Crazy week

Last week was a very long one for us. It started off with a great Mother's Day. Mike made me a very yummy breakfast before he left for work. Then Mom and Bruce picked up Mia and me and we headed to Butler State Park to meet Missy, Paul and Cara for brunch. The girls loved the lunch and got big laughs out of each other. Afterward we went to the McDonald's playground and the girls had a blast playing in the tunnels. Granny even climbed in with them and sat in the middle. 

Later that day Mia started getting really fussy. She didn't seem like herself. She was up most of the night, and by Monday morning had a fever of 104. She spent the day with Dad and Sue and I took her to the doctor later that day. They said she had a red throat but all the other tests came back negative. It was a virus and we just needed to give her pain reliever and wait it out.

She didn't have much of an appetite the next couple days and still had a slight fever so Dad and Sue kept her. By Tuesday afternoon she was crying most of the time. She cried almost constantly the next 24 hours, but had just a low grade fever. Tuesday night she basically just took a series of naps between her cries so I called the doc for advice. They said to make another appointment in the morning. Dad and Sue went with us to the doctor where they told us she had blisters on her throat. They gave us a prescription for Tylenol with codeine to help with her pain. On Thursday she seemed a little better so she went back to daycare. Mom picked her up since I had an event after work, and my sweet girl was finally more like herself when I got to see her. 

On Friday, Mike called to say he had a fever and was achy all over, so Mia stayed the night with Brent and Carol. They took Mia to the farmer's market on Saturday and since Mike was feeling better, she came back home. We still weren't feeling 100% so we had a lazy day, just playing with our girl.

By Sunday Mia was her giggly, happy self so we went ahead and took her to her first swim lesson. It was so much fun! I really thought they would just have her splash around and get used to the water, but I quickly learned otherwise. We started off with kicks on her back, then on to her belly. We practiced floating on her back (she did not like that AT ALL!). Next came getting her face wet, and before I knew it, we were going under! She did great! She wasn't scared and when we moved to arm strokes, she was trying to put her face under on her own! The next feat was to have her hold onto the bar on the side of the pool. After some prodding she grabbed on. I let go and she held herself above the water using her arms and by pushing her feet against the wall. It was really cool to see how her survival instincts took over and she kept herself afloat. By the end of the class they had her sit on the side of the pool. We counted to three and then I pulled her in and took her under. I couldn't believe we did so much in just a half hour! I really loved spending that time with her and I can't wait to do it again next week.

Today Mike took off work and hung out with her. He took her on her first trip to the zoo. He tried to take pictures but discovered how hard that is while also trying to keep an eye on her. I've attached some pics and video of the past week.