five fact friday

It's been a doozy of a week.  First, Mattie got pink eye.  By some miracle the rest of us remained unharmed