Easter 2012

Well this Easter has been very memorable for many reasons. It is the first Easter that I can ever remember not going to church. I woke up sick with 101.1 degree fever. But let me back up our celebrations began yesterday! Yesterday Colby and Lindsay and I went to hang out with my parents for a few hours. That's usually what we do on saturdays when Austin has to work. It gets out the house and Colby loves going over there and playing with Grammy and Granddaddy. Colby's soccer class has ended and honestly I was kinda relieved to not rush off anywhere. We hung out at home then went over there about 10. Colby played a lot with my dad and Lindsay mainly slept! Me and my mom were able to visit a lot which was nice! That afternoon neither kid napped once we got home so I got started on our Easter prep of making potato salad. Once Austin got home we ate dinner then made potato salad and dyed Easter Eggs with Colby. We put Lindsay to bed in the midst since she wasn't old enough to know or remember plus she goes to bed at 7:30. We had Colby in bed by 8. He was so excited about the Easter bunny coming. This is the first year he has really been excited or understood. I love the innocence of childhood. We don't play up the Easter bunny real big and I waited to see if he would talk about it before we said anything. I tried to enforce to him the real reason for Easter but I am not sure he grasps that concept yet. Austin and I stayed up to do their Easter baskets. Well overnight I started feeling really bad. I got up like every hour. Well finally a little before 6 am I decided to take my temperature. I was pretty sure at that point we wouldn't be going to church. Well sure enough it was 101.1 which I NEVER run fever. Austin has also been really sick this week. He was diagnosed with bronchitis but I think its a really bad cold virus b/c he and I don't usually ever run fever. The kids are well so far but I really feel like its a matter of time before they catch it! Well once Colby got up we did Easter baskets with him. He was so excited about all his goodies! I hated to spoil his Easter by making him stay home. We took his temp and he didn't have a fever so we decided to send him on to church with my parents. It was a hard decision b/c I feel like he might already be carrying the germ and may spread it but its also hard to keep a "Well" child home. We thought we would be staying in all day. I told Austin he needed to stay home with me in case I got really sick and needed help with Lindsay. Well we got some rest after Colby left and we both feel better. I still feel about 50% or so but my fever has been down to 98.6 for a couple hours so I think we are gonna go over to my parents house for lunch. I will just stay away from everyone.

Well now update: So we went on to my parent's house and about the time we got there I started feeling REALLY bad. I had to spend most of the visit laying down. I ate lunch but tried to stay away from everyone. By the end of the visit my temp was back up to 99. Lindsay did well but slept most of the time. She needed a nap badly and even though people didn't get to see her I think it was best for her to get her rest especially while we have this sickness going on. The more I read about the flu I'm 90% sure that's what we have now! Colby did ok I just hate we didn't get to have as much fun with him. We hardly even hunted easter eggs. He ended up taking a nap too which we hadn't planned on but he was getting so grumpy and out of control I asked him to go upstairs and lay down with me and he did and fell asleep! Like I say I was happy they are both getting the rest they need to fight off this bug! By the time we got home Austin and I were both feeling pretty crummy and his fever is back up to 100 degrees along with mine. We are trying so hard not to spread it to Lindsay and Colby but I feel like they were probably exposed before we even knew we were sick. We are still taking precautions though. So far they both seem fine. I am really praying they don't catch it. Especially Lindsay...poor thing just had RSV 2 months ago I hate to see her battle something else serious! She has her 4 month appt tomorrow which I am glad I am hoping they will tell us if either are showing signs of the flu or maybe even test them. Anyway its been a kinda sad Easter...never what you dream of for your kids but oh well thats life and we have Jesus Christ as a much bigger hope! So we got both in the bed and I think Austin and I will be going to bed soon hopefully lots of rest will help us feel better. I can't imagine being sick all week and taking care of 2 kids!