What a Rollercoaster!

What a weekend! Wonder what the week will bring???

On Friday we had our MOPS kickoff at our church, and I just have to say that I love the women that to serve with on the Steering team, but not just that, I really feel that we have a great group of women as a whole in our MOPS group. Friday during our time was such a blessing, good food, great fellowship, and now I just cannot wait to see what God has in store for our year. It's so exciting. Our MOPS kickoff for this year is "Adventures in Mothering" and as an illustration it uses a rollercoaster, which is definitely what ride we were on in our family.

Friday as we were cleaning up, I noticed that my daughter did not look like she was feeling well. I asked her how she was doing and she told me that she did not feel well. I immediately hurried up with what I was doing and we got in the car to head home. We got home and after awhile of resting on the couch, Aspen was out like a light. Poor little thing! Thankfully my husband was able to come home and stay with her so that I could go to work, and I brought Titus with me. Little did I know that when Aspen woke up she had a fever of 102. When my husband told me that, I immediately thought that it was definitely going to be quite a weekend. Luckily, we gave her some medicine and her fever remained around 99 the rest of the night...but boy, she did not sleep well.

The next day...
She woke up and was happy! My parents came to our house and spent some time here, so that Aspen could sleep in and just have a relaxing morning. We then ventured to Subway for lunch and then to the Arboretum, but by the time we got there, Aspen just had fallen asleep and so we had to wake her up...she was not happy about that (and I cannot blame her). Poor thing! She was very emotional, and just was not having it...but after awhile, she did fine and actually had a great time and even let us taken pictures of her (pictures of our day at the Arboretum to come). After a fun day there...we came home and watched a movie and hit the sack...but then...another horrible night of NO SLEEP!

This got me worried because Aspen and I were to go to see Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Handy Manny, and Little Einsteins at the XCel. The morning was rough, but Aspen continued saying that she wanted to go. I constantly kept checking her temp, went out and got her some more medicine, and just constantly asked myself, "Should I cancel out on this event???" But Aspen took her nap she was ready to go and have some fun, so I decided...let's try it! We met up with a friend of mine from High School and her family, and headed to the Xcel...Aspen was pretty excited! However, things changed when we got there...I bought her a doll (Thank you Grandpa and Grandma) and then we took our seats...she felt warm...I gave her medicine, and she did not look well. I began to ask myself, why did I bring her here. I was immediately worried because of her fevers in the past, so I took her to the medical area and sure enough...she had a temp of 102. Poor thing! She kept saying, "I want to go home, please take me home!" So I took her home, we did not even get to see the show start, but it was for the best! Luckily she has not had a fever the rest of the afternoon and evening and we pray that continues. I felt so sad though because I know that she would've loved seeing all those characters!

So that was our weekend and tomorrow I am planning on taking her to the doctor to just get her checked out and find out what is causing this fever...and praying that tonight she has a decent night's sleep!

Please pray for Aspen...I am a worried mom just praying that these fevers just go away!