Crazy times of being a mother

I will get some more pictures on here soon.. Its been a crazy time for us. Basic Mother things... sick kids. Earlier this week ( cant even remember what day its all a blur) Theo woke up at 4 am screaming at the top of his lungs. He had a fever of 106.1 so spent the day at the ER getting blood work, a catheter , X-rays, and an IV. He wouldn't eat at all so I pumped and he just had IV fluids. Its times like that you are glad that your kid is so fat, so we didn't worry if he didn't get calories for the day. He ended up having an ear infection and I think he is teething on top of that. Poor baby has such a sore bum now from the antibiotics. He seems to be doing alot better though, and his appetite is almost back to normal now. His temperament is still cranky but I am attributing that him teething.. I think.. He has his pointer and middle finger in his mouth most of the time and chompin away at them while drool runs down his chin and soaks his shirt. He is only 4 1/2 months but porter got his first tooth at 5 so i wouldn't be surprised.

So the day Theo got sick, Porter was throwing up all night. That was only for one day so we think he might have just not washed his hands well enough. But the next morning he woke up and his eyes were leaking goop all day and swollen and red. So he ended up getting some antibiotic eye drops. Now for anyone that has not had to do eye drops on a two year old its not the easiest feet to accomplish. It goes something like this:

"porter we need to put the medicine in your eyes now"
"no mommy! I don't like it!"
Porter starts to cry holding his eye and telling me no no no no

I lay him on the floor and straddle porter pinning his arms to his side with my knees. Porter is wildly shaking his head with his eyes closed as tight as he can get them. He is also screaming at the top of his lungs. I worry for a moment the neighbors are going to call CPS on me... He really sounds like he is being tortured! I briefly think of how it would be to explain to the cops that all that screaming came from one eye drop session...

Cory pries open porters eye while I try and get two drops in. The first drop lands on his cheek from him moving, the other hits the eye lid because Porter closes his eye before it gets in. The second two drops get in... we think anyways. Maybe just one did? I move on to the other eye. After a few failed attempts Cory and i agree that two drops must have made it in. Its hard to tell with all the tears streaming down his face.

I let porter up where in he immediately rubs his eyes making me wonder if the drops are doing any good or if all his tears and rubbing made it come all back out. I worry but not enough to repeat the torture ( for both of us).

This lovely eye drop fun gets to be repeated three times a day for 10 days. I expect with that much screaming my neighbors are sure to think I am beating the kid on a regular basis... morning noon and night.

so the day after the boys got sick i started to have a sore throat. It progressed and now here on mothers day I have lost my voice, my whole body aches, and I have an awful cold. I skipped church, slept in, and haven't eaten anything cause i feel so yucky. On a positive note, Cory was very thoughtful and got me mothers day cards from the boys, and even one from Taylor specifically. I thought that was sweet. He also got me a necklace that has the three boys birthstones in it. Its cool how it worked out because porters is a Sapphire, Taylor's is that orange one, and Theo's is December so its also blue. So My little angel Taylor is the bright one nestled between his brothers blue stones.

Okay this is long and rambly but this is whats going on. Pictures will be coming later this week! For now I am back to bed...