What A Week!

In case I forgot to mention...thank you mom and dad for the awesome Redskins tickets last Sunday.  Even with the rain, we truly did have a blast!  And mom, you need to "follow" my blog...I know you are out there reading this! :)  Love ya!

Earlier in the week Marissa was sleeping like total crap.  She was up several times in the night, which is very unusual for her.  I know, I know...getting up in the night is all a part of being a mom and I have no problem with that.  Tuesday night she was up so many times, fussing, not really eating, stuffy nose, pulling at her ear and just generally unhappy.  I checked her temperature and she had a low grade fever of 100.6.  I decided to call the pediatrician on Wednesday morning and get her an appointment.  I took her in at 2:00 and the doctor confirmed she has an ear infection and a nasty cold.  My poor baby!  :(  So we got her an antibiotic and we've been staying home to get her better this week.  We also got snow this week so I didn't want to be dragging her out in the cold while she is sick.  Unfortunately, I think that going from hot to cold, getting over heated and then breathing in cold, moist air is what has gotten her in this position in the first place.  After two days on antibiotics, using that nasty blue bulb to get the nasties out of her nose, steamy showers and lots of mommy snuggles, my little love bug is finally starting to feel better.  Her nose is still extremely stuffy but her overall mood is much, much better!  I know it is inevitable and that she will get sick, but I don't like to see her not feeling well.

Yesterday Marissa got to see her first round of real snow!  We watched from inside as the snow fell.  One day we will get to take her sled riding, build snowmen, make snow angels and even have snowball fights (I see a Mommy & Marissa versus Daddy snowball fight in our future).  Here's our view after the storm:

Since we've been stuck in the house for three days now, we've been doing lots of play time on our new play mat!

 Hanging with Octopus and Seahorse

Under the Sea 

 Of course we have to taste everything...nom, nom, nom!

 Marissa is now grasping at toys, look at those motor skills!

 We officially have a thumb sucker!

Since I can't wait any longer...here is a sneak peek at our Christmas photos.  I wanted to wait until I got our Christmas cards out but they haven't come in the mail yet. :(  I hope I can get them out before Christmas!