Yucky and fun all in one!

So let me start with the yucky first, that way we can end on a happy note.  Emma has croup.  She woke up with a very low fever Sunday morning and a scratch voice, but other then that was fine.  She didn't sleep the greatest, but still, I thought she just had a cold.  Then last night was TERRIBLE!  She only slept for about 1-2 hours at a time and would wake up with a horrible cough, then would start crying, and then would have trouble breathing.  A couple of episodes I thought for sure we would be calling 911.  When she got up this morning, she was back to her somewhat normal self, but still with a low fever and raspy voice.  Even though she seemed better, I still took her into the doctor.  The good news is, her lungs sound great.  She just has a classic case of croup.  The Doctor said that croup will typically get better during the day, and then really act up at night.  They gave her a steroid shot to help with her breathing, so at least that should be better tonight and she shouldn't wake up in a panic because she can't breath.  As far as the croup, we will just have to let it play out.  Hopefully by the weekend, she will be back to normal.
On to the fun stuff.....we had The Brown Family over Saturday night for dinner.  Now that Emma is getting older, she can really play with her cousins and it was fun to watch them together.

Robert and I are still working on redoing our bedroom and the family room.  Surprisingly, the family room is coming along much better then our bedroom.  For some reason, I am really struggling with what to put on the walls, and decorations that I thought would work around the room, aren't working out so well.  The last thing we need to do for the family room, is to find some new lights.  Last weekend, we didn't like the supply at Home Depot or Lowes, so we will try again in a couple of weeks.
And here are some random photos from the last two weeks that I found on my camera.  I forgot that I took them!

Emma's new Mickey Mouse watching position

She insisted that she wore her new Minnie Mouse hair bow... and then wanted pictures of it!

She is looking at herself in the mirror instead of looking at the camera!

Her bear has always been her security item, but lately, she has been "taking care" of it.  If she needs a kleenex, then the bear needs one also.  If she is being tickled, then bear gets tickled.  And if she is eating a snack, then bear must need one too.  Today at the doctors, she even wanted the doctor to listen to the bear with her stethoscope like she did to Emma!

Emma seems to go in phases where she likes to wear all of her accessories.  Last week was one  of these times!