Sickness hit the Melhus Girls!

Last week Thurs, Avree started getting a mild cough and a runny nose (clear). Well it kept getting worse and Friday night she had a temp. It didn't last very long.. maybe an hour or two but her cough was sounding worse and worse.
On Monday, I was talking to Barb (Nama McCulla) and she has told us that "Aunt Steph" (Kaiya's mom/Barb's daughter) got Bronchitis the day after we were at her house. (We went back to Pella the 1st weekend in Feb, for Kaiya's bday party).
We had a Dr appt Monday night for Avree, so I thought for sure Avree had bronchitis since she was exposed to it. But I was surprised when the Dr said her lungs and ears were clear, but her throat was red. She has a throat infection (not strep). He gave us a prescription and we were on our way.
Well Emmy started getting a cough too and it was starting to sound like Avree's. So the next day (Tuesday) I made an appt for her. I figured it was probably a throat infection... NOPE.. A double ear infection and the starting phase of bronchitis!! I couldn't believe it (well actually I could, but I couldn't believe Avree didn't catch bronchitis but poor little 4.5 month old Em did!) They didn't want to wait for a prescription to kick in, so they had to give her an antibiotic shot! I felt so bad for her, cause just last week she had to get a couple shots and now another one a week later! Poor thing! She wasn't very happy and had a hard time falling asleep last night. Thankfully she hasn't been fussy (her normal, smiley self) and is eating and sleeping fine!!
We are *hopefully* on the mends and Avree will be going back to school tomorrow! (yay, for me) I am just so glad I decided to make another appt on Tues (we were just at the Dr monday night for Avree), otherwise I am sure Em would have gotten a bad cause of bronchitis (just because she is so little).
Hope you all stay healthy :-)

Dr. Appt

Well Emmersen FINALLY had her 4 month check up.. more like 4 1/2 month check up :) She was suppose to have her dr appt last week but we had to reschedule cause of the "big snow storm" we were getting.
She had to get her 4 month shots too, which I hate! I always had Matt come with me to Avree's dr appts when she had to get shots (I think he missed one) and he started coming with me to Emmersen's too but he wasn't able to make it to her 4 month shot appt. But big sister Avree was with me :-) Avree first started off sitting with Emmersen on the table, but then Avree started getting a little worried that she was getting some shots too. She kept asking if it was baby Emmy getting the shots and not her. :-)
Emmersen did great with the shots, cried for a couple seconds and that was it! Yay!
We have confirmed she is our short, little "beaner" :-) She was measured at 23 3/4 inches long (10-25%) and weighing in at a whopping 11 lbs 13 oz (5-10%). So she isn't going to be as tall as big sister Avree but that is ok! :-) As long as she is healthy (which she is!), that's all we care about.
Well nothing else new in the Melhus household... same old, same old :-)