sick

today, right after nap time ava started throwing up her lunch. she cheered up immediately afterward, so i optimistically assumed that it was a one-time episode and took her to the park to hang out with grandpa. not so. after dinner - same performance. this time she didn't cheer up, and instead collapsed on the couch to watch some little bear. there are several amusing things about these photos

1. notice that she's wearing her shoes. while i tried to strip off her puked soaked clothes and contain the mess - ava went straight into a tantrum about not having her shoes on.
2. this is the first time i have EVER seen ava lying down for more than 5 seconds, except when she's falling asleep. this is also the first time i've ever seen her lie on her stomach.
3. anybody else think the bottom pics look like shiloh jolie pitt? it's not a resemblance i typically see (at all) - it's something about the way the couch is squishing ava's mouth.

ava's had a cold all week. as baby illnesses go, it hasn't really been remarkable, or even particularly annoying. it has had a weird side effect though - ava is a little more cantakerous than usual and has suddenly decided that she hates taking a bath! i think tomorrow we might try the shower instead.

no pictures on this one, 'cause man, it wasn't pretty. on monday, June 25th, paulo developed an ear infection, paulo's mom came back from new york with a cold, i woke up with a cold and by early afternoon ava had a 103 F fever. tuesday, ava's fever continued, but both she and paulo bore their illnesses rather well. by wednesday afternoon though, ava totally lost it. we took her to the doctor and she was diagnosed with an ear infection and prescribed a penicillin based antibiotic. thursday she was a wailing, screaming, fussy disaster, and by this time john and paulo's dad were sick too.