Happy Birthday?

A little after midnight, I heard one of the kids in our room. They were crying and coughing. Daddy knew immediately that it was Gillian. He said "Gillian, what's the matter?" I jumped out of bed and realized that she was getting sick to her stomach. I took her in the bathroom and aimed her at the toilet. She missed (of course). And started to cry because she had vomit on her hands and on her pajamas. I stripped  her down and washed her off. And got her new pajamas. I put her in our bed. She asked "Is my green manket ok?" It wasn't. She got sick in her bed all over all her blankets and friends. I put the important stuff in the washer and found a substitute blanket for her to snuggle with. I climbed back into bed to find Daddy and Gillian snuggling. Again she asked "Is my green manket ok?" I told her no. She asked "Can I go back to my bed?" Sorry sweetie, there are no blankets on that bed. So she snuggled with us. Daddy gave up after a few minutes (Gillian is a bit squirmy).  He slept on the couch. Poor Daddy, today is his birthday and he got kicked out of his bed and slept on the couch. Not a great way to start the day. 

Typical morning

The kids went back to school on Wednesday after staying home two days. John was excited to be back but Gillian was not. Daddy picked the kids up from school that night and was informed that Gillian had a fever and could not go to school on Thursday. Daddy stayed home with Gillian today. I got up with John and the two of us got in the car and went to the bank. John was super excited to come inside the bank and push all the buttons on the ATM. In the car on our way to school, John says "Mommy? Are we going home or going to school?" I told him we were going to school. He says "Wait a minute! We're missing something! Where's Gill?"

Yup, a typical morning.

Sick Kids

John woke up around 3 this morning. He was crying and coughing. I went right to him and tried to calm him down. He wanted to come to our room mainly because he knows that I have water. And his throat hurt. I carried him to our bed and we settled in. Two second later, Gillian started crying. Daddy got her and brought her to our bed. For awhile we all snuggled together, but John was still shivering even though it was really warm in our bed. Daddy took him out and gave him a warm bath. That really helped bring down his fever. John joined Gillian and I in the bed but Daddy was awake and went downstairs. I moved into the middle of the bed so the kids could both snuggle me. Gillian fell asleep for a little bit but work up around 5 and asked to be moved back to her bed. John and I slept until about 8 and then he joined Daddy downstairs. Gillian woke up crying. She felt warm to me and I put her into a warm bath. After the second bath both kids got set up with the iPad and they snuggled in their beds watching shows. That's pretty much all we did today. They drank lots of water and juice and watched tons of shows. John had a temperature again before bed and hopefully the fever reducer will help to break it. If not Daddy will be taking the two of them to the doctor tomorrow.