Pneumonia

Well, poor Isla has been thrown another zinger. We've been in and out of the hospital again this week... They seem to have finally found what is going on, though. She has had a fever for the last 5 days... for 72 hours of that it was above 102 (peaking at 104.5). Throat tests, blood tests, chest xrays... and finally a discovery. Pneumonia. She just took her last dose of antibiotics, but had a fever again this morning. She feels a bit better after Motrin, but we hate giving her that stuff all the time. She hasn't been eating too well, but she will drink her bottle. So that is good.

One day office lady, next day teacher!

I am proud to say that I am now a SAHM! Thursday, March 17 was my last day "on the job" at Bergquist.

Isla and I are already having a great time learning about all the things around the house, singing and dancing to our favorite tunes, and spending quality time together! She is pulling herself up on everything and is doing so quite strongly! She enjoys testing her limits by going after the doggy food as often as possible. ;-)

On Thursday after saying goodbye to my coworkers, Isla and I spent some time at PetSmart learning about the animals that can live in the home! She really enjoyed the fish, birdies, and the doggies at daycamp!

We are very excited for this spring and summer to learn about flowers and veggies as we start our garden!

Uncle Braden came to visit this weekend. We had a blast watching SuperWhy - Isla's favorite PBS show! She hears the music and starts giggling and clapping. So cute!

Daddy was home from Thurs through Sunday. It was great to spend some time with him after he was gone for three weeks for work! 

She now has four teeth coming through! They all just started coming in... within a month!

Poor baby has been struggling with ear infections and other crud for the last few weeks, too. :-( Had a fever this afternoon, but she cooled down shortly. We're going in tomorrow to the doc again.

Along with staying home with Isla, I am in a band! Our first performance is May 7 at an old coworkers benefit that I am also organizing. We are PUMPED and almost ready to go! :-)

I'm also super excited for Kelly and Brian's wedding in June! Kelly has requested my assistance with some things and I am happy to help! I do have a little bit of spare time, after all! ;-)

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Creating New Friendships

I am super pumped about my coworker Andy and his wife Ronda coming by tonight! We are so lucky to have friends this close in Belle Plaine!

Andy and Rich both work with automation and robotics, so they may possibly be a match made in heaven! ;-) JK guys.

I haven't met Ronda yet, but from what Andy has told me and from seeing their blog, she and I will have NO PROBLEM connecting. She seems extremely creative and fun! She likes wine - she's already cool in my book!

Here's their blog: http://imapick.blogspot.com/


Can't wait! I hope they like cheese with their wine! ;-)

Isla's Learning Center

We enrolled Isla in La Petite Academy last week and she started this Tuesday. We love everyone there - they seem so nice! This is going to be great for her, because she will be getting plenty of interaction with babies and teachers.

She hasn't been napping well there, though, because she is used to sleeping in a dark room with lullabies playing. :-) Oops! Now she has to sleep in an unfamiliar crib in neon lights... So she takes little 30 minute cat-naps... However, she is playing and learning so much, that she sleeps great at home! It's a really great sign when a child comes home tired!

I love that every time I come to pick her up, someone is working with her. It's fantastic!

Isla's First Tooth and Da Yoopers

Went snowboarding in da U.P. (Wakefield) this weekend. Had a blast!

Isla stayed with my sister in Chippewa Falls for the weekend and they had a great time! She finally got her first tooth! She was cranky from Wednesday morning through Saturday. Sunday came and she was as happy as a clam (just in time to see momma and da da)!

In da U.P. I learned how to carve! It's been a long time coming. Kelly helped me get past my nerves. I'm so glad I did! Snowboarding is WAYY more fun now. Needless to say, I've got the itch to go again!

From the snow melting and freezing Thurs and Fri, we were stuck boarding on "groomed" ice. So everytime I fell, I felt it! I have bruises to prove it! I also twisted my ankle coming off of the scary chair lift... That, luckily, will heal on its own.

Snowstorm hit the entire state of Wisconsin and most of Minnesota on the way back. That made for a very long/stressful 10 hour trip home. But we made it home safe.


As for our impression of the Indianhead Mountain Resort we stayed at... It was alright. Our hot tub stopped working after the first night, which was sad. Comparing it with Lutsen Caribou Highlands, Lutsen wins hands down. We will probably stick with that from now on.

Isla is Crawling!

She's been wanting to crawl, and showing signs, but we didn't know if she would do it... Until Saturday night (when Gramma and Grampa Swords were over) she started to move a knee. She didn't completely do it until Sunday.

Here's how it went:

I showed her my phone (which she is obsessed with) and placed it on the floor about three feet from her. She started rocking and decided to go for it! Took a little while, but I got her to go! :-)

Now she's all over the place!