normalcy!

The twins are sick with a NASTY cold that I want to punch in the face. Kaleiah started having a runny nose last Saturday, Sunday she was totally stuffed up and her nose was running like a faucet (and all the days following) and by Monday she was a complete, miserable MESS. Did nothing but cry and cough (the cough was HORRIBLE. Non stop and I could tell her throat was so sore from it) all day for the next2 days AND nights straight. Of course she couldn't find comfort in ANYTHING except my arms all.day.long which sure, I love, BUT when you have another 2 yr who needs tending to and to be cared for (not to mention housework, laundry, cooking) it was pretty sucky. She would turn into a sobbing mess if I even tried to set her down which would then make her nose run even more and when I wiped it all the skin around her nose and lip would get even more raw. It was a sad, vicious cycle. And on no sleep... goodness gracious. She of course was sleeping like total crap as well which made her all the more fussy and bad feeling during the day. This went on for 5 days.My sweet husband would stay as late as he could in the mornings and come home an hour earlier just to help. He also took over at night bc he knows am pretty much a miserable human being to be around on no sleep. Sleep equals, rejuvenation and patience for me throughout the day and I love that my husband knows and appreciates that. He on the hand can sleep anywhere, anytime so he prefers to help out at night (and well, bc he's gone all day. That's only fair right?) :)
So, just as things started looking up and settling down for Kaleiah, Kaden got a runny nose and I thought...oh no...here we go again. So based on the above you can gather what the past 3 days with him have been like. It's been ROUGH to say the least. But I think Kaden should be better in another day or 2. Kaleiah still has a cough but is feeling MUCH better. I praise God that it's not worse bc I know it could ALWAYS be worse!

On to the main point of this post, today was the first real days out of the house in 7 days!!! I almost went crazy having to stay stuck inside w/ TWO sick 2 year olds (and so did they). Each day I took them out for 30 in to get some vitamin D via the sunshine and some fresh air!! It made all of us feel a little better. But today was hubby's day off and we decided to go spend as much time as we could outside and get a change of scenery besides out back. Off to our fav outdoor shopping mall. Both seemed to be feeling a little better this morning so we decided to take our chances. They held up GREAT, napped before and after we got there, and only somewhat melted down a few times :) I was so proud of them bc I know when you're sick and feel miserable you just don't have the energy to do anything but they had fun and we could totally tell that being out and about was doing them good! It's amazing what getting dressed and getting some fresh air can do for you (or maybe that's just ME) :) We had delicious chipotle for lunch (we being me and the hubs as the babies have wanted nothing to do with food for 5 days due to their sickness), we went to the pet store and pet cute puppies, we fed some birdies during lunch, we browsed and played in Target and then we rode the carousel! Kaden only smiled 2 times the whole time, once on the ride and once at a cute puppy. It melted my heart, I have missed his smile this week :( Kaleiah was smiling a lot more than she has in the past week too which also warms my heart! Today was so needed and even though it was pretty ordinary it was a sense of normalcy that we've been missing! Hoping and praying health is restored in our little family ASAP!
side note- my lil point and shoot is working again, yay






















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