Lily is Hot Hot Hot!

So as I mentioned in my previous post, Lily played hard all day on Thursday and didn't nap. So around 6pm when she just wanted to watch TV in the playroom I didn't think anything of it. She was tired! But she couldn't get comfortable in the playroom and wanted to watch TV in my bed. So I let her while I worked on the laptop. The next thing I know, she crawled in behind me, lodged in between my back and my pillows . . . and fell sound asleep!

There she is right over my shoulder! It was pretty cute, but it was also 6:30 at night and I didn't want her to fall asleep yet. Plus, grandpa was on his way over with the turtle! So I tried to wake her, and she just didn't budge . . . .

I even carried her downstairs . . .

It was about this time that I realized she was burning up and running a fever! That was Thursday night. As I write this on Sunday evening, we are still waiting for her fever to break. The highest it got was 104. We have spent the last few days watching TV, resting and playing in the shower and bath to bring down her temperature.

Thursday night and Friday naptime she got to sleep with me in our bed. She loved that!

She is SO cute when she sleeps!

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Saturday morning I decided to take her into the doctors to make sure it was just a virus (as is going around school). We are lucky that her pediatrician is open Saturday mornings for sick visits. I grabbed some comfy play clothes for her to wear, but even though she has been running a high fever for a day and a half, hadn't eaten much more than 5 saltines and a pancake in that time and didn't get much sleep either, she still had the energy to veto my outfit choice, pick a much cuter one and ask for her hair in a ponytail!

My little diva at the doctors. She is very happy to be at the doctors. She loves going there.

The doctor confirmed what I suspected. No strep throat, no bronchitis, no pneumonia, her ears looks good, lungs sound great -- just a random virus.

The hardest part of this illness is keeping her cool. She has had constant fever chills and wants to wear pants, jackets, and constantly be covered in blankets. I have to tell her no and she gets so upset. She doesn't understand and cries that she is "freezing". It sucks. Here she is trying to cover up with the throw pillows from the couch.

Assuming the position.

We have a forehead scanning thermometer -- so she knows this move very well by now!

She randomly asked for pigtails today. My cute little sicky!

It has been 72 hours now since her fever first broke out and we are still getting temps as high as 104. I hope this passes soon!!!

Our Week in Review

Sorry my posts have turned into weekly round ups, rather than daily updates. But with Lily's school, dance and soccer schedule and my work schedule, I don't have a lot of time each day to blog.

This week was actually a little less hectic. No school or spin on Monday due to Labor Day and no soccer on Tuesday or spin on Wednesday due to weather.

Monday, while Chip and Lily were home we decided to stop by the outlets for some shopping before our weekly lunch date.

Lily loves to sit in the rides at the outlets. It is the cheapest past time since she she won't let me put a quarter in. She just likes to sit and play. (notice she has her Woody doll with her).

Tuesday she wanted her hair up in her Cinderella clip. It looks cute, but never stays in very long. The best part was when I was done and she said, "I look just like my Aunt Linda!" Since Linda often wears her hair this way.

Wednesday before school:

I love this new dress, so I had to get a photo!

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Wednesday was a wet and stormy day. What was left of Tropical Storm Hermine hit the metroplex and it poured most of the day! Wednesday night we thought it was all gone, but some random storms popped up and produced more than one tornado in Dallas that touched down! It was the first time since we've been here that we've gotten an actual tornado. They were small and no one got hurt, but there was some damage. While they were still 20 or more miles away from us, our tornado sirens went off, so into the closet we went.

Lily grabbed her laptop and her baby -- just like mommy! :)

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Thursday we had playgroup here at our house. Lily was heaven having all her very best friends over at once -- Emily, Carys, Matthew, Elise, Trent and Makayla.

They all piled on the coffee table in the empty front room -- apparently it was their rocket ship!

They were having so much fun playing and us moms were having such a good time hanging out, that Matthew, Carys and Makayla ended up staying until 3:30 -- well into Lily's normal naptime. I started to put her down once they all left, but it was clear that she was still wound up and would take awhile to fall asleep. So instead of making her go to sleep, only to wake her an hour later I let her stay up. (My next post will detail more of what happened next . . . .)

Thursday night grandpa stopped by with a cute little turtle he found at the golf course. I think Lily would have appreciated it a lot more if she wasn't so tired. Plus, I was starting to think she might be coming down with something.

But she pet it and we all went over to the pond on the corner and let him go. He is now friends with the frog that we dropped off there last year!

Mario Kart Addict

Every minute of free time in our hectic week has been spent playing Mario Kart. Lily is currently obsessed with that game. And you can tell since she is getting really really good. Last month when she first started playing she would drive backwards, off cliffs, into lava, etc and just time out at 20 minutes on each lap. But now, she is actually coming in 1st when playing against the game!!! She uses all the boosts and weapons; hardly ever goes backwards anymore and plays all levels -- even the hard ones! I am so proud of her. Sure, it would be nice if she was this obsessed with leaning how to read, write or learning a foreign language, but I am still proud of her. My three year old Nintendo Wii prodigy! :)

She came in first 2 times in a row -- hence the 30 points!

And placed 2nd over all after 4 races.

