1st Night of Swimming Lessons=Disaster!

We decided to sign up Macayla for swimming lessons at the YMCA that we have going to for the last year. Last night was the start of this new adventure. Jason was traveling back to town from Milwaukee and was going to meet us at the lesson. I got Macayla in the water and she immediately started splashing and squealing in delight. The start of the class had us at the shallow end of the pool with Macayla sitting on the ledge and me using a cup to "wash" her body. Then we had to do some bobbing. This did not mean putting her underwater, but just bobbing up and down to her shoulder level as I bounced towards the middle of the pool with all the other parents and babies. As I turned around to start heading back to the shallow end Macayla started to cough/gag...and no I did not accidentally get her low enough to swallow water. Anyways...she "spit up", I tried to catch it in my hand but barely got any of it. I started toward the side of the pool and as I was doing this Macayla projectile vomited all over me. It was like a faucet opened up. I some how manage to quickly get out of the pool and saw Jason coming into the pool area with no clue as to what he was going to walk up to. I was covered with puke and so was she! The lifeguard asked if it got in the water and I kind of looked at her like "duh!" We grabbed a towel and went into the family locker room. When we got in there all of the shower/bathroom rooms were occupied. So there we stood covered in puke with no idea what to do next. I held Macayla close to my chest to cover up the vomit on our bodies. Finally a room opened up and we were able to rinse off our suits....

We went back to the pool deck and they were all like "don't worry" "you'd be surprised how often this stuff happens" "it could have been way worse"....

I decided to take Macayla home but Jason wanted to sit in the hot tub and go in the sauna first...saying he'd be about an hour behind me. Well ten minutes into my ride home Jason calls me and says he is on his way home. He had sat in the hot tub, gone in the sauna, taken a hot shower, gone back in the sauna.... came back to the locker room and felt like he was going to pass out. He had not eaten lunch or breakfast! He said it got so bad that he had to lay on the locker room floor. (As gross as this is for all of us, Jason is the biggest germ-a-phobe I know...so he really had to been bad to do this). He started feeling better so he got up, only to feel like he himself was going to get sick! He took a cold shower and then finally felt well enough to get home.

Once home I needed to get cleaned up. As I get ready to take a shower I notice that I am now covered in a rash! All over my legs, arms and part of my back!

The rest of the night Macayla and Jason were fine...I took some benadryl and was fine...but MAN was that an awful evening! Better luck to us next week I guess!

10 Months Old!

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  10 (9) Month Accomplishments:
• Pull to standing when ever possible
• Take assisted steps (making "monster" noises)
• Easily feed herself finger food
• Take a "big girl" bath
• Make many more sound combination
• Favorite words "yeah" "ma" "mom" "da" "buh buh"
• Shake her head "yes"
• Sign for "more"
• Waves hi and bye
• 7 teeth
• Crawling ALL around the house...no fear
• Consistently sleeping 12 hours at night and take two 1 1/2-2 hour naps during the day
• Can stand independently for 1-2 seconds...sometimes with our initiating it and sometimes on her own
• Has learned how to whine to get what she wants :(
• At her 9 month appointment she was 17 lbs 4 oz (16th %tile) and 29 in (87th %tile)

Christmas in Iowa

We hit the road on Wednesday, December 23 and returned home on Monday, December 28! I didn't have school on Wednesday and Jason had a client to see in Madison, so Macayla and I went "to work" with daddy on our way to Dubuque. We got very luck and didn't hit bad weather until about 30 miles outside of Dubuque. We did receive some not so good news on our way to Dubuque, my Grandma Danner was being admitted to the hospital. She had an infection that started in her thumb but spread up her arm. It was decided that she needed IV antibiotic. My parents and sister Melissa slowly but surely made their way through the yucky weather and arrived in DBQ late Wednesday night. We had a great time with all of my aunts, uncles and cousins. Grandma unfortunately was not released from the hospital until Saturday afternoon and missed our Christmas celebration, but she loved all the attention she got in the hospital will all of her visitors. Being over Christmas, almost all of her grandchildren were in town so it was rare that she was alone at the hospital. Tricia and Jeremy decided the roads were finally okay to drive down from the Twin Cities on Saturday late morning...so we were able to have our immediate family Christmas Saturday night.

Sunday we hit the road for Mukwonago to celebrate Christmas with the Skurulsky side of Jason's family. It was great to see everyone! Instead of driving back to Green Bay Sunday night we decided to spend the night at Jason's Grandma and Grandpa Starke's house in Oconomowoc. Once again we were able to make the most of the holiday season visiting family!

Christmas at Jason's Parents

Peek-a-Boo & standing in the crib

Today when I put Macayla down for a morning nap, she crawled into a ball and cuddled up with her blankey. I thought for sure she'd go to sleep right away. About 5 minutes later she started crying. I did not go in by her right away because usually the crying doesn't last very long and she falls asleep. Well, her crying (more like whining) lasted longer so I went in to check on her. When I entered the room, she was standing up in her crib! This is the first time she has done this. I think she might have been crying because she couldn't figure out how to sit back down?!? After taking pictures of course, I layed her back down and went into the other room. After a few minutes she started crying again, I went to check on her and sure enough...she was standing again!

Macayla has learned another new trick. She takes a blanket, holds it above her head, then pulls it down real quick. She has learned how to play Peek-a-Boo!

9 Month Pictures

9 Months Old!

Today Macayla is 9 months. I tried taking her "9 Month Pictures" but now that she is crawling she doesn't sit still. It will have to be a two person job this weekend. The pictures here are from last weekend in Minocqua.

9 Month Accomplishments:

• Says "mom" "mama" and does it specifically when she wants me
• Says "dada"...but not quite directly for Jason
• Says "buh buh" and waves bye
• Has conversations with us as if we should understand what she is sayin :)
• crawls ALL over the place, including over our legs
• pulls her self up anywhere she can
• walks with assistance
• has 4 teeth (2 bottom, 1 eye tooth and 1 front upper tooth)
• eats finger foods (puffs, yogurt melts, pinwheels)
• facinated with other people's ears, eyes, eyelashes, noses
• loves cell phones and remotes
• pushes the button on the remote and then turns toward the tv to see what happens
• has had "chicken & gravy" "chicken and veggies" "turkey and gravy" baby food, but will gag and throw up unless it is covered with her veggies. Not sure if its a texture or a taste thing