What a Month!

So it has been a while....The last two weeks have truly been some of the most difficult times in my life. But I guess I should start from the beginning. Warning this is going to be a long post!

After I took the kids to the doctors on Wednesday I decided that it would be a good idea to put the kids back in daycare on Friday and treat myself to a pedicure. Then I still had a little time so I figured maybe I should do a little shopping....then Daycare called and told me Elizabeth was running a small fever and just wasn't acting like herself. I should probably mention that my daughter loves, I mean LOVES daycare/school. She never has had a problem with me leaving her there and sometimes gets upset when it is time to go home. When I got there I could hear Elizabeth crying and she looked awful, I thought great another virus but at least she will have all weekend to get better. I decided to stop by the doctors office on the way home just to get her checked out, they told me it was strep. The doctor also told me not to really worry if her fever got to high that she would be OK just keep giving her Motrin/Tylenol and get her an antibiotic and by Monday she should be as good as new. Sounded great.....

Friday night around 11pm her fever hit 105.3. I called the doctors services and they told me not to worry that I should just watch her but if it hit that high again to bring her in the next morning. I of course panicked and call my husbands best friend Scott who only lives an hour away and had him and his nurse girlfriend Carlee come stay the night just in case. Thankfully the fever didn't come back that night and Elizabeth woke up and wanted to play with Mr. Scott. She was fine the whole morning, no fever and very playful. That afternoon was another subject, her fever spiked again and she just wanted to lie down and watch cartoons. I panicked again and called my in laws to come get Jace so I could focus on Elizabeth, which they gladly did. Saturday night her fever hit 105 again around 4:30am so I decided that we would go back to the doctors office in the morning. This is when it gets really scary as we were getting ready to leave for the doctors office she spit up blood, and then completely refused to drink any liquids.

She was put in the hospital Sunday afternoon and stayed until Wednesday night. They still aren't sure what exactly she had but think she had strep along with a viral infection. Yes they ran a million test on my poor baby but everything came back negative. My Mom came up Monday night to help out which I desperately needed. Trying to take care of a sick child who only wants to be held is very hard to do by yourself, plus I didn't sleep for the whole time she was sick. By Thursday she was back to her old self like nothing had happened and loving all the attention she was getting.

Friday, I noticed that my throat was starting to hurt. I thought it was because of the stress of the whole situation but by Saturday morning I knew that I had caught the viral infection. I spent Saturday morning in the ER getting my strep, double pink eye, viral infection diagnoses. Needless to say I didn't feel good and my Mom had already been here for a week and definitely could not take off anymore time from work. She left on Monday and my mother in law came up on Tuesday. I am know a week later back to my old self and hoping and praying Jace doesn't get this nasty infection.

Thanks to everyone who helped out taking care of me and the kiddos! Here are some pictures before the germs hit!

I Can't Comprend...

On Thursday I helped out at the kiddos school, it was picture day and I was watching all the kids in the hall while they waited to get their pictures taken. The school has a pre-school program as well as a 2 and 3 year old program plus it has a drop off facility for kids 4 months and up. I have been using this center since Elizabeth was nine months old and Jace has been going since he was five months old. I love all the teachers and the staff who have really grown to love my kids. It truly is a wonderful place for military families most of whose husbands are deployed or training.

OK back to the story. There was one little girl who had to wait an especially long time because there was a family of three before her. I won't give her name but she was the cutest little 15 month old I have seen. She was very smiley and happy and I got to play with her for about 25 minutes. This is were the story gets bad....she died the next morning. They suspect it was viral meningitis. The Dad checked on his beautiful little girl before he left for work that morning around 6am, at 8am the Mother went into wake up her darling and she wasn't responsive. It turns my stomach to think about that Mom walking into that nursery and finding her daughter. I can't begin to imagine the pain and torture that poor family is going through. So please if you can find a minute in your day today, say a little prayer for that family. There is definitely another Angel in Heaven today.

*I took both kids to see the Doctor this morning and both are fine*

The Priss and the Haircut

So anyone who knows me knows that I have the straightest hair there is and my lovely daughter has extremely curly hair. Needless to say I have know clue what to do with it, so I decided it was looking a little rough lately and she needed to get it cut. Cutting her hair would not be an easy task for anyone, she has some of the worst ca licks ever that add to the fact I can't do her hair. So anyway, I took her for her first hair cut not knowing exactly how she would react, especially at her age it could have gone either way..Thankfully my daughter is as prissy as they come and loved every minute of looking at herself in the mirror and getting her hair "pretty", as she called it. Here are some pictures of the results. Much better!