Happy Halloween!

Audrey... I mean Princess Leia... had a fun first Halloween (even though her sleeves were too long)! Unfortunately with her illness this weekend, we totally forgot to carve our pumpkin, but that's okay!

First she ran into football star Tom Brady, then she went and visited some of her neighbor friends.

Here are the rest of the photos. The first one is from Burt's but Grandma H. just sent it, then there are a few of sleepy Audrey from this morning before you get to the Princess Leia photos. Jackson was very helpful - there are some cute shots of him showing Audrey how to pick out Halloween candy. This is his second Halloween, so he's an old pro!

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You Give Me Fever

We were supposed to have a pretty fun weekend, but Miss Audrey woke up cranky on Saturday. By lunch she felt like she was on fire, so I took her temperature and it was 102
.3. I called the nurse advice line and they said that they don't worry until the temp gets to 103. By 7 pm, it was 102.8 and she was miserable, so we packed her up and headed to the urgent care clinic.

They said that she had an ear infection and sore throat, possibly from an upper respiratory virus and prescribed some antibiotics.

On Sunday her fever was 103.3 at lunch time, so we had to skip Emma's first birthday party. Later we had to go to Aunt Steph's for her birthday and to meet Grandma F's cousins from Iowa and Audrey was miserable the whole time. That night her fever got up to 104 and it scared Mommy to death! We stripped her down and gave her some cold juice and Tylenol and she was soon feeling a little better.

Andy and I each worked a half day yesterday and today is my day home with her. The fever has been a little better but she's still very cranky and cuddly. We've been having to sleep in her room with her and I'm hoping she doesn't get too used to having to be held to go to sleep. Andy and I are hoping that we can someday sleep in the same bed at the same time again!

Here she is Saturday afternoon with jelly all over her face from her new favorite lunch, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

These are from Monday. She was feeling a little better and toddling around in her p.j.'s with her puppy.

In much better news, she learned how to play fetch with Hazel yesterday, much to the delight of Hazel! She was in the upstairs hallway and she dropped Hazel's ball through the stair rail. Hazel ran and brought it back to Audrey and they did this for about 5 more minutes. Every time Audrey dropped the ball, she would giggle and scurry over to my lap to wait for Hazel. It was too cute!

Hopefully Audrey will feel well enough to go trick or treating tomorrow! Check back soon for pictures of her in her costume.

The Great Pumpkin

Yesterday we took our annual trip to Burt's Pumpkin Farm. Audrey was not as thrilled as I thought she would be, but she still had a good time picking up bark and playing in the dirt. Somehow she managed to get much dirtier than the boys!

The pumpkin selection was not as good this year. I'm assuming it's because of the drought.

Here is Miss Audrey waving at the camera:

This picture cracks me up because Ryan is making the goofiest face!

And here is a link to the rest of the photos:

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Teething Pains

Tooth number 8 poked through this weekend and we are hoping that's why Miss Audrey has been having trouble sleeping lately. She's been waking up and just wanting to be held for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. It wouldn't be too bad if I could fall asleep in her rocker, but I can't, so I'm usually up until 1:30 in the morning because she'll scream if I put her back down.

Other than that, she's doing great! Her newest trick is climbing the stairs and she usually laughs like a maniac while she's doing it. Andy is right, she's going to be quite the adventurer when she's older - she has no fear and loves exploring everything!

This past weekend we went over to Aunt Steph and Uncle Alex's to grill out and watch the Georgia game. Audrey was the only girl (like usual), but she had fun watching the bigger boys play and she ate her first hot dog. On Sunday we went shopping with Grandma H for Halloween costumes (no luck) and we got a birthday present for her buddy Emma. Audrey loved playing with a little train set that they have out at Toys R Us. The train never actually drove on the track, but it was banged along the table and swung through the air - the poor passengers!

This weekend we are going to Burt's Pumpkin Farm, so we should have a ton of cute pictures of Audrey and her cousins!

Look Who's Walking!

Other than this major accomplishment, not much else has been going on in the Farbotko household. Tina, Amanda and I had a garage sale over the weekend and did fairly well. We were amazed at the stuff that sold - it wasn't the stuff that we expected to sell. For example, all of my cheap little turtle figurines sold, but Tina didn't sell any of the boppies that she had marked for a couple of dollars (they retail for $20) and Amanda didn't sell her $100 cappuccino machine that she had marked for $15. I guess it's really true that one man's trash is another man's treasure!

Here is a rare photo of me and my blue eyed kid who looks nothing like me. Well, she has my messy brown hair!

Dinner with Emma

Audrey and Emma decided that they wanted to get together for dinner, so even with Audrey's yucky rash, we met up at Cinco in Vickery Village. There is a courtyard outside of the restaurant that they played in after dinner. Audrey enjoyed picking the rocks up, dropping them, and trying to eat them - I think she got a few in. Emma wasn't so sure about it...

As it got darker, they (I'm not really sure who 'they' are) put up this big inflatable screen and were playing videos. "They" also had glow in the dark bracelets. Emma's daddy got her one and she really liked it!

Here is Audrey being swung around by her daddy. If you click back and forth really fast between the pictures, you will get the whole effect!

Her rash is still here. It was really bad when she woke up this morning and I was almost in tears thinking about having to leave her at daycare looking like that. I gave her two doses of benadryl yesterday but they didn't seem to do a thing. The rash was a little better this evening but if it still looks bad tomorrow, I may call the nurse advice line again and see if there is anything else I can do.

Splish Splash I Was Taking A Bath

This is what happens when Daddy is in charge of bathtime.

You get Alfalfa hair...

Then you get a funky mohawk:

Then it gets parted in the middle because Daddy thinks you need a new hairdo:

We have our first food reaction rash today. I noticed some little bumps on her cheeks last night and when she woke up, they were all over her body. They look like hives, but they don't itch. I tried strawberries out this week (which Grandma F is allergic to) and I think that's the culprit. The nurse at the pediatrician's office made me feel like a dummy. I told her that strawberries were the only new food she's had and she said "Is there anyone in your family that's allergic to them?" "Yes." "Plus, you know you're not supposed to give them strawberries until they are 2 or 3, right?" "No."

So, for those of you reading, don't give anyone under 2 strawberries! I looked on a baby food site (http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/ - great site!) and it said that strawberries are very acidic and may provoke a rash in babies even without food allergies.

In much happier news, I think we are going to be walking soon! Audrey has been taking about two or three little steps and is so proud of herself! Her record the other day was four steps before she lost her balance.