trusting and taking our meds

Not kidding.  Nora is really really sick.

She struggled through Christmas day with a 101 fever, but by today she was just plain miserable, almost impossible to comfort and unable to play or do anything other than be held and whimper.  Our doctor's thinking it's viral and so we're waiting it out, but it's hard to see her so miserable and uncomfortable.  

The Edlers and a big crew spent the day at the beach, so Lily and Sofie went along and had a BLAST while we loved on Nora and tried to deal with a house that has been run by very sick people the last week.  Matt's finally doing well as long as he doesn't eat much, and I'm at 80% and very glad to be.

Depending on Nora-dear, tomorrow Lily and I are supposed to head to Philadelphia for four days with my newest little niece and her precious sisters, who is already a month old and I haven't kissed her sweet cheeks.  We knew if I didn't go now, the new semester would keep me from meeting her for another 6 months, and I'm just not that strong. 

Please be praying for Nora and for healing, and that I would clearly know whether to go or not.

Lily has had a rough past few months, and when Matt and I decided I would go, we prayed about Lily going with me and felt like a few days without her little (much more attention-needing) sisters and with some good Mommy time would be perfect.  Praying that this time with her is as sweet as it will be with her aunt, uncle and cousins!

Meanwhile, Matt's dad arrived today and we enjoyed a nice evening with Uncle Dave and Aunt Marilyn and catching up.  I'm thankful Matt and his dad will have this time together too with Sofie and Nora...for us, any time with family is just SO rare and previous.  Sofie is so excited to have some good Pop-Pop time, too, and Lily and I enjoyed time with him tonight!

Matt and I are fighting the urge to get frustrated with illness and get ON it already...there is SO much to do and a lot to fight and a lot of need and we wanna get on it and we don't have time or energy for this sickness stuff and now there's sweet Nora and somehow God's still asking me the age old question...Do I trust Him? 

 So we're trusting Him and taking our meds and holding our babies and giving them what they need and enjoying our friends and family and visitors and trying to stay on top of emails and trusting Him and thanking Him for giving us this break...even if it was to be sick for, slowing down our hearts.  As I've been watching your beautiful families and our students and Christmases on blogs and Facebook and Christmas cards, instead of rushing them by I've been thanking God for you and praying for you each.  

Also praying that Philadelphia will somehow be warm.  Because I have only sandals, and Lily has only short sleeves, and neither of us have coats :)