Today is Jess's birthday! WHOO! Happy birthday, Jess!

Sorry I disappeared without warning yesterday. Daycare sent Penny home a bit early on Monday with... Well, let's just say diaper issues, and leave it at that.

So I stayed home with her yesterday to take her to the doctor. I'm not at work for very long today, either - daycare's rule, in order to minimize the spread of illness, is that she can't go back until she's been issue-less for 24 hours. And yesterday was not without issues.

Still, Penny's handling it with something close to her usual aplomb. She's rejecting sippy cups in favor of the bottle (and just when we'd gone a whole entire day without a single bottle!) and seems to prefer spoon-fed food like cereal and yogurt to her finger foods. Still, even grown adults like to regress to comfort food and be babied a bit when we're not feeling well.

She's been mostly cheerful and active and silly, which makes for a more pleasant convalescence for Matt and I, anyway.

Anyway, the doctor said that he was pretty sure it was viral rather than bacterial, and gave me the appropriate dosage for some over-the-counter medicine for her issues, and suggested some diet adjustments to help.

But Karen came over in the afternoon, and hung around with us. After Matt got home, we all went out to dinner (mmm, steak!) and then she stuck around for a bit after we got Penny put to bed. It was nice to get a visit in, especially since we missed seeing her on Sunday.

And since I have a deadline at work that's going to hit while we're in Chicago, I came in to work this morning to finish that up. I'll go home at lunch so Matt can go in to work and clean up whatever he's got to do there...

And tomorrow we're flying to Chicago. With a baby who may still be sick. Y'all wish us luck, and I'll see you on Tuesday.

--Liz