{ sick }

Ear infections, runny noses, fevers, coughs, croup, vomiting. We've had them all in our house in the last few weeks.

It started the first week of December when we took Stella in because she had woken up screaming a few times one night. Turned out she had a really bad ear infection. And because Oliver was with me in the office, I had the doctor check his ears. He had one too.....either it wasn't bothering him or he is really tough!

After finishing antibiotics last week on Monday, we thought we were good to go until the next day when Stella's runny nose and cough that had cleared, returned.

Oh, and Oliver threw up before eating breakfast while sitting in his highchair. We thought it was an isolated incident because he was his normal self all day until right before putting him in his crib when he threw up all over me.......twice. Ugh.

The next morning Stella woke around 5:00am and while rocking her to try to get her some more sleep, I noticed her breathing was very labored and she was wheezing. Her temp was 102+. Becoming worried, we took her to the ER since no urgent care or doctor's office was open. After an oral steroid and 2.5 hours of sitting in the ER, we headed home with a diagnosis of croup.

What kid doesn't take advantage of sitting on the couch, with a snack, watching a video? This one.

It lasted about 2 minutes and then she was off.

We knew it wouldn't be long until Oliver got the same virus and we were right. Over the weekend it seemed to get the best of him. Fever, runny nose, cough. And then vomiting again last night in his crib.

He woke this morning at 4:40 and wasn't able to go back to sleep on his own. Here's to hoping this week gets better from here and I am able to stay clear of this bug which seems to possibly be creeping into my system......or maybe it's just the lack of sleep!

We're not dreaming of a white Christmas, just a healthy one!