LONG day

At 9:30 Wednesday night I started feeling really nauseous. I very rarely throw up so I thought it was odd when I did at 10:00, but figured it was a one time thing. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. I spent the whole night throwing up every 15 to 30 minutes. I knew that I couldn't go to work or take care of Ella so at 5:45 I started texting and making some calls. My mom came up at a quarter to 7 and gave me some Finnegren and took care of Ella until Yolanda could come get her. At about 1:30 I figured that I should try to shower. That wasn't a good idea. Standing made me throw up. My mom told me I needed to call the doctor to see if they could prescribe me something. The nurse said I needed to find someone to get me to the Instacare right away. My mom got off work and Yolanda brought Ella back. We finally got to the Instacare at 4:15 and I was feeling miserable. They looked at a few things and decided that I needed an IV because I was so dehydrated. They also gave me some Zofran for the nausea. After all of that I was feeling a ton better, but they wanted a urine sample before letting me go. The urinalysis showed traces of sugar so they checked my blood sugar and saw that it was ridiculously high- 331. They were worried that I had diabetes and that all of my throwing up was my body's reaction. I was told to go to the ER right away to get it checked out. We put Ella to bed at my parent's house right after leaving at 7 and then headed to the ER. My blood sugar was down to 107 when I checked in, but they still wanted to do more blood work. I didn't get back to see the ER doctor until 9 pm. He wanted me to get another IV and more blood work. After 3 hours, so at midnight, the doctor told me everything looked good and that I just had a virus. He prescribed me Zofran and told me to stay hydrated. I was able to sleep through the night (well the 6 hours Ella let me sleep) and am feeling much better today which is a good thing since Gustavo comes home TONIGHT! I love teaching PE, but maybe teaching all the kids is exposing me to way too many germs. I have never been so sick in my entire life. Today is my 8th sick day since school began in August.

9 months

I took Ella to her 9 month appointment today and here are her current measurements:

Length: 29.5 in - 97th percentile

Weight: 19 lbs. 11 oz. - 75th percentile

Head Circ: 46 cm - above 90th percentile

This month Ella has discovered the mirror.  She LOVES to look at herself.  When she catches a glimpse of herself she gets really excited and scoots over to the mirror as quickly as she can while squealing.  Once she gets there she kicks and hits the mirror while talking to herself.  She even gives herself kisses. 

If Ella is sad or whining I just put her in front of the mirror and she lights up.

really?

This morning I was driving down Main Street in AF on my way to work.  When I was stopped at the new light on 300 West I noticed that a police car was behind me with its lights on.  I pulled over as the light turned green while trying to think of any possible reason I was being pulled over.  New registration stickers were on the license plate and I'm always really conscious of my speed.  I rolled down the window and the officer greeted me by saying, "I clocked you at 41 mph in a 30 zone two blocks back at about 100 West."  To which I asked, "Where the speed limit changes to 35?"  The officer stated, "1 block before."  ONE BLOCK BEFORE. While he took my information to write up a ticket I couldn't believe it.  The speed limit changed 10 seconds (yes, I went back and counted) after he clocked me so I would have been going 41 mph in a 35 zone.  I had tears running down my face when he came back to give me the ticket.  While I was signing it he said, "You need to slow down."  Seriously?  Did he really need to say that?  I can't believe that he ticketed me for speeding one block before the speed limit changed.  I always try to drive within 5 miles of the speed limit.  I've never been pulled over for speeding and now I have to pay almost 200 dollars. It is honestly $90 for the ticket and $100 for traffic school.  I can think of so many better ways to spend that money.   What bad luck.  I can't stop thinking about it...

halfway

Hi Daddy!  We hope you had a great Veterans Day.  You'll have to tell us all about Gettysburg.  We love you and are so happy that your training is half way over!  We can't wait for you to come home.

swinging

She is way too cute.

hilarious

On Halloween we were able to visit some family.  Ella got her first sweet treat from Abuela when we visited her at work.  Ella has been an incredibly picky eater, but she didn't even hesitate with this cookie.  How do babies know about sugar before even trying it?  She wouldn't let go of the cookie and successfully gnawed away at it until she ate the top corner.

Christopher & Ella

Eva, Ella, and Elena

Ella is figuring out how to move.  She isn't crawling, it is more like she is doing the worm. She gets up on her knees or her tippy toes and then throws her whole body forward and flops down.  It is pretty funny.  You can see the messy cookie residue all over her costume.

Eleanor had the best costume BY FAR.   Can you tell who she is?

EDWARD (from Twilight)  in the Sunlight

HILARIOUS

goodbyes

I hate goodbyes.  I always have and always will.  Sunday we dropped Gustavo off at the airport and said goodbye for 3 weeks.  Yuck.  I hate that we will be apart for so long, but I'm sure we'll be fine and it will go by quickly.  He's happy about this new job and the opportunity to do something different at work.  He's been translating for almost 6 years and now he'll be analyzing.  He's still working at the same place, but this job has a lot of perks.  Including the fact that they want him to be at home so he shouldn't be deployed, which of course I love! We are so glad that he'll be back just in time for Thanksgiving.