Sunday July 5th 2009

Today is our 12th wedding anniversary. Time flies by when you are having fun. My two girls have been sick all weekend and it has been a very quiet holiday.

Friday evening started with a trip to the emergency room. Rachel woke up Friday around 2:00am crying and was hot to the touch. She had a fever around 101 and Lisa gave her some stuff (either children's Motrin or Tylenol - just not sure which). All day Friday she was warm but pretty much acting like herself. But before bed she was not acting herself and Lisa took her temperature again (with a head scanner). It said 103 and we debated taking her to the doctor. I suggested she try the forehead thermometer again and it then read 105. So we decided to do the emergency room right then! Of course, once we get there and check in, Rachel runs to the toys and is dancing and playing and flirting with a 3-year old boy who was there playing. They take her temperature rectally and it comes back roughly 101.5. The test her for flu and strep and the doctor finds blisters in her throat. She is diagnosed with foot, hand, mouth disease and we are sent home. We are told to alternate between Tylenol and Motrin for the next few days and keep an eye on the fever.

Lisa woke up Friday with a sore throat and has been sick and achy all weekend. So my two girls have just not been doing so well. I have tried to do my best but there is only so much when Rachel keeps waking up in the night crying and not wanting anything to do with Daddy.

The doctor weighed Rachel and she was 20-pounds 4-ounces. So she has broken the 20-pound barrier.

Here is another iPhone video i took of Rachel tonight watching her Yo Gabba Gabba show before bed. She is still not completely herself, so there is not as much wiggling and dancing as normal but there is enough...