Bathing Beauty

Delilah went swimming for the first time at Uncle Cannon & Aunt Amy's! My parents joined us from Houston and the 7 of us had a wonderful time. Delilah was upset the first few minutes b/c although the water was warm, it was still colder than her usual bath water. But then she got used to it and had lots of fun. Thanks, Cannon and Amy...we can't wait to come back!

How cute is she in her floating crab?!

Showing off the hat and swimsuit that Grammy Di bought for 4th of July. So sweet!

Pre-Pool Time

Before swimming (see above), the ladies hung out inside together for a bit. My dad took lots of pictures because he thought Delilah was so cute all swaddled in her blanket...he said she looked like a queen wrapped in her robe. :)

Mommy Kisses

Hanging out with Mimi

Delilah loves her Aunt Amy

Mid-giggle with Mom

Being a Working Mom Means...

going to work when you're ill because sick days are now the days you take off when your child is sick. You wouldn't dream of wasting them on yourself.
Mommy doesn't feel well.

Delilah's Anniversary Present

Chris and I had our 6th anniversary yesterday and Delilah decided to celebrate by...rolling over!!! And she even did the difficult roll: from back to tummy. :) She landed on her stomach, her eyes got really big, and then she started giggling (which is something else she recently started doing). It was extra-dramatic b/c there was an Olympic medals ceremony in the background with the Star-Spangled Banner playing. I must be honest...I did get a little misty-eyed. I was just so proud!!!

"I Can Fall Asleep By My Ownself,"

said Delilah as she lay wide awake in her crib last night, blinking her big blue eyes. She's been sleeping like a champ forever, but there's always a 5-10 minute pre-bed ritual that leaves her almost asleep, if not completely asleep, when we lay her down. But for some reason, she wasn't sleepy last night. So Chris laid her in her crib, and we turned on the monitor and waited to hear her get upset. We didn't hear anything but her breathing for about 20 minutes, so we went back in her room, assuming she must have fallen asleep. Nope...eyes still wide open but perfectly content. So we went to bed, left the monitor on, and the next thing you know it's 6:30am! The little pumpkin fell asleep on her own at some point and slept all night. Go, Delilah!
--This isn't a picture from last night, but I thought a pic of sleeping Delilah was appropriate for the post. Sort of like using stock photography...from your own photos :)

Update

Hi, everyone. For those of you who check this blog often, I just wanted to let you know that Delilah is all better. Still don't know what sort of infection she had, but the antibiotics seem to have cleared it up. No more fever, no more congestion, and lots of smiles again. Hooray!

First Fever

The little munchkin is currently sick for the first time. She woke up crying around 4:30 this morning and was burning up when I touched her; I took her temp and it was 102 degrees. After a visit with the doctor, we don't really know what's wrong. It's not an ear or throat infection, but her white blood cell count is elevated. Probably just a summer cold, but I'm supposed to bring her back tomorrow so they can re-evaluate her and give me the results from some of the tests they ran. We were at the doctor's for 2.5 hours and she had to get blood drawn from her heel, a catheter inserted for a urine sample, and a shot of antibiotics in her thigh. She was quite the little trooper...here's a picture of her passed out from exhaustion. My poor little baby.