Over the past week, Emmy has been a little under the weather. It started last Friday when I got a call from the daycare around 1PM saying that she had a runny nose and a congested cough. They said that she had also spit up after her last bottle, which is pretty rare these days. Her teacher said that it wasn't necessary to pick her up, so I stayed at school until the last bell. Luckily the workday ended just a couple of hours later, but I still felt mom-guilt throughout the afternoon and even the weekend. Shoot, I still feel it! :( It's so hard to juggle the demands of work with the needs of your family. We tried to give Emmy some extra rest during the weekend, but it wasn't so easy to do in between a cross-country meet, birthday parties, and general fall festivities. Even though she wasn't feeling well, she was still our pleasant little Emmy, grinning for Daddy during breakfast on Saturday.
Perhaps the only plus side of a sick baby is enjoying some extra snuggles, which I did on Saturday when Emmy fell asleep during the meet. I even managed to sneak in to her room during her afternoon nap to capture this sweet picture of her sleeping. She didn't even wake up from the squeak of the door! As you can see, her favorite sleeping position right now is with her little hiney up in the air.
On Saturday evening, with sick baby in tow, we finally made it to the pumpkin patch at the local Methodist church. It's just down the street from Emmy's daycare, and we drive past it every day. Even so, we were those procrastinators that went on one of the last days of October. The pumpkins were pretty picked over, but we bought three and also posed for pictures. Note to self: go to the pumpkin patch earlier in October next year!
We closed out October with what else...Halloween! On Sunday, our church had its annual Fall Festival. It was pretty chilly, in the low 50s and windy. We decided to pass on the festival and instead meet up with the cousins at Grammy and Grandpa's. Both Grammy & Grandpa and Great Grandma & Great Grandpa loved seeing the kiddos in their costumes. Emmy was a little duckling, and Maddox and Zander were part of the Fantastic 4. Emmy became so stoic when we put her costume on her; we couldn't coax a single smile out of her. Maddox and Zander were more cooperative!
On the actual evening of Halloween, we stayed home for the trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. Usually, Boomer and I order a pizza and pass out the candy until it is gone. This year, I actually made dinner (pizza again, but homemade!) Since Emmy is still getting healthy, we did not want to keep her up too late. Just after dinner, we attempted the costume one more time to get a few smiles and then it was bathtime and off to bed. Emmy was asleep before the first trick-or-treaters arrived. Boomer and I sat outside on the porch so that the doorbell wouldn't wake her. It's hard to believe that it is now November and Emmy's birth month!
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