Cheesecake VS Vomit

It has been a rough couple of weeks here.The Stomach Bug has made it's way into my house.

Connor battled with it for a long weekend and now has passed it on to his sister....

Y'know...when I encourage my son to share....SOOOO not what I meant...sigh...but such is life...

So I'm blogging to let you know...I have been vomited on 3 times in the past week. Aren't you pleased to know this vital piece of information pertaining to my life? No? ...You are going to turn off the computer and go see what lame movie is on TBS now aren't you?....Well I already checked...and it's something starring Matthew McConaughey...and nobody wants to see that. And we all know that my life, no matter how vomitous it may be right now...is better than pretty much any McConaughey movie? Agreed? okay...shall we???

3 times....yes 3.

When you are holding a baby pretty much all day because they feel absolutley pitiful...it's pretty much inevitable. I am posting this today because after the 3rd time, which happened at the doc's office, I thought to myself, ugh...I hope this comes out in the wash. Which reminded me how so many of my clothes...cute clothes...have become ruined with a stain courtesy of my children...which reminded me of my blog. Applesauce is the new black.

Being a parent, makes you let go of a lot of things. Tonight, I was supposed to go to a mom's night outing. Girls night. At the cheesecake factory...mmmhmmm. Cheesecake. And no children. Just girls...dressed up cute. Eating our cheesecake...enjoying adult converstaion...which would probably end up with us tlaking about our kids anyway....but instead...

I ended up at After Hours Pediatric Care with my sick baby. And you know what....

Even though Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake is maybe the best dessert in the world. And having a girls night out was long overdue for me. And I know confidently I could have left Addi with my husband and she would have been absolutely fine in his care... I couldn't bring myself to go have a good time with the girls knowing my baby was feeling so yucky. My place was home with my girl. And I was totally okay with it.

Even with the vomitlicious (Ok, that is a horrible word isnt it?) afternoon we had...I think God gave me some sweet little moments and some events I was thankful for in the midst of it all.

Tonight-

My mom just happened to be at the exact same intersection I was when I was driving Addi to the after hours care...so she was able to meet me at the corner and take Connor so I could focus on Addison.

We had the sweetest nurse take care of us and worked hard in order to get Addi to take her anti-naseau medicine. (For those of you who don't know Addi...she's a gagger...she gags on everything...including teeny tiny anti-naseau tablets apparently). She also gave me an After Hours tshirt to change into since my shirt was....ummm...gross.

My son on the way home prayed outloud in the car ..."Dear Je-jus, thank you for this day and thank you for Mommy findin' her keys" (I was frantically looking for my keys in order to get Addi over to the doctor. She wasn't doing to well at the time....I was praying outloud and Connor must have heard me). When he said that...I just about melted.

And then about a half hour ago...my son just gave me the biggest laugh. Already in bed for a half hour...I heard him call out, "I forgot my cherry icecream!" We had promised him some cherry icecream if he ate all his dinner, and I guess we forgot about it...but he didn't. (Obviously he takes after his mother. Dessert is nothing to be trifled with.) I let him hop out of bed, scooped some icecream, rebrushed his teeth and then tucked him back in. Totally made me laugh though.

Anyway...I hope this stomach bug passes by soon. My heart aches when one of my kids are sick...literally aches. My next post I am going to share a copy of a poem I have heard that really describes mommyhood I think to it's fullest. ... so be on the look out. In the meantime...go ahead and turn on the McConaughey movie....we all know you want to. It's okay, I won't judge.