So we've been very busy the last few months. Well, sometimes very busy and other times not really feeling like doing anything that involved thinking or moving.
We had a great Christmas this year. Spent Christmas Eve at our house with Jaime's family and Christmas afternoon with my family up in Marysville. Along with the many wonderful gifts we exchanged we had lots of laughs and smiles to go with them.
Unfortunately, after Christmas the Beadnell household didn't fair very well for a month or so. McKenna, Jaime and I all ended up going going to the emergency room at seperate times throughout the end of December and January for different illnesses. Jaime was first with a stomach flu that didn't stop for 6 or 7 hours. She ended up getting an IV to supplement all of the fluids she had lost and to help her get back on track. I caught the same thing a few days later and also got a few bags of fluids via IV in the ER. We took McKenna into Children's Hospital ER with a really bad case of Croup. It's very scary watching your baby gasp for breath and not really being able to do anything about it. I don't think there was a day in January when one of the 3 of us weren't home sick with something. We all have sniffles and coughs still.
Jaime's dad Rich hasn't had a good run of luck either. He drives a dump truck for a demolition company and as he was preparing the back of the truck for dumping of his load, the back gate popped open and about 150 pounds of of concrete fell directly on his right foot and smashed pretty much every bone in it. He stayed at Harborview's trauma center for a few weeks and then he came to stay with us until they figure out how much of his foot they are going to have to amputate. All things considered, it could of been much worse. His spirits seem to be good and he is getting great care from Jaime who changes the dressings and has been taking time off of work to take him to most of his appointments and such. Pictures of his foot can be found HERE, but beware if you have a meek stomach.
On happier notes, McKenna is growing up faster each and every day. She grew quite a bit since her last doctor's visit at 12 months and went from the 45th percentile for height to the 96th percentile for height. She is still in the midrange for her weight. McKenna has about a 30 word vocabulary now and knows many parts of her body and points to things and says what they are regularly. One of her favorite things to do when we are out and about is to look people right in the eye and yell, "HIIIII!", and wait for a response. If she doesn't get a response back, she usually scrunches up her face and trys again until she does.
We also updated our master bedroom by ripping off all of the sheetrock on the exterior walls, reinsulating, resheetrocking, painting and putting up crown molding and base board. Jeff was so kind to help me with a lot of it, as a friend from work Connor stopped by to help with some of the crown as well. Props go out to my peeps! :)
We have a new addition to our home as well. Jaime got a new kitten for Valentine's Day. Its a grey/white/black/brown tabby like cat with tiger like stripes. We're still trying to figure out his name, although Jaime seems to like Nubbins. Monster and Coda seem to be getting used to him, Coda more than Monster so far.
Well, that's about all for now. Hopefully we'll be updating a bit more than we have in the last few months. Please check out our website for updated pictures of McKenna. Drop us a line if you feel so inclined! Love you...