The Oscars and a Cold

Since the 2008 Oscars, Artie, Avery and I we out in L.A. (last April) and had a chance to visit Hollywood and Highland-which is where the Kodak Theatre is located.  For those of you who haven't visited, or may not know, the Kodak Theatre is actually in a large mall complex!  As the stars walk the Red Carpet tonight, they will walk past Sephora, Gap, Louis Vuitton, a Hello Kitty store, and many others.  We were actually lucky enough to take a tour of the theatre AND get on stage!!  Being on stage during a tour is a rarity because they usually have it set up for certain events throughout the year and don't allow tour guests on stage.  While I watch the Oscars tonight, I will think about us up there on stage looking out over the seats that will be full of all of the celebrities and my Avery (at 6 months) in her stroller chatting away like she was already practicing her Oscar acceptance speech!!  Here are some pics to give you a closer look at the walk the stars take on this special evening!

Lining the stairs to the entrance of the theatre are all of the past best picture winners-its really beautiful.

These are the very stairs that the stars will climb tonight...the entrance to the theatre is at the top of the stairs on the second floor.  See the lighted columns on either side...those are where the best picture winners are!

The entrance to the Kodak from the street (right across the street is Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Avery and I outside the entrance to the theatre...she was so tiny!

A view looking down the stairs from the entrance-a better view of the columns-and you can see where the entrance from the street is.

Now...the cold:

After being so grateful that no one in our house had been sick for many months and pretty much survived the winter unscathed...Avery and I came down with the worst cold ever this week!  We both got sick on the same day and have had the same exact thing.  Being pregnant and sick is terrible because you worry about taking any kind of medication (and most stuff you do have to avoid) and of course, worry about the toll on the baby.  But my little Avery is so small to fight off this terrible cold and can't tell me what's hurting more.  We took her to the doctor on Friday after she had been running a little over a 101 fever for three days off and on...of course she has an ear infection!  Since then, she has developed a very nasty cough that has her choking and gasping for air.  Her liquid intake has gone down dramatically today.  We've pulled out all the stops...honey to sooth her throat, baby vapor rub, cool mist humidifier, etc.  Hopefully her antibiotic kicks in soon and we start to see some improvement in her!!  In the meantime, we've pretty much been laying low.  We got more freakin' snow yesterday...have I mentioned how sick of snow I am!!      

We attempted to eat at Bob Evans Saturday morning before a little grocery shopping, but Avery just couldn't sit there without screaming, so we boxed everything up and headed out-this is how she looked in the car, gripping very tightly to her balloon!

A sick face...oh and this week she had a run in with a chair and bang-another bruise on her face! 

She was so sick one day this week that mommy let her eat her breakfast-toast-on the couch!

A silly girl bouncing on the couch!

One of the only smiles she cracked this week-it happened during a Disney short called Tasty Time with Zefronk...it's a dog that cooks-she absolutely loves it!

Avery enjoying her first ever popsicle this weekend-I know bad parents just now introducing her to them-but it seemed to help her throat for a few minutes.

Mommy reading Avery Llama Llama Mad at Mama-one of her current faves-should I take that personally??

Just a sweet little girl that feels so miserable-the real challenge when your toddler girl is sick, keeping her hair out of her snot!

Cooking on her new bed in her new room.  Her room is slowly coming together and she has been able to climb and play on her new bed.  We're going to start trying to transition her very slowly next month!