Window of Celebration.

Selah was very sick on her birthday.  It was so sad.  She had been running a fever for four days by Saturday (10th) and just wasn't getting any better.  We had been to the dr. but at that point they said it was simply viral.


As a family we tried our best to make it a happy birthday for our four year old.  Daddy made pancakes in the shape of an "S" and "4" but only one bite would be eaten.

 PopO. flew in from California that afternoon and brought quite a few presents to be added to the ones sent from Gramma and others.  But they just sat on the table.

 Mommy baked ice cream cone cupcakes.  They, too, just sat there.

 Then, finally, around 6 p.m. Selah seemed to have a burst of energy.  Not knowing how long it would last, I had the family stop what they were doing and we all gathered around the table to sing to the birthday girl, have her blow out her candles, and open presents. (She didn't have any clothes on due to the high fever.)

 Thirty minutes later our precious Selah was back to not feeling well.  The next day she looked like this. 

So glad we were able to enjoy the small window of celebration. And very thankful that the Monday before her birthday and before she got sick that we had taken the family up to Apple Holler so Selah could ride a pony.  That was her birthday wish.  And from the picture you could see that she did have a happy birthday.