This past Thursday Chris decided to work from home for the first time in 6 months. He has been going to Davenport every day for the past three weeks and had a little bit of a break in the action so he took advantage and stayed home to work. So we went out to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. When we got home we had barely walked in the door and Ivy took a major spill. She fell in the kitchen and hit the door. There was a lot of blood and we weren't sure all of her teeth were intact. So we called our dentist and she met us at her office. (she left an OB appointment to meet us) Ivy completely severed the little thingy that attaches her gums to her lip and her two front teeth were knocked loose. One was worse than the other. She was a trooper and by the end of the appointment, she was standing on the chair in the waiting room. We are having to keep her on soft food for 72 hours and no pacifier which is proving to be the worst part of this whole deal. It's absolutely killing me not giving it to her. She asks for it all the time and then starts looking around the house for it..behind her bed, on the table, etc. It's heartbreaking. So...her naps have been very bad and each night Chris has had to go in after a long time crying and rock her to sleep. Thankfully she has slept through the night. So from here we just wait and see if her teeth turn gray and then in 3 months we'll go back for an x-ray to make sure there was no nerve damage. if there was, they will have to pull her teeth (root and all) and she will be without her two top teeth until she gets her permanent ones. Kind of a bummer, but could have been worse. I was so thankful that Chris was home...it was not a one parent type of thing. I don't think I could have dealt with the amount of blood on my own.
my last picture of her with her beloved paci:)
Okay...onto the more fun stuff! She is totally crazy. Being upside down is her favorite position to be in these days! She loves to run with the big kids, go down the slide by herself, climb on anything and everything (retaining walls are her favorite) She turns heads at church with her singing. When the congregation is singing, she just starts up on her own with a high pitch song of her own and everyone around us cracks up. She repeats everything and is starting to know lots of names. She has all of our family figured out (although when we show her Brian's picture she says Amanda:) Clearly we need to spend a little more time with Brian! She is a little bit of an instigator. She knows what to do to push Max and Mya's buttons and the grin on her face is a little concerning when she runs away with one of their prized possessions!
Prior to giving up the pacifier, she was still taking 2 naps a day. A short one in the morning and a slightly longer one in the afternoon. It was working out perfectly because she could stay awake during the preschool run at noon and then we could stop at a park for a picnic before she melted down. She has been doing great with the no dairy thing. She's at 90% unsweetened almond milk and 10% dark chocolate almond milk. Max and Mya are figuring out that they can have ice cream only when she's sleeping. It's just too hard to tell her no in the summer to ice cream!
She wears size 5 shoes, 18-24 month clothes, refuses to wear hats, does not have enough hair for a pony, but once in awhile we can get a little clip in there without her noticing. She loves shoes (hers and everyone else's) She is a total bird chaser...you can't take your eyes off of her or she'll be 4 houses down chasing birds! She still loves her books and the ones with animals in them are her favorite. Has not noticed the TV yet, loves to build with her blocks and wrap her babies up in blankets. She is starting to play in the sand box a little bit, but usually ends up dumping all of the sand out of the box. That's all I can think of for now! 18 month appt. in a couple of weeks so I'll update her other stats then.
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She is so cute! Can't wait to see her again. I love that she is so crazy!
Also, so Ivy can feel like she is having ice cream, take a cut up frozen banana and add some real cocoa and put it in the blender or magic bullet. May have to add some of her almond milk or water or something, but it comes out like ice cream and is pretty good. My kids like it well enough.
Oh dear with the teeth incident! So glad Chris was home to help.....that was a blessing! She sounds like a spunky little fun girl! :)
Hey Beth - So glad she is okay! How scary, so glad Chris was home. I just clicked on the "Am I Crazy?" post of yours under this most recent post....made me smile:) I can certainly relate right now and I loved the quote of your neighbor! Happy 18 months Ivy!
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