Happy 1st Birthday Brianna!

Okay, so this post is a few days late. Who knew that having a birthday party for a 1 year old could be so exhausting! We had a big birthday party for her at church Sunday afternoon and of course she got a lot of stuff! I really can't believe she is already 1 year old! Time sure does fly by!
We took her to the doctor this morning for her 12 month check-up. The doctor said she is perfectly healthy and really smart! She now weighs 19 lbs 12 ozs and is 29.5 inches long. The shots were not any fun, but went a lot better than the blood work did. I ended up getting quite a workout trying to hold her still while they took blood. Overall, she did pretty well.
She started walking about 3 weeks ago. She is know walking more than crawling and getting into everything! It is really neat to watch her toddle around!
I plan on getting some pics up sometime soon so check back later!

Living in the country...

can be great. That being said, when your house is in the middle of a field that has just been harvested you get some unexpected & unwanted visitors. We are being invaded!!!! Mice seem to be everywhere! Here is the tally for dead mice in our house...cat-1, humans-2. It seems that we are much more effective at getting rid of our "friends" than our feline. We found one in front of the aquarium one morning, another one was creeping along the love seat while Bobby was sitting in front of it and was unknowing sat on and squished enough to daze it so that Bobby could use his trusty mini Louisville slugger to finish him off and the other sneaked up under the kitchen rug and again was unknowingly stepped on...it was a very lovely sight. Bobby is very effective at getting mice with sticks...we have found him to be much more effective than traps! And his mini Louisville slugger is his weapon of choice. This is not an unusual problem for us this time of year...it is just very irritating...especially when you go to but your baby down for a nap and see mouse droppings in her crib. Gross!
Needless to say, Bobby went this afternoon and bought traps and steel wool to stuff in any holes around the house.

Here we go again!

To the doctor, that is. Last week I took Brianna to the doctor for what turned out to be her first ear infection. I hope she does not end up having as much problems with her ears as I did. On Monday, Bobby & I both went to the doctor. We are not sure what either of us has but we both got antibiotics and he got some "really good" cough syrup and an inhaler. Today, I am taking Brianna back to the doctor. She just finished her last dose of antibiotics last night and is running a fever. I might be jumping the gun a little bit, but she is my baby and she can't tell me what is wrong so I am going to have her checked out. I would rather be safe than sorry. Anyway this will make a total of $80 in co-pays since last Tuesday. And what is even better it that all three of us have scheduled appts on this coming Tuesday. And Brianna has her 12 month check-up in 2 weeks. If we keep all these appts we will spend $160 in co-pays alone this month! Ouch! It makes me really thankful that we have insurance!I am hoping that the doctor will let me cancel her appt that is scheduled for Tuesday since she is going to see him today and it is just a recheck for her ear infection. Please pray that she starts feeling better soon!