Meadows Family: Our Extended Easter Weekend

Well this weekend was a great one for the soul! We didn't have school on Friday because of Good Friday and we were also off today because we had a Bad Weather Day. It has been great to just relax and spend some much needed time with Thad and Berk! We started our weekend out on Thursday when we went to watch Uncle Francis (Rance is his real name) run in the district track meet! The 800 meter relay team and also the 1600 meter relay team advanced to the area track meet this Friday! We then just hung out the rest of the weekend, welcomed some much-needed rain and nursed a sick baby! Yes, a sick baby! She has had a runny nose since last Tuesday, but Saturday I noticed her pulling on her left ear and she had begun coughing! Well I thought it might get better with her taking the medicine she was on, but to no avail, we had to make a trip up to the doctor today to get it looked at! And sure enough, she not only has an infection in the left ear, but also the right and a red throat, probably indicating that she might have a viral infection. (according to the doc!) So she is on an antibiotic similar to a Z-Pack for adults and also drops to help with the pain in her ear! Oh, did I mention that she is also teething and it seems that her fang tooth on the left side is the one showing the most prominence right now! (Probably another reason for the runny nose and sore ears!) So that is what our household has dealt with over the weekend and tomorrow we start another shortened work week! Oh yeah, did I mention that it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep Berk in one place and she now prefers to be on the floor going EVERYWHERE (unless she doesn't feel good that is and then she wants my hip only!) She is also pulling up on EVERYTHING you can imagine and even lets go sometimes just to see if she can stand there!She also loves "jumping" in her bed and looks like a little monkey doing it! Dad also put her swing up in the backyard and she got to taste "real sweet potatoes" and she definitely liked the puree ones more! Oh yes, and just tonight, she got her hand slapped by DAD for the first time! (she has also had it slapped a few other times for trying and succeeding in getting in the cat food) So that is our exciting life right now trying to control a 7-month old! I am posting three pictures here of her swing, Easter and her ear infection but there are a TON on the photo site! http://ourworldtoyours.shutterfly.com/ Hope everyone has a great week and keep us in your thoughts!

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