Day One Without Daddy

Wow-za! What a crazy last 24 hours. Yesterday we were scrambling to get all of Mike's stuff together because we spent all of Saturday at Silverwood Theme Park (no, Olivia did not go with us, she stayed with my friend). She took some great pictures of Olivia and I will have to post them some time this week when I have more time to sit and wait for pictures to upload. While Mike and Olivia dozed off for their routine, and last for a while, mid-morning nap, I received a voice mail from grandpa Randy! He was coming through town and wanted to go out to lunch with us. Of course there were no complaints or concerns from our end! When he rolled in, we decided to go to Wolffy's (one of our favorites that everyone needs to go to! It is 50's style LITTLE diner). Mike was thrilled that he got Wolffy's for his last meal, Randy had never been there, and Olivia got to chow down on their delicious fries. YUMMY! Minus the fry sauce. Still delicious though.

Lookin cute!

 I was definitely a mess right after he left. I knew that I would be. Yes, it will not be very long but I have never lived alone and so the thought of not having someone there when I get home or someone come home when I'm getting ready for bed is sad. But we will be okay! My friend Taylor invited us to go over and spend some time in her pool and we took her up on it! I did not have any flotation devices so I went to the store and bought her a life jacket.... Yeah, no. HAHAHA! She did not like it at all because she could not move her head. And yes, it was too big and she did not wear it. On the tag it says, "INFANT, <50 lbs. Oh well. So we went and had a great time because it was SO hot this weekend.

OOPS! There goes the bottle!

Olivia loved it. This girl wanted to take off! Nope, not quite ready for that. Taylor did have a ring that she held onto for a while when I had her. She was even getting some of the kicking motions going :-) Come ooooonnnnn daddy!! Teach your baby how to swim! It was her first time in a pool with chlorine. 

Okay, I will do my best to make this next story short. On my way to Taylor's I talked to Ryan and it was decided that he was going to come stay the night with us. While we were hanging out on the stairs of the pool, Olivia was reaching for something and slipped and went under water for a moment. When we pulled her up, she was gasping and coughing as most people do. It took her a minute or two to calm down but when she did she went back to playing with the water. After we left and as we approached the boy's house to pick up Ryan, Olivia started screaming. And I mean really screaming, I had never heard her this bad before. Usually when we get moving again she calms down. Not this time; I pulled off the road at one point, got out of the car and tried to see if I could calm her down. It did not work and she ended up being upset the rest of the way home. Once there, it still took me a while to calm her down. I nursed her and could not figure out what was going on. After a while she calmed down enough to fall asleep and I put her to bed. Then I made the decision to Google... I Googled dry drowning. Scary thing to think about. That is when my mind really started racing. After talking to a few people, I called the nurse after hours line and the gal that I talked to told me to bring her in... so Ryan and I did just that. Olivia was not happy that I woke her up but she did really great waiting in the pediatrics ER to make sure that there was no fluids in her lungs. We ended up being in the ER for about 4 hours. SHE IS GOOD! Empty lungs and ears. They said that signs and symptoms start to show up between 4-6 hours after the incident. Once that time frame has passed, they are no longer concerned because if dry drowning is what is happening, there would be signs. She was cleared and we went home and immediately put her to bed. Ryan and I on the other hand, found ourselves still talking at 2am. UGH! I cannot remember the last time I was up that late but it was so nice to catch up with my young, bigger brother :-) I am very thankful that our baby girl is okay; better to be safe than sorry.

From what I researched, dry drowning accounts for 1 or 2% of all drownings. However, it does happen and something that is better to get checked out for than to just carry on with your life. Here is a one of the links that I looked at:

http://www.parents.com/kids/safety/outdoor/dry-drowning/

Today was a fast day. We are already missing daddy and Skyped with him. I think he is going to be just fine over there. With his new job, he can grow out his facial hair and because he is working in the back, he can wear whatever he wants! WOOHOO! No uniform!

A NEW FIRST:

That's right! More exciting news! Olivia took her first step! We could not believe it! Yes, it happened while dad was still here; I was so thankful. I am ready for the new adventures of her walking. Bring on the cardio :-) Today she took two steps towards me and then grabbed on. She took another step towards uncle Ryan while I was in the kitchen, and then we spent about a half hour trying to get her to take a step so that we could record it... and finally we got it! Here is Olivia's 5th step:

Look at those teeth!