Still Sick But Getting Better

Ava seems to be getting better. She hasn't thrown up since Tuesday morning and is more active and happy. She still has diarrhea, but the doctor said that is ok as long as she continues to drink and eat, even if it's only a little bit. Ava is taking her bottle more often again, although isn't drinking a full bottle quite yet. Thankfully, it's more fluid than a few days ago, and today was better than yesterday. She also discovered mango today and ate a ton of it. We were reading that mango can be introduced as early as six months, so we thought we would try it out. She just loved it, and ate herself full, along with a bunch of veggie puffs, another favorite.

She was very smiley with us this evening before bed, which was at about 6:40 tonight. That's a little earlier than we would like, but she was exhausted from playing with us this afternoon. Naturally, we're exhausted (and still sick) also, but found a sliver of time to watch television after Ava went to bed. All in all, today was really the first day that we felt like we were setting the foundations of her new routine. It's just been so difficult defining "normal" for her with the jet lag, sickness and our first attempt at parenthood, but I know we'll get there.

We mentioned the secret poop society in an earlier post, well now there's the "It's never gonna get done" society, an organization of parents dedicated to obsessing about the small things, such as taking the stinky garbage out, going to the bathroom, washing off the kitchen table, UNPACKING!, picking up mushed bananas off the floor, wondering where there may be other food hiding, endlessly scouring bottles, nipples and assorted baby paraphanalia, and of course, finding time to lose the sweatpants before 2 in the afternoon. Now THAT's an accomplishment.

We have been just overwhelmed with support from everyone, and we are so happy to know that so many people already care deeply for her and worry about her when she is sick. Seeing our parents and their happiness around Ava was extremely satisfying, and we can't wait to find out what the future brings with family outings, holidays and visits.

By the way, the two pictures above are from Grandma Randi and Grandpa Al's camera when they visited us earlier in the week. Ava's expression is so cute looking up at Grandpa on the couch.