January

We have had a fairly mild January. We did come back to snow after our return from Kansas last Tuesday, but that went away quickly. Today the thermometer said 49 degrees, so I got the boys dressed and out we went to explore. Boots were a must as were mittens as it was a little chilly, we ended up finding a stream and playing in it, warning them if they fell or touched the water their hands would be cold. We went under large trees, and over small trees and rocks, and eventually 2 out of 3 tripped and ended up with some parts in the water and were cold. So we headed back in, but it was a good adventure. Everyone had fun going "side" as Eli calls it.

Since we got back from Kansas on Tuesday, we were just starting to get back into the swing of things when disaster struck. I started with nausea on Thursday, but thought it was just pregnancy nausea (yes for those of you who are not connected to Joe on Facebook, we are 12 weeks pregnant and due the end of July), but by the evening I knew I was in trouble and kept telling Joe I wanted to puke. He didn't think much of it and went to bed, as did I, until I woke up at 1 am with vomiting, followed by the other end, and it lasted for 24 hrs exactly. Thinking maybe it was food poisoning as no one else had any problems, but that all changed Saturday evening as Eli started to get fussy. Joe went up and gave him his pacey and rocked him to sleep, he was out shortly there after, and about 15-20 mins later he is screaming again. Joe says just let him cry it out. I look in the video monitor (a must really) and see this puddle in his bed which I don't remember before. I run upstairs and he had puked (red from strawberries) and it was in his hair, ear, hands, everywhere. No wonder he was screaming. So Joe and I tag teamed the clean up with a bath and laundry duty. But Eli went right back to sleep and had no problems. He was a little fussy Sunday am, so I decided to not go to church in case the others came down with it. Good thing as in the early afternoon, Luke started and ended up vomiting twice. Then he was done. Monday saw everyone laying low, watching movies, not too active, but by evening everyone seemed back to their old self. Thinking we are out of the woods as 3/5 had it and we should be done. Joe wakes me up from a dead sleep last night around 1130 saying he has been vomiting. I reassure him, "I only vomited once, so you are probably done" and we both lay back down. Within about 30 minutes he is up again in the bathroom, where he stayed most of the night. He ended up losing 8 lbs in 24 hrs, luckily everything stopped about 7 am. He stayed quaranteed in the bedroom for the morning, ran to court real quick, and back to the bedroom. The house was lysoled again at 6 am today and hoping the last child, Graham, doesn't get it, so far his immunity is great. So we are looking forward to a healthy weekend and being done with the GI bug. If anyone is interested we are willing to share it for a low cost!!!!!!!!!!!