Stairs

A couple times a day Lizzy decides to climb the stairs. She stands at the bottom for a while first thumping her hands on the third step, then as soon as I am right behind her she zooms right on up. Sometimes she stops at the landing to scratch at Galidor's scratching post. Other times she just crawls right on over and keeps going without pausing at all. I should time her so I will remember just how fast she is, but I am usually preoccupied with making sure that she doesn't fall. She is sure on her feet, but not at all carefull. She is just supremly confidant that if she stands up and leans backwards I will catch her. It makes it very challenging to get a picture of her at it. I think I need to coordinate my photography efforts with Patrick to get a really good shot. Most of the pictures I took today turned out blurry or off center since I kept one hand just out of the frame waiting to catch her.

The poor girl woke up with a fever this morning. When she woke at 5:30 she was 102 F. I took her PJ's off and let her crawl around in her crib shirt for half an hour and it went down to 99 F. I turned off the heater in her room and let her sleep in her crib shirt with just her snuggly blankie. At 8:00 she woke again and her temp was 103.3 F. I called the nurses hotline and left them a message to call me back. When the nurse called back Lizzy started crying and coughing. I left her with Patrick so I could hear the nurse while I described her symptomes. After the call was over I went into our room to find that Patrick had the rude awakening of Liz puking all over him and our bed. Her temperature went down though and she was just a bit warm and a bit cranky through the day. I hope this is just some discomfort because of teething or something equally benign. We leave for BC in three days and I don't want her to be sick for our trip.

On the sick note, I am not 100% yet but I think I am on the mend.

Terri