(she plays under Chip's name since he has pretty much completed the game and unlocked all the characters. She used to only want to be the Princesses, but now she is always Yoshi. She loves Yoshi!)

The Rest of Our Week

Wednesday, second day of school!

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Thursday we resumed our playgroup for the fall. It has changed some since last year. Lori and Hannah moved, Ashley and Heather are out since Ashley is in school full time and Meg, Travis and Allison are not going to be consistent participants. So it was just going to be us, Patti & Emily and Courtney, Elise & Trent which was fine by me since I really wanted to keep playgroup going to make sure we saw Patti and Emily regularly, since Emily is the only one attending a different preschool. But Patti suggested we invite Lily's school friends Matthew, Carys and Makayla to join us. I honestly didn't think they would since they also have school MWF, dance on Tuesdays and soccer. But they were both excited to join our little group! Lily is stoked since this means she gets to see Carys 5 days a week and I was excited since it brought all my favorite friends together. In the past I always had groups of friends -- friends from college, friends from work, etc that didn't all know each other. It still makes it hard to visit everyone when we go back to CA. So I am happy that all my friends from different groups here are mixing together. It is perfect!

This Thursday we all met at Matthew & Carys' neighborhood pool. It was a cooler day and even though the radar showed that the clouds were leaving the area, it rained on us most the time we were there! But we were in a pool anyway, so who cares! The kids loved it.

Emily, Matthew, Carys and Lily

Swimming in the rain.

Thursday night Rhiannon, Jennifer and I went out for our monthly night out which was fun as always!

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Friday before school.

After school we met Emily and Patti at the park. It was a gorgeous day. Mid 70s and perfect, so we couldn't pass up the opportunity to play outside, especially since it had been so hot the last month!

Lily and Daddy

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Saturday evening we all went to Donna, Todd & Cole's house with Patti, Bryan & Emily for dinner and to watch the LSU game. Lily, Chip and I were the only ones not wearing our purple and gold. But as long as they are not playing USC, it is all good. When dinner was ready, Emily came downstairs wearing these awesome goggles and ate her whole meal with them on. It was so cute!

It was a fun and busy week! But today Lily and I are having a very lazy Sunday. We already watched Princess and the Frog and now we are spending the rest of the morning in the playroom until nap time.

Ballerina Beckham

Yesterday we had ballet and soccer and Lily was a pretty tired little girl. As usual, we had dance in the morning, but soccer got switched from Thursday nights to Tuesday nights. Our coach and friend, Heather, is not able to coach this year so we got a new coach (the dad that took over last week) and due to his schedule, we all had to switch to Tuesdays. I really didn't think it would be an issue since she has a nap in between dance and soccer, but she was pretty exhausted last night. Maybe it was just this week with school starting too . . . . hopefully next Tuesday she'll have a little more energy.

Ready for dance.
Dance is just so much more fun when you have one of your best friends next to you. All the other kids are sitting a few feet apart, but Carys kept moving her carpet square so she could sit right next to Lily. Sweet.

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As I mentioned above, Lily was pretty tired and not really into soccer so much tonight.

Christie, Lily, Caroline and Ashley

Charlie, Eva, Christie and Lily

Most of the time she just stood out there twirling her ponytail and asking for water and complaining that she was so tired.

But she did step it up to run one drill with Emily! I love these pictures with Emily -- she looks so determined and it looks like they are little soccer stars!

Now, I am off to get her dressed for preschool today . . . . Argh, I am pretty tired too from our fall schedule.

Back to School

Yesterday was the first day of school. Lily's second year of preschool. I can hardly believe it. We had meet the teacher last Friday which was kind of a joke considering that Lily got the same teachers as last year -- Ms Andrea and Ms Melinda and is in the exact same class room!! So she was beyond excited, we love Andrea and Melinda. To make this year perfect, the school gave into our requests (demands) and put Lily, Elise, Matthew, Carys and Makayla together in the same class!!!! YAY!!!! Luke and Christie (who is also on her soccer team) from last years class are also in her class this year. Unfortunately, Blake got left out somehow and put in the other class, so we were pretty bummed about that. But out of 14 kids, she already is friends with 50%, so that is a great start! All ready to go! She woke up with a HUGE smile and was so ready to get ready to go to school!

A few weeks back we saw a car with a bumper sticker that had an "I love you" sign in sign language. Lily asked about it and I told her what it was and she has been signing "I love you " ever since. I am impressed that she remember it, considering we only saw it for a minute as we were stopped at a red light. It is actually really sweet.

Her new backpack. Last year we had a Disney Princess backpack, but it got pretty beat up after a year at school, and a few trips to CA. So I let her pick a new one for this year. I was SHOCKED that she didn't pick another Princess one, she is still very obsessed and into the princesses, but she wanted Hello Kitty. I kept the tags on until yesterday morning in case she changed her mind and had her look at all the backpacks every time we went back to Target or the Disney Store, but she wanted Hello Kitty. I am not complaining, I love Hello Kitty and it is actually way cuter than some of the princess ones they had.

Drop off was a breeze! Considering it was the same room, teachers and friends she had no problem. And, unlike last year, I didn't even shed a tear!! Maybe again next year when she starts her last year of preschool and for sure the year after when she starts kindergarten, but this year was easy, fun and exciting!