Round 2...

Well "cold and flu season" is here! Ella is now experiencing her 2nd cold. I read that there are over 200 strains of the cold virus...and children typically get 6-10 colds a year...I told Josh that statistic and he looked at Ella and said please aim lower! Poor little girl has got it pretty bad...I made the statement to Josh yesterday that Ella was sneezing quite a bit and she was just FUSSY all day...I chalked it up to maybe teething?? But at 10:30 last night when she began her coughing fits...ohhhh so not teething but the beginning of a cold! :( She did fairly well sleeping last night...was up at 10:30 and had lots of sneezing, snuffling, coughing fits throughout the night...she managed to go right back to sleep, while I stood over the crib watching her to make sure she could breathe ok! I'll spare you the details but the poor little thing has just about gone through her own box of tissues in one day...ok and maybe I am a little, "type A," I can't stand anything on her face and am constantly wiping away!

Poor Josh says..."I feel bad - do you think she got the cold while being outside last weekend at the orchard?" I assured him that you can't catch a cold from being cold, but it's germs that instead are the cause of a cold. So yes I do believe it must have been another "day-care kid."

To catch you up on our week...Wednesday we went over to Micah's house and got to see Jackson and 2 other kids she watches. Today is actually Jacksons 2nd birthday and it was going to be Ella's first birthday party she got to go to...however...since she has this miserable cold...I certainly wasn't going to take her around other kids. I was a little bummed - I think she would have had a great time (had she been feeling well) - it was held at Romp N Roll - a little kids gym...with all sorts of fun play areas!

Thursday it was back to the same - I worked and Ella went to the sitters.

Friday - Josh had the day off as did I. I had thought about going to get Ella's second round of shots...however Josh wanted to go "gun shopping" - so that was what we did instead! Then the afternoon began and Ella was just a little fussing machine! We had made plans to do an early dinner with friends...but in the end we backed out as I didn't dare take her out...she would be happy and fine for like 30 minutes and then nothing would make her happy for 15 minutes...and then she would be happy...and so on and so on...I wasn't chancing it at a restaurant...no one wants to go out to eat and hear an unhappy child!

Today was a pretty low-key day...Josh took the dogs to get pedicures! And while they were at the vets they told him that they both needed a shot to be up-to-date...so that pedicure got pricey real quick! Then we switched...he stayed home with Ella while I went grocery shopping. We watched a movie this afternoon. And he is off to a cook-out tonight that we had planned on going to. With Ella not feeling well I said that I would stay home with her and he could go.

I took a few pictures this week of the little girl sleeping...I just love her many poses when she sleeps...everytime I peek in to check on her she is in a different position...