Today was a rough day for Miss Lily. She spent most of the day crying and looking like this:
She woke up at 5:30 this morning and the only time she was semi-happy was when I was holding her. The minute I put her down, she would scream bloody murder until I picked her up again. Church was a disaster- they could not calm her down and called me to come and get her 10 minutes into the service.
She did take 2 uncharacteristically long naps today, which makes me think that she still is not feeling 100%. The antibiotic that the doctor gave her last week for her ear infection has completely torn her stomach up. She is having horrible diarrhea and will only eat a few bites at every meal. I finally quit giving her the medicine yesterday after she vomited and am going to call our pediatrician in the morning to see if there is something else they can give her. I also think that she is teething and wonder if that has something to do with her discomfort today. Whatever it is, I sure hated seeing my sweet girl like this.
There was one 15 minute period today where I caught a glimpse of my happy Lily. She had not eaten much all day so I was just trying to get her to eat something. She has recently learned how to drink out of a straw so I gave her a drinkable yogurt. After sitting in my lap to drink the first half, she decided she needed to be more independent. She grabbed the yogurt, crawled to other end of the couch, and proceeded to proudly drink the rest of her yogurt all by herself.
Then, after I grabbed my camera, she became quite the little ham, posing for lots of pictures. I LOVE the way that she was crossing her feet like a big girl!
Her happiness, however, was short lived and she was soon back to fussing and crying. I'm praying that she gets a good night's sleep and wakes up feeling more like herself tomorrow because I don't think either one of us can take another day like today!
Sure enough, when I looked up, there she sat, frozen in the corner of the bounce house. She would not come down no matter how hard I tried. I was by myself at this point because Cory was working in the booth. Lily was hanging out in the stroller and I did not want to leave her to climb up and get Eden. Finally, after at least 5 more minutes of trying to coax Eden down, I had to leave Lily in the care of one of the bounce house workers and climb all the way up to retrieve her.
We decided to spend the rest of our time in the bounce house without a slide and they both had a blast! I let Lily get down and cruise around the stroller while I watched the other two kids, which made her happy too!
On the way to the car, we passed by the horses and Parker asked to ride them. He enjoyed it for about three times around the circle and then decided he was ready to get off. 
Eden had just gotten some candy so she passed up riding the horses to enjoy her sweet treat!
After Parker got off his horse, we let Lily go over and pet him. She thought it was very funny and giggled every time she touched him. Maybe next year she will be big enough to ride too.
We had a good time on Saturday but quickly realized that we are definitely NOT ready to take three kids to something as big as the state fair! I think we will stick to small town festivals for a few more years!
