October 5 - 8, 2012

Friday, October 5th

One good outcome of Olivia's cold is that she's mastered the sippy cup. She can drink juice like a champ! I know that the new recommendations are to avoid juice - which sounds a little extreme to me - but especially since she's been sick I want to keep her hydrated. If that means tempting her with juice, then juice it is. 

Today we spent the whole day at home. We all nursed our (varying degrees of) colds & disinfected the house as we went along. We made more baby food - a mango & pineapple blend - and enjoyed being together. It certainly made 'being sick' more fun for everyone, if that makes any sense. By the end of the day we were all feeling pretty spritely - so much so that Olivia danced some fancy jigs in her jumper!

Saturday, October 6th

Today we went ventured outdoors! It was a little rainy, so we bundled up, but the fresh air was nice. Olivia hadn't been out in days (me neither!) and she seemed very happy to be on an adventure. First we did some errands - we needed more diaper detergent - and since Olivia has been feeling rotten I got her a friendly kitty to cheer her.  He even matched her shirt!



Then we stopped by the Farthest North Forest Sports Festival - a celebration of woodsman's skills - at UAF. We watched people roll logs with peaveys, crosscutting, and axe-throwing. It all looked pretty tough. Olivia was very amused by the axes - she is a real Viking girl! Next stop was the bookstore to use some holiday weekend coupons. Olivia got a copy of Madeline by Ludwig Bemelman & Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. Today was also "Star Wars Reads Day" and we got a peek 'inside' the Death Star. We were ready to go home, so we missed the storm troopers, but that's okay. Olivia also got a special Halloween treat of a Little People lift-the-flap book. She loves those flaps!

In the evening Olivia practiced walking - with her walker! She walked back and forth across the living room several times! Amazing! I think she's really feeling more like herself today. Hooray! We have our happy baby back!

Sunday, October 7th

We had another lazy day today. My sniffles were a little worse but the two redheads were definitely improving. So we did more of the same - cleaning, making baby food (an apple & carrot blend), and watching movies. Adam did a couple errands while Olivia napped, but other than that we were all nice & cozy. We had lots of fun dancing & singing and Olivia practiced her tiger wrestling skills.
We also got to Skype with Nana today! Yay for holiday weekends!


Monday, October 8th

We had aspirations of going out today...but we ended up staying in again. These four days at home together have been so nice. A great way for us to recover. We've had a lot of weekends on 'the go' and next weekend will see Olivia & I off on a trip, so this was good 'down time'. I made more baby food today - bananas, banana & blueberry blend, and roasted squash.

We've practiced walking, read lots of books and played on the floor. She has a runny nose, but is mostly herself. While I think she's got the virus pretty much licked, we think she's a little dehydrated. So today we really pushed the juice & water. We've got to be in our best possible shape for the upcoming wedding weekend!