A Sick Emily

After 48 hours of multiple vomiting and poop explosions, we took Emily to the ER on Friday night. Poor thing had what was described as a "massive UTI". We spent around 5 hours in the pediatric ER until we were admitted to the pediatric ward. We were discharged Saturday afternoon and she seems to be on the mend. 

The bad news: between Thursday morning and Saturday night D and I have done more loads of laundry and have been puked on more times than I care to think about. The good news: it seems with some antibiotics Emily is looking much better. Plus, after being washed around four times in the last few days, her car seat cover will probably never be so clean. 

Here we are at around 2:30 am after finally getting Emily settled and to sleep. Darcy and Ellie left the hospital around 11:00 while I pulled an all nighter with Emily.

The next day (the diapers wrapped around her left arm are to cover the IV catheter). 

The pediatric ward had a killer toy room that Ellie had all to her self. 

Saturday afternoon nap time, with Rainbow Dash. 

I snapped this picture a few hours ago, I think the old Emily is back. 

Weekend Fun

What to do on a lazy August Saturday? Visit the local Bass Pro Shop, of course. An amazing assortment of stuffed animals, lots of camouflage and a decent aquarium stocked with lake fish. Ellie loved it. 

Behind the Bass Pro Shop, there was a 0.5 mile nature trail through a cranberry bog. This part of Massachusetts has a lot of cranberry bogs (Ocean Spray is HQ not far from here). 

After our fix of stuffed animals and camouflage, we stopped at Barnes and Noble for story time (Pete the Cat).

Later in the day, Ellie helped Darcy shell peas for a pasta salad. 

Avery came over and together with Ellie they pretended to be packing for a very, very long trip (we think they were reenacting the packing scene prior to leaving for Myrtle Beach). 

Ellie really likes to sit in the front seat as I move the car around in our driveway. Will have to save this for when she gets her drivers license. 

Meanwhile, Emily turned 7 months earlier in the week. She had a fever mid-week but seems to be doing better now (although as I write this I hear her coughing away in the other room). 

We also had some work done on our house. We had a guy put in a new fence out front, fix our front steps and re-anchor the railings, replace the crappy white aluminum around our front door. Our front entrance looks so much better now. He also replaced the hardware in our downstairs bathtub (not pictured). 

Myrtle Beach 2014

We just got back from a great week in Myrtle Beach SC with Bob and Jamie. We spent lots of time at the beach and the various swimming pools. The first few days were a bit rainy, otherwise the weather was great. The girls had a blast and Darcy and I even had a night out. 

The view from our balcony:

Beach Scenes:

Burying Emily's feet. 

Emily enjoying the tide pools with Mom.

Emily enjoying her teething toy. 

Beach Dancin' / Hula 

Splashing in the tide pools and the big waves. Ellie was fearless going out with Mom and Dad

Lots of sand play. 

And even some resting! 

And when the girls got tired, naps right on the beach. 

And some family photos from the week: 

Emily posing. 

Bob and Jamie manage to corral the kids (no easy feat).

Story time. 

Ellie dressed up for dinner. 

Snuggling nudies. 

Silly face ( I am fairly certain Ellie learned this from her cousin Owen). 

For ol' times sake Ellie wanted to see if she still fit in the pack n play, just barely.