Yuck!

I have some major posting to catch up on.  Our baby girl turned a year old!  We had two parties and lots of celebrating and it kind of feels like a huge relief to have passed this milestone.  It was fun to see her reaction to the balloons, cake and presents but she really just enjoyed being around all of the family.

I plan to write a post that sums up this past year and finally write about Brianna's birth story.  I can't believe I haven't posted about this.  When something so big happens I seem to always have the intention of going back and writing about it later but I'm not great about actually doing it!  I want to write about it for her... and myself, so that I remember all of the little details forever.

My lack of posting these past few weeks have been due to SICKNESS!  February 7th I posted about "The New Sick Day".  Ummm... I guess that is where my mistake began.  I talked about how my sick days were now for my baby.  I think God was laughing when He saw that.  Brianna and Michael started all of the madness with a cold.  They were so sick and I stayed home with my baby girl.  As soon as I got back to work, I realized I was coming down with the same thing.  It was rough but not terrible.  I missed a day or two myself and had to miss my photography class which made me incredibly sad (and scared).  I was feeling a little better, we had Brianna's birthday celebrations Saturday (Feb 18th) and Sunday (Feb 19th) and Sunday night Brianna started with a fever.  The next day, Michael was sick again.  The day after I took Brianna to the doctor after work and got some antibiotics for her. That night I went to bed feeling fine and woke up at 3AM with a fever and chills.  I went ahead and went to work hoping I could fight through it.  I woke up Thursday morning with the intention of taking a shower and taking Brianna to the sitter and before getting her up I took my temperature and it was 102.  I realized I couldn't take all of those germs to work, even if I could make it through the day.

I was excited we had a weekend of nothing planned so all three of us could get lots of rest and feel better. Michael and Brianna seemed to be doing great, I however, was worse.  I didn't go to the doctor Thursday or Friday because I figured it was the flu or a cold and I could fight through it.  This past Sunday I was having some intense ear pain on top of all of the other symptoms I had been having.  I woke up Monday morning and there was no way I could go to work.  I called my Mom to come save the day and she came up to stay with Brianna while I went to the doctor to finally get some much needed medication!  Turns out I had the flu which turned into a sinus infection, bronchitis, an ear infection and because I didn't go get treated my ear drum burst!  Today is my second day on antibiotics and I'm feeling better but still not 100%.  Because of my stubbornness I have had to miss more days for myself being sick, than days to be home with Brianna while she was sick which is why my recent sick day post is so laughable now.  I'm hoping to have some of my hearing back by tomorrow when I'm back to work.  This all has been so frustrating!

I'm hoping that March is much more healthy for our family.  We want to be able to enjoy our one year old who is exploring and learning so fast these days.  It is so fun!  I can't wait for spring!