Old and Grey!

That's what I'm going to be soon...this little girl is definitely keeping us on our toes lately. She has enjoyed the art of strolling around the house grabbing onto anything and everything she can. That's all fine and dandy until it's a screen door that moves or a chair that tips over. I've started saying "brush it off" and so far it's working...a little. Some of the REAL scary spills take a bit more reassurance, but for the most part she's handling the falls like a champ. She also has learned to throw things. Food from her chair, her cup of milk, a ball, Ceci's dog bone, you name it, it might be tossed at you. I can't believe her changes just over the past week. It's like she's in fast learning mode or something. Since she's walking more outside we put our shoes on before we head outside to play. Yesterday I asked her if she wanted to go on a trip and she went, grabbed her shoes, sat down and started trying to push them on. She didn't have her toes in them but just the fact that she associated shoes with going out was mind blowing for me. SUPER CUTE!

I think I got 5 new grey hairs last night. Rya fell asleep around 7:45pm and woke up just before 9pm crying. We let her cry for about 2-3 minutes and then I went in to try to console her. She was just laying on her back crying. Usually if she's upset she'll sit up or stand up. Not so much last night. So I picked her up and tried rocking her. This didn't work AT ALL...in fact, it got worse. Much worse. She was now pain screaming and I had to call Larry in for help. He tried holding her, rocking her, talking to her, nothing. 15 minutes had passed and I'm getting really worried. Then she starts coughing and then gagging and then finally throwing up. However, the vomit isn't very liquid...it's full of mucus and it's not clearing out of her throat. She starts turning super red and so we grab the bulb suctions and start sucking out her mouth and nose. We get it out and she starts crying again. I liked THAT cry. I ALMOST dialed 911, but when we cleared her out we decided we should take her to the ER instead just in case she aspirated. So off we went at 9:30. We get all checked in and of course the ER doc was like "so, she threw up...once...she sounds good and looks good, you are clear to leave". We were happy to hear that but probably looked like idiots. Oh well, better to be safe than sorry, right?