Winter Wonderland

As if we didn't have enough snow already!!! We were hit with a huge storm last night. The snow started around 3:30 and it just didn't stop! It was an absolutely beautiful storm though- the flakes were enormous and they were falling slowly. At around 5:00, my work officially closed early. After calling all the appts for the rest of the night saying we were closed, I got to go home early! The drive was pretty treacherous, as the plows weren't able to keep up and I was driving on unplowed streets the majority of the way. I wasn't able to watch the finale of the women's figure skating because our signal cut out- that was really a bummer. I went to bed early- and good thing! Emily woke up FOUR times last night! She is still not up to par since her ear infection. Here she is shoveling the deck (what a good helper!) prior to the storm.

The view from our deck this morning. 

I don't know if you'll be able to notice, but these pictures are significantly better quality...Chad and I upgraded our phones last weekend. We got the Galaxy S4...very happy with it so far!

Baby's First Ear Infection

We have a sick baby here! Emily had a runny nose when she woke up on Sunday, so I figured she just had a cold. As the day progressed, she was napping a lot and was inconsolable whenever she woke up. She really doesn't like taking Tylenol, so it is always a struggle! On Monday morning, she woke up with a fever on top of her cold, but seemed to be doing OK other than that, so I went to work and left her with Jacki- with strict instructions to PLEASE call me if she gets worse! Jacki said she just napped a lot and cuddled, so everything was fine. She was basically up all night on Monday night- completely out of the ordinary. We were able to get her to drink a little and take some Tylenol, which helped her sleep for a few hours. That made for a very crabby mommy- I may have been a little mean to Chad in the morning..(sorry Chad!) On Monday, I called in to work and brought in Emily to the doctor. The doctor immediately knew something was wrong when she walked in the room and Emily was clinging to me and not running around the room! Emily had a fever of 100 degrees WITH Tylenol, so it would actually be higher than that. :( She determined that she had an ear infection in her right ear and the beginnings of an ear infection in her left. The nodes in her throat were also swollen, which indicated a sore throat too.  After running to the pharmacy, Emily and I spent the rest of the day cuddling.

I know that I am gonna get a lot of flak for this picture, but it is too cute! Here she is holding her meds. I can see her saying, "Mommy said these will make me feel better!"

Here we are cuddling- Emily just looked miserable!

Emily slept through the night last night, and woke up this morning feeling a little bit better, and her fever was gone. She is a little less clingy today- a very good sign that she is feeling better. Amazing what 2 doses of antibiotics can do! At one point, she was pulling out everything from her diaper bag, and was handing me everything from it. I had my hands full when she tried to hand me my mitten, so instead she gave it to Torque:

Torque slept like this for like a half hour! What a trooper!