Mia and the Pink Starbucks Doughnut

Mia and the Pink Starbucks DoughnutIs this a lollipop?

I blame Auntie Sarah for talking about Starbucks doughnuts last week.  Of course on Saturday, during our regular coffee run, we had to try them.  We chose the Birthday Cake Mini Doughnut. Before consuming the little doughnuts, we couldn’t pass up a photo opportunity with Mia and the doughnut (or donut if you prefer).  Farrah placed the doughnut on the end of a chopstick. What you see here is the end result.  I could have sworn she tried to take a bite of the doughnut, even though she doesn’t have teeth.

This photo was taken on October 16, 2010.

Mia Takes a Bath

It’s bath time! Mia thankfully enjoys taking a bath. She’s always been calm when she’s doused with water.  It sure makes bath time easier. I had to get down into the tub to get this shot with the 50mm lens.

This photo was taken on October 12, 2010.

Damn Commericals

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The Ford Edge 2011 commercial has placed Shayna Zaid & The Catch’s song “Morning Sun” deep in my noggin. I sing a bit of it to Mia, at least the hand-clapping opening part of the song.

Mia Making Faces

Mia Making Faces

Mia channeling her inner Gene Simmons (not Jean Simmons). She was very active just before bedtime.  She just started moving around, making faces, and discovering things in her immediate area.  She looked at her feet as if it was the first time she saw them.  Perhaps it was the first time she noticed them. Then of course she got a bit fussy because it was bedtime.

Brandon Flowers - Crossfire

Charlize Theron doing music videos now?  I guess the movie business is slow. I take it the song didn’t do well since this video has been out since July, and this is the first I’ve seen the video or heard this song.

Mia and Auntie Susana

Mia and Auntie

We spent part of this past Sunday morning in Santa Cruz.  Farrah, Mia and I had breakfast at The Buttery.  Afterward, we stopped by my sister’s house to hang out for a while. She suggested we walk over to the local Farmer’s Market, where we’d meet up with Kayla.  After coming back from the walk,  Auntie Susana put a Snow White barrette in Mia’s hair.  Surprisingly, it almost got all of her hair.

Side Effects

It has been a week now since I’ve started to take the antibiotics meant to cure what ails me. I find it funny how drugs that are meant to help cure you make you feel so blah. I guess it’s just how your body interacts with the drug, teaming up with your immune system to defeat whatever is bothering you. I suppose that’s why they put all those funky adverse effects on the label. You know the ones like “may cause diarrhea, nausea, and bleeding from various orifices”.

The two antibiotics I’m ingesting - Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole - have been unkind to me. After taking Metronidazole, I get hot flashes during the day. After adding Ciprofloxacin to the mix, I get lightheaded and nauseous. It makes functioning a bit difficult. I can’t drive a car. When I’m a passenger in a car I feel car sick immediately. I can’t stare at a computer screen too long because I’ll start to feel more ill. (BTW - I’m composing this via an iPad/iPhone app called Dragon Dictation.) If you do searches on both drugs (here and here) you can see that the side effects could be worse. Thankfully they aren’t.

At this point, I have 2 1/2 days more of the medication to take. I’ll take my last pills on Saturday morning, suffering through the effects throughout the day. I’m hoping Saturday night and Sunday will be much better. Later, I’ll have to follow up with the doctor to see what the heck cause my issue in the first place. Hopefully, it’s nothing too serious. Hopefully, I won’t need to take these medications again.

Mia in a Hat

Mia in a Hat

This is how Mia looked when we got her ready to meet friends at Stanford Shopping Center one Sunday.  Since it was a nice sunny weekend, Farrah decided Mia should wear a hat to ward off the sun.  Mia seemed to enjoy the hat, and the day as well.

This photo was taken on September 12, 2010.

Mia's First Day at Daycare

Mia's First Day at Daycare

Ok, this is a photo for “Make Up Monday” since didn’t post a photo last Wednesday.  I took this photo of Mia as Farrah was getting her ready for her first day at daycare.  Unfortunately, I was starting to feel sick that morning, so I wasn’t much help to Farrah in getting Mia ready for this day. (Actually, I’m still feeling awful. It’s the meds I’m certain.)

How did Mia’s day go?  Actually, it went very well.  She was very curious about her new environment. She smiled at everyone who approached her.  If there was any negative it’s that she’s still slow at taking the bottle.

The photo was taken on the morning of September 15, 2010.

Been Ill

I’m sorry I haven’t been posting lately, especially missing the weekly Wednesday Mia photo post. But I was sick. Actually, I still am a bit ill.

The short story:

  • Woke up with a stomach ache Tuesday morning. Thought nothing of it. Took a couple of antacids hoping it’d go away.
  • Wednesday morning I woke up with more localized pain on the left side of my abdomen. (By the way - this was also Mia’s first day at daycare. More on that in a later post.) By afternoon I had cold and hot flashes.
  • Wednesday afternoon I was able to get an appointment with a doctor. Turns out I had a 102.6 fever, but of course, I felt cold so I didn’t notice. He prescribed antibiotics - Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole - as well as getting a blood test.
  • The doc’s diagnosis is either stomach flu or diverticulitis.

At this point, the pain in my belly is still there, but it has lessened in strength. The medication I’m on is throwing me for a loop. I’m taking Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole. I’m getting nauseous on one antibiotic and getting hot flashes with the other. Fun huh? Unfortunately, you can’t just stop taking the antibiotic - a 10-day course - so I’ll be suffering for a while.

I’m not sure if it’s diverticulitis or the stomach flu, even though the doctor feels it’s the former. The long-term treatment for diverticulitis is a change in diet. I guess that wouldn’t hurt. Either way, I’m stuck with these antibiotics for the next several days.