Carmen's First Gopher Game

We took Carmen to her first Gopher Game and Tailgate a few weeks ago.  To say she had fun would be an understatement..... if you ask her favorite part, it would definitely be Goldy.

Had to document the occasion! :-)

State Fair

Last Monday we went to the State Fair.... although Carmen went last year she was a bit more aware of what was going on around her this year.


Carmen and Daddy went on the Giant Slide

Carmen ate some French Fries

We rode on the sky ride

Carmen rode some rides

Out cold after a long day with no nap :-)

Trip to the Zoo

Last weekend we took a trip to the zoo.... even though we are members and go quite often, Carmen still gets pretty excited to be there!

Our Little Diva

Daddys Beer Helper

Andy came home with some beer the other day and he has "trained" Carmen to help him put it in the fridge.  Had to document the moment :-)

Mommy and Me

Several weeks back, Andy was up north fishing so we had a Carmen and Mommy weekend......


We spent some time at the park:

 

 

We enjoyed some quiet time at home:

 

Updates Coming

I have scheduled posts for the next fews days which should summarize the month of August...... hopefully I'm caught up (for now) :-)

Daddy's Girl

There's just something so special about Daddy and his little girl :-)

Funny Nap.....

About a month ago, Andy and Carmen had a Daddy and me day.   I came home to this picture of Carmen napping on the couch. Apparently she was so tired she completely zonked out right on the couch next to her baby. :-)

Video for Daddy

Carmen has turned into quite the Daddy's girl..... Daddy is gone on his fishing trip until Sunday (he left Weds).  Carmen had a sad and emotional night last night.   She was crying and asking for Daddy.   How do you tell a 1 1/2 year old that Daddy is on a trip and will be back in a few days???? I know she hears me but doesn't understand.

So Andy sent us the picture (see previous post) of his fish last night).  That made Carmen even more sad, so I decided to make a video to send to Daddy.   Just want to post it on here to remember :-)

Daddys fish

Andy is at the Lake of the woods fishing and sent me this picture last night......Nice Fish!!!!!

Sick Girl.....

We've had a rough weekend..... Friday started out at the dr. due to Carmen's eye being extremely swollen.   Turns out she was having a reaction to a mosquito bite which was a bit too close to her eye....... Benedryl and Claritin should have cleared everything up.

On Saturday, Carmen started to spike a fever and was extremely lethargic, so off to Urgent Care we went. Her temp when we got there was 103. They said she had a sinus infection, perscribed an antibiotic and we headed home.  However not more than 5 minutes in the car and Carmen was throwing up all over. 

For the next 3-4 hours Carmen slept a lot and couldn't keep anything down including medicine, water, etc...... we started to get concerned because her temp was so high and we were pretty sure she wasn't getting any medicine.  So we decided at 8:30 to head to the ER.  When we got to the ER Carmen had a temp of 101.   She was awesome as we waited in the waiting room for about 45 minutes....finally got in to see the dr.  He said she definitely didn't have a sinus infection, rather just a virus and he strongly recommended stopping the antiobitic. We just have to let it takes its course  We headed home.   Saturday was a rough night with Carmen still fighting a fever all night long.  I sat in her room from about 2-4am trying to get her to relax and calm down.   Yesterday we had a low key day and Carmen seemed to be back to herself.

Due to the ongoing fever, Carmen and I are home today.  She woke up with another fever this morning and seems ok, except we are now dealing with nasty diapers. 

Here's how she fell asleep for her nap yesterday:

(I'm not trying to complain, rather document this for myself so I remember)

Oh the joys of parenting! Being pregnant while taking care of a sick toddler has been a lot..... and I know it's going to get even busier when the baby arrives! :-)

It's been an exhausting few days but hopefully things get better soon!

New Camera

We got a new camera last weekend and so we were playing with settings while catching some pictures of Carmen :-)

Cute Hat

Up North

A few weeks ago we were fortunate to take our annual trip up to Andy's Co-workers cabin.   It was a very fun weekend, relaxing and enjoying the water.  Unfortunately my camera decided to stop working while we were up there so I only have a few pictures.