Indian Princess

Today we went out to Bellows Beach for Ron's command picnic. Unfortunately, Ron woke up in the middle of the night with chills and has the flu. I moved into Ella's room to avoid the germs and left Ron in bed this morning when we left. We met up with Jeff, Sara and Baby Wyatt, and headed out to the other side of the island. Bellows is an air force base and has until recently been off limits to the public. The beaches have been open to the military and there are vacation cabins, camp sites and picnic areas for the armed forces and their families. Because it's been private for so long, it is almost pristine in it's condition. An absolutely gorgeous beach with white sand and turquoise waters. We had lunch, the girls had their faces painted (they had a professional face painter), we played in the surf... it was a gorgeous day. Here's Ella as an Indian princess.

Mommy's Little Girl

Fever Update

So we're pretty sure Ella has the flu. 2 Hours after her temp went down to 100.6, it was back up to 103.3 and we had 2 hours before we could give her more medicine. I managed to get her temp down to 102.2 by the time she was able to take some more Mortin. I spent all night on the couch with her, stoking her head, wiping her neck with a cloth while she dozed on my chest. Every time I would pull her off me to lay her beside me, she'd just say "no, Mommy sleep" and hug me tighter. Sitting in the middle of the night, sleep-deprived with a sick toddler, I've never felt more like the luckiest mom in the world.
This morning at 6 am she was still high at 101.8. There is a flu bug going around, we just thought we missed it, but apparently it only lasts 24-72 hours. I've had 4 hours sleep, Ella almost seems normal, aside from being a little oven, and Ron is golfing. I think it's time to pullout the blow-up mattress and have a girl's day of movies, Elmo's world, and Sesame Street in the living room.

Potraits

Ella's 2nd Birthday

In My Wedding Dress
Easter 2008

Fever

Ella's had a very mild temperature in the past day or two, nothing over 101 and a little Tylenol made her more comfortable. Lahrissa had the flu at the beginning of the week and was picked up early the couple of days until it passed. Ella, Ron and I seemed to have bypassed the germs that have been going around... or so we thought...

Tonight, as we were getting ready to BBQ , Ron noticed Ella burning up. Within a very short time (almost minutes it seemed) Ella had gone from her normal wild toddler self to blah. I took her ear temperature and it was fluctuating between 102.5 and 104.5. I panicked and had Ron get a hold of the pediatrician's after-hours number (which was a big run around) while I dosed Ella with some Motrin and put her in a luke warm bath. Not trusting the ear thermometer, I got an accurate 103.5 with the traditional method - sorry Ella:( The doctor called us back and said to also dose her with some Tylenol and then alternate the two every 4 hours. We were to bring her to the ER if there was no change in 20 minutes. She just laid on Ron and soon began to look better. Her temperature went down to 102.7 in 20 minutes and now, 2 hours later, it's at 100.6.

Phew! I'll be checking her through the night, but what a scare for us! Ron was calm and level-headed, while I might as well have had my head chopped off. LOL It's very reassuring to know there's at least someone in this house who can cope rationally in a crisis :) (But for the record, I don't think I've ever seen Ella's temperature above 102-102.5 at most, so the 104.5 freaked me out.)

On a lighter note, we picked up Ella's birthday and Easter portraits today (as soon as I can get my scanner working, I'll post them).

Pizza Night

This week has been quiet but gone by so quickly. We had a pizza night one evening and each made our own pizza - Ella included. She was very excited to act like a big girl standing on a stool next to the counter and all, but being a typical toddler, couldn't grasp the whole "cooking" part. She was fine the first few minutes and loved to look through the window in the oven, but that was short-lived when she finally realized she would actually have to wait for dinner. Patience is not her strongest point... her mild whiny tantrum is funny enough to post though :) Check out the pouty lip and the sighing - our own little drama queen! LOL

Happy Easter

Bye Papa

My dad left Tuesday night for Vancouver. We had a nice dinner and then drove him to the airport. When he said goodbye to Ella she started to cry. She kept saying, "no, papa home," which could have meant she didn't want him to go home, or she was asking him to stay at "her" home. She finally calmed down on our way home but still asks for "papa" when she wakes up in the morning. Too cute!To both our Dads, we hope you had a wonderful birthday. We love you both and we miss you all the time. Ella sends a big hug and kiss to her Granddad and her Papa! xoxo

Easter Bunny

The playgroup had an Easter Egg Hunt today. It was much more impressive than I thought it was going to be, complete with an egg hunt, face painting, fishing game, and the easter bunny! Ella also had her 2 year well baby check up (28.5 lbs, and 2'11) and hasn't slept but an hour today. She's falling asleep at the table and can barely keep her head up.

Post-Birthday Blah

We are all so wiped out from the festivities yesterday, I slept in until 9:30 (thank you Ron!) and we lounged around the house all morning still trying to regain some energy for today. Here's a couple of birthday outfits, one from Grandma (with her new purse too) and one from her friend, Emmanuel.
After lunch we took a little drive to the North Shore to give Ron some study time, and had planned on getting some pineapple ice cream from the Dole plantation, but Ella was knocked out shortly after leaving the house. She's napping now, and hopefully gets enough rest for all the other activities coming up... more playing with Grandpa, an Easter Egg hunt tomorrow, gymnastics on Tuesday.... we're busy and it never seems to end.

As I mentioned yesterday, Ella received an ATV, a Dora the Explorer ATV and she LOVES it!!!!