Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! It has been an interesting weekend. What looked like it would be a busy weekend became one spent completely at home. First the Sweetheart Party at Gymboree was cancelled. Well, we could still go to class and have fun! We decided to brave the crowds and planned to eat out afterwards on Saturday. We put Rachel down for her nap around 11am, but when she woke up around 1pm she was HOT! I thought maybe I had her dressed too warmly and took her temp...103+ degrees. For some reason fevers really scare me, but I took a deep breath and tried not to be alarmed by how hot her skin felt right through her jammies. I called Gymboree to let them know we would not be in the class. Then I left a message for Frank. I gave Rachel some Tylenol and some lunch. After lunch she curled up on my lap for some stories. Clearly, my very busy girl was not feeling well:). So...we stayed in and had a nice family night. Frank brought us carry-out from Romio's for dinner. Rachel went back and forth with playing and just sitting on our laps for stories or some TV. Her temp stayed quite elevated all night and I did the Tylenol/Motrin protocol to help keep it down. I set my alarm and got up twice to administer the meds for her. It was kind of sweet as she didn't mind me holding her and rocking her back to sleep a little. I always enjoy that:). She has no trouble falling back to sleep, but I was kind of taking advantage of the cuddle time.

Just sharing some "Then" and "Now" pictures.

The first five are from her first Valentine's Day last year.

She was almost 11 months old.

The second five are from today at almost 23 months old...

So, today Rachel seemed to be feeling a bit better. The fever was down to around 99/100. She took a couple of naps. I had plans which included making heart-shaped cookies to frost and decorate, opening presents and taking pictures in her cute Valentine outfit, making dinner, hanging out etc...with a trip to Party City thrown in for some Birthday Party supplies.

"Look, Mommy! I have just enough hair for a clippy now!"

Yay!!!!!

As it turned out I let her stay in jammies for most of the day, we did do the cut-out cookies but decided to open presents, frost and decorate the cookies and take some pictures tomorrow. She had a pretty good day, but was still feverish and got even hotter by evening. I am actually up at 1am and staying up to give her the next dose of Tylenol before I go to bed. Poor little one, Frank and I checked on her before he turned in and she was really hot again. We laid on the rug in her nursery with her propped on a pillow and put cool compresses on her forehead. She just laid there staring up at us and tried to keep her little eyes open while her lullaby music played. She is just so sweet and vulnerable when not feeling well...so trusting us to make her better...I just wanted to lie there all night holding her. Hopefully she feels better tomorrow and we will continue our Valentine Celebration!

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