Sickness Has Struck

I apologize for my lack of blogging, but I've been otherwise preoccupied with a stomach bug. I woke up in the middle of the night on Thursday and then it began....I will spare you the sordid details but I spent all day Thursday in bed or throwing up. Thank goodness Jordan was off work that day because there was no way I could have taken care of the kids. I don't think I have slept that much in one day since I was a teenager! Thankfully I woke up on Friday feeling slightly better, at least able to take care of the kids as Jordan went back to work.

This morning I awoke hopeful. It had been more than 48 hours since I got sick so I knew if we made it through today the rest of the crew would be fine (I was pretty confident it was a bug not food poisoning as I hadn't been eating differently from any of the rest of them). I felt slightly better again, still not really eating, but was at least able to keep long made plans with friends we never get to see. But lo and behold, after I dressed Asher and Nolan in cute outfits for our date, Asher managed to projectile vomit all over himself and poor Rio who he was sitting on (for the record she took it like a champ!). I hoped it was an unrelated incident but he did it again tonight (not on Rio thank goodness!) so looks like we have another victim. In true Asher, pillar of strength fashion, he is lethargic for about 15 minutes afterwards and then all smiles again. Makes me a bit embarrassed by how sick I was when he can cope so easily. Or better yet, makes me marvel again at his strength.

So now another 72 hour count down begins. The likelihood of Nolan being spared is not good, considering they share toys and food, but we'll keep fingers crossed. At least hoping Rio and Jordan are spared. Hand washing, laundry and wipedowns are at an all time high around here. So if you don't hear from me again for a few days, exhaustion and barfy babies are to blame...