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I'm sure that you can probably guess by the runny nose, chin dripping of drool, and soaked shirt, but Emerson is officially getting her first tooth. It hasn't come through yet but there is a visible split in her gums and you can see the white of the tooth. It's kind of sad - I love her toothless grin, but I'm sure that I'll love the toothed grin just as much, if not more.

The army crawl is on the way out. Emerson has been getting up on her hands and knees for a few weeks now, but hasn't really figured out how to crawl until today. She actually has a hybrid of the army crawl and regular crawl. The video is from last week, so no actual footage of crawling just yet.

We are now the proud parents of a child with a drug allergy

We did not even make it one week without going to see the pediatrician. Wednesday, I picked Emerson up from daycare and found that she had two red dots and her face & Karie proceeded to show me the red dots that she had everywhere else. Apparently she woke up from her afternoon nap covered in these things. Some were giant and others were small. So, off to the doctor's we go...again. The diagnosis: she is allergic to the Amoxycillin that they gave her for her ear infection (which has cleared up, by the way). Fortunately, the hives didn't bother her and she ate, slept, and acted normally, just didn't look her usual cute self - a much more pitiful version instead. Just today she has begun to look normal again - yesterday was the worst by far with huge red splotches all over her face, arms, and legs. I would say that she is 98% better today.

You can see that she looks much better today (even considering the runny nose and drool soaked sweatshirt).

The first daycare art project from Emerson. Soooo cute! I am excited to fill the front of our refrigerator with these!

And finally, some pictures from last weekend.

Another Week, Another visit to the Doctor's Office

Saturday:
We spent the morning doing some shopping and spent the afternoon at home. I had to chaperon the homecoming dance at school from 8:00 - 11:00, which may have been one of the worst decisions of my life. I did not volunteer to take part in this activity to be nice or to help out. It is one of the activities I can do for my 60 hour internship for my class. If not for that, I certainly would've stayed home. Nothing like spending a Saturday night in a cafeteria with a bunch of dancing, sweating, and hormonal high schoolers. It was just gross.

Note the red knees - she had been army crawling all over the house for most of the afternoon.

Sunday:
We went out for our first hike with Emerson - it was most likely the last day in the 80's for the year.

Monday & Tuesday:

Very normal work days.

Tuesday night:

Emerson was awake (therefore Ryan & I were awake) screaming starting at 1:00 and continuing through the night. Karie (daycare) called me around noon to let me know that Emerson's eye had started looking goopy, but otherwise was fine and eating okay. Super; so I call the pediatrician's office to see if they had any appointments available for the afternoon and luckily they did at 4:10. And then I let Ryan know because it is his day to pick her up, and thus, take her to the doctor. He was about as excited as me. The diagnosis: her pink eye was attempting a come back and she has an ear infection. Also, according to Dr. Paige, it is perfectly normal to be in his office frequently during the first year. Considering we had been there once a week for the last three weeks, this is a bit of a relief, but I certainly don't want to be there again any time soon.
So, I took today off and this is how we spent our day:

Laundry

On the edge of her seat for Baby Einstein.

Just Pictures

Sick Day

Apparently it has been some time since I've updated the blog. There are two good reasons: first, most recent pictures of Emerson look like this:

A giant blur because she is serious about being on the move, and secondly, we seem to constantly be busy (although I'm not sure doing what). So, this morning I woke Emerson up to find that both of her eyes were crusted shut and one was swollen so much she could barely open it. This certainly can't be good. So I volunteered to take the day off of work to take Emerson to the doctor to find out what was going on, and luckily we were able to get in at 10am. The diagnosis: Pink Eye. Yuk! Apparently, someone at her daycare was out one day last week with the same thing. Great. We were instructed to keep her out of daycare for two days, so she'll be going back on Wednesday, and Ryan will stay home with her tomorrow. Thus, I am able to update our blog at noon on a Monday.

We spent the weekend with Allison, Eric, Emily, and Paige, who came from the East side for a visit (and hopefully didn't pick up any pink eye bugs). We had a very traditional fall Saturday - we went to the apple orchard, Gene the Pumpkin Man, and a chili cook off. The weather was perfect. Very fun!

And this is how Eric & Allison spent most of their time at Gene's: Chasing Paige.