Bye Bye, Blogger.

Dearest Friends,

Well, I realize that I haven't been updating this blog. I'm so sorry, but I've been busy growing up! Just recently I turned one year old. Can you believe it?!

Looking back on my first entries I'd have to say I've come a long way...and now my journey on this blog must end for now. Thanks so much for reading.

If you know my daddy or mommy I know that you can find them on Facebook and can keep up with the latest pictures of my bubby and me there. So with that, I bid you adieu on Blogger. Take care and see you around!

Love,
Katherine Tiona

Better Baby

Katherine is feeling much better. Now that the antibiotics are doing there thing, she's pretty much as cheery as normal. She is a bit more clingy, but that could just be her age. She doesn't like to be put down!

I'm working on photos and more video. Life's busy, though.

Smiles,
Michael

The Eyes (and Ears) Have It

Well, Katherine turned seven months old not too long ago.  With another month of life comes yet another illness.  We took her to urgent care Saturday to discover that the allergies and cold she started having Friday spilled over and has caused infections in each ear and likely each eye.

The ear infections were because of sinus drainage, but the eyes may also be infected because of the kind of discharge that is happening with them.  It's very possible that when her nose was running she rubbed her face with her hands and then rubbed her eyes, spreading the bad stuff too.  I'm a little skeptical that her eyes are actually infected, but we have antibiotic drops just in case.

Friday night into Saturday she was pretty miserable and whined and moaned a good part of Saturday.  We're hoping that with the antibiotics she'll start to feel back to normal soon.

By the way, at the urgent care clinic today she weighed 13 pounds, 8 ounces!

I have pictures and video coming, but I'll take care of that stuff when illness things pass a little bit.

Smiles,

Michael

Half A Year Old!

Hey there, friends!

I'm stoked! Today I turn 6 months old. I've been in the world for half a year now! Woohoo!

By the way, I'm feeling a lot better than last week. I still cough every once and a while, but I'm mostly over the whole thing.

So now some observations on being such a big girl:

• Toys are so cool! I love playing with them and even tasting them! I do have to work on my arms, however. I tend to whack myself in the face with toys when I try shaking them!
• Actually, everything is fascinating! I love grabbing at anything I can reach, including people's glasses, big people food, cords, and more. Unfortunately big people don't like for me to have most of that stuff. It's kind of frustrating.
  
• My Big Brother (a.k.a. Bubby) is hilarious! There have been so many times that he's just made me crack up laughing. I love hanging out with him and seeing him do silly things.
• I'm really into jabbering. I try to say words like the big people do, but I can't get my mouth coordinated enough yet. So I kind of make noises and say my own "words."

So enough of all that. I know you want to see the latest pictures. Well I want to show them to you!

Books are pretty neat. I like looking at pictures in books a lot. I can't read yet, but big people usually take care of that part for me.

I told you that I like grabbing at things! Mommy's faking the pain here, but those shiny things on her teeth are really fascinating!

My toes are fun to play with and tasty!

This is just me in a cute outfit. I wore this to my Aunt Marcie's re-election party!

I'm such a big girl that I can hold my own bottle when it's mealtime.

That's all for now. Time for a nap. Bye everybody!

Coughing Update II

Hello again,

Our little girl is doing better each day. The cough still lingers and we still have to give breathing treatments every once and a while, but she's still full of energy and spirit!

Katherine turns 6 months old on Wednesday!

Coughing Update I

Friends,

Katherine did much better Wednesday, coughing much less and not having any spit-up spells. She did have a rough time going to sleep just now. Mommy had to lay with her while Katherine had a few coughing fits. So the verdict is "We think things are improving."

Keep it right here for the latest.

Smiles,
Michael

Holding Our Breath

Dearest readers,

We have a bit of concerning news about Katherine today. Over the past weekend she developed a cough which got worse Monday. We took her to the doctor and Katherine is now on Albuterol breathing treatments about every four hours until the cough stops, which will hopefully be within a week. The treatments are to open up her breathing passageways while she deals with sinus drainage and the cough. While she's not been diagnosed with anything like asthma, it is a bit disconcerting that the doctor feels she needs the treatments.

Along with all that, something seems to be upsetting Katherine's stomach to the point that she's thrown up a few times. It's usually as a result of coughing so bad, but other times it's been more independent, and her stools have been much looser.

She slept a lot Tuesday, an indicator that her body is worn out from the toll this illness is taking on her. Fortunately she seems to be staying hydrated and well rested. The breathing treatments do seem to help decrease the coughing's impact on her. For the record, she's now 12 pounds, 5 ounces.

Please keep our little girl and our family in your prayers for a little while. She's a trooper and she'll get past all of this, but it's difficult on her to cough so much, be so stuffy, and have an irritable tummy. It's hard on Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother to see our baby girl go through this, too.

We'll keep you posted on her progress here.

Smiles,
Michael