PSA

Have you ever heard of a hair tourniquet? Well, we discovered it's power last Monday. As I was changing Isabel's diaper, I noticed that her middle toe on her right foot looked different. As I looked closer, I noticed it was very swollen and slightly purple. It also had a deep indentation around the first knuckle. I looked and looked to see what was causing the indention and all I could see was a small piece of pink fuzz. I called JD and to say I was upset was an understatement. I really thought she might lose her toe. JD encouraged me to find what was causing the problem, but I must say that at that moment I was borderline hysterical and Isabel was borderline hysterical. I could not keep her from kicking me or hold her still while I tried to inspect her toe.

I was finally able to keep her still enough to see two small pieces of blond hair that appeared to be crossed over each other. At that point, I realized that either a hair of mine or Madelyn's was wrapped around the toe. I used nail clippers, tweezers, small scissors, and a few other tools to attempt the hair removal. At some point during this, I looked down and saw a blond hair on my sleeve, near my wrist. I think that was the hair. However, I wasn't sure and JD came home from work (my hero!) to examine the situation.

I called the doctor and spoke with a nurse who claimed this happens quite often and told me just to monitor it over the next few days. Her toe looks much better now, but you can still see the ring around her toe. I didn't take a picture of Isabel's toe, but this is what it looked like except only one toe was involved:

So, if you are a parent of a newborn, check those toes!

2 months old

Once again, I'm wondering how another month has passed and how Isabel is two months old. She went to the doctor today and is doing well. She's still slow to gain weight, so the doctor wants me to give her two bottles/day of high concentration formula. I'm a bit frustrated by this because I feel it is unnecessary, but I will do it. She really is starting to show her personality. She smiles a lot and coos and oohhs when you talk to her. She's even rolled over a few times, but it wasn't intentional and she got really mad when she did it. Her neck control is pretty impressive and she is very stimulated by her surroundings. She is sleeping really well and has settled into a pretty predictable schedule, which will change in the next month, I'm sure. We are all enjoying this additon to our family.

"You wanna mess with me?"

"Yeah, I didn't think so."

Howdy Pardner!

Snuggle time with Ma

She's found her thumb, finger, fist. She's much better at soothing now.

The pigs came to visit

and left Pierce with a case of H1N1. I am pretty convinced that what Madelyn had a couple of weeks ago was also H1N1. Pierce's symptoms were so similar, but much milder, that I dismissed the possibility that he could have it. JD took him to the doctor today because he had had a fever for over 4 days. They tested him and it came back positive. The test does have a 30% false negative rate, so I think it missed Madelyn's case. It really isn't that bad, and he hasn't had a fever all day, so hopefully the worst is over. Please pray that Isabel doesn't get it (or the rest of us either)!

Baby Face

All three sorta looking at the camera