There's only one left...Brad

The last week has been another week of sickness in our house & this time it wasn't just Jason. On Friday night, Jason didn't want to eat supper & so I took him away from the table. We were sitting on the couch when he gave the fearful cough so I stood up & then out it came. We saw everything he had to eat that day at Grandma & Papa's. Again I went & sat in the tub with him until we were sure it was all done, then cleaned it up & gave him a bath. About 45 minutes after he was down we were back in his room cleaning him up and his crib. Poor little guy was half asleep & throwing up.

On Monday when I picked Sydney up at Grandma & Papa's, I found her lying on the couch. She had been there all afternoon- very unlike her. She said her tummy was upset, so we brought a bag just in case. She was fine all the way home & while we picked Jason up at daycare, but once we got home she threw up all over herself & of course the car seat. So I had her crying because she was a mess & Jason crying because I was paying too much attention to her. After she had her shower she informed me that "I feel much better after I puked" and informed her dad of the same when he got home. We kept her home from daycare on Tuesday to play it safe & she was running out the bottom end as fast as she had been coming out the top end, so it was probably a good idea.

To manage the day, Brad worked from home in the morning & I worked from home in the afternoon. But by 3:30pm I was hugging the porcelain bowl myself & preceded to do the same for the next 3 hours. The worst part of it all was that I had to go to Quebec City yesterday to testify in a case (not against us). I was not too impressed to be going in the first place, but to have to go when I was not in control of the fluids in my body made it even worse. Add even more displeasure was that my ride to the airport was picking me up at 5:30am- meaning a 4:30am wake-up call. Wednesday was a very long day, but I was thankful it was not longer. The snow was really coming down in Quebec & the flight scheduled for 7pm was delayed- so I was praying that the same fate would not fall to my 5:40pm flight! But, flight was only a little late (to de-ice the plane), my ride was waiting for me, & I was home to my couch by 8:30pm. This morning Jason was up much too early for my liking, so I brought him into our room & he looked at books while I huddled underneath the covers behind him. He was reading aloud to himself & sounded so cute that I assumed he must look cute too, so I asked Brad to grab the camera & here is the result- very cute.


I asked Brad if the kids seemed to miss me & the answer was actually "no". Again one of those answers that you are only sort of happy to hear. However, it seemed that this morning they were making up for the fact that they were OK without me last night. Sydney was a grumpy girl who hardly smiled all morning- so she had her first nap in a long time. Jason would not let me out of his sight for a moment all morning, but thankfully was much better this afternoon. Presumably he trusted that I was staying. But our little boy has caught yet another bug. It appears that although he was puking on Friday, he has now caught part of what Sydney had & he had multiple stinky, watery diapers today.

Please let this be the end of it!!! Brad seems to have escaped this last round & I hope that fate continues!

This was our picnic snack today- once both kids were happy. Sydney picked out her clothes today & is wearing as much yellow as possible.

This was Sydney on Sunday at Sunday school. I taught the class for the first time. Teaching a bunch of 3 & 4 year olds is a little chaotic. You will note that again she is wearing yellow.