Cups on the swing

Cups liked the swing today! She laughed so much while Daddy pushed her, too!

Sand box at the whale park

Mama picked up Cupcakes early from daycare as part of Mama's new plans for the rest of her vacation. We went to the park in the stroller so that Mama could get a walk in. Cupcakes had juice and pushed the upside down bottle into her blanket when she was done drinking. Now she has grape juice blotches in the blanket.

The other sunny day there was a swarm of kids in the sand box. On this cloudy day Cupcakes was the only child in it with some kids going on and off the baby swings. Cupcakes observed all around her in Mama's lap first and then got down to play with Mama. She learned to pat down the sand in the plastic models and mastered the use of the shovel and leveler. Ahma, I told her not to put the shovel in her mouth because "zang zang." She wouldn't listen, so I told her, "I am going to take a picture for ahma." That made Cupcakes laugh. . .with the shovel in her mouth.

Then of course Cupcakes ended the series of pictures with her serious pose.

First allergy outbreak

Cupcakes and Mama spent a day visiting with uncles and aunts at the WaMu Center. An hour after we left Cupcakes had her first allergy outbreak. Mama had gotten Cupcakes some milk at Starbucks, and she threw up the milk within five minutes. Mama later wondered whether the jug had soy milk that was not cleaned out very well in it. Cupcakes was known to be allergic to Starbucks' vanilla soy milk through breastfeeding.

Cupcakes didn't want the rest of the milk on the bus. She fell asleep right away in Mama's lap after a long day without a nap. She slept through being strapped into the car seat and all. Mama noticed in the rear view mirror that Cups kept scratching her ear. When we got home around six, Mama noticed that Cups' ears were swollen. Daddy noticed that the lower part of her face was red. The back of her neck was pink. When we undressed her to check, the folds in her arms and tummy down to the legs adjoining torso area was very red.

Daddy looked up the dosage and gave her some of his Benedryl. The redness in her face went away completely within two hours. The tummy was still red at two in the morning, so we gave her some more allergy medicine. Mama also noticed that the diaper area was seriously infected with the pee passing out the remnants of the allergic food item. Mama cleaned the area with water and covered it up with Aquaphor (thanks for this valuable recommendation, Auntie Jo).

Cups struggled and cried because Mama wouldn't let her scratch herself. She fell asleep on top of Daddy after the first waking at 2am. While both of them sweat, Mama was cold without her little toaster oven. At 6am Cups was able to fall asleep out of tiredness on Daddy's pillow after futile attempts to scratch herself.

Mama got Cups some baby Benedryl from Safeway on the way to daycare. She was good to have taken three sips even though she waved it away after the first. When Mama picked her up after her nap, most of the red in the diaper area had disappeared. Mama continued to apply Aquaphor.

We had dinner at Hae Nam (Korean food in Shoreline) with the Kim family - thanks to recommendations from Aunties Jeannette and Amy. It was a very fun experience, and we highly recommend the restaurant. Ask them to make fried rice with your leftover pork and calamari dish. They add kimchi to the fried rice - very yummy!

Cupcakes' diaper area was back to its normal state by bedtime - yay!

Swingin'

Tups loved the baby swing when she was smaller. Now she's not so sure, so Mama took her on the big swing with her. Mama tried to take "a" picture of us on the swing but ended up with a lot of pictures since she couldn't tell whether the camera was taking photos or not.

Cups, did you get how the swing was connected to the frame?

Daddy asks why post so many pictures of the same thing. . .because they are all cute!

Exclusively Cupcakes

Cups played in the sand box for the first time. There were so many other kids. Other parents, working or not, also took the opportunity to expose their kids to some sun.

Cupcakes shopping at Target

Mama has wondered how long it would be before Cupcakes started picking things off the shelves at the store - not a minute later after she could walk. She is still good with being held. When let loose, she has fun checking things out. People stop to check her out, too, with her being one of the youngest on the floor. Someone commented, "She's too small to walk" - funny.

And yes, we did get the cups with straws for Tups.

Cups and cards

Cups has been picking off the accessories on Mama's handmade cards. Now we have evidence of it - her taking apart the flower on a card from Auntie Jennifer. Yes, she puts what she picks off in her mouth.

It's not always easy swiping for things in a baby's mouth. Recently when Mama says ahh for the first time, Cupcakes will say ahh. When Mama says ahh for the second time, Cupcakes will push the nonfood item out with her tongue and either hand it to Mama or let Mama pick it off her tongue. Good baby, Cupcakes!