IT ALL STARTED SUNDAY NIGHT...

It was almost bedtime for the kiddies and Alex started looking lethargic and like he was going to pass out. Then he got sick a few times. I thought maybe it was the heat so, I zoomed around, shut the windows and turned the a.c. on. The next morning he woke up and he was fine. Then, last night after I put him to bed, he was banging on his door minutes later because he had gotten sick.......alot........So, I had to strip him and his bed and put new clothes and new sheets on. Then, around 3am, Nicky woke up crying and he was burning hot.......He wouldn't go back to sleep. I took him in bed with me but he still wasn't falling asleep. So, I stumbled, blurry-eyed, down the stairs and got the tylenol. Nicky hates tylenol. You have to mix it with a small amount of water and give him a straw to drink it. This is no fun at 3am. We went back upstairs and laid in bed. Nicky fell asleep about 20 minutes later, but for some reason I couldn't go back to sleep until around 5am. Then my mom called at 6am........for no reason.........thanks mom! lol. So, I guess our plans to go to Storybook Land and to sleep at mom-mom and pop-pop's have been canceled. Alex seems fine now and Nicky's fever has gone down, but I don't want to drag them around if I don't have to. They need fluids and rest. So........maybe we'll go Monday or Tuesday when daddy has off. Well, Nicky is napping now so I'm going to go drink my best friend......ie- coffee. I should also clean up as much as possible now before he wakes up because he's pretty clingy. So...I'll keep you all update. Sorry- no time for pictures.
I'M SO SICK OF VIRUSES, INFECTIONS, FEVERS, THROWING UP, SNOTTY NOSES, EAR ACHES, SORE THROATS, COUGHING, AND LAUNDRY!!!

DEJA VU

It's Sunday and we should be in church, but Matt and I still haven't decided on one. Matt wants the kids to go to Catholic church. I, however, am not Catholic and want to take them to Christian church. I've yet to find a church that has a family room that we can all listen from just in case the kids don't want to go with all the other kids. Unfortunately though, Emily and Alex are sick and we wouldn't be going anywhere anyway. That's why I say deja vu- it feels like they just got done being sick.  Alex has a cough, sore throat, fever and he got sick once this morning, but that may have been due to milk overload, because he woke up at 1am and wanted NOTHING else. I felt it was better to give him the little bit of milk he wanted so he would get his rest afterwards as opposed to getting himself all worked up and not going back to sleep if I gave him water. So, he got sick this morning and now Emily has started complaining of sore throat and headaches. She's not really eating, but she doesn't have a fever and she's currently running around. Nicky is currenlty germ free. I feel like I may be getting something, which is inevitable. How can I not hug and kiss my poor, sweet, sick little babies when they need it the most? I don't go out of my way to get sick and I'm not reckless, but it usually doesn't work. But I will tell you that is 100 times harder to take care of sick kids when you feel awful yourself. UGH.  :(  Anyway, for those of you that don't know, I had to cancel my eye dr appointment on Friday because of Alex. It is rescheduled for Monday at 2:30pm. I hope when the doctor looks she has nothing but good things to say, because I really don't feel like her doing anymore of ANYTHING under there. lol. Emily and Alex also have another dentist appointment scheduled for next week, but I think I'm going to reschedule that. They just went last week, they're sick, and I still have to get Emily's Easter dress and shoes, Alex's outfit, and shoes for both the boys. I also have to get their Easter baskets put together. I love, love, love doing their Easter basket. I think I'll be getting the majority of the stuff from Walgreens and Walmart. I love each of (non-candy) selections for Easter basket stuff. I also like to get them each a matching shirt usually from Target. The boys usually get the same shirt and Emily gets a similar one in a girl color. We also have to do our Easter egg dying. Our neighbor gave us some regular Easter egg dye, but I was trying to find something different this year. something more exciting....Well, Emily and Alex just came over and want to sit on my lap. I also have to get Nicky down for a nap, unload the dishwasher, and finish the laundry, so I must go...........wish it was nice out.......