We have a tooth!!

Harli is teething! We have been waiting for this tooth to finally come through for well over six weeks. I now know why at the simple mention of teething parents cringe! Harli has had a fever for two days and has been quite fussy...so definitely not her usual self. She is only fussy a few times a day, otherwise she is her usual happy self. The minute that tooth starts bothering her she lets us know. We have found that Tylenol is the only thing that helps. We tried Baby Orajel but she drools so much that it doesn't really help. I just want this tooth to finish coming through so Harli isn't in pain anymore.

Harli had her six month check up today. She weighed in at 16lbs 6.5oz and measured 26.5". We thought she had an ear infection, but Dr Fackrell said Harli was healthy. As always, he was very impressed with her. She had lots of stories for him. She also showed him how well she sits on her own as well as her jumping skills. Harli had to get her shots today and she was less than impressed with that.

Yes I'm that parent..."I can not believe Harli is already six months old!" I don'y know where the last six months have gone. Time is definitely flying by. Pretty soon we will be planning her first birthday party!

Yummy...feet

This has been a pretty uneventful week. Harli is feeling better and most days doesn't spit up all day long. I would say the medicine is working. Granted, I was hoping that it would magically cure her spitting up...a mom can dream! Kory spent five days in Vegas for work...yes, actual work. His company's annual conference was held there this year. Since no other spouses and children were going, Harli and I were told that we would be just fine at home. Next year the conference is in Orlando...Harli and I WILL be there! Harli and I spent the last five days having our Mommy/Daughter time. We went for walks, to the gym, shopping, and having fun in the sun. Its nice to not have to pick up after two certain boys that live here! They aren't that bad, but they do tend to make a mess. Harli has really missed her daddy, though. When he calls to talk to her, she gives the phone kisses and gets a big smile on her face. I know Kory has missed her terribly. He called when she was crying and it broke his heart.

After working diligently for a couple of days, Harli has managed to get her feet in her mouth. She is very pleased with herself. Once she gets her foot in her mouth and start chewing, she starts giggling. Its the little things in life that make her so happy! I'm not sure which she likes better, toes or green beans!!

Goodbye spit up...

We took Harli to the doctor the beginning of the week because she till had a cough and her spitting up was getting worse (not sure how that was possible). Dr Fackrell said that the amoxicilin got rid of the ear infection and cold, however it made the spitting up worse. Since she was spitting up so much it was causing more acid in her throat causing her to cough. She is now spitting up stomach bile. Our poor little girl!! This still hasn't phased her because she is still a completely happy baby. She is now on Zantac twice a day. When I left the doctor and called Kory to give him the full report I told him Harli was being put on Zanax (the sames are WAY too similar). He replied "I'm pretty sure you mean Zantac. Zanax is for anxiety disorders." I'm pretty sure he would like me to be on Zanax so I mellowed out a little bit!! :-) We are only on day 2 of the medicine so we haven't seen a whole lot of progress. We'll see what next week brings.

Harli has slept through the night the last three nights. We're hoping she will stick with it. We have started giving her a late bottle (8p or 9p) and that helps get her through until 630a or 7a. I think it is helping now that she is getting three meals with rice cereal; two of which she gets vegetables. We are back to rice cereal because she didn't really care for the oatmeal cereal. She has tried carrots and decided those were pretty tasty. Now we are on to green beans...YUM!! Today was her first day of green beans and so far so good. I'm hoping she isn't a picky eater like a certain someone I know...no, not Kory. The one thing I won't feed her is peas. I can not stand them, Kory can not stand them, so I have decided that Harli can not stand them.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Yes, its a day early but we will be busy tomorrow so I'm posting early. Harli met the Easter Bunny yesterday and LOVED him! A friend asked me how we got her to smile in her photo and we honestly didn't do anything. Harli smiles all the time and when there's a camera around the big smile comes out. The girl in front of Harli had a different opinion of the Easter Bunny. She was NOT impressed and had a terrified look on her face most of the time. We didn't realize that you can bring your own camera to take the photos instead of paying for them. We will be doing this from now on because one 5x7 was $11.26 (with tax, of course). Clearly the cost of candy has gone up a little bit and the Easter Bunny is feeling the effect of the recession because he is using highway robbery to get money to buy all the candy. Oh well, its her first Easter so we paid the Easter Bunny and went on our merry way.

Harli is very excited to see what the Easter Bunny has brought her. I'm guessing she will be getting two new pairs of shoes, a puzzle, a shovel and pail, and a book. Just a thought! Benjamin is too old for the Easter Bunny but I'm hoping he is happy with his Easter basket since it includes candy and a iTunes gift card.