What's Going On Around These Here Parts

It's been a busy few days around here! As I mentioned in my last post, the kids and I went to Nixa for a few days over spring break. My mom came back with us Saturday morning before she headed back Sunday.

We had a great visit, although as usual, it went by very quickly. There are so many people to see, and with 4 kids in tow, I seem to always "leave someone out"! Things were going smoothly until Friday morning. I woke up with a sore throat, but didn't think much of it. The day went on, and by late afternoon, I had a 102 fever, too. I rarely get sick, so I thought it must be a quick bug of some sort. Wrong.

By 7:00pm, it was up to 104, even with medicine. I thought my head was going to explode. I somehow made the trip back the next morning - thank GOODNESS my mom was with us! By Sunday afternoon, I was in tears, and headed to the ER. As it turns out, I have a double ear infection, a sinus infection, and strep throat. Fabulous. To top it off, they had to give me an antibiotic shot. If you haven't heard by now, I'm a huge pansy. Yes, I cried. BUT - I don't think the nurse saw me. I asked for pain medication. The doctor said "For your throat?" I said "Yes, but mainly for my butt - that shot hurt really bad". Sad, I know. And I couldn't get any because I drove myself there. I made a mental note for next time. Take the bus if Jason's busy.

Enough about that - yeah, I'm dog sick. There's nothing I can do except wait for the antibiotics to do their job (I think they're starting). Oh, and hope my children will cut me just a tiny bit of slack.

The big news of the week??!! Drum roll please.....Austin sleeps through the night consistently now. 12 glorious hours, baby (ok, I do have to shove the paci in a couple of times a night, but I don't count that). Thank you Lord. Thank you alot. The older boys stay up until about 8:00 most nights, but the babies are down between 6:30pm and 7:00pm, and no one wakes up until at least 7:00am. I just cannot express enough excitement here. This is how things used to go around here, but having 2 little ones so close in age means that it's been a VERY long time since I slept that much.

Oh, and I'm very fully aware of the fact that tonight, they will all be up all night long. Just because I got on here and said something.

That's about it for now! I'm finishing up my 7th load of laundry for the day, and then I'm hitting the hay!