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i haven't done much since we got home. on saturday we took down the tree and that was about it. it's amazing how long it takes to get unpacked and get Christmas presents put away. on sunday i was sick with the flu. ryan had been sick on thursday before we left so i think i got a bug from him. i slept pretty much the whole day!
monday and tuesday we were all fine until tuesday night. now's the time to stop reading if you don't like to hear about people being sick.....
samantha had a bad tummy ache, but kept reassuring me that she didn't have to throw up. so she laid on the couch for a long time. i rubbed her stomach, got her a hot water bottle, but she still kept moaning and complaining. finally at 10:30 last night she threw up. thankfully she made it from the couch to the kitchen where the floor is tiled and not carpeted! after 30 minutes of cleaning everything up, i got samantha in the tub.
bad idea. she apparently wasn't done being sick and i had to get her out of the tub 3 times. she was so exhausted that she asked me if she could fall asleep while she was sitting on the toilet, holding a bucket, with her hair full of shampoo! after i got her all bathed, dried, and dressed she was sitting in my lap throwing up again and actually fell asleep for about 5 minutes.
**side note: my new years resolution is roll with the punches, be a little more flexible, and not worry about the stupid little stuff (like vomit splattered across the kitchen floor). i tend to get worked up when things don't go the way i expected or when something unexpected happens. i love God's sense of humor because when i said roll with the punches, i didn't mean rolling out of bed the whole night!!**
so anyway, i decided to let samantha sleep in my bed with me, as i would rather clean up my bed in the middle of the night than her loft bed. ended up that was a good decision because she was up every 15-20 minutes from 11:30pm to 6:30am with diarrhea, vomiting, and dry heaves. it was like clock work. she could hardly stay awake and there were moments when she was sitting on the toilet yelling at me because she was mad at me for not letting her sleep on the potty. lol. and at about 4:30am she said something like "i'm gonna be so thin." after 6:30 this morning she was a bit better but just thirsty. she's been hanging out on the couch today attached to her water bottle like it's an IV, watching some cartoons, and sleeping on and off (sleeping in between her moments of delusion, that is. at one point i asked her if she knew who i was and she looked a me weird for a few minutes and said i was a dragon. then she started crying because she couldn't remember who i was. it was cute and sad all at the same time.).
here's to hoping ben doesn't get sick... a sick husband is worse than a sick child. lol!
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i'm sitting here looking at our living room which is still filled with presents and Christmas decorations to be put away. but i figured that could take a back seat to blogging for the moment. so that's my job to tackle for the rest of the week. then hopefully i'll get around to uploading pictures from our many Christmases and our trip to minnesota. but until then i'll leave you with this one....
2 comments:
oh samantha!!! i hope you're doing better now. take it easy and get some rest. watch lots of good cartoons and sleep a lot! love you! miss you!
oh, poor ryan in the pic. he and the other baby are the only ones who arent sticking their tongue out or being silly! i like that pic though! very cute!
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