Kid in a candy shop

Okay not really a candy shop, we went and bought her some new keen sandals at Lamey, then went to the mall for fun. She eyed the candy machines and wanted some on the way in and out. I didn't give her any, another mean mommy moment, but she found a left behind piece in one and popped it in her mouth saying "yummy" before I could stop her.

This photo got cropped because of blogger layout, click on it for a full view. :)



Another random shot as we were leaving the mall.

Tehya's Dental Procedure

Before

After

Well we are back. Thank God, been a long day. Her appointment was at 7:30, but we had to be there to check in no later than 6:30, so we left home at 5 in the morning.

That medical building was something else. So the waiting area was huge. Had it's cafeteria and lunchroom. They had computers hooked up to the Internet, a couple hooked up to game consoles. The had a quiet room with a weird wall of running water for people who wanted to sit in quiet and/or read. They gave us a beeper type thing when we walked in, it made a noise and vibrated whenever they were ready for us and again when we could go back to see Tehya. The had TV's, large fish tanks in the walls, a nice play area. Very roomy. Oh and a really cool thing they had was these TV's placed throughout the room the kept track of the patients progress, so we could look at this screen and actually know where Tehya was and what her progress was.

We get called in, Tehya is in hysterics already. I expected this from her cause it happens every well check-up. She wanted to nurse REAL bad but I couldn't let her, she was fasting.
They had cable in the rooms, lol, so I turned on one to a cartoon and she fine for awhile watching that. Then seems she was scared, clingy and nervous they decided to give her a drug that made her relaxed and "loopy" so that when they they did the gas to put her to sleep it wouldn't be as bad.

The drug they gave her to calm her made her silly. She giggled and cheered up real quick. To me that was different because I'm used to tears and screams at the doctors from her.

Only one of could go back with her when they put her to sleep, so I decided I was the one to go. I just couldn't not go, I knew that would be worse for me. At this point she was like a newborn. She was like dead weight in my arms, I had to support her head and all. She was awake but slowly fading off to la la land. She was still smiley though. I walked down like 4 long halls, Tehya was probably wondering who I was because I had a gown and cap on.

We get to the OR and I reluctantly lay her on the bed. I figured she'd cry and never thought in a million years she would stay there without crying but she happily layed there, smiling still. She had her buddy bear with her and she kept putting the mask on buddy bears face and smiling about it. It was cute. Then it was time to put the mask on her so she could go to sleep. She saw it coming or something because she started screaming...even though she willingly put it on herself earlier. She didn't scream long though, she settled down immediately, and I talked to her and kissed her on the cheek the lasts seconds she was awake. They said she actually did really well because most put up a fight longer.

Phew I THOUGHT the hard part was over. I drove myself crazy in the waiting area, finally about 2 hours later (they said it'd only be 1 hour) the dentists comes out (I couldn't help but smile seeing him, I was so relieved) and talks to us and tells a few more minutes and we can go see her. So again we had to wait. Not long this time. 5-10 minutes. Keep in mind, this is longest I've been away from my child since she was born!!

Walking the halls I hear a screaming and inconsolable cry coming from my baby's room. My first thought was 'Oh God, how long has she been crying before they came and got me?', I'm sure longer than I want to know. They actually wait until they settle down a bit before they get the parents (so I've been told). I'm still sad about that. I saw the nurse holding her like a newborn. That was an odd site. stranger cradling my child. I'm not sure I liked that feeling. She had an IV in her foot, blood pressure band on her arm, and a heart rate monitor on her toe. Oh, she ended having 3 fixed and one pulled. The 3 fixed ones are not the best shape, we'll hope they hold up!

I took her and sat with her. She was better but still very upset. The nurse wanted to give her a bottle and I said no she is still nursed, she's never had a bottle before. So I nursed her, it settled her for a minute but she extremely upset again. She'd fall asleep, wake up crying, fall asleep, wake up crying. She did this most of the day.

Eventually we made it out of there. She wasn't happy getting into her car seat. She just wanted to nurse nurse nurse. I would have let her but we HAD to get home. That's a long ride, so I only let her nurse for 15-20 minutes or so in the car.

We stopped at the mall on the way home to get food for us, ice cream for Tehya, drinks and a present for her for doing a good job. She refused water, she refused the ice cream (that NEVER happens), she wanted nothing. She still cried, slept, cried, slept. She was white as a ghost and her lips were blue and then white. We bought her a cute pirate tent and left for home.

She did the cry sleep thing all the way home. Still was pale. Then she vomited 3x in a row on herself. First time in her life that she vomited. Sadly, I did my best to clean it up, but we were still 30 minutes from home so she had to stay like that. (I was riding in back with her, as always) I wasn't about to take her out, we all just wanted to get home and if I took her out, she would not have got back in. Plus she wasn't crying so I didn't want to change the situation.

Finally. We are HOME. Home sweet home. She was still "not right" for a bit, but now she is better. She ate a yogurt pop, a juice box (which I never give her), and a bowl of rice. She showered and just fell asleep at 7pm. I hope she's to bed not napping. I don't need her falling off schedule...again.

Tehya's 1st Birthday

I'm kind of writing this to look back on to remember this day..eventually I'll write in the baby-book or somewhere. (copied and pasted from my cafemom post)

Will be long and not that interesting, lol, but this was our day, Tehya's birthday.
So yesterday, January 7th at 1:01am my baby girl turned ONE years old! We didn't celebrate with a party, just a few gifts and cake with mommy and daddy. Here's our day..it was a busy one..

We got up around 10-10:30 in the morning (we're night owls so we sleep a lil later) and I had a root canal to get to at 12:30..fun fun. So we rushed around and got ready to start Tehya's birthday off with a 30-45 minute drive to the dentist. I wasn't looking forward to the days travel because Tehya does not like riding or being in the car, not even for short trips. and I wernt looking forward to a root canal..especially on her birthday.

So we get to my appointment and I'm surprised that Tehya had a well ride. I get out of there earlier than planned..about 1:45 (I expected 2:30), and while I was in there Tehya's daddy gave her animal crackers, vanilla wafers, and fruit snacks to keep her happy and entertained. I guess he put it all to her, geesh! He also walked with her to the store to get her some orange juice, but I came out before he gave it to her.He tells me he got a parking ticket because he didn't put more money in the parking meter on time. So we get back in the car, strap Tehya in and she falls asleep about 5 minutes later. I guess her daddy really knocked her out, she never falls asleep that quickly and easily, especially in the car.

I decided to have him stop at the mall seems it was earlier than planned and we were somewhat in the area. So we went to the mall, he carried the sleeping girl around. I only ended up getting her a couple skirts from JC Penny and that's all. She woke up walking around the toy store, good timing, lol. On the way out of the mall we put her in those coin operated toys, we put her on the school bus, took a couple pictures. Her daddy had to hang on to her, she was a little to small for it. She nursed a few minutes in the car then back into her seat. I gave her some more fruit snacks to bribe her into her seat, lol. So now we were on our way home. I let her play with her boom-box and learning puppy to keep her entertained, she was very well behaved for her..acting all grown up already.

We got home at 3:50pm. Tehya got a little fuss the last 5 minutes, that's not too bad considering. Will (Tehyas daddy) had to be at his dads to take care of him from 4-8, Tehya and I were going with him this time.. Well we were going to be late so we called him and let him know. Tehya nursed again for just a few minutes, we gathered the cake pans, mix, plates, etc..we were going to make the cake over there. We packed up once again to get back in the car..AGAIN. I figured Tehya was going to have a screaming fit because she was getting fussy (can you blame her? Poor girl.) I still had to go to the store to get a princess crown and Tehya a birthday card. Late at getting it..I know, "sigh". Well the first store didn't have anything I wanted (Will stayed in the car w/ Tehya) so it was back to the car and to another store. Grr. My fault for waiting till the last minute. Well, I found what I wanted right off the bat, but stood in line for 10 freaking minutes for 2 little things.

We arrive at Will's dads at 4:45pm about. She went to say hi to her grandpa and then opened some b-day gifts from her grandma that were on the couch waiting for her. Both grandmothers on both sides had to work that day, and both on the night 3-11 shift. Tehya played a little, then I fed her some Gerber chicken stew and some mixed veggies. Finally it was getting late, around 6:30-7:30 we had a few minutes to make her cake. Well guess what? Will's mom's eggs were expired so Will drove back home to get a couple eggs, lol. He left, Tehya finished eating while he was out, he got back and he mixed and baked the cake. I decorated it after it was done. And this is the first cake I've ever done before. Tehya licked the frosting from the bowl after Will did the frosting and she loved it. Literally, like 3 minutes before I finished decorating the cake my poor girl fell asleep! She was tired! We put the cake in the fridge..I watched Sharkboy and Lava Girl while Will cleaned up, lol, Tehya slept in my arms. FINALLY around 9:45 (1 hour 45 minutes after we usually leave there) we were ready to go home! Yay! Tehya woke up as we were leaving. Tehya got a Tinkerbell Lantern for her b-day, she played with it on the ride home and she loved it.

We are home! Brandon stayed over, he got there as we pulled in. We came up stairs and settled in and everything. We gave Tehya her gift from mommy and daddy to open, a TY stuffed cat. White and fluffy, soo cute. And it looked real. Tehya loves loves loves cats so we figured she'd love it. She had her gift, we got her on video, she then played with her daddy while I got something to eat. The night went on and this girl finally fell asleep around 1-1:30am! Phew!

She didn't have cake on her b-day , but she finally had a piece today. She just played with it mostly, That's on video too, lol.

I just have to say, it was a long, crazy, hectic day and I'm soo proud of her! Very proud! She was such a good girl, never cried or got upset after being hauled here, there, and everywhere. I know she hates riding and she was just so well behaved, never once gave me a problem! She was good with her daddy too while they waited for me to get out of my appointment. Errands on top of errands...on her birthday, and she did well. I love her so much. One proud momma. I can't believe it, she's growing up!