a tough week

Let's see, in the past 10 days or so, we've had one dad with a stomach flu, two children with ear infections, one of which had an allergic reaction to 3 antibiotics, and one flu or other virus with fever. That affected 3 out of 5 family members. The fourth has hernia surgery scheduled for less than a month away, so maybe that's why he was spared. And, fortunately, I was also spared, for which I'm grateful. Not only because being sick stinks, but we needed at least one adult to change diapers and feed everyone.

To top it all off, our returning nanny was supposed to start this week, but her cousin is dying of cancer, so she wanted to be with her and her aunt, so she's not starting until next week. All the transition has been really rough on the kids. And therefore also rough on the parents. But, we think everyone is healthy now and we're hoping that we can all start sleeping again which will make for a much happier home for everyone. And maybe that means that I'll blog more. Maybe.