Where there's a will.....

There's a way, hopefully!  

So Emily and I headed back to The One's house yesterday for another attempt at a visit.  This was after we had been to the doctor and confirmed that Emily has hand, foot and mouth disease... great!  But she is on the mend and it's not serious - totally different disease to the one which affects animals, what a weird thing it is! 

We visited once the other little baby The One looks after had been picked up so as not to infect her.  And actually, it was much, much better than previous visits!!  Emily was a different baby!!  Oh it broke my heart on Friday to see her so distraught, but now we know that she was ill and couldn't tell us, because yesterday, while she did clasp her tiny little hands together (her classic sign of stress/discomfort), and she made a little whimper when being handed to The One, she held it together the entire visit and I am so proud of her!  So much so that when we came to leave, she seemed rather cosy snuggled up with The One and I kind of had to prise her away even!  Now that's an entirely different feeling I felt when I saw that, but rather that than the unstoppable tears of last Friday, any day!

So, we seem to be making some good progress.  We go back again today for another visit like yesterday when it is nice and quiet so Emily can bond with The One, and will see how the rest of the week goes regarding visits, Emily's level of contagiousness, as we may only be able to go in the afternoons, but it's better than not at all.  With heading back to work on Monday, I'll take what I can get to make sure my little girl is happy!