The Warrens in Action: Baby's First Cold

These past few weeks have been a little rough in the Warren household. Over Thanksgiving we noticed that Ava sounded a little congested but nothing too terrible. However, the day after she went in for her 2 month appointment, her cold symptoms worsened. She became pretty congested, especially in the evening. Additionally, she ran a temp off and on for the next few days and also developed a cough. As new parents, we were really nervous, especially since you really can't do much for little ones when they are sick. I am pretty sure we called the doctor 4-5 times over the next week and a half. She is just now finally starting to feel better. Her stuffiness is gone, but I think it's moved into her throat. Hopefully it will be completely gone within the next few days. Ava wasn't the only one sick...I developed a cold, too, the week after Thanksgiving. I had the stuffiness and a cough. I started feeling better after 4 or 5 days, but then TJ came down with a cold, only his worse symptom was a sore throat.

Now that Ava is starting to feel better and her stomach meds are kicking in, she is almost a new baby. Not that she was bad before...she's really never been too fussy for us. But now that we have her on meds and we re-think how she was before, she is a lot more relaxed. She isn't as squirmy and her stomach doesn't feel as hard. She is so much more content playing on the floor. She also really likes to sit in the bouncy chair and look at the Christmas tree. Ava is also starting to make more noises, especially in the morning--this is her happiest time of the day. She is always full of smiles when we first wake her up. She is getting very strong and is doing really well holding her head up.

We are getting very anxious for the holidays. We put our tree up several weeks ago and have presents under the tree already. Even though she won't know the difference, we were so excited to be parents this year that we just had to buy her presents and wrap them and put them under the tree! We will be very busy over the next few weeks. We have our first Christmas on the 22nd, Ava gets baptized on the 23rd, we have two more Christmases on the 24th and 25th, and the next two weeks after that we have more holiday gatherings. We are very excited to see family again and introduce them to our sweet baby girl.

That's the update for now. I am sure we will have many more pictures to post over the next few weeks!