Waiting for spring and good-bye February

While I know there are many of you out there just waiting for me to post an update about the amazing things we have been up to these last few weeks, it is a major let down to report we've been here, the whole time, just in the house trying to get over these flippin' colds, ear infections, and flu type symptoms with multiple visits to the doctor and pharmacy.

It all started when I took Katelyn in for her 15 month check-up (the doctor was MIA for a while, but we found her, and lucky for the girls because they have latched on to her and just love her). Kelsey was starting to come down with just the touch of the flu so I had her check Kelsey out too. Katelyn had a clean bill of health, just after being in a week earlier with bronchitis and showed that had cleared. Great, so she got Kelsey on a low dose of antibiotics and off we went. That was on the 8th. And here's where everything went terribly wrong.

Work has been so crazy, busy, which is good because it's been so slow lately with no signs of picking up again in the near future. However, with being busy came an ice fishing trip with the teachers and priests, gun shows, yard work, and everything else that fills our weekends up. We've planned a trip to Mt. Charleston for over a month now, that we still haven't gotten to go and every weekend has been booked (with sickness).

Dave had to take a trip to Arizona to get docs signed on a machine and drove down and back in a day so he could be home. A week later he was laid up in bed, missed mutual and stayed home half the day from work to sleep it off. Finally on the 15 he went to the doctor and got some antibiotics. I'll spare you the additional details, but by Sunday he seemed to be doing a whole lot better. We thought for sure Katelyn would be the one to get sick again because she just couldn't leave him alone. Kelsey obeyed strict orders to stay away from dad and Sunday after church, she laid down on the couch, hardly touched her dinner and was on fire, up to 103. Which we thought was odd because she was still on the antibiotics. I just figured the fever was back because by Wednesday she seemed to be doing much better; one dose of Motrin in the morning and it broke. It was gone Thursday and then back again Friday morning.

By Thursday I started coming down with it too, no fever, just what Dave had had. I knew it was only a matter of time since I'd missed everything else all winter long, that it would knock me out and boy did it ever. Come Friday morning, Dave took the girls in and made a later appointment for me to go in. I fought him on it because I hate going to the doctor for anything but at the same time, going into the weekend it would be Monday before I could get in to see anyone. So I went, reluctantly. They gave me the same stuff they gave to Dave and by the time I got home from the pharmacy, I could tell I was only getting worse. Earlier in the week I'd made some sort of comment that I don't have time to get sick, because when I am, I'm still expected to have the house clean, cook the meals, raise the kids and be happy. He said I could let the house go and that he would try harder to help.

Dave had dinner cooking when I got home, and the rest of the weekend was pretty much a blur. He did loads upons loads of dishes, made all the meals (not one was soup & grilled cheese or mac and cheese, either), and played with the girls. Fortunately there were enough clean clothes to get by, but I think he was at his max by then. By Sunday they were still not feeling their best, so he went to teach the third hour and it was just me and the girls. I picked up and vacuumed the downstairs really quick, and then it was upstairs to tackle the toy room. And now today we've been outside enjoying the warm sunshine (sorry Micaela), playing at the park and walks and such. So it's been a long February and we're just glad it's almost over.

But here is a huge shout out to the wonderful, great guy that I married because if I was a single mom, I don't think we would have made it through the weekend without him. So while he managed to take out the whole family with whatever was going around at work, he did make it all better with all the help he gave this weekend.

Edit: It seemed that Katelyn stayed well through all of this but never fear, she's been right there with us, because she's teething again, with 3 coming in all at one time. What a trooper!!

This is on Friday after I came down from drying my hair. I put Cinderella on for Kelsey and found them like this. I guess nothing tires you out quite like a visit to the doctor!!