Day 70 & 71

ugh! Behind again! I will stay focused and finish this blog challenge. I will stay focused and finish this blog challenge. It IS a challenge though! Especially now that it's Spring Break and Daylight Savings still has us walking around like zombies. I've never had this problem with it before but am so thankful that it happened when they are out of school because we'd never make it. So Monday, everyone seemed to be doing better on the allergies/colds/ear infection end, so I decided to take them to bootcamp to burn off energy for them and calories for me. :) Eva had a bit of a runny nose but again, who didn't with all of the pollen in the air. I kept her all covered up in her little "cave" and didn't bring her out once. And I only let the kids play for just a bit before returning to the car to feed her so she wouldn't really be exposed to the outside elements. Can you hear the guilt behind my message?! Sigh. She took a turn for the worse by mid-afternoon. Coughing, sneezing, severe congestion - the works. It's hard not to blame myself as a mama even though I know there's nothing I could've done to prevent it. The fact that her brother and sister have had ongoing colds for months and she's only been a tad sick, is pretty amazing. But she just couldn't fight off this one. Nope. It got her good. I put in call to her doctor who advised to continue using saline drops and a humidifier and to keep a close eye on her. HATE seeing her sick! Hate, hate, HATE IT! Buuuuut, despite this sad news we had some good news too. Aunt Kelli stopped by for a visit and Skylar finally got to see Bree and Aidree. She hasn't seem them in FOREVER but yet every time we went anywhere, even the grocery store, it was always "are Bree and Aidree gonna be there?" So when I told her they were coming over for a visit she was just beside herself. I asked her to go straighten her playroom and her response "yes ma'am mama." Whaaaaaat?! And then when I went in there to help her she grabbed the toy I was getting ready to pick up and said "mama! I GOT this. YOU go do the dishes." She's her fathers-daughter. Bryce only slept for about 15 minutes so he too was excited to see Bree and Aidree over and man, they all played hard! Bree had more fun playing babysitter to our sweet Eva...

Aren't they cute. The oldest and the youngest. After a long, hard day of playing it was finally time for baths for our dirty crew and we were able to convince Aunt Kelli to let them spend the night. Best part was Aidree trying to explain to her mama that all 3 girls could fit into Skylar's bed. "Mama! Skylar's skinny. Bree's skinny and I'm part skinny so we can fit!" Part-skinny. I died. And they did...they all fit fine and slept beautifully once the giggles and singing finally commenced. Wish I would've snapped a pic of our sleeping beauties.

Tuesday -
THIS was a tough morning. Kelli and I stayed up till 1am chatting and little Eva didn't sleep at all because of her terrible congestion so I was dragging. Thankfully the kids had their cousins to keep them entertained while I tried to pull it together. First stop - coffee, second donuts. We finished off our coffee, loaded the kids up and headed to Shipley's. We probably should've just drove around a bit because once the sugar high was over, my kids were a mess! A whiny, cranky mess. Aunt Kelli and the girls were heading to the Rodeo and as much as I wanted to go, Eva was not making any improvements so cue total meltdown from Skylar when it was time to go. In fact, everyone was crying and I thought I was literally being filmed. There's no way this could be happening. Skylar was crying because she wanted to go. Bree was crying because she wanted Skylar to go. Bryce was crying because he thought Skylar was going. Eva was crying because she's sick and wanting to be held constantly. And then Aidree started crying...but I'm not really sure why. lol. They drove off and Skylar literally threw herself on the ground as if her one true love had just left her destitute. Drama. So I gathered them up and sent them straight to bed, kicking and screaming. Skylar only lasted about 5 minutes before she was completely out but Bryce put up a better fight. He cried for about 20 and was determined to kick the door down but finally, his body won the fight and he was out too. I scooped up Eva, took her into my room and nursed her to sleep. Only thing was, each time I tried to put her down she'd wake up and cry again. So I took a power nap with her in my arms. She's sick so of course I don't mind spoiling her. Bryce woke up first and was kind of fussy so we made some quick facetime calls to Nana and then to Papa. He loves that. And my parents are soooo cool because they oblige him in making silly faces on the phone. Best grandparents, seriously. After Skylar woke up and I could see that we were beginning to head down a dark road of crankiness, I quickly yelled out "who wants to go on a car ride?" To which both kids screamed MEEEEE! And off we went. You do what ya gotta do. Tonight was our night to try and get back on a schedule so the kids were put to bed by 7:15 and mama is following suit and calling it a night. Goodnight moon....ish. I HATE you Daylight Savings.