Sick, Sick and More Sick...

It has been an interesting couple of weeks around here! It started with me getting the first cold I have had in a few years. I have been really lucky up until now. Other than morning sickness, I haven't really been sick since before I was pregnant with Gavin. That is a long time ago! I guess it was my turn again. I did what I could to minimize any germs being spread. I was very careful about covering my mouth and nose when I sneezed and washed my hands every time I sneezed and blew my nose.

Gavin did pretty well and was a trooper playing by himself and letting me just sit or lay near him and chat and play. It was still more exhausting than usual because I wasn't sleeping well but I tried to take it easy where I could. I made dinners that could be spread out across the day. Gavin helped me pick up and do a little cleaning so the house stayed in some semblance of order.

Thankfully this started at the end of a week so Gavin only had a couple of days of boring before the weekend and Scott would be home to help entertain him. We had a lazy weekend that was generally pretty miserable given how crappy I felt and the fact that Gavin didn't sleep well (he has molars coming in and they are certainly taking their sweet time).

By the time Monday came around, I bet Scott couldn't wait to get out of the house and go to work to get away from the insanity. Although I was certainly not back to normal, I was starting to feel a bit better. Gavin and I did a little picking up and cleaning but still took it easy. Tuesday I felt much better and we were going to get out of the house but never made it. Instead we settled for just getting outside for a little bit.

Wednesday, we had a beautiful day! We had a playdate in the morning that was awesome. I had a great visit with the mom and Gavin had lots of fun with her son. Gavin passed out on the way home (no surprise since he has decided to wake up between 6 and 6:30 most days anymore... ugh) and slept for 3 hours (WOW). By the time he woke up we had missed most of the afternoon of awesome weather but after a quick diaper change and getting shoes and a sweatshirt on, we made it outside to make the most of the warm day that was left. We explored some and waited for Scott to get home. It certainly didn't feel like February, it felt like it should be April!

Wednesday evening, Scott started to not feel great and by Thursday morning he was pretty miserable. Gavin and I went to our playgroup and then came home to try to keep quiet so Scott could work and try to get some rest. I guess it didn't really matter what precautions I took, the germs were determined to spread and infect others. Scott was far luckier than I was though, his cold was short lived and by Saturday was feeling significantly better. This was a good thing given the fact that Gavin decided that he didn't need to sleep in the middle of the night (awesome). He had already decided to wake up continually and insist I bring him to bed to snuggle where he would roll around all over trying to get comfortable, preventing me from sleeping at all. Having Gavin decide that he wanted to run around playing in the middle of the night was not my idea of a good time. He was up for over an hour, twice, before he would go back to sleep for an hour or so. I literally didn't get more than an hour of broken sleep before Gavin decided that he was going to be up for the day at 6. It is amazing that he didn't just pass out from exhaustion. He didn't get anywhere near enough sleep!

So, another lazy and generally miserable weekend ensued. I dumped Gavin with Scott around 8 and tried to hid out in bed to get a little sleep. I slept for about an hour before Gavin came barging in and refused to let me go back to sleep. I don't know where he gets all this energy! We tried our best to make the most of the weekend. We went to the diner for lunch after Gavin took an early nap. We took a walk when we got home from lunch because it was relatively warm outside. We ended up stopping and chatting with some friends down the road that we hadn't seen in a while. Gavin had a great time exploring their house. He had no problem letting himself in to various rooms. Crazy kid!

Saturday night was a bit better, at least Gavin wasn't insisting on playing in the middle of the night, but that didn't really mean his sleeping was good. He was up frequently and rolling around all over. Another night of almost no sleep. Cool.

Sunday we took it easy and didn't do much. We were all exhausted and it seemed like Gavin may be starting to get the cold that Scott and I had. His nose was running a lot! He had been having a little the last day or so but that is not an uncommon issue with teething, even though it wasn't something we had seen before. Since he had been running a very low grade fever off and on, was drooling like crazy, chewing on things more than usual, refusing a lot of foods and a few other typical teething symptoms, I just figured he was adding a new one to the mix for the molars coming in. Although it may still have been partially related, that was certainly not the only reason for the running nose. Huge bummer! Gavin's first cold! I guess we were just lucky to make it 15 months before he had one.

I can only imagine that Scott was glad when Monday rolled around again. Gavin ran around as if nothing was different. It is amazing how he can function on the crappy sleep he was getting! I chased after him with tissues. He enjoyed some quality time in the bathtub in a steamy bathroom to help clear out his nose. We did some laundry and tried to rest and enjoy our day. Although Gavin had what I am considering his first cold, it was certainly not as bad as it could have been, which I am super grateful for! A little bit of crappy sleep isn't as bad as little/no sleep and a crabby kid that is also so miserable during the day he can't have any fun.

So we stayed home for a few days and I tried to cope on less sleep and keep Gavin's nose as clean and clear as possible. By Wednesday, we needed at least a little time out of the house. Gavin's nose hadn't been running too much so we all went to get haircuts after Scott was done with work for the day. Gavin and Scott just needed trims (badly) and I was in the mood for something different so I had quite a bit cut off. My hair is now at about shoulder length (I will try to get Scott to take a new picture so I can post that soon). It is nice because it takes much less time to wash, dry and straighten or curl than before! A welcome change for at least a little while.

We picked up some dinner on the way home because it was getting close to Gavin's bath and bedtime. Scott ended up having to run back out because we were out of cough drops and my throat was really starting to hurt (ugh).

It was certainly good that he did because without them I would have not been able to get any sleep. Go figure that I manage to come down with another cold/issue given I can't even remember the last time I had a sore throat, let alone one this bad. I had a few days of awful pain and then it started to let up but it took my voice with it. Scott had a lot of fun making fun of me, nice right?

So, it has been quite eventful around here. We have missed a few playdates because of colds that we had and others which kind of stinks, but I certainly don't want to spread my germs to someone else and I appreciate that they feel the same about their own germs. We are hopefully on our way back to health since Gavin (other than the typical occasional cranky day and teething issues) is feeling better which allows Scott and I to relax a bit more and get better as well.

Now I just need to get back on track with taking pictures, offloading on to my computer and sorting through them to share! I love having such a nice camera but it makes it much harder to pick photos to upload since I have 4 or 5 times as many as before. I will pick that over missing all of Gavin's awesomeness any day though!