Fabers in Frisco: Happy 4 Months + Foto Friday

Happy 4 months to Annabel today!

Unfortunately, the sweet birthday girl is not so happy today. She seems to have developed a rash that will not go away. It started Wednesday evening and has since slowly spread to cover her chest, belly and back. It's not really anywhere inside her diaper, nor is it on her arms and legs. And I've been checking her temperature practically hourly, and no fever has developed.

I went to my trusty WedMD.com resource (an excellent and easy-to-read healthcare resource -- I worked with them extensively back in my internet marketing days), and according to them, it seems like a heat rash. I called my pedi and have an appointment for Annabel this afternoon for him to look at it. The nurse said that if she develops fever to bring her in sooner, but for now it doesn't seem to be an emergency. Crankier than usual, and not sleeping or eating like she normally does, but the nurse said it's likely because the rash is making her uncomfortable. My poor baby! Hopefully, they'll give me the OK to put some mild hydrocortisone or something on it. I'll keep you updated on her condition. She's actually asleep now, so that's a good sign.

I guess since I was on photo overload last week, I actually didn't take as many pictures this week. But I've still got plenty to show you!

First off, BIG CONGRATS to our friends, Travis and Terri. They have been blessed with the adoption of a baby girl! She's technically not adopted yet (still some steps to go), but they do have her and she's pretty much theirs. She arrived on Monday, exactly two months old that day. She will be named Haley Rhea, and she's beautiful! Travis had never changed a little baby's diaper before, so Annabel came over to give him a lesson. Did she go easy on him and let him start with a peepee diaper? Oh no! She took him straight to the Show... big poops!

Annabel has doubts about how Uncle Travis is going to do this.

Hurry up, Uncle Travis! The clock is ticking! Get this poopy diaper off!

Daddy supervises the wiping of the booty. That's right, Uncle Travis... front to back...

Success! Uncle Travis changes his first poopy diaper, leaving a clean and satisfied Annabel!

A few days later, Haley arrives! Here she is, already settling in and getting comfy in her swing.

Mommy Terri gives Haley her first bottle at home!

For my birthday, Chris thew a small surprise birthday party for me! So much for dinner at home and the Olympics :-) He and our friend Renee were super sneaky and totally got me. It was still pretty low-key and relaxed... the perfect way to spend my birthday. Here's a pic of the group.

From left: Derek, Sara, Renee, Me, Annabel, Chris and Kathryn. These are also the Aunties that got us a tree for our backyard to commemorate Annabel's birth!

I didn't get any pictures of JP with Annabel this week, but I did get this cute one of JP as he was going down for his nap.

JP shows off his new naptime lovey while he pretends to go to sleep! (Nanny Kristi moved it away from his face after I took the picture... just had to get the picture first cuz he's such a cutie!)

And finally, we'll close with some pictures of Daddy and Daughter. You can see I went a little B/W crazy this week.

This is the picture I took before I grabbed the small camera to get the video of Annabel rolling over. Isn't that the cutest face ever?

Daddy loves it when Annabel holds his hand while she's eating. She does that with me too, but this is a G-rated blog so I can't show you that picture. (And that's a Baylor ring that he's wearing. Go Bears!)