A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE LEE'S....: Lainey's first Easter

We loved having Brian off a few days over the Easter Break. We enjoyed going to dinner, going to the park as a family and I just loved getting to see Brian. He has been so busy with his Master's program that he has worked pretty much non stop the last month. We are so blessed to have such a hard working husband and daddy, but I will really love when he gets a break! He's exhausted!

On Friday we were able to finish Lainey's play area in the back yard and I am thrilled that she will have a special place to play the next few years. It was a ton of work, but it looks great.

Saturday morning when Lainey woke up she was super fussy. I thought maybe she just needed to go back to bed, so I tried to feed her and then she was asleep in my arms before I could even get her to bed. Since Lainey is not a sleeper I knew something was wrong. Brian kissed her and noticed she felt hot. We took her temp. and it was 101.7. I gave her some tylenol and then we watched her the rest of the day. Her fever got up to 103 and she slept about 20 hours. She wouldn't go to any one other than me and sobbed about everything. When I called the doctor they said if she still had a fever on Sunday to bring her in.

When she woke up Sunday her fever was 101.8 so I called and made her an appointment at the after hours clinic. I'm so thankful they were open on Easter. She seemed to be feeling better and even played with her toys from the Easter Bunny, but still had the fever. We went in and they ran tons of tests. Her throat was pretty red so they did a strep test, a flu test, a urine test, and a blood test. After two hours at the doctor we were told it had to be viral so to just keep doing what we had been doing. I was so thankful that it wasn't something serious, but totally sad that our baby spent her first Easter at the doctor's office.

We came home and my parents and grandparents were here for Easter lunch. Brian and my mom got everything ready while we were at the doctor's office. We came inside and Lainey saw all of her favorite people in one place. She warmed up and laughed and played for a good hour. She was super happy. Right as they were leaving she started feeling bad again and slept most of the afternoon. She had fever through the night, but as of Monday morning she is back to 99.5. I'll take it!!

All in all it was a very different Easter than I expected, but still great to see family and for us to remember that Jesus died and was raised from the dead so that we might have eternal life with him. What a blessing! As I was praying over my sweet sick baby I couldn't help but think about how much God must have hurt seeing his son on the cross. My heart was breaking because my baby had a high fever, I cannot imagine the pain God felt the day Jesus was crucified. We are so blessed to be his children. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter as well!