December 12th, 2011

Well, it's a good thing I was asking Jordan about the date when he left for Dallas, so he could ask me, "Are you working on your blog again?"  "Oh, no I thought... no I'm working on school things, but I SHOULD be blogging because it's once again been a week!  Yikes! 
Well this past week was rough on our little Jewel!  Starting Sunday, the 4th Zearley's nose has been running so she's had quite the cold.  Then starting during the middle of the night Tuesday, the night before Jordan left for Dallas of course... Zearley was struck with a bad case of the FLU!  In almost 14 months it was the first time Zearley had ever vomited and that was very heartbreaking to watch.  Zearley woke up in her crib at about 2:45 vomiting.  Between then and 6:00, she had gotten sick five times, poor girl!  Jordan made a trip to Hy-Vee around 3:30 after the third time she had gotten sick to get some Pedialyte to see if that would help nourish her a little.  She wasn't able to keep water down really either.  Mommy went to work Wednesday and she stayed with grandma Lisa, where she continued to get sick a couple more times.  Thursday, she did okay with my mom, just not very hungry and still tired.  Friday, she stayed with my dad since Lisa wasn't feeling very well and that's when diarrhea started and has continued through today, hopefully it will clear itself up very soon, so she can feel her best again. 
Jordan went to Dallas with his dad, Brady, and Joensy Wednesday through today.  Zearley wore her Cowboy's cheerleading uniform for a little bit last night before bed, but it didn't help the Cowboys get a "W" unfortunately!
On Saturday,  Zearley and I attended my mom's side Christmas in Decorah at the community center.  Zearley learned there that she likes to play the piano!  Let's hope it's a long time before she realizes grandma and grandpa Zaputil have one at their house... or it will never be quiet again!
Zearley and mommy spent the day Sunday relaxing at home and it was very nice!  At nearly 14 months, Zearley enjoys taking the Christmas ornaments off the Christmas tree, and unfortunately so does Ezra, however she also chews them!  Which she did with Zearley's 2011 ornament so we will have to get a new one along with some other ornaments!  So it was from this experience, that Zearley has learned to tell Ezra to "Get!" 
Zearley loves to drink from a straw and she is starting to show more interest in climbing on her chair she got for her birthday.  She showed more interest in her stuffed cow this weekend, and she also likes to put coins in her play piggybank and sit on riding toys, she hasn't quite gotten them to go with her feet yet!  She's also started to try and run a little!  She's growing up way too fast. It's time to go it doesn't sound like Jordan's enjoying his first night back home with Zearley wide awake and mad upstairs with him and it's 11pm!  No time for pictures again this week!

December 4, 2011

Zearley is growing up so fast...she not only wants to walk everywhere... now she's starting to learn how to run!  I really enjoyed this weekend with her, like all weekends, but Saturday as rainy and cold as it was outside we stayed inside and decorated the house for Christmas and snuggled while Zearley took nearly a two hour nap!  On Sunday, poor little Zearley woke up with a cold that came on very fast!  However, she's been in pretty good spirits- blowing her nose on her own in kleenex's!  She's so cute and little miss independent!  She loves the Christmas tree so far- she likes to take ornaments off the tree and she likes to put different things she finds on the tree like daddy's keys!

A few of Zearley's favorite things to do this week are digging out her dirty clothes and trying to "put them on"and taking dog food out of their dish and feeding Ezra! This time of year is the busiest time of year, yet all the time seems to be busy... life never slows down!  I'm determined to try and keep up with my blog in order to journal about Zearley as she grows.  Even if some weeks, like this week are extremely short, I'm just glad I'm able to get something down!  

Jordan and I got a new king size bed this week (Friday) and so far our first two nights have been very comfortable... there's definitely a lot more room, however the dogs still tend to sleep right at/on my feet!  This week, Jordan will be leaving to go to Dallas to watch the Cowboys, so it will be just Zearley and I, so I'm sure that will be a very busy time!  We will be going to my mom's side family Christmas in Decorah on Saturday.  Another busy week!