Sad day.

This morning I made a Dr. appt. for Abby. The past few days she's been really, really congested and sneezing like crazy. I've been giving her things that have worked in the past, but it seemed as though it was still getting a bit worse. Then last night it started....the cough. That yucky, barking cough. I pretty much knew what it was, but the Dr. confirmed it. Croup. Poor little baby girl!

It sounds so awful out of her little body. The Dr. gave us a steroid shot that he felt would "cool down" the symptoms quicker than normal. Truthfully, she's in a great mood. A little fussy at times, but can you blame her? She's still very smiley and plays. She's never been much on cuddling, but these past few days she has more than ever I think. He said this congestion and cough will probably be gone in 2-3 days, which will be wonderful!

Inspite of Abby not feeling well, she allowed me to take a few pictures and a real quick video yesterday. My goal is to get her all dolled up in her Christmas dress and get some sweet pictures by the tree. I hate doing it when her eyes are red-rimmed and watery from being sick. So, hopefully next week we'll do that!
Here are some pictures from the past couple of days--

In her Sunday attire (I know the lighting is bad)...I like this picture because her hair is seeming to have all the more of a reddish tint to it (crazy!)...Looking at tree...Finally able to get her to look at me (those lights on the tree are fascinating! ours even twinkle.)

This video is of me teasing her with her pacifier (I'm such a mean mommy!)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Here are a few pictures for those that have never seen our house at Christmas. We got it all set up on Monday.

Our entry way

The Mantle

Abby's stocking

The Christmas Tree

Kitchen