Date Night

Ahhh, a date night. That's something that Nate and I hadn't done for a long time. Tonight Grandma and Grandpa V came over to play with Ava so Nate and I could get out for a bit. Granted, our date night was not overly romantic...a movie, a quick dinner, and a trip to buy diapers, pedialyte, and butt paste. Perhaps it wasn't like the dates that we used to have pre-Ava, but it was still very nice to get out just the two of us. No diapers, bottles, or carting a child in and out of the car seat and in and out of stores. This was a much needed break after a week of diarrhea filled diapers.

The antibiotic Augmentin seems to be working on Ava's ear. She isn't constantly pulling on them, and she was giggling and smiling again yesterday. However, the antibiotic is also working on her gut...destroying every good bacteria in it. In spite of the probiotics and the massive amounts of yogurt, Ava is still having 5-7 episodes of diarrhea a day. I'm a bit timid to take her to church tomorrow in fear that we may have a horrible mess during the service. We've done lots of extra laundry this week and have taken a few extra baths. Today her little tushy turned bright red. It had looked so good up until today. So, we went out and stocked up on an extra tube of butt paste as I'm sure we'll be using it. We still have 5 more days of the antibiotic.

Ava is still not welcome back at day care due to the diarrhea. So, we've spent A LOT of time at home this week. It's weeks like this that I really wish the weather was nicer so that we could go out for walks. On Wednesday Kristi and Cora were kind enough to invite us over for a last minute play date. Ava and I both desperately needed to get out of the house. So a HUGE thank you to Kristi for the invite and adult conversation, and to Cora for sharing your toys, books, and cheerios! :) That night I was also able to meet up with a few girlfriends from work for dinner. It was great to catch up with them...what wonderful women they are.

Friday Nate took a half day of work since he had to work this morning. We took a nice trip to the mall. It's so much easier to go to the mall with Ava when there is another adult. She was full of giggles and smiles. I think it may have been our first trip to the mall that she didn't get something. Last night she once again woke up in the middle of the night. She's been doing this for the past week. I think that her ear is better so I'm not sure what is up with that. She's also been getting up between 6 and 6:30. Two weeks ago she was sleeping solid from 7 pm-7:30 am Every night. We really need to get back to this. It's as if she thinks that she's too old to sleep now that she's 1. We need to talk about this!

We hope that you had a good week and that you're enjoying your weekend. I'll post more pictures from her birthday party soon.

PS-I forgot to mention that Ava has a new trick as of Tuesday. She can now do "so big" with her hands high in the air when asked how big she is. She obviously doesn't say the words, but she's got the actions down. And if you're lucky, she'll even clap for herself after she does it. :)