Davids Family Visit & Oh The Sickness

The business continued at our house. We were excited for Dan's parents to arrive last Friday for their visit. Dan and Grandma picked up the kids from daycare and I brought home some KFC for everyone and a few bottles of wine. The kids were having fun and we did Christmas with them that night. Dan's parents decided to wait on their gifts since they were coming here, less shipping costs and then they got to enjoy seeing the kids open their presents. Junior got a huge Tonka truck that he loved and Katelynn got the DVD The Wizard Of Oz with a figurine of Dorothy and some ruby red shoes to wear.
Saturday -
Saturday morning Dan cooked us up a big breakfast. I then had to run off to deal with some HOA business. The town is still battling over the manufactured homes issue and trying to pass it. They set up a tour of the company in town here that builds manufactured homes and then had a Planning Commission Board meeting that I again voiced my opinion on them not approving them until the town can show that they will enforce the codes that are in place. We did win the vote 4 -3 this time so we will see what the Town Board does this time; I am really over dealing with some of this stuff! Dan hung out with his Dad and some neighbors and they grilled up some dear meat they brought while Grandma watched the kiddos. We just bummed around the rest of the day and didn't do much of anything. Junior started to not feel very well on Saturday as well, we figured that one or both of the kids would eventually catch our colds.
Sunday -
The men went off to do some work in the morning and the women (plus Junior) went shopping for birthday decorations and groceries to get out of the house. Junior was still not feeling really up to par and really started going down hill by the end of the day.
Monday -
Katelynn went to preschool and Junior stayed home with Grandma. I went to work in the morning to get a few appointments out of the way and meet with some developers on one of my projects because I knew it would be another month before I would be able to reschedule the meeting and my boss was also at home with a sick child and wasn't able to attend. I headed home after the meeting and picked up Katelynn and swapped the kids. Junior and I went to Urgent Care and Katelynn stayed with Grandma to make a few batches of Chili for Dan to freeze (she does this at each visit, Dan loves his mamma's Chili, I never try to make it because of that!). I had already figured that Junior was getting RSV again and had decided on Monday morning that I would take him to Urgent Care instead of to his regular doctor after the nightmare that happened last time of taking him in 3 days in a row until he was finally admitted to the hospital. We got to Urgent Care in Loveland and it wasn't busy and got in right away and sure enough they listened to him and then tested him for both RSV and the flu and he tested positive for RSV, again. They gave him some nebulizer treatments and we ended up being there for about 4 1/2 hours just hanging out to see if they could get his temperature down and if the treatments would help. His temp did eventually go down and we finally got a glimpse of my happy little boy. They sent us home with strict instructions on suctioning out his nose and some drugs for his ears. The men went hunting on Monday and got home later that night with a ton of birds, chucker or chuggers and whatever else they were hunting ? They had a great time and it was good for Dan to have that time with his Dad.
Tuesday -
I stayed home from work on Tuesday with Dan's mom and Junior and Katelynn was off to daycare and preschool. Junior wasn't getting better, but wasn't getting worse and was able to sleep well. We had a follow-up appointment that morning with his regular doctor. The receptionist asked me right away how we ended up at Urgent Care instead of their office, I just said I came home from work and took him right to Urgent Care - I didn't lie, just didn't tell them that it was because I didn't want to take him there. We did get seen by the head doctor that morning which made me happy and he said to just keep watching him and that his ears were getting better. What a way to spend your very first birthday:( Doug and Jeannie were able to go do some shopping that day and go out for breakfast since it was Jeannie's birthday too. Dan made a great supper that night of halibut and tuna and then we had cake and opened presents. Junior was in good spirits during this and we did let him indulge himself in chocolate cake (don't tell the doctor!). He was so funny about it all, he loved it.
Wednesday -
That night of course Katelynn started to not look so great and in the morning was coughing something fierce. Dan's parents were leaving for home which left just Dan and I. I really needed to get to work because I will be in training on Thursday and Friday and then we leave for vacation and I have some presentations I needed to prep that are on my first morning back to work so Dan stayed home with the kids. Junior is doing better today and started taking in more fluids; however, now Katelynn is coughing and coughing, the poor thing. I guess it was only a matter of time that she would catch it.

Now we anxiously await my mom coming out to visit on Friday, Junior's birthday party on Saturday (as long as everyone is healthy by then) and Vegas for us on Monday. I cannot tell you how excited I am to have a few days off. I actually am the most excited for Dan and I to get some time together alone and have no responsibilities than anything we end up doing on our trip. Does every marriage have these ups and downs and everyone just hides them or is it just mine?!