Tuesday we went to Dr. Timboe to follow up on Jolie's ear infections. She weighed in at 17 lbs! Woo hoo! Anyway, her infection was cleared up, one still looked a little irritated but Dr. Timboe decided we'd hold off on tubes for now and see how she did. Josh and I were very open and willing to go with tubes but I suppose we can see how things go.
Thursday we took Jolie to her nine month pictures. It was a little early but since she'll be nine months the day after Thanksgiving, that wasn't going to work too well! We decided to go to the studio which we hadn't had very good luck with Jolie in the past, but thought we'd give it another try. She started off pretty slow again and I feared we were headed for a meltdown. Then they laid a mirror down and she went crazy! She loved it and really started having a good time! We'll be sure to post some as soon as we get them!
Friday, we left for Nebraska. We stopped in Omaha to see Josh's college roommate Phil. Jolie was kind enough to sneeze carrots ALL OVER at his house. We got back to Wood River and got to see Grandma and Grandpa, Uncles Michael and Brett and Karen and Hannah Rathke stopped by!
Saturday, Josh got the pleasure of helping my dad move cows. My dad loves taking Josh on adventures! haha! Jolie, my mom and I headed to Kearney and then we all went to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house for supper (which included three different types of meat, hehe) and the Wulf pack joined us to watch the Husker game. Sam, Hayden and Hannah were so cute with Jolie and colored her pictures and played and played with her. Jolie was up on her knees attempting to crawl and Hayden yelled out 'YOU CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE IN YOU!' It was too cute!
Then the big bummer came--in the middle of the night, Josh and I came down with that horrible 24 hour stomach flu. I'll admit, mine wasn't as horrible I think because I just had it right after Jolie was born (which WAS horrible!) but Josh had it real bad!!! Luckily Grandma and Grandpa and Brett and Michael were able to take care of Jolie while Josh and I laid around in misery.
We had planned to have a breakfast with Grandma DeDe's side of the family but obviously we had to cancel it. No need to spread THAT love! We missed seeing half of my family and we felt horrible! By the afternoon, we decided that we needed to try to get back home. Everyone had been so awesome helping out with Jolie and Petey and Jolie had been such a good girl! We headed out and had to make a few stops for Josh to compose himself, but he wanted to get back to his bed more than anything in the world! We finally made it back and Josh went straight to bed and as soon as Jolie went to bed, I headed there too!
Monday I thought Josh would stay home but he woke up and said 'actually, I feel great today!' So we were back to the grind! Nevermind that we were super tired, our house was a disaster and we are traveling again this weekend--no I'm not stressing AT ALL!!!! Josh and I are still easing back into food but feeling soooooo much better. However, now I'm freaking out that Jolie is going to get it! She has a cough right now and each time she gets to coughing, I'm just terrified she's going to puke all over! Graphic, right?!?!? I stocked up on Pedialite just in case and have been doing a lot of praying and hoping that Jolie (or anyone else) doesn't get the flu!
Since we are going to be gone again this weekend, Petey is having a slumber party at Grandma and Grandpa DeDe's. He always snuggles with me at night so I've been missing him a lot! I tried snuggling with Josh last night, but it just wasn't the same--hehe! The house has been too quiet though without him! We even Skyped last night!
Clearly, I don't have many pictures, but Jolie did get a very cute book called 'Santa Paws' that she LOVES reading! Also notice the pink Halloween pumpkin (thanks Jeff, Cyndi and Colby!) which Jolie has LOVED swinging around and chasing after. So sorry to all those we missed and hopefully we'll get to see you all soon!
Oh yeah--and when we got home from work today, our water was shut off! I called the city and they said they accidentally shut ours off instead of another neighbor that had moved! Luckily they came back and turned it back early this evening, but sometimes you just want to say 'Seriously?!?!?' :)
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