As I mentioned in my last post I boarded a plane to Green Bay on Sunday night. I had a presentation in Green Bay on Monday and some appointments in the UP of Michigan Monday afternoon and Tuesday, which would bring me home by 7pm on Tuesday night.
All went really well with the presentation on Monday--it went better than I thought. That's about when the fun ended. I got a text from Luke asking me to call him......I knew that wasn't good news. Nora had been sent home with a fever! :( Poor baby girl. Thankfully Luke was working from home and could get her and get her in to the Dr. It was just virus--no ear infection and everything else sounded/looked good. She just needed some rest/TLC and time at home. I felt so bad I couldn't be there for her.
My mom came up on Tuesday to spend the day with her, as she still wasn't 100% and she couldn't go back to daycare until Wednesday and Luke had an appointment that day. She didn't want to rock with my mom and so she took her blankie and curled up on the landing of her stairs and took a nap there! My mom took this picture and sent it to me.....of course it had me in tears! I knew she was ok, but I felt so bad I couldn't be there for her.
My partner, Alli, and I traveled through Menonomee, MI, Escanaba, Munising and we stayed in Marquette, MI. It was a beautiful trip and it reminded me much of the N Shore of MN on Lake Superior. It was fun to be on Lake Superior in a different spot. Our favorite place was Munising--there was a really neat park with cliffs and then some falls, so we stopped and hiked up (in our suits and heels) to the falls.
When I got home Tuesday night I would have never have known she had a fever or wasn't feeling well. Both kids were running around, full of energy and it was so good to be home!
Of course this makes me so guilty.....while my baby girl is sick I'm out enjoying these falls. :( I would have much rather been with her!!
I got home Tuesday at 7pm and Luke left Wednesday morning at 4:30am--2 ships passing in the night..all month long! :( I was working from home and got a call around noon that now Bishop has the fever. I'm so glad I could be home to be with him. I picked him up and he took it easy all afternoon--naps/movies/etc. He was feeling better by Wednesday night and since Luke was gone I took the kids down to the bandshell for ice cream and a trolley ride.
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| Waiting for the trolley |
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| Riding the trolley! |
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| Checking out the sites |
At midnight I heard Bishop trying to get out of his room--he was shaking his door--so I ran over to find out he was about to get sick! :( Poor guy got sick, but he made it to the toilet (that helped A LOT)! I felt so bad--he was scared and didn't feel good....and of course Nora woke up so she was screaming. I took care of B, got him situated and then went to Nora. Bishop and Nora are VERY close and they both care and worry about each other so very much. It is very sweet. Nora did not like it that Bishop was sick and she did not want to be in her crib by herself, especially after learning that Bishop would be sleeping in my bed with me for the rest of the night. Needless to say--we were all up for a few hours in the middle of the night and we all slept in my bed together.....and both kids were awake earlier than normal the next morning. I figure he got sick from the ibuprofen I gave him before bed on an empty tummy. :( Guilty feeling mom--I learned my lesson the hard way! Sorry, bud!
Since Bishop hadn't been fever free for 24 hours, he was going to stay home with me on Thursday too. I had some work to do, but figured it would be ok, as Bishop can be entertained with some movies/tv or other things while I worked. Well.....by 9:15 I had received 2 calls from daycare that Nora had bit 2 friends in her class. I honestly wasn't that surprised as I knew she'd be super tired and she knew Bishop would be home with me and she wouldn't like that. I was in tears when I picked her up--I felt so bad for her friends--one friend (her best friend) she bit in the face and broke the skin. I felt bad for him, for Nora for not feeling good/sleeping well, etc and for myself a little as I was super tired/emotional and overwhelmed. Well........the worst was behind us and I had a great time with the kids the rest of the day. I made them their own water day, as I was on a conference call for work--we played had lunch and they both took really long naps (they obviously needed them)!
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| The kids loved the trolley ride they asked to go again--2 nights in a row! FUN! |
The good news is--they are both back at daycare today and Grandpa and Grandma will be picking them up and bringing them to Cold Spring so Luke and I can go to a concert at the State Fair tonight! Woo Hoo! :) We need a night out after a week like this (although I do miss the kids already)! :(
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