Taylor had a wonderful birthday on Friday . She had a lazy day at home and had lots of cuddles with David and I. We played with her favorite toys, read her favorite books, and Taylor and I even took a nap together. In the late afternoon, we had her birthday party - just our family, but Lauren and Jacob celebrated enough for many kids. Taylor received a cool singing mirror, musical band toys, new books, and a few baby dolls. Lauren (of course) picked out Taylor's favorite new toy. It's a baby doll that makes a kiss sound and says "I love you" when you squeeze her tummy. Taylor can't make the baby make the noises yet, but she smiles hugely when she hears it. You can tell she really loves that baby. She really likes musical toys, so most of her new toys/books incorporated music somehow. We gave her a little musical keyboard with large buttons that she can hit when she's sitting in her chair - that seems to be a hit too.
Jacob was a huge help tearing open her presents. Taylor was fairly uninterested in the wrapping paper, but she did like looking at the balloons we bought her and loved a few of her toys. She loved it when we sang happy birthday to her - she beamed from ear to ear. The cake part was fairly anti-climatic. She did pat it and played a bit in the icing and Lauren and Jacob had extra big pieces of cake in honor of Taylor. After her party, we went to Marymoor Park to hear the Recess Monkeys (a fun, kid band) with our friends and unfortunately her day took a turn for the worse.
She got another case of the stomach flu at the park and it was another doozy. Very similar to the West Plains episode, where it came on very quickly and she threw up probably 12 times in an hour or two. Same thing - it came on very quickly and she threw up many times by the time we corralled the big kids to the parking lot. She had been totally fine the past few days, so it's weird that she got sick again so quickly. We're keeping on eye on it and plan to share the details with the feeding specialist when we see him. Thankfully, she had a pretty quiet Saturday, but was more herself today.
Anyway, just wanted to share Taylor's special day - we can't believe she's already 1. Thank you to everyone that has shared in her last year, made Taylor smile, entertained the big kids, and provided such wonderful support to our family.
Jacob was a huge help tearing open her presents. Taylor was fairly uninterested in the wrapping paper, but she did like looking at the balloons we bought her and loved a few of her toys. She loved it when we sang happy birthday to her - she beamed from ear to ear. The cake part was fairly anti-climatic. She did pat it and played a bit in the icing and Lauren and Jacob had extra big pieces of cake in honor of Taylor. After her party, we went to Marymoor Park to hear the Recess Monkeys (a fun, kid band) with our friends and unfortunately her day took a turn for the worse.
She got another case of the stomach flu at the park and it was another doozy. Very similar to the West Plains episode, where it came on very quickly and she threw up probably 12 times in an hour or two. Same thing - it came on very quickly and she threw up many times by the time we corralled the big kids to the parking lot. She had been totally fine the past few days, so it's weird that she got sick again so quickly. We're keeping on eye on it and plan to share the details with the feeding specialist when we see him. Thankfully, she had a pretty quiet Saturday, but was more herself today.
Anyway, just wanted to share Taylor's special day - we can't believe she's already 1. Thank you to everyone that has shared in her last year, made Taylor smile, entertained the big kids, and provided such wonderful support to our family.
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