7 Weeks Old

Just a quick update today - as Gabrielle will be waking from her mid-day nap any minute now and I wanted to get this out to you all. We are celebrating her 7 week birthday today by painting the front entrance of our house. Seriously - Daryl wanted to tackle this project, started yesterday and there are already 2 coats of paint on the one accent wall - the other 3 walls will follow shortly. I think he really wants to get the masks back up on the wall so that we can seriously start to think about installing the new carpet in the TV room.
Gabrielle gave us a bit of a fright on Thursday - she was fussy all afternoon (ok, she was a complete stinker and nearly drove me, my mom and Daryl NUTS!) but it turns out she had a fever and was just trying to tell us how upset and uncomfortable she was! She has been suffering from a case of baby acne - nothing to worry about - but it appears to have gotten slightly irritated and infected so was itchy. Well, when you are just a head and have no control over your limbs and your face is itchy and there is nothing you can do about it you'd be a bit crabby too! So Thursday evening we went to the hospital - with daddy threatening to bring her back to the place she was born and leave her there if she didn't behave (just kidding!) - they checked her out and by that time her fever had dropped and she was resting peacefully in my arms by the time we were discharged. We had a pretty good night after that - 4 hours of sleep - and she was eating really well.
The next day - Friday - we had our scheduled 6 week check-up and Dr. O'Connell gave her some cream for her poor little face that would sooth the itch and help with any infection. Two days later and she is a completely different baby. She slept 6 hours last night, followed by a feed and another 3 hours. She has been napping regularly today again and I can breath a little easier. So thankful that it was nothing serious.
I don't think there is anything harder to hear than your baby crying, with fever, and not knowing why or really what to do. I felt so helpless and was so thankful to have Daryl at home and with us when we went to the hospital. He was so calm and may as well have been wearing his paramedic uniform! He helped me stay calm too - which I'm sure helped Gabrielle.
It has been a nice Sunday here - well, not outside, the weather SUCKS and is cold and rainy. Where is summer in the Loops!?!?!
Photos to follow - I hear some baby-peeps!