Karma

so, why didn't one of you smack me upside the head for not saying i was thankful for our health?!?! i mean, i have wonderfully healthy kids. they almost never get sick and when they do it is usually just a little cold that passes in about a week. why didn't you tell me to be thankful for that?!?!

fine! it was too late i know- i wrote those posts sunday night after all. but karma caught up with us on tuesday. oh boy did karma ever!

first sprouts cold decided that it was no longer comfortable in his head and moved south into his chest. ahhhh, a baby that can't breath and now has coughing spells on a two hour car ride. lovely!
THEN, about 1/2 hour into our trip bean says, "mommy there is something wrong with my eye!" i turn and see that her one eye is full of oozy crud. CRAP! she showed no signs of anything all day but now, NOW she seems to have an eye infection. you must be kidding!! (no, there was no kidding) 1 1/2 hours later we reach our destination. i call urgent care. they are open but there is quite a wait. my husbands says he will take her. that was at 7:15pm. they arrived back home (with some of the saddest and grossest eyes i have ever seen) at 10:20pm! they were the last in to see the doctor and the last prescription filled at the pharmacy. at least we have the medicine to clear up the crud though.

the next night my mom and i go out to buy a humidifier hoping that it will allow us all to sleep better since sprout woke up 97 ba-jillion times the night before. (FINE it was only 6 times but when you are really tired it feels like 97 ba-jillion- or more even!) thankfully that night goes a little bit better than the previous one. but i was still up several times. the next night is better still but the day starts far to early- if the sun isn't up my kids shouldn't be either. isn't that a law or something?
it isn't??? well, it should be!

bean fights her eye drops. she screams, cries, and thrashes. you would think that we were unleashing a swarm of angry bees directly into her eyeballs. sheeesh! after doing this every four hours all grown ups involved are more than a little frustrated at the end of the day.

our holiday weekend ends early. we decide to leave nana and papa's house and head home hoping that the kids will sleep better in their own beds. i have my fingers firmly crossed that i will get a good nights sleep tonight. AND next year i will be thankful for our health so karma doesn't kick our asses again.