Well it's been two months since I've posted anything on the blog and I've had good reason--it has been nuts around here!! After Spring Break and our fabulous trip to NYC, life went into hyperdrive with all of the end of the year activities for school. Being room mom to Nicholas' class I had a lot to do. Multiple parties and programs to plan, teacher gifts, and the most time demanding were photo albums that I had to make for all of the kids plus the 2 teachers--13 in all. Well I believe the stress of all of it caused us to get sick. We are now entering into the 4th week of the boys and I being sick and I'm about to go insane!! It started with Nicholas getting a cold that turned into an ear infection and pink eye for him. Nolan got his cold and then I did. My cold turned into the worst sinus infection I've ever had (and I've had a lot). The pain was so great throughout my sinuses and into my jaw and teeth! I had to go to the doctor 3 times and finally the second round of antibiotics and shot gave me some relief. (I'll still be on the antibiotics for a while and I'm not 100% but much better. I'm going to an ENT doctor as soon as possible to get my sinuses checked out.) During the midst of my pain and on Nick's last day of school, he woke up with what I thought was a 24 hour stomach bug. The next day, Nolan spiked a high fever that lasted for 2 days and was a pitiful sick little boy. Ever since then, Nicholas has continued to complain of head aches and stomach aches so I took him back to the doctor today to learn that what he is really suffering from is Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease!! Are you kidding me??!! So thus begins our fourth week of solitary confinement in hopes to get rid of these very contagious germs and not spread anymore to our friends. I am mortified that we went to Mady's 3rd birthday party on Saturday and church yesterday, unaware what we were carrying around with us! I pray that no one else will get sick.
I have to say that dealing with these illnesses like this is one of the hardest parts about being a mom to me. You just want to make your babies feel better immediately and so often there is so little you can do. It also always takes SO long for everyone to recover and when I'm so sick too on top of everything (which is always the case) it just makes it that much harder. But the one thing that being sick forces us to do is for us to hop off of the busy train of life and do nothing but stop and rest and take care of each other. There's nothing like the cuddles and hugs that you get and knowing that the most important things in my life are lying in my arms.
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