Rotavirus is the new curse word at our house! If you say it you immediately have to wash your mouth out with soap! OK, not really, but we never want to hear that word ever again! Poor Ivy Jane got sick on Sunday, February 19th, and was VERY sick for 4 days. Vomiting for 24 hours and then diarrhea every 2 hours for 3 days...yuck! Thank goodness she stayed hydrated...the pediatrician said she MIGHT have to be admitted for IV fluids but we dodged the bullet! And, praise the Lord, Georgia stayed well through it all! Shelby had a huge presentation at work & could not afford to get sick so I was Ivy Jane's caretaker. After several sleepless nights my parents came to help out on that Wednesday. Ivy Jane was still really sick, but 24 hours of Paw Paw & Grandma did the trick. By the time they were leaving Thursday afternoon she was TONS better!
Skip forward a couple of days & Rotavirus struck again! My mom & I both came down with it Saturday night. I have not been that sick in a VERY LONG TIME! It took me several days to finally get over all of the symptoms. Thank goodness Shelby was able to stay home on Monday. He took care of the girls all day on Sunday & Monday. He is a SUPER DADDY! (I told him I'd have to fire him though if he was my housekeeper!) He took Friday off, said he thought we all needed and deserved a break & we went to Mimi & Granby's house for the weekend. The girls LOVE going to their home & we always get at least one date night out of our trips! Friday we actually got to go to a movie AND out to dinner! We realized that it was the first movie we had been to since Georgia Claire was born! We were DUE!
The weather was beautiful on Saturday so we took a walk to the neighborhood park...it has a playground & a pond with ducks that the girls LOVE! They both started out in the wagon, but Georgia has decided she likes to pull it, a lot of times with Ivy Jane in it! This time, however, Ivy Jane wanted to walk, too!
Georgia LOVED playing, although it was a tad bit cold.
Walking home...tired, cold & hungry!
After Mimi's delicious supper the girls read a few books with her...
And played with Jules (Heather's fiance). Georgia LOVES JULES! She was playing with the Fisher Price little people and pulled out one with dark skin & a little bit of dark hair & she exclaimed, "A Jules People!" How right she was! Julian's family is from the Philippines & he has BEAUTIFUL dark skin that Georgia has obviously noticed. I think that was a pretty good observation for her little 2 1/2 year old self! We all just laughed & laughed when she said it. We had to get a picture of Julian, Georgia & the Jules People!
Do you think she loves him or what?! She wanted to sit right beside him & had her hand on his shoulder for a long time...
After church on Sunday with Mimi & Granby & a yummy lunch we hit the road with two sleepy girls.
Can you say EXHAUSTED?!
We had a great time! Thanks Mimi & Granby for the WONDERFUL weekend!
Oh Becky! That is the worst! I am so glad you guys are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right- you guys were due a movie! I don't think it really hit me until that sentence with how much work two babies must be. You deserve a gold medal!