About the middle of April both the kids and Tyler came down with the worst flu! It all started on a Tuesday morning. Makayla woke up coughing and when I went in to check on her, she had gagged to the point where she made herself throw up. I made both kids a bottle and put them in our bed. They both downed their bottle, but within a few minutes, Kayla threw hers up. By 7:00 she had thrown up three times and we knew she had to stay home. Tyler stayed home that day and by the time I got home from work, the flu was in full force. Both kids were so sick and couldn't hold anything down. It is so sad to say, but it was coming out of both ends. Our poor kids went through so many pairs of pajamas, and even worse for us was that we had to clean it all up! We hoped it was just the 24 hour flu, but then next day they were even worse. I got to stay home with them the next two days. Don't you just feel so bad for them? They did not feel good.
This is how Makayla looked for almost the entire three days. She did love that she got to watch her movies all day long.
I think the saddest part was that Makayla was so hungry, but she just couldn't keep anything down. She asked for a "butter honey" sandwich and scarfed everything except for one bite. Then within minutes she went to the bathroom and threw it all up. The worst part was that she didn't make the connection that what she was eating was making her sick, so she ran back and ate the last bit of her sandwich. The throwing up and diarrhea got so bad that on Thursday I ended up taking them to the doctor because I was worried they were too dehydrated. Caden was the worst. He wouldn't drink or eat anything and he was just so lethargic. The doctor was pretty concerned too. We ended up having to hold Caden down and force feed him juice through a syringe. It was the saddest thing!
The good news is that Makayla learned how to throw up in the toilet! :) Look at me; always trying to look for the positive in every situation!
Once the horrible flu was over, our kids were finally back to normal!!
Here's Caden with his new favorite toy. He loves to walk all around the house with his puppy. Sometimes he gets stuck and can't figure out how to move it, so he just screams until we come and help him.
Some other things about Caden at 13 months:
-His top two teeth finally poked through. That makes a total of 4 teeth now.
-Caden is learning to crawl upstairs. He knows he is not supposed to, but he does it anyway and then laughs so hard when you go up them to get him down.
-He is getting so much better at walking. He started walking about a month ago, but then stopped. I think he realized he could get places a lot faster if he crawled, but now he is trying to walk again. He can almost walk across the room.
-Caden is by far the best eater. He will eat almost anything!
-He is starting to babble.
-In the mornings when we get ready for work, Caden likes to hang out in the sink and watch us get ready.
-He loves to play with Makayla's toys, especially her Little People princess castle!
After the horrible flu, our little girl was finally back to normal, well, if you can call this normal... I think she was still a little sick in this picture, but she was having so much fun running around the house with her towel after her bath.
Makayla loves her picture taken and says "cheese" for us every time!
-Makayla is starting to have full conversations with us and they just crack us up.
-She loves to get Caden to crawl up the stairs. She is always telling him, "broder, crawl dis" (brother, crawl like this), but when he gets up there she just heads back down stairs and leaves him up there to scream until we get him.
-She is learning all of her colors and can tell us most of them, but one day she said to me and Tyler, "What color dis?" and when we told her, she responded, "good job, guys". It's always nice to have the approval of a two year old! :)
-I shamelessly taught Makayla to say, "Mommy my best fwiend" and now she likes to tell everyone that. It melts my heart every time she says it!
-Makayla loves to put her babies to sleep. She is always telling us, "Shhh...baby sleeping" and then minutes later gets this huge surprised look on her face and says, "Baby wake!" and runs into her room. Then, every day when she gets home she runs into her room to check on the babies. But she insists that the blinds are always closed, which drives me nuts! I try to sneak into her room and open the blinds but she always figures it out and shuts them. This is usually how her babies can be found:
-She loves to sing Happy Birthday and tells us all the time, "Sing Happy Birthday Kay-bugs" then after she pretends to blow out the candles. If you tell her it is someone else's birthday, she gets really mad and yells, "No! It's Kay-Bugs birthday!"
-She loves to sing parts of songs, but does not like us to sing. One day she told Tyler, "No, no Da-di. No singing 'at last I see the light'"
-The highlight of her day is watching one of her movies. Lately she has been obsessed with "Beauty Beast". She throws some major fits if you turn off her movies!
And last, but not least, our little girl is such a good helper. She was helping Tyler dig a hole for our new trees.
And finally to end the month of April, we had a birthday party for my mom last weekend. She turned 64 this year. She probably won't be happy that I posted her age on my blog, but oh well! :) We had a bar-b-q at our house and spoiled her with a lot of presents. She deserved it! My mom is fantastic and we all appreciate everything she does for all of us!
