Busy Week

Well, it's been a busy week and it's only Wednesday! So here's the quick update.

Em came down with a cold last Thursday. On Sunday, Andrew and I both woke up with sore throats and went to bed feeling worse. On Monday, I felt like I'd been hit by a Mac truck. Fever, chills, stuffy nose, cough, complete laryngitis...but the chills were the worst. It was also Em's first day at her new preschool. Let me tell you how excited I was to have to A.) get out of bed earlier than normal and B.) pretend to be excited about the first day of preschool, and then C.) chat with other preschool parents at the orientation. But I survived, even if I looked and felt like death warmed over. Later that day, I went to the doctor and now I am on antibiotics.

So far, Emily seems to enjoy her new preschool. It is actually regular preschool this year as opposed to speech therapy like last year. She seems happy, but then again, she's still not feeling 100% and it's only been 3 days. She will get to bring cupcakes to school on Monday since it will be her birthday. She's very excited about that!

In other news, Bella has received a clean bill of health after her near-death overdosing experience. Many anxious moments, prayers and expensive tests and treatments later, her kidney and liver function tests are all within the normal ranges. She truly is a very lucky dog.

This weekend, we are celebrating Emily's 4th birthday with extended family. In a stroke of incredibly bad luck, the kitchen set that we were planning on getting for Em (it had a regular kitchen on one side and an outdoor grill on the other) is no longer being carried by Toys r Us or anywhere else that I can find. (I discovered this yesterday). So I started asking Em if a kitchen without a grill would be okay too. The answer was an emphatic "NO". Surprise, surprise. I can still find it online, but I don't think it will arrive in time and that was our main gift. Still trying to figure out what to do about that.

So that's our life in a nutshell. Busy, sick and never a dull moment.