A Visit from Ommy & Poppa

Poppa and Ommy came down from Pittsburgh (7/17-7/20) to visit the kids as well babysit them while Mama and Dada went out to the Midwest for Dada's job search. This was the first time Mama had been away from either Stella or Desmond in another state that wasn't within driving distance. But the kids were in good hands and had a great time spending some quality time with their grandparents.

Unfortunately, both kids were sick during their visit. Desmond started early in the week with a cold and seemed to be improving by the time Ommy and Poppa came down. Stella woke up on Thurs with the sniffles which progressively got worse. She then woke up with a fever of 102.2 F on Sat and Sun along with a runny nose and cough. Des also got more congested and developed a cough by the weekend. But Ommy and Poppa took good care of Stella and Des while Mama and Dada were gone and Mama and Dada are very, very grateful for that. In fact, when we would talk to Stella on the phone, she didn't seem to be missing us at all. We forgot to transfer the pics from Ommy's camera onto our computer so we will have to post them at another time.