Mara and Arson

Somebody thinks Arson is awesome.

Jamming in the exersaucer

Nothing much to report, but I have heard her fans like her videos so I thought I'd post another one from last night. Her skin is looking a little better - nowhere near as inflamed. We've had some storms the past 2 nights and she has been waking up for those. Too much lightening? This child likes it dark at night to sleep. We had a very low key 5 year anniversary, but thanks to everyone for all the well-wishes. :)

Poor Mara Speckles

My poor little Mara.

We had a very eventful weekend with Fight Night/pizza and 4th of July Slip and Bleed appearances. Tuesday, she started having some red spots, some of which became bumps and since they looked worse throughout the day... daycare asked us to come get her.
I took her to the doctor later that afternoon, thinking she had a heat rash or an allergy to someone's detergent, perfume or bug spray.
Turns out, little Mara has some sores inside her mouth and these speckles all over, all signs of Hand Foot and Mouth disease.
It's a viral infection that's spread through saliva, sneezing, pooping, etc... something easily passed around daycare. There isn't anything we can do for her... just have to wait until she recovers.
She hasn't seemed overly upset or feverish (which means she can go to daycare with her doctor's note). The bumps didn't look this bad/angry yesterday, though.
It's uncommon for the illness to show in adults, but it's possible. Unfortunately, she was most contagious before the spots/bumps appeared, and there were bunches of people loving on her this weekend.
At least the symptoms for adults are minor. Nothing like poor Mara specklebottom.
She only has a few very faint red spots on her feet (on the heel):
I haven't noticed any on her hands and there were only a few sores in her mouth. Hopefully, she'll be on the mend soon!
She is napping in this position as I type. Actually, it looks a little more like this:

Another video

My happy baby!

And this is my favorite. It's just so you can see how close she is to crawling!!! She's determined.

I am a cereal girl

"Some boys kiss me [Daddy]

Some boys hug me [Daddy]
I think they're O.K.
If they don't give me proper credit
I just walk [roll] away."



"They can beg and they can plead,
But they can't see the light, that's right.
'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash [cereal and snuggles!]
Is always Mister Right, 'cause I am..."

"Living in a cereal world,
And I am a cereal girl!"

"You know that we are living in a cereal world..."

"And I am a cereal girl!"

"Living in a cereal world, living in a cereal world, and I am a cereal girl!"

(sorry it's sideways...)

Food face

We are still attempting 1 meal of cereal a day. It's so much fun. Here's the feedback I'm getting...

And that's not even the face that happens right after the food gets into her mouth. Notice the puddle of cereal in the bottom right...

That's because someone thinks it's interesting to contort her body in the Bumbo seat and drool over the edge. And then proceed to suck on the seat...

And attempt to eat the container...

What you can't really see is that the cereal is all down both her legs, on her feet, down her neck... and she was easily distracted by the toy on one side, a towel on the other. No amount of smacking my lips and "mmmmmm'ing" could get her attention.

So I opened a can of baby food - peach flavor... and she burst into so much crying that I stopped.

We will continue to try just plain cereal this week, I've determined.
Growing up is just so difficult.

CHEESE!

Mommy and Daddy were not expecting this! What is this weird hard thing in my mouth? I just had my doctor's appointment 1 week ago and there were no teeth coming in at that time. I gave Mommy a hard time with the pictures.

What the heck are you doing, woman!?
Hehehe. That tickles.

Mommy rubbed her finger all over my gums. Just the very tip of a tooth is protruding!

Blah!

In case you were wondering, I wasn't any grumpier than normal so I gave no indication this was happening. Mommy called the daycare at lunchtime today, as usual, and was surprised to hear the teacher say I was getting a tooth! That sure made it hard for Mommy to work the rest of the day and not force her way over to my school to see for herself.

Love you guys!