crazy weeks are exhausting!

this last week has felt like the one that would never end, and just one thing after another! we had a great beginning, then a quite miserable middle, and a not fun end. :( 

starting with the fun stuff, i will tell you how much fun Connor had at the park and library last Friday! we did a playdate with a friend from the ward and had BEAUTIFUL weather ( high 70's!!!) so we walked down to the park and played. like the silly boy he is, he enjoyed throwing sand, climbing up slides backwards, and soaking up the warm sunshine! we playing until the kids started to feel a bit warmer than we wanted, and then we went into the library to return books and find some new ones. and of course to play in the kids area!!! that's the best part of the library! Connnor had a fun time reading books, playing with puzzles, and pushing around a shopping cart. he pushed it backwards of course, and ran up and down the book aisles and loudly screamed as i attempted to grab him... he thought it was a super fun game. i didn't quite agree with him on that!

he loves swings!

he wanted to take his shoes off and mommy said "NO!"

he fell asleep on the walk back home and slept like a log!

 Now for the miserable part of the week...

 On Sunday morning we were just waking up for church about 7, and Connor came into our room and climbed up on our bed. he felt warm and i wondered what had woken him up, but then he answered my question by promptly vomiting all over us and the bed. i checked his room to find out that he had thrown up in there before he came into our room... by the time we got him, us, and both beds cleaned up he was getting sick all over again. for the next two hours it was about every 15 minutes. the poor guy had no clue what was happening and daddy had to hold him still to avoid the carpet...it was exhausting and miserable for poor Connor! needless to say, we didn't go to church. he spent the entire day sick, and then added severe diarrhea to it.  we felt so bad for him that he got to sleep in our bed that night. he just wanted his Daddy!

 

 On Monday he seemed to be feeling much better, and i was so happy about it! but then he got a stuffy nose and started coughing alot. and when Caleb came home from work, it was obvious he was NOT feeling well... then HE got sick too and kept it up all night. :( i slept in Connor's room with him and Connor was up all night too coughing and coughing and crying. i was exhausted and ended up waking up at 3 and not being able to sleep again after a horrible asthma attack. When morning rolled around Caleb was feeling quite a bit better, but he slept pretty much all day. Connor joined him on nearly every nap and was burning up with a fever! i was trying my hardest to make them both feel better, and praying i wouldn't catch the miserable bug!  i was hopeful to see an improvement on Connor, but by the evening, he looked horrible and i really started to worry... i decided he just needed fluids, a lukewarm bath, and to be able to kick the horrible fever he had had for days!

But once again, he hardly slept and was up all night coughing and crying "mama, mama". it broke my heart to see him so miserable! i was so worried about him i hardly slept, and decided that i would be calling his doctor first thing in the morning to get him in to be seen. my mommy gut feeling was saying something was wrong that i couldn't fix with time, and i should just take him in, and i'm so glad i did! at the appointment they tested him for flu and it was negative, which i was quite glad about since he had just gotten a flue shot a few weeks before, but said he had a double ear infection going on. :( he hates the taste of his antibiotics, but i am making sure he gets it in because we need our little man to feel better! he has started eating again since he started the medicine, and will drink a bit of water. but his medicine makes him have diarrhea, so we were told to give him popsicles and pedialyte to try to keep him hydrated as much as possible! i can say he is quite enjoying the popsicles!

 

I have been spending the last two days trying to catch up on all the packing i got behind on while my boys were sick. we move in one week! i'm getting a bit stressed about it, but Caleb tells me to calm down. he just doesn't want me to over-do it, which i appreciate. i will probably not be blogging again until we are settled into our new place! it's bittersweet for me that we are moving. i wish we were moving home to Idaho, so i had a rough day yesterday and didn't want any reminders of how far away we are from family. this little girl makes me incredibly emotional and tears are the answer to anything, so i spent the majority of the day crying my eyes out while Connor threw fits. sometimes being a mom is overwhelming, but i try to remind myself how worth it it is! hopefully after we get moved life will calm down a bit and i will be able to find the time to do fun things and blog about things much more interesting :). much love to you all! we will be back in a few weeks to update!