So today has been a tough day for my little girl.
Yesterday she had a low-grade fever of 99.7 along with few coughs, a few sniffles and a lot of cries!!! I called her doc who informed me to just give her some Tylenol and watch her closely. By yesterday evening she was doing much better and appeared to be back to normal.
Then this morning came....sigh...and a LONG morning it was. Everything started out okay until I noticed that she seemed so very tired and so very pale. I was doing some cleaning and finally decided to scoop her up off the floor and hold her for a bit. That's when I noticed that she felt so warm and her little eyes looked so droopy and sad. I took her temp and it was 102!! I called the doctor immediately and waited and waited and waited some more until they finally called back which by that point her temp was now 102.6!!! They said to go ahead and bring her in and I rushed out of the house to get her there as fast as I could. Once we were there, I went to get Skylar out of her carseat and her eyes rolled back into her head and her whole body started shaking. I literally ripped her out of that carseat and took of running into the office. Once inside, I was trying to sign in, shaking the whole time, and noticed that my nurse was talking with the other receptionist at a different window. I yelled out that I needed to see the Dr now and tried to explain what just happened to her. The response I got was "oh, poor baby." WHAT?!?!?!
Sigh. I wont go into all the details from there...let's just say there was some panicking and some crying and more panicking. We were sent home with a diagnosis of an ear infection, viral infection and bacterial infection!!! She tested negative for the flu which was comforting considering how many cases there are right now! Through the afternoon she got worse with her fever reaching 103.6 but the Dr on call assured us that it's fine and only if her temp gets close to 105 should we consider taking her to the ER. Isn't that crazy?!?! It's very hard as a mom to watch your baby suffer and then see a temp of 103 and say...we'll the Dr thinks your fine so I guess we'll go with that!
Anyway, she's doing fine now which I know is God. My wonderful dad came over and prayed for her. He also came bearing gifts...JUICE...which was such a blessing because at that point Skylar wouldn't take in any fluids but Papa came to the rescue with some very tasty juice!!! I just took her temp a little while ago and it was 98.6 so Praise God for answered prayers...and of course for juice-bearing Papa's!
Please continue to pray for my lil one though that God fight off this virus and continue to heal her!!! Thanks...lots of loves and hugs!! Muah!
This year was Skylar's second Halloween but the first year that she actually got to Trick-or-Treat. She was a Bumblebee this year and a very cute one at that...if I do say so myself! She still wasn't aware of what was going on and we only made it by a couple of houses before she was DONE! She had a lot of fun handing out candy though to the kids that came by my parents house!! It was a wonderful Halloween and can't wait for next year to actually hear her say "trick or treat...!"
Because the weather was sooooo wonderful a few weekends ago, we decided to take Skylar to her very first pumpkin patch held at The Old Time Christmas Tree Farm in Tomball! Although the weather was fabulous and the activities looked like a blast, my little one was not interested AT ALL! It was such a different environment for her and truth be told, I think I had more fun then she did. We did manage to catch a few good shots though...
We knew that we wanted to get her something like this around Christmas but just didn't want to spend a fortune. Well, this one came up and was such a good deal, that we just couldn't pass it up! It comes complete with a swing set, slide, monkey bars (which will be for later of course), a small fort and picnic table!! It's purrrrrrfect and she LOVES it!! Here's some more pics for your viewing pleasure: 
She loves this thing and is starting to really figure out how everything works. For example, the other day I asked her for some scrambled eggs and she grabbed her little pink skillet and started stirring it around and voila! make-believe eggs!!
Now, here's Rody. He is such a cutie patootie, right?! The idea is that she can sit on him and just bounce her little heart out. However she would much rather sit on mommy's tummy and do that while cuddling Rody! I would much prefer the other way around but you take what you can get! 
And now for her latest attraction...behind door number three...a new playhouse!!! Her daddy just recently bought this for her as "practice" because he really has his heart set on buying her a huge playground for the backyard. She really does love this little house. It even has a porch light and I'm thinking of setting out a little doormat for her! Cheesy???? Of course! But I'll do it anyway...ha! 
So there's a million other things in there such as a music table and a dance station and a car but this was only suppose to be a "sneak peak" remember?!!! So I'll leave you with this one last thing which is one of the 5 pictures of her hanging in her playroom...
This was taken with her one year portraits...isn't she a doll?!?!
Just do some research and you will find that not only is cloth diapering better for our environment (MUCH BETTER) but it's also easier on your budget as well. And let's face it, who couldn't use some extra money during these tough times???
Alright, so I'm sure that I mentioned a few times already that my parents put a pool in earlier this Summer, right?? Well, along with the pool they have built this gi-normous patio which extends from one side of the house to the other. Because my dad was trying to save a dollar he thought, why not install one myself? Sounds easy enough, right? Well, it has been no easy task let me tell you! I was able to escape all of the "hard labor" by taking care of Skylar. But my hubby helped out a little! Here's what we have so far!!!
Okay, now onto the new moi!!! Anyone that knows me...and I mean REALLY knows me, can tell you that I am not a blonde! Shocking, I know! I totally should be with some of the random stuff that comes out of my mouth or even the lack of understanding during certain conversations! This in no way is to be hard on the blonde's but let's face it, we're kind of ditsy sometimes! Sooooo, I am actually brunette which seems like it would be okay except its not even a really pretty brunette. But it is what it is and my husband who has now placed us on a very tight budget has insisted that I stop spending hard earned money on hair-coloring...so I'm back to brown again...but don't worry, you'll probably be seeing the blonde in the near future! ;-)
Mommy and Skylar! Her first time on the beach!!
Skylar and her bff, Aliana!
The Burns!! (all 4 of them *wink)
Thank you God for such a beautiful baby!! :o)
Every time we go, we always have see the giraffe as he is our fav-o-rite!! They have a little baby giraffe in there too now and seriously, I just want to squeeze him and take him home with me! The cutest!
Here's Aunt Kelli, Bree and Aidree next to Mr. Raff!
After a long hot day, we usually take the girls over to the splash-park and they have a blast!!
Now, here's all of the girls! It was such a fun day!
Daddy also had a lot of fun...can't you tell by that smile!
After we put Skylar down, we enjoyed some yummy wings and brisket and of course Gramma's famous potato salad! mmm mmm!
