Rough Weekend

To start off the rough-ness, we went up north to say "good-bye" to my dad. He left Friday night to Texas for an 11 week training for a new job and he won't be coming home for Christmas. BIG BUMMER. We miss you already, Pops, and can't wait till you come home!

Rori's cousin, Koda, helping her eat peas

Bad picture of all of us, but it's all good :)

Then, Saturday night, Aurora had a pretty rough night. Being the sweetheart he is, Dar was up with her most of the time. Sunday morning she had a little fever, but we thought it was just from teething so we took her to church. While at church she got worse and worse, so we came home early and it still got worse from there. The last few days have been TOUGH!! Having a sick baby is no fun at all, even a sweet angel of a baby like we have. Long story short, our last few days have consisted of:

-Rori wanting me to hold her pretty much 24/7
-Fevers ranging from 99.1 t0 102.8
-Rori hardly eating anything
-Lots of crying from Rori
-Sleepless nights
-Etc.

After waiting 3 days to see if her fever would go away (which it did yesterday morning and she was acting better for a while, but then got worse again) I finally took her into the doctor this morning. Turns out our sweet little babe has her first ear infection. Our doctor said that on a scale from 1-10, Rori's is a 7-8. OUCH! Poor thing. I feel like such a bad mom to let her suffer for as long as she has. But, when we got home from the doctor's (thanks again, Mom & Dad D for all your help!) I loaded her up on antibiotic, ibuprofen, and ear drops and she's been snoozing the day away ever since. I'm glad she's finally getting some relief. And I'm so glad we haven't had to deal with this until now, and I'm also glad Rori's been really healthy and such a great baby from the get-go. We love you, baby girl! (A little side note: even in her misery, she's been so sweet. When Dar gets home from work, she puts on a sad little smile and waves at him to let him know she's glad he's home. It totally melts my heart!)

Our sick, sleeping baby

On a happier note...we did have some great things this weekend! We got to see this handsome guy get baptized! Congrats, Robby! We love you!
Rori helped me put up our Christmas decorations (and we watched/helped our best friends put theirs up too.)
And Aurora had her first sledding experience! :)