Well, it's about time!

Yes, Delaney's third tooth has finally made an appearance. This thing has been causing grief for months and it is finally through the gums. Most parents would not be quite so excited about the third tooth, but teething really does a number on D and it takes months of them pushing and then receding for them to finally break through. Plus, at almost 14 months, we were hoping for a few more teeth. She won't let me get a good look at it and keeps her lips glued together anytime I try to sneak a look at it or try to feel it, but I have managed to get her laughing enough that I can see her gums and there it is. The little tiny tooth that caused so much pain.

Mommy's little helper

Delaney is learning to be quite the little "helper" lately. Anything that I do, she has to help with. She has to close the fridge and freezer doors if I open them also. She gets very upset if I close them for her. She is getting quite the little personality (and temper). She has also started narrating everything she is doing and we can hear this adorable babbling all over the house. This is Delaney helping organize the can drawer. Notice the stockpile of cans she has next to her that came out of the drawer.

This was the aftermath of Delaney "helping" put away Costco stuff.

Here she is helping make dinner.
And this isn't her "helping", but we did have our first beautiful spring day today so we had to go outside and play and try out her new pair of "big girl" shoes that we got this morning.

Some march randoms

It has been quite an eventful week for our little D. On Friday, we said goodbye to her daycare, Good Beginnings, and Monday said hello to Immanuel. Good Beginnings closed down as of yesterday. We were so very grateful that she spent her first year at Good Beginnings with very caring teachers and lots of attention. They were a smaller daycare and once they announced they were closing a lot of kids left then. So, the last several months, Delaney has gotten a lot of special time with her teachers. While we were sad to say goodbye, we are so very glad she is at Immanuel. For those who don't know, my little sister Maddie (or Auntie Maddie to Delaney) has been going there for the last 7 years. Delaney couldn't start there until she was one, so the timing was perfect. The teachers say she is adjusting very well and I think she enjoys the more structured setting. She has to get used to a lot more kids around, but I think she is doing great so far. It is so nice to walk by and get a hug from my sister when we pass by her class in the morning and I know she is very happy her little niece is there in the Red group. I took Monday and Tuesday off to let Delaney ease into her days there, but today was back to the normal routine. I think it will be a great place for Delaney.

This was Delaney "helping" with laundry. After I folded and put all her clothes away, this is what I came back to two minutes later.

Delaney and I spent the night at Grammie Charlene's house on Friday night for some girl time. Delaney had fun swinging out back, even though it was very cold.

I love the cute innocent look. Don't let it fool you!

Hello again fever.

Delaney's nasty fever made a reappearance on Monday. I thought she felt warm during the night Sunday night, but I took her temp when she woke up on Monday and it was perfectly normal. I dropped her off at daycare and within 2 hours they called to let me know that she had a fever of 103. I called the doctor and they wanted to see her in the early evening. Poor little thing was pretty miserable once I got her home and shivered all through lunch. I was just hoping that the doctor would find something to explain this fever. Unlike last time when it could have been the shots, her cold, her ear infection, this time there were no other symptoms. She had been really fussy on Sunday, but that was it. We went to the doctor and he gave her a good look and said, "Well, I see one thing that could definitely explain this". Thank you! The verdict was: viral tonsellitis. He said it was the fourth case he had seen that afternoon. Tylenol is the only treatment to help with the fever and sore throat. She is back to her old self as of last night after a double helping of chicken and corn and is back at school today. Poor little thing has had a rough ride lately, but hopefully we can see a stretch of healthy here for a bit. I doubt it though with her starting a new daycare next week.
Oh, and the doctor also said her four top teeth are all pushing down right now, so her gums are probably very sore. Maybe one day one of them will actually pop through. We can only dream...

Delaney and her phone

Delaney has a little car with a phone that rings if you push it. One day when I pushed it to make it ring, she picked up the phone, put it to her ear, and said "Hello". She figured this out all by herself. Must be all those times I hold up the phone to her ear when her Grandma's call. Everytime I tried to get a picture of it or videotape it, she of course wanted nothing to do with it. She and I were having a really good playtime tonight and she was on a roll with the phone. So here it is.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We hope everyone had a fun St. Patrick's Day! Delaney and I made sure to wear our green. Here are a few pictures of our Irish lass!

Standing on her own, eating a snack and making a face at the same time. Not an easy task.

Sitting in her big girl chair.

Trying to sneak some food out of the fridge...

And realizing she got caught...

Having fun at bathtime.

Little sicky again...

I haven't posted in a while and it is mostly because Delaney was sick and is just now getting back to herself. Right after her birthday, we took her in for her 1 year checkup. She got three shots and the next day woke up with a 104.5 fever. She has always gotten a fever from shots, but never this bad. I couldn't get it to come down, so the doctor wanted to see her right away. Of course, the fever dropped some by the time we got there, but she just was not herself at all. She was starting to get an ear infection so we were on antibiotics for a week for that. She also had a little bit of a cold, so between the shots, beginning of an ear infection and a cold, her fever was just out of control. They said if it didn't break in 48 hours to bring her back in. It broke about 46 hours later. Even though she got over the fever, she still hasn't been herself the last two weeks at all. I finally took her back in yesterday because of her irritability and she had been picking at one of her ears, but all was clear. They said it is probably just due to teething (which she is going through also). She has a really rough time with teething and one tooth was about to pop through last week, but it receded back up in there a little bit. It is like groundhog's day, I don't see a tooth, two more weeks of teething. Ugh.
But, we finally got our little D back last night. She finally perked back up and today she had her first good day at daycare since she went back after being sick. Anyway, to make a long post short, we are hopefully on the road to recovery and she can focus on those first steps which are coming quickly.

Trying to get our little fever monster to eat something. Applesauce, bananas, and formula was all we could get down her the first two days.

Our miserable little one.

We could get a few smiles out of her, but this is what she wanted to do all day long. Just sit and cuddle in the chair. Now, for anyone that knows Delaney, usually I can't get this kid to sit still for 2 seconds let alone cuddle. This was a big sign for us that she really was feeling pretty bad.

And here is one of our little girl finally feeling better last night.