Sick happens....

2011 hasn't been much my favorite year so far. 2010 was super HARD but we got a cute baby Daisy at the end. TOTALLY worth the whole year. 2011 has been nothing but hospital bills (for Daisy), stress, money woe's and sickies.

First Ru was sick, then the next week Maddy took her VERY BAD turn with an awful cold, then pink eye and ear infections. She stayed home all week but by the middle of it she was well enough to follow me around being bored. Then Max got sick last Sunday and is suffering through while going to work still. He's a VERY tough cookie---until he gets home...then he's useless. <:Bless his Heart:> THEN, yesterday Ruby got sick AGAIN! With a temp of 102.3 in the night. While I was up in the night with Ru, Daisy woke up with the most pitiful snoggy nose you've ever met. Max then worried and worried that she's got RSV. She'll be fine. In fact, as soon as she gets over the pitifulness of me getting her boogers out, she's all smiles.

I am not sick *yet* but just tired tired tired. I've not been sleeping much for the past 3 days. Daisy is still in out room and usually sleeps GREAT, but this week (probably cause she's been fighting the germs) she has been waking up lots. I just give her a Binky and she goes right back to sleep. I, on the other hand, do not. I lay awake and wonder about stuff. We are suppose to be blessing the Daisy this Sunday but I don't think it's going to happen. I'm too busy with germs and my eyeballs not cooperating at night, maybe we'll bless her next week. We should do it soon since her dress might not fit her for much longer.

So that's what's been a happening in these parts. The end I'm going to have a nap.

Update: Sunday Feburary 6th PM I'm SICK. Monday Feb 7th Maddy's sick again. The end.

November 5th thankfulness

I was too busy partying with my friend, Jeanne, (who is about 3 days from having baby #6) last night to blog about my blessings.

So, yesterday, I was thankful That Ruby was feeling better and her fever was gone. I was also thankful for the nap she took which gave me a break to shower and clean the kitchen before Maddy and Max got home. You see, Ruby was feeling better, so she wanting to play A LOT and read books and color and do crafts and have snacks and even have me watch TV with her -a lot- along with all sorts of other fun stuff. I was happy doing all of that with her. I was also happy she napped.

Yesterday, I was thankful Ruby was feeling better.

Scout Blue and Gold Banquet...

Last night was the Blue and Gold Banquet for the Scouts. Mr Smith is the Webelos (age 10) scout leader and so we were all invited. Except for poor Ru had a fever of 102 and a gnarly cough and was feeling just poor and pitiful. Her and I stayed home with all the germs.

I haven't been to a Scout banquet since I was little and was sort of looking forward to it. They have a cake auction to raise money for the Scouting program, the cakes are made by each Scout aged boy (or their mom) and auctioned off to the highest bidder. This is the cake Elasta Girl bid on. She picked it because it looked like it had LOTS of frosting on it. I don't know where she gets her frosting obsession from...

Here it is again about 30 minutes after her and Mr Smith got home.

Oh relax, Mr Smith and Elasta Girl each had a SMALL piece and then we gave a chunk to our neighbor friend who is without his family this weekend.

This is pretty much what little Ru did while Mr Smith and Elasta Girl were away.

I had given her some prescription cough and congestion medicine and apparently it made her sleepy. "Sleeping" isn't really the best description for what she was doing. She was OUT. This is how I found her 10 minutes after I got off the couch.

I fixed her all comfy like and don't really think she noticed. She's much better today...