Saturday, January 10, 2009

Back to the land of the living

Oh, we got hit hard with the stomach virus this week! It started with Eli on Tuesday night. He woke up about 12:30am whining a little. Now, we had several nights of this in a row and decided enough was enough. So, we let him whine. After awhile, Jason ventured into little pea's room to discover he had puked EVERYWHERE. Ohmygosh. It was disgusting. And, the smell...oh my...the smell was atrocious. It hit me like a brick before I even went into his room. There was puke on the wall, the floor, all over the crib, his bedding, and of course, all over Eli. Now, let me tell you, I felt like the WORST mom in the entire world letting him sit in puke when I just thought he was being a whineypants. Sigh...but, as we cleaned everything up, Eli was acting as normal as could be. It was the strangest thing. Jason stayed home with him Wednesday and he was back at the sitter's on Thursday. Does this look like a kid who had been throwing up all day?


I get a call at work on Thursday around 1:30pm from Jason. He's got it and going home. I don't think he left the couch until the next morning.

I woke up Friday around 4:30am. My turn. I did not get out of bed until 4pm and then I laid on the couch the rest of the night. How is it that Eli had the same level of energy through all of this and Jason and I were completely knocked out for 24 hours???

On to Saturday morning, I think we are all finally feeling alive again! Phew!

So, as we prepared for the day, Jason was getting pea dressed and went through 3 pairs of pants and 3 shirts before finding something that fit him. Sheeze! I swear all of these clothes fit him yesterday! So, we decided to go through his dresser as a good lowkey activity for the morning. Here is what we cleaned out.

He is growing way to fast! And, some of these things he only wore a few times. From now on, he is wearing one outfit until he grows out of it (which will be about a week.). ;)

3 comments:

Danny and Brittney said...

Welcome to mother hood Steph. THere is nothing like those middle of the night puke fests. Though I am a nurse, I too can't stomach the sour smell.

Eli looks about 4 years old in his pics. Are you sure they aren't feeding him miracle grow when you aren't looking? He is still as cute as a button. I am glad you are all feeling well again

Bobbi said...

OH, sorry you and Jason got so sick. Hope you stay feeling better!!

Don't feel bad about leaving him in his room. It happens to all of us, trust me!!

He is growing way fast. Maybe you should bring those clothes with you....I think he is bigger than Reese!!!

Susie said...

I'm glad you're all feeling better. There's a 3-4 day version of that stomach bug going around in OKC--I'm just waiting to catch it and praying I don't!

Isn't the cleaning out of the dresser/closet a melancholy thing to do? It's so great to get to buy new stuff (ha ha!), but sad that they grow up so stinkin' fast. I'm convinced it's why people have more than one kid! hee hee