1. Our weekend started with Avalyn being sick. She had an ear infection along with a very bad head cold. Her fever spiked quite high a few times and gave us a scare.
2. Poor Avy woke up so congested one night that I gave her a steam treatment in the bathroom.
3. Our arsenal for the weekend: homemade elderberry syrup, antibiotic, and children's Motrin. Thankfully she sucked up the medicine through those syringe things like it was candy!
4. Her bedroom looked like a tornado went through after one night. Our nights looked like this: Steven stayed up and took her until 1-2am. He would attempt to rock her back to sleep, but usually ended up letting her walk around and eat cheerios. This helped clear her up! Then I would take over and usually I ended up propped up on the couch holding her while she slept upright. As you can tell by the clothes on the floor, she went through multiple clothes changes as her fever went up and down.
5-6. Oh yes, and we also had an open house at our home on Sunday that we had to prepare for! So, despite the grogginess from the long nights, the work needed to be done! Steven did some landscaping work while I cleaned the house.
7. Saturday evening Steven and I were able to drop Avy off to be watched and we (he) shoveled up some black dirt needed for the rest of the landscaping work. I realized that we haven't been out just the two of us in a while, so even shoveling up dirt and getting dirty was quite enjoyable.
8. Avy enjoyed a little time with Grandpa, Grandma, and Maddie (the dog) Saturday night while Steven and I were out. She seemed to enjoy laying around with Maddie :)
9. Sunday Avy's health made huge improvements. After the open house she took a very long nap (3+ hours), and we were able to run into town for a few errands. It was so encouraging to see her eyes bright and shining again!
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