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July 31, 2005

11 Months

Today Naomi is eleven months old, and Cal and I agree that this has been our favorite age so far. Her vivacious personality is in full bloom - she's a very happy baby. Recent milestones are that she can now stand unassisted, and will walk around the house as long as she has a finger or something to hold for security. Soon she'll have perfected her balance and will realize that she can walk around on her own. Until then, she crawls plenty fast and likes to explore the house, test gravity and smash peas one at a time with her index finger.

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July 27, 2005

Playing

Here are a few pictures of Naomi playing. Uncle Jeff is staying with us this week - she LOVES the extra attention!

A progression of shots: Nomi playing, trying to sneak away unnoticed and finally, her reaction to getting caught.

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July 19, 2005

Our Little Girl

Naomi is turning into a little girl...not a baby anymore. She's growing so fast and really will be walking on her own any day - when she makes up her mind that she wants to do it.

We went to the zoo with friends yesterday and saw the orangutans for the first time. They were definitely performing for their audience and Naomi loved every minute!

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July 11, 2005

What a Relief

We decided to play it safe this weekend and stay around the house to make sure Naomi was completely over her nasty virus. Thankfully, she is back! Here are a few photos to recap.

Wrinkling her nose (note how she likes to show off her top teeth), "OHing", playing with chapstick, and Dad's shoulder.

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July 08, 2005

Back to Normal

Naomi is back to normal...smiley, happy and into everything. It's a relief to finally put this week behind us! She is still a little more tired than usual but I've got to think that's to be expected. Her little body went through so much fighting the infection. Here are a few pictures for the devoted TC fans out there. Some day she's really going to love me for posting these pictures!

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July 06, 2005

Turning the Corner

It’s been an extremely long and trying four days and I hesitate to even say this but I think we are turning the corner. Naomi hasn’t had ibuprofen or acetaminophen now for almost 12 hours and she remains feverless - thank God! I thought we were out of the woods yesterday when the doctor seemed to think it might be over but, unfortunately she woke up from a nap in the afternoon with a fever near 103 degrees. We were able to get it down pretty quickly thankfully and it hasn’t reared its ugly head again – and hopefully never will. Naomi wants so badly to feel better. With even the slightest dip of her fever she’s back to the playful and smiley little girl we love so much. As a parent I feel so helpless and wish I could take the sickness away, fight it for her. I think I could make a pretty convincing argument for moving to a secluded island never to come in contact with a germy kid again. Hopefully what they say is true - this is building up antibodies and preparing her immune system for...school germs.

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July 04, 2005

Scary

We had quite a scare yesterday afternoon. Naomi had been running a fever, which we were trying to keep under control by keeping her cool and giving her infant doses of acetaminophen, but she ended up having a febrile seizure (meaning fever-induced). After a 911 call and an ambulance ride to the ER, the doctor eliminated more serious potential causes and sent us home with a very tired (and still feverish) little girl. The most we can do now is take the same steps we were taking before to reduce the fever and let it run its course over the next few days.

Although doctors are unsure about exactly why these types of seizures occur (in approximately 5% of young children), the good news is that they aren't believed to be harmful to the child at all, and the (two-thirds) odds are that she won't have another episode. That said, watching our little girl endure a seizure was about the scariest two minutes of our lives. I never would have understood why until we became parents.

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