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:: Rebecca's been sick.  Several nights ago she started waking up around 9 pm, crying, and wouldn't go back to sleep.  We figured it was teething.  Well, the night before last she woke up again, but this time with a fever.  Then she woke up two or three more times in the night, crying, burning up, shivering, miserable.  Several doses of pain reliever and lots of tugs at the ears later, we were pretty sure it was an ear infection.  I found out (after five years of being a parent--thankfully I haven't needed to know before now!) that our pediatrician's office is open on Saturday morning, so I got her in.  Only her ears were "beautiful," according to the doctor.  No ear infection.  Viral.  She got another dose of ibuprofen when she got home, after it kicked in she got off my lap and started playing for the first time all day, and hasn't had a fever since!  I don't know what it was, but it's so nice to see her back to normal, and it was great to get a full night of sleep last night!  (She's still fussy at times and chewing on her hands non stop, but at least she's smiling and playing and sleeping and *wince* even getting into EVERYTHING like normal).

:: It's COLD!  Rachel was so thrilled because she finally got to wear her slip under her dress to church.  Her older cousin passed a slip down to her with a bunch of other clothes over the summer, and she's been wanting to wear it, but I kept telling her it was too warm (the slip has several layers on the bottom, making it kind of flouncy, which is why she loves it, but I thought it would make her too hot in the summertime).  So she got to wear it, but I had to remind her several times not to lift her dress up to show people her slip, since she was so proud of it. Finally she said, "Yeah, it's kind of like having a secret!" 

:: Rachel had a walk-a-thon at school last week.  Instead of a traditional school fundraiser, where kids sell stuff, they just ask for pledges for their walking.  It was a dreary, chilly day, but at least the rain held off.  Rebecca and I joined Rachel at school during the time her class would be walking.  It was nice to put faces with the names I hear her talking about.