Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

The girls are starting to use their imaginations & get creative while playing at the house. Here are some cute pictures of them having fun & being silly!

Park Playdate!

We had such a fun park playdate on Friday! The girls had a blast playing with Brynne & loved running around & discovering new things to play with!

Fun Nights!

Last weekend, Ryan and I enjoyed a fun night out. We had dinner at the Plano Tavern & saw the movie 21! We had such a great time having a meaningful conversation & enjoying a nice meal together.

On Sunday night, we took the girls to Double Dip to eat some ice cream!

We were about to leave the house & I asked Shae to give Kaelyn a hug for a picture!

Finally a cute picture of them together!! This never happens!

22 Months Old!

The girls are 22 months old & full of personality! They say the funniest things & make the funniest facial expressions while carrying on a conversation. We find ourselves cracking up at them & the things they say!

When we pass by the cow pastures, they ask "Where ARE they?" or "Where They Go?"

Shae's cute sayings:

• When Kaelyn coughs, Shae says "You Okay?"
• This morning, Shae looked at her cup & said, "I see you milk!"
• She offers Kaelyn a drink & says "You want some?"
• Kaelyn fell & hurt herself, Shae pats her on the back & says "What happened??"
• When Mommy says it's bath time, she says "Sissy take bath first!"
• Shae cannot pronounce phone so she says "Sone! Sone!"
• Kaelyn took her straw out of her Sonic drink "Kaelyn, No No!"

Kaelyn's cute sayings:

• When Kaelyn doesn't want to eat something, she says "Mommy eat it!"
• Kaelyn loves talking on the phone & says "Hewwo??"
• When we sneeze, she says "Bless you Mommy/Daddy!!"
• Kaelyn loves to say "Hi Honey!" or "Bye Honey" when Ryan comes/leaves
• When Kaelyn gives Daddy high-fives, she says "ALRIGHT!!"
• When Shae has something in her mouth that doesn't belong there, "No bite Shae, No No!"
• Kaelyn holds up her phone to take a picture of Shae & says "CHEESE!"

Thankful...

We are thankful to see this smile again!

We are happy to report that our sweet Kaelyn has been fever-free for over 48 hours now, praise God! We still do not know to this day what the infection was that caused the spike in fever. They ran every test imaginable and ruled out Pneumonia, Meningitis, Ear infection, etc. The preliminary results from her Urine sample and Blood work were normal, but they are still waiting to see if any bacteria grows within the next 5 days.

From what we were told, the febrile seizures are not as uncommon as you would think in children under the age of 2. They said that a lot of kids will have them once and then it never happen again; which of course is what we are praying for.

Thank you for the continued prayers for her. We are going to take it easy the next couple of weeks and keep a close eye on her. We are truly thankful that God is in control & we have our prayer warriors lifting Kaelyn up.

Whirlwind

Family & Friends:

Thank you all for your faithfulness in prayer and support the last few days. It meant so much to us to know that we had our prayer warriors lifting Kaelyn up and that God was in control of the situation.

On Friday around 12:30pm, Kaelyn suffered from a febrile seizure due to a sudden temperature spike. That morning, she had shown no signs of fever or her not feeling well. She played with friends at Prestonwood, but at lunch I noticed she was not eating so I thought she may have a stomach ache. On our way out to the car, I looked down to see Kaelyn's eyes were completely glassed over and were rolling back in her head. Her eyes were twitching and she was totally unresponsive. I called her name & patted her cheeks, but she was not there. I immediately panicked and we ran back into the church to call 911 and rushed her to the hospital. I rode with Kaelyn in the ambulance & thank God my friend Crystie was there to take care of Shae for me. I called Ryan and he met us at the hospital as soon as possible.

When we arrived at the hospital, her temperature was at 102 degrees. For the next 2 1/2 hours, Kaelyn was very lethargic, wasn't talking at all and was just laying on me totally disoriented. We were told that after a child suffers from a seizure, their body is completely exhausted and it's as if they just ran a marathon. They ran every test imaginable: CT Scan, X-ray of her chest to test for Pneumonia, checked her ears for possible infection, Urinalysis to test for a Urinary Track Infection, blood work, etc... All of the tests came back normal, except her blood work showed that her white blood cell count was high which meant some type of infection. Kaelyn finally started to come out of her lethargic state several hours later, but was still not back to our normal, always happy & talkative Kaelyn. They ran several IVs through her as the "cure all" antibiotics to cure any type of infection. Since she was coming out of the disoriented state, they were no longer worried about her having meningitis. We were told we could go home that evening, but had to return to visit our Pediatrician for further evaluation the following morning. They ran another IV through her before we left to help reduce her fever and we were released around 8:00pm.

The following morning, she woke up with a fever of 101 degrees. We gave her Motrin & wiped her down with cold washcloths to cool her body. We saw our Pediatrician and she got another shot of the fluids she received the day before to cover any infection and we were told that her fever should be reduced within a 24-hour period. She was still not feeling well for the rest of the day on Saturday and did not leave my side until the evening when she joined Shae in some play time. By yesterday evening, her temperature was normal, although we have to continue giving her Motrin & Tylenol every 6 hours to control her temperature. She has been feeling a lot better today (Sunday), but we are still keeping a close eye on her to prevent this from happening again.

This was an extremely scary situation for our family and we are so thankful that God took care of little Kaelyn. Shae did so well through all of this & missed her so much while she was away.

Thank you again for all of your prayers for Kaelyn & our family during this time, we appreciate all of you!

The Arrington's

Weekend Recap!

We had a wonderful weekend full of friends & family! On Saturday, Paige had her first bridal shower. They received a lot of great gifts & we all had a fun time!

That evening, we met up with Ryan's family & close friends that were in town for the shower. We ate dinner at Uncle Julio's. It was such a nice evening so we all visited outside & let the girls run around. They had a blast!

Good times...

Little Divas!