my sick child

Caroline has had croup since Tuesday. She's had a fever on and off for four days! It's odd to me because it seems like when I get a fever it usually comes and then goes. Her fever just won't seem to stay gone. She really sounds like a seal. Her cough is awful. I don't think I can even tell you how many hours of Dora/Diego she's watched. All I've heard lately is "watch Dora mommy." I've caved quite a bit on the TV lately b/c she's so pitiful.

We've been a little bummed today because we had to cancel our Halloween party...our own party! We had invited a few of our friends over that have toddlers. We obviously couldn't have people over with Caroline being sick. I'm honestly relieved we called it off b/c this morning I woke up and could tell I was getting sick. I think with Caroline being in preschool this is only going to happen more frequently. We've been really fortunate so far because she really hasn't gotten all that sick.

I'm sure that tonight we will let Caroline hit up (no not really "hit-up" :) a couple houses, just so we can get her outside for a bit. We've been trapped inside this cave since Tuesday. Stay tuned for pics....

caroline + 9 years

Keith thinks this will be Caroline in a few years,
field stripping an AR15.

dino day

At the advice of my friend Aubrey we decided to take Caroline on Sunday to the Zilker Botanical Gardens. They have a dinoland exhibit going on right now and since Caroline just recently had "dino day" at her preschool we knew she would be excited. Any dinosaur that was small (are there small dinosaurs?) was a "baby dinosaur" to Caroline.




Dinosaur stamps and markers

After we finished up at dinoland, since we were downtown, we decided what a better time than to eat at an Austin favorite, Guero's. After we finished up at Guero's there was live music(of course, the live music capital of the world!) playing outside. Caroline immediately starts to dance on her own. Keith and I are constantly amazed at her vibrant and free spirited personality. She makes our life so fun. I look back at my life before her and think what did I do? (Okay, so maybe I could answer that.:) What a blessed life we have.

Port Aransas

Despite the circumstances of our cancelled trip to Galveston, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Port A. We were actually fortunate to be able to find a place to stay due to so many people re-routing their trip from Galveston to Port Aransas. This was Caroline's first trip to the beach and it definitely won't be the last. My parents treated us, along with my brother and his family, on this trip.

I hear that some kids don't like the feel of the sand on their feet, but our little C had no issues getting her hands and feet dirty
The girls building sand castles with grandad "gan-dad"

Caroline and Elena are best pals. Most of what we heard all weekend was "Come on Elena."

Thanks again Mom and Dad for a great trip!