Welcome 2009

Just a quick entry to wish everyone a happy new year. Unfortunately, it hasn't started off quite like I had hoped. I could tell the past two days that Inara wasn't 100%. First, she wasn't eating as much as usual, and we all know how much the kid loves to eat. I knew it could just be her teeth bothering her, but I wanted to rule out all possibilities of sickness, so I took her to see the doc yesterday. He said she didn't have an ear infection, wasn't running a fever, did have a slight red throat, so he ran a strep throat test just to be sure, and that came back negative. At least I felt better knowing she wasn't sick. Last night she went to bed regular time 7:30. But this morning was a different story. She didn't wake up until 11:15 when Shawn and I went in there to check on her. She seemed a bit lethargic, which I just chalked up to her teething. Then the storm began. She wasn't hungry and ended up sitting on my lap and cuddling with me, very unusual behavior for her. Then suddenly she sat up and puked all down her jammies, on my pants, and on the carpet. The poor thing. My heart broke immediately. This is the first time she's ever thrown up besides baby spit up, so this was a bit scary for me I've gotta admit. Then about an hour later, we were walking up the stairs and she ended up puking again. She seems better now and is napping after she got down some crackers and Gatorade. Let's hope it's only a 24 hour bug and she'll be back to her usual self by tomorrow. Great start to '09. I hate seeing my baby girl sick and not her usual perky self. It just reminds me how truly blessed I am with an amazing daughter. I love you sweet pea! Get better soon!