Gracie makes me smile almost constantly with all of her new words and her ability to understand more and more. She loves to smile, she loves to laugh, and even more she loves to make others smile and laugh. If she can get mom or dad to laugh, she is thrilled.
Gracie started coming down with a cold on Friday night and had a horribly restless night, I ended up with about 3 hours of constantly interupted sleep and Gracie faired a little better. The poor pumpkin just couldn't breathe. She did get some sleep when I walked with her for a while, then when she got too heavy, I sat with her on the couch. She slept...I did not. Why? Because she would just stop breathing for way too long (what was probably a few seconds seemed like minutes) and then just as I was sure I would have to help her in some way, she would resume. We've had this checked and it is supposedly a normal thing, it freaks me out every time she does it and Friday night it happened alot.
On Saturday I was relieved that we had no place we needed to go, so Gracie could have some down time to rest and play. She took all of a 30 minute nap, maybe less...I was so looking forward to that nap! Jeff and Gracie played outside alot while I got some things done in the house. Gracie was pretty happy, despite not feeling great. We took a walk in the afternoon and got rained on. Then the most beautiful rainbow came out, the first real rainbow that Gracie has ever seen and really understood what it was. She was so excited.
On Saturday when we first came outside for our walk, Gracie stood at the end of our porch howling like a wolf. I didn't quite understand what she was doing, until I looked across the street and our two neighbor dogs were outside playing...one is a gray husky and he looks like a wolf.
On Sunday we had Christmas with Jeff's family. Jeff's parents head south for the winter, so we like to celebrate Christmas together before they leave. Gracie enjoyed having family around and was very excited that we had a cake -- her favorite food in the world. Gracie got a lot of fun new toys and DVD's so that should keep her busy for awhile.
At the end of our fun day with family, Gracie walked her cousins to their car and found a pistachio shell and picked it up. Not a big deal for the average kid...big deal for Gracie - that is one of the tree nuts that she has the highest allergy rating too. So we washed her hands quickly and with lots of soap and water. She had kind of a hacky cough (one of the signs of allergic reaction) for awhile after so I was scared she might be having a mild reaction, but keep in mind she also has a cold. So I just kept an eye on her and she was breathing fine. Then she spit up some food a while later...vomiting is another reaction from her. But she and Jeff had been wrestling around and I think it just was a little too much for her tummy. So I continued to keep a close eye on her, but she did fine for the rest of the evening. So I think it was less about a reaction and just some coincidental things.
Gracie had a much better night last night -- she was breathing more clearly and she did NOT want to wake up this morning. She was in a very good mood once she did wake up. When Jeff was ready to take her to daycare she was busy watching tv and didn't want to leave her show. Jeff said "Who wants to go bye bye with daddy?" And she replied without skipping a beat "Jason". (Jason is her cousin that she pretends to call on the phone all the time too!)
We've been enjoying the cooler weather...hope you have been too!
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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