Finally! Sun!

Today and yesterday have been amazing.  I can't say how good it feels to finally see some sun!  The weather has been so horrible for so long that it's so nice to finally see some bit of spring.

update

She's feeling much better and it is still super cold!!!!!!!!!

How we entertain ourselves when we have no power

3 stuffed animals

Siena received 3 stuffed animals yesterday.

This first one was from the firefighters.  I think it is a poodle mix.  :-)

This second one is from the radiologist.  Siena was told she could have it after her xrays were done.  She sat very still.  She calls this one "baby minkie"

This third one is from the nurses who had to restrain her for the urine sample.

She is pretty stoked!

Dr.'s apt. and PG&E

I took Siena in to see her doctor this morning.  I explained what happened yesterday, I showed her the bumps on her leg (which I DID she the ER doc) and the Dr. then looked in Siena's mouth (they did NOT look in her mouth yesterday at the ER) and she had sores on her throat which when put together with the bumps on her leg the Dr. diagnosed her with Hand, Foot and Mouth.  Cole has this a few weeks before Siena was born.  It's a right of passage for little kids.  

Siena weighed in at 22# 15oz.  Lost about a pound since her 2 year check up.

Later in the day PG&E arrived to fix the pole so we could all get power back!

This is the giant hole full of water left by the tree roots.

The kids watching from Grandma and Grandpa's bedroom.

By 5pm we had power again!!!!

Not such a good day

Today was a day I never expected would happen. The kids have been sick on and off since Christmas (we all have as you know). Well yesterday evening Siena started acting fussy around 6pm. I noticed that a dot I saw on her thigh that morning had a matching friend on her other leg. By 9pm Siena's temp was at 102.4 which isn't too high in my opinion. I gave her ibuprofen and she went to sleep. Around 3am she woke up and got in bed with us which is totally normal for her. The fever had broke and she was pretty cool, like below normal temps. That morning she continued to be pretty cold and her lips even had a slight blue tint to them. I had to work so this day was a day for Grandpa Glenn and Grandma Carole to babysit. Carole came over to take Cole to school and I went to work. Around 11am I got a phone call from Carole that there was an emergency at the house. She was calling because the storm, which had 50+ mile an hour winds had uprooted one of the biggest trees on the property right next to both of our homes. Luckily it fell the only direction possible to avoid hitting either home. Carole called me at work to let me know what had happened and that the fire department was on there way because the tree had hit the power lines taking out part of the pole and the power, telephone, tv, and Internet and of course no power means no running water since we are all on wells.

While we were on the phone Carole had started to tell me that Siena's fever had come back and that she was napping with grandpa. All of a sudden I could hear Glenn yelling for Carole and before I knew what was going on Carole was telling me Siena was having a seizure. I yelled call 911 and hung up the phone. I ran in the back to the exam room and told them Siena was having a seizure and I was leaving. I raced home as safely as I could in the horrible weather and I called mike from the car. When he finally answered a phone ( I have 3 options and he was close to getting loud speaker emergency call) he could barely understand what I was saying. He heard Siena, seizure, tree fell, come home. I found out later he though Siena had been electrocuted. Oops! I got home in about 8 minutes. There were 2 firetrucks and about 6-8 firemen. There were 4 inside with Siena who was in grandpa's lap. She was still very out of it. Apparently the seizure lasted about 2 minutes or more. They advised us to take her to the ER. Right about that time the ambulance showed up. I refused the ambulance because there is no way I am paying over $1000 for a 10 minute car ride for a stable child. They had me sign a wavier of treatment form and we were on our way.

We got to the ER and as soon as they heard seizure they had us right in to the nurses station for her initial exam.  The nurse used the forehead thermometer and her temp registered at 101.3.  About 5 minutes later in the main exam room they did a rectal temp and she was at 104.3.  That's a pretty big difference between two forms of temperature taking.

To rule out a bladder infection they wanted a urine sample and unfortunately Siena was unwilling to cooperate by peeing in a cup so she had to be cathiterized.  She was described by the nurses as being one of the strongest kids they have ever had to restrain.  We also had to take her in for an xray of her chest to make sure she did not have pneumonia.  She was a total champ for the x-rays.  They had me gown up to put her in position for the two x-rays.  Her chest was clear as well.

We were told that from now on any time she gets a fever she must be given ibuprofen BUT the seizure can occur before the fever, as it is a sign that a fever is coming on.  Febrile seizures are common in toddlers from 1-6 years of age and can happen at any time.  Wonderful.  So now we get to freak out every time she has a fever.

After about 4 hours at the ER we were starving!  My parents had met us at the hospital  and Carole picked Cole up from school.  My parents headed to our place and we headed to In and Out for lunch since we were starving!  By the time we got home it had started snowing.  Fun!  Snow and no power, water, or toilet.

I will be taking Siena to her Dr. tomorrow for a re check.

Modeling career

That does not look comfortable

Cole still falls asleep while eating but he seriously does it in the strangest places.

Horse escape

The horses made a little escape from grandma and grandpa's today.

Siena's words

Nehneh do it
You do it
Mommy do it
Thank you mommy (or daddy)
Cole
Mike
Oni
Up me
Help me
Read book
My iPod
DVD on,
watch memo (nemo)
mommy
Icky mouse ( Mickey mouse)
Potty mommy
Rai Applegate
Inkie (minkie the cat)
Baby ( bebe the cat)
All done
Anky boots (angry birds)
Nehneh play anky boots
Maw maw  (grandma)
Bapba  (grandpa)
Uncle Bub (uncle Russell)
Thank you
More egg
Mum mum
Brother
Piggy
Element (elephant)
Apple
Nahna (banana)
Waberry (strawberry)
Boo berry (blueberry)
Geene (green)
Yellow
Pink
Boo (blue)
Baby ONI (stuffed black labrador toy)
Wee wee (woody)
Ice age
Eyeghtning (lighting)
Boots
No
Uhuh
Mmmmhuh
Rai Applegate pretty
EO (leo the horse)
Go feed EO
Hank
Go see bapa
Call bapa mama
Talk bapa mama
I threw up
No, stop it
brush teeth
D Box (T-rex)
blue eyes
Ladybug
Chocolate milk

Russell & Elexis

Russell and Elexis stopped by on their way up to Oregon.  The snow storm put a little dent in their travels so the kids got to spend some time with them!

Surprise Snow Storm

I am loving all this spring snow storms!  The kids love watching the snow fall!  We ended up with 4 inches!

The kiss

Today Cole had his first kiss. It's funny to even think of his first kiss at 4 years of age but this really was a kiss. Apparently at preschool while all the kids are playing Cole walked up to Ella, put his hand behind her head and pulled her in for a kiss. He planted one right on her. Ella was not amused andvwiped her face off. I asked Cole why he kissed her and he said "mommy I just wanted to be happy." Can you really blame him though? She's pretty dang adorable.

http://whitedaisyphoto.com/blog/2011/family-and-portrait-photographer/professional-family-photographer-auburn-california-portrait-sacramento-california/oddo-family/

Shaun, Shaun the Leprechaun

Cole made a St. Patricks Day hat at preschool today.  They also learned about leprechauns.  He was telling me all about a leprechaun named Shaun.

Dinosaur hunting in the jungle

When it's actually warm enough to be outside the kids really seem to like dinosaur hunting in the scotch broom.  Cole calls Siena his baby dinosaur.  :-)