Off to see our first play in Danish and Martha (new nickname) gets a fever :(.

Before we arrived in Denmark I was chatting with a homeschool family here and they invited us to come to a musical they were putting on in their yard. They have 4 kids and they had gotten together with a few other families and all put on a musical. It was all in danish but the girls loved it and they had a little event they put together with face painting, raffles, food, etc.

For about 2 weeks now we’ve been calling Roo “Martha” it came from this phrase she laughs at when I say “Hiya watha Martha” and then after that evolved into Roo being called Martha.

Then the morning after the play poor Roo came down with her first fever and I had to wrap a cool rag around her head. Her fever was 102 in the armpit which means it was higher than that and she was just miserable. She couldnt get comfortable, and just nursed and whimpered all day long.

This was the last day in our Airbnb and we had to pack up and move airbnb’s the next morning. We were just moving to a new one down the road but packing up and dealing with a sick baby that doesnt want to sleep or be put down was tricky. Will and I still couldn’t believe how efficiently we ended up getting our sh*t together.

We also had to check out of one Airbnb in the morning and then wait a few hours until we were able to check into the other one. They let us drop our bags off so we didnt have to lug them around but poor Martha had to sit in my baby carrier all sick and just try and get comfy outside while we waited. She was a champ but ugh that was challenging seeing her so sick. She is such an easy, happy little spirit that none of us could get over seeing her so sad. We decided we would give it 24 hrs to see if her fever went down and if not then Michael (the owner of the first airbnb) offered to take us to the emergency and help out if she was still ill. Will and I had a feeling it was the same virus Sabi had so we just gave it a little time to see. Sure enough Martha vomited all over the place in the new airbnb the next night and then woke up fever free the following morning.

It took about 3 days for her to go back to her old Martha self but I am happy to report she is happy and silly ole martha once again! The pic below kinda solidified her nickname b/c i mean you dont get much more Martha than that.

Creepily at the play we went to the day before, a lady gave the girls a gift she won from the raffle. They opened it up and it was an old doll (which creeps Sophie out as is) and on the doll’s leg was written “MARTHA”. The girls have been trying to figure out how to get rid of Martha without her getting pissed a coming back to haunt them. I said we could “accidentally” leave her at an airbnb but theyre not convinced she won’t come back. On the less creepy note I looked up the family’s kid’s names (of the musical we went to) and their oldest daughter is named Martha. So I mean the rational side is that is was Martha’s doll but of course no one wants to hear that.

Martha is currently in my suitcase and her future is pending.