2 Earthquakes jolted North Texas last night

Apparently 2 minor earthquakes struck Irving, Texas last night. There is no major damage reported. We live in Coppell, just north of Irving and didn't feel anything. How crazy is that!

So much for Halloween

What a horrible week! Taylor has had a fever since monday night. Nathan stayed home with her yesterday and took her to the doctor. He said it is just a virus and it should only last 4-5 days. He said her fever should break either yesterday or today. Her fever was down to 99.1 at 5 am this morning. That is good news, except her fever goes down after we give her Motrin and then it shoots back up when it wears off. It got to 105.1 the other night and I almost freaked. Luckily the motrin kicked in and brought it down to 102.6 quickly. It's that sad when you are glad your child's fever is down to 102!

Anyways, hopefully she will break the fever today. If she is feeling up to it, we might dress her up and go trick or treating to a few houses, but we won't be able to go to trunk or treat at the church. I was really looking forward to going to trunk or treat and I know Taylor would of had fun. Also, I don't think we are going to Baylor Homecoming tomorrow morning. We've been planning on going for almost a year and I had bought Taylor a Baylor cheerleading outfit to wear to the parade. It is the 100th year of the Baylor Homecoming parade and we were really looking forward to going down to Waco and seeing friends. Maybe we can just go to the parade - who knows. I don't want to push it if she is still not feeling good.

The real kicker today, on my way to work I got a speeding ticket! I was going 50 on the feeder road next to I-35 and apparently the speed limit is 35. I mean really! Who goes 35 on the feeder road????? I know things could be worse, but it has been a pretty crummy week. I almost forgot, yesterday was Nathan's 30th birthday and he had to stay home with Taylor. Let me tell you, Taylor is not the sweet loveable Taylor when her fever is up. It's like a whole different little person.

Please pray that the fever will break soon and it is nothing more than just a virus. Fever scares me because there really isn't anything you can do to help - except Motrin and a high fever can cause major problems. As a mother, it is so hard to see your child sick and hurting. I hate Taylor being sick.

Hope everyone else is feeling well and has a Happy Halloween.

Rough week

Yesterday was a rough day for Nathan and me. We were both sick with a stomach virus and spent the day in bed. Taylor went to Tammy's that morning and we were both feeling better by the time we had to get her at 4pm. Well, I thought we were in the clear, but around 7 last night, both Nathan and Taylor came down with a fever. Nathan went to bed and broke his fever and is fine today. Taylor's fever keeps going up and down. This is no fun.



I made Taylor a pallet on the floor next to me so she could watch cartoons while I worked.

Nathan's 30th birthday party......beer pong anyone???

Will you play ping pong with me???

Today we celebrated Nathan's 30th birthday. His real birthday is October 30th, but we had his party today. He wanted to feel young again and relive his college days, so we had a beer pong tournament. For those of you who don't know what beer pong is, it is ping pong with hitting the ball into the cup of beer. If the other team hits the ball in your cup, then you have to drink the whole cup of beer. It was nice getting to hang out with some of our college friends who we don't get to see that often and some of Nathan's co-workers.

Taylor and Zach Baker popped bubbles for a little while

Hording the ping pong balls

The boys playing beer pong and the girls watching

Nathan and Brandon take on Nate and Andy

Taylor rocked Cody in the bouncer




Nathan blowing out the candles on his homemade ice cream cake

We all know how much Taylor loves cake and ice cream - had to post a picture of that!

Nathan teaching Taylor to play ping pong

Not such a great day

Well, today was a bad day. I got up and went to work this morning at 6 am. Nathan called me around 7:15 this morning and told me that Taylor had thrown up in her crib. He cleaned her up and I told him to call me if something else went wrong since she seemed to be feeling okay. Ten minutes later he called back and said she had thrown up again. I packed up my work and came back home so Nathan could go to work. She did seem okay and she didn't have a fever, so we decided we would call the doctor when the office opened. So, I called the doctor and got her an appointment for 10:50 which was the first available appointment. After I got off the phone, she threw up again! I think she has only thrown up once in her 16 month life and now 3 times in one day.

So, we go to the doctor and he says it is just a cold with an upset stomach from all the mucus. He said we could give her some cold medicine if we want, but to let it work itself out and that she isn't contagous or anything. Luckily, she didn't throw up anymore today and seemed to be feeling better all day. We are just a little jumpy now - every time she coughs, we are afraid she is going to throw up.

What a fun day!

You would of thought it was 20 below outside this morning. I had Taylor in some warm clothes and she was still cold, so I busted out the reindeer hat.

I had my Ipod on my desk and had it locked, so I didn't see any harm letting Taylor hold on to it. Well, approximately 5 seconds later, she had unlocked it and turned it on. She had turned up the volume and was dancing - it was so cute! The best part was, she was jamming to Michael W. Smith's Awesome God.

Taylor and I had a fun afternoon with friends. Taylor and I met Crystal and Somang at Starbucks for an afternoon green tea frappacuino yummy drink and some girl talk.

After Starbucks, Taylor and I came home for a playdate with April and Abigail. The girls played while April and I talked. Nathan is out of town today in New Orleans, so April invited us to dinner at Anameas and who could pass that up? So, I didn't have to cook for just Taylor and me and we had wonderful chicken soft tacos with good friends.

Long-time family friend in town

Mom came back into town last night with our long-time family friend Margaret Martin. Margaret lives in Scotland and we use to hang out with the Martins all the time when we lived in Scotland. Margaret has two children, Angus who is Zachs age and Jenny who is a year or two older than me, but we were best buddies when we were little. I haven't seen Jenny and Angus since 9th grade when I went back to Scotland during the summer for a visit. Anyways, they are loved family friends that we only get to see every few years.

Margaret got to meet Taylor and brought her the cutest bib that says Scotland and the duck(Jemima Duck) from Beatrix Potter (author of Peter Rabbit, etc.). Taylor loves the duck and says "quack, quack, quack" all day long now when she plays with the duck. It's cute though.

We were suppose to do some shopping today, but mom and Margaret wanted to get back to Houston before the bad weather hit. I am so tired of the meteorologist saying a storm is going to be so bad and it ends up not even hitting or it barely rains. Anyways, we could of done some serious shopping today because the weather was fine. It did rain for maybe 45 minutes. I went ahead and did my own shopping on my lunch break!