Butte MT it’s still like three months away!