Did I say...

we were on the mend? Um, well yeah, that is so NOT the case. I've got what Parker had. I just finally got out of bed today. Only because I'm so stiff that it hurts to lay down. Since I'm not eating I hope the vomitting will stop and nausea that goes along with it. This just plain sucks!

On the mend?

I hope so. Parker has kept food down all day and has only had one little bathroom episode. He drank a bunch of milk, ate some yogurt and butterscotch tonight and so far so good. Let's just hope it stays that way through out the night. This has been P's little palette during the day to watch his shows. Still refuses to sit in the bean bag he got for Christmas. Grrr. Today I did clean the house pretty good. I used bleach and wiped down pretty much every hard surface within reach of the boys. Feels pretty clean now. Lets hope the germs think so too and leave. lol

Does it end?

Parker and Bill are STILL sick. Parker has decided to add diarrhea to go along with the vomitting again. He did good all day yesterday and kept everything down. We thought
he might actually be better today, but then realized he was not after he didn't touch a
bite of his pancake for breakfast. We kept him home from school...he didn't mind at all.
Then this afternoon the diarrhea kicked in and now he's in the tub from throwing up.
Trying to keep fluids in him but he wants milk. He did manage to drink about 2 sips of
Pedialyte. Of course he won't eat crackers, applesauce, or toast. Grrr. So what do you
feed a picky sick person? Any ideas? He keeps telling us he's hungry and you can't tell
him just to drink some Pedialyte or WWIII starts to break out. I've tried telling him
that crackers or toast will be good for his belly but there is no reasoning with this child
on this matter.

Cole's new look!

Our little clown! No I didn't paint his nose. lol Lookin a little rough...don't mess with me!
Just had to post this one to show that Cole can touch now. Just a few months ago he couldn't touch and his legs just dangled off the seat. Thank goodness there are seatbelts on this thing.

I've got my work cut out for me the next few days. Bill now has what I had and Parker threw up last night while Bill was reading to him. So I have to sick boys to care for. So I'm hoping by this weekend we can get this crud out of our house. It's really NOT fun, but I knew it was bound to hit everyone.

Outside!

We took advantage of the 70 degree temps this afternoon and headed outside despite me being sick. However, the body aches have been gone since I took my 3 hour nap this morning. So I was looking forward to going outside as much as the boys were. They had a blast as usual. Cole wanted to go in the backyard because Cinders was back there. He'd walk to the gate point to Cinders and say "dahg!" So we headed to the back and I got the pooper scooper duty because I sure as heck didn't want to be cleaning it off the boys' shoes. That took FOREVER! I did manage to take some pictures though. Working on my focus, bokeh, and just getting good exposure. Anyway here they are. P being the ever so silly boy. He would only give me this silly face when I asked him to look at me.
Cole loves to swing. (I'm also working on my own b/w converstions...not liking either of them by the way.)
This boy LOVES mud and dirt.
And a stumble on the patio by Coley ended our playing outside. So here we have the FIRST facial injury. Notice the goose egg on the forehead and the scraped up nose. OUCH! He only cried for like 20 seconds though. He's pretty tough.

The flu?!

I'm thinking I have the flu. Why? Well because I have every symptom and this is day 3 of feeling
like a Mack truck has run me over. I hurt and it sucks. Ibuprofen only helps to ease the pain so I can get out of bed and actually see my family for a few minutes. One minute I'm freezing and the next second I'm have a hot flash literally. Ughh I don't wish this on anyone.

5 years!

Wow! It's been 5 absolutely amazing years already. I am truly blessed to have found and "chased" (this will forever be one of our FUN disagreements) my soulmate. Baby I love you and heres to MANY, MANY more wonderful years together. Happy Anniversary!