Bring in the Noise, Bring in the Funk~ NYE 2010!

....and I don't mean rhythm. Something nasty has been going around and we all got it in some way, shape, or form. Alan has a horrible cold and an ear infection that requires Vicodin (YIKES). I am on the mend from a miserable cold and cough. Poor Stella was diagnosed with strep throat today. Who knows where she picked it up because I feel like everywhere we have been, someone has been ill. She never had a fever, but she has been battling a bad cough and runny nose for almost a week. Knowing that our pediatrician was going to close Friday afternoon and not be available until Monday, I decided to bite the bullet and take her in just to see if there was anything going on. Stella was a trooper at the doc's office; we waited for over an hour to be seen (clearly everyone else was thinking the same way). She had to have a strep test and did great. She is now on her very first antibiotic. I shouldn't have been bragging about the fact that she had never been on one while in Ohio (but I knocked on wood!). Hopefully, the meds will help her to start feeling better soon. It had to happen at some point, right??

Want a visual of this moment in time?! Picture this: New Year's Eve @ 9:45 p.m...

Stella - sleeping in her room (without her paci):
Alan - crashed on the couch after taking his cocktail of meds (prescribed and legal):
Canine dependents - comfortably sleeping on my bed:
Me - switching between blogging and folding laundry:Chances are, I won't make it to midnight either, but I wouldn't trade this life for anything. Happy New Year!