Wordless Wednesday.

Long Sunday

Where do I begin? Today has been a very full day.  First of all, I had a horrible nights sleep.  I woke up around 3 am and couldn't fall back asleep, don't you hate that?  I was so tired and knew little missy would be up in just a few hours but my mind was just going going going.  I swear I thought about every possible thing I could think about between the hours of 3 and 5 am.  Ugh.  Then like clock work Savannah was up at 7 and even though Shane got up with her, I couldn't sleep at that point.  But I digress.  After a little morning snuggle time with Savannah, we were back at the kitchen.  Painting and all that.  You think "oh we'll just paint the kitchen, it's not that big of a deal" Riiiight.  Not the case.  The yellow I picked and that Shane finished painting yesterday just wasnt working for me.  The more I looked at it the more I disliked it.  So we decided to take a break, have some lunch and for some odd reason we headed for the ...wait for it..........The Shell Factory.  Yes, my friends the good ole Shell Factory.  Talk about walking into a time warp.  The last I was there was probably 20 years ago and I don' t think a thing has changed! I must say it was actually kinda neat...kinda.  It was just what we were looking for though, something to do today where it didn't cost a lot of money (this was free, even better) and Savannah would have a lot to look at.  She didn't care that nothing had been updated in there since 1975.  It was all new to her.

So then we headed home and decided to add a little white paint to original yellow, to lighten it up,  and I (yes, me) painted the entire wall all over again.  While I did that, Shane took little miss over to his parents for a short visit so I could finish up.  I like the new yellow much better, BUT now the back wall which we painted white, isn't making me happy.  It needs something, it looks unfinished to me, so I'll head back to Lowe's tomorrow and pick out something. So after finishing the wall, I scrubbed down the bakers rack, the table, the floors and put everything back where it was.  Now it's 7:30,  Savannah has been put to bed and we're just hanging out watching a little tv and having some pizza.  So yes, like I said, Loooong Sunday.

Hello, Shell Factory!

These were real! Dead but real.

Checking out the "dead but real" alligators

She really didn't want these on her face

Driving already

And, the kitchen.  Almost finished.

Kitchen Facelift

Since I'm home so much these day's, I'm constantly thinking of things we can change around the house.  Shane and I have made quite a bit of changes in the time we've lived together such as.....all rooms have been painted, floors have been changed, chair rail and crown molding added.  All thanks to my ever so handy man hubby.  We put wallpaper in the kitchen and painted about 5-6 years ago and we went with dark colors.  So I decided it was time for a "refresher".  It needed to be brighter and cleaner looking.  I was thinking bright greens and yellows with silver and white accents.  I decided to go to Jo Ann's to pick out fabric for a new window valance and then would decide on paint colors from there.  I found one I loved! And today we picked out paint and started painting. We originally were going to do green but decided on yellow.  It's definitely a little brighter than I was thinking but it still looks nice.  I helped with some of the painting but Shane did most of it.  I was on baby duty.  Here's some pics from the beginning of our project...

Before

Starting to take the wallpaper off..fun, fun

Deciding on a color...yellow won

Getting there....

Getting closer (we're painting the back wall white)

Savannah had her mask on...sort of..  haha!

More pictures to come as we finish :)

Savannah's Current View 7:28pm

Every night when we put her to bed we turn on her little projector thing-a-ma-jig that projects cute little pictures on the ceiling and plays lullaby's. 

Lunch

Savannah and I met Mema and Papaw for lunch today...

Of course I had to take some cute pictures before we left...

Savannah meets Grandpa Sasser

Today we visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Walls, Grandpa Sasser and Great Aunt Chrissy.  It was nice catching up with everyone over some pizza and homemade goodies that I baked myself :) Savannah was very content with my dad, he held her pretty much the entire time. It was very sweet to see them together for the first time.

Emergency Room

Yes, that's where we were late yesterday afternoon.  I noticed Wednesday night that Savannah felt extremely warm; she was extra fussy and wasn't sleeping the way that she normally does.  We just chalked it up to teething because she's been showing other signs of that lately.  Then yesterday afternoon after a her nap I gave her a bottle and again she felt very warm so we decided to take her temperature.  When she was in the NICU they always had us do it in her armpit so that's what we did, it was 100.6.  I knew that anything over 100.4 was cause for concern so I called her doctor.  She said to give her Tylenol, plenty of fluids and to keep an eye on her temp.  She also said that taking her temp rectally is much more accurate.  As much as we didn't want to, we knew we had to and it came out 102.2.  I called the doctor right back and all she said was "Emergency room, take her to the emergency room"  I was scared and could feel the tears coming on.  We took her directly to Cape Coral Hospital which is only about 5-10 minutes away.  Within 20 minutes they called our name, I was shocked because the lady said there was 11 people ahead of us.  They took her temp and it was 103.0, wow...I was really getting nervous because it was rising and I know with her being so little that isn't good.  They gave her some Tylenol and we had to wait for it to kick in.  Finally they took us back again and the nurse and doctor came in, asking questions and all that.  All the while our fever stricken little one is hamming it up for both the nurse and doc.  She was just smiling away.  I asked if this could have anything to do with teething and they said the fever is a little high for teething so they went on to explain it could be a viral infection.  Then he said he wanted to check her urine for a possible UTI (urinary tract infection) I'm thinking, what?! I've never heard of a baby having that, I've had them in the past and they were very painful.  So they got a urine sample and sure enough the results came back positive for a UTI.  My poor baby.  They prescribed antibiotics and sent us on our way.  We were there a total of 3 hours and I'd say she didn't start fussing until the last half hour.  She was so good, we couldn't have asked for a better baby.  We checked on her throughout the night, she was definitely more fussy than usual and didn't sleep as well but she was ok.  I got up this morning with her and could tell she still wasn't feeling so good so I picked up her prescription, gave her a dose and now she's napping.

4 months old and already a trip to the emergency room.  Let's hope that's it for a long long time.

Time for Pea's!

The Baby Bullet is working out great! So far I've made sweet potatoes, rice cereal and pea's.  She seemed to enjoy the potato's and peas the most.  I can't believe how simple it is to make homemade baby food. And I must say it just feels right.  We don't grab a jar of food every time we eat- we cook our food.  So why should it be any different for her? PLUS, the cost savings is amazing! 

• A bag of peas cost me about $1.50 
• 3 cups of peas per bag  
• 3 cups will make 12 - 2 oz servings
• That's 12 servings for $1.50
• Which is 18 cents per serving! Wowza!

 I believe 1 jar of organic baby food is about $1, give or take.  So I'm saving some serious moolah!  Right now Savannah is only eating about a tablespoon at each feeding, but eventually she'll be eating the full 2 oz.  Whether she eats more or less, I'm still saving a lot of money not to mention I know exactly what she's eating, cause Mama made it herself! :) 

Disclaimer:  I feel the need to say this-  I know that zillions of babies have eaten jarred baby food for zillions of years and they are just fine.  I completely get that, and have no problem with it. I say whatever works for you and your family is the way to go.  For now, this is what works for me and my family.  There, I feel better now. :)

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Savannah Eats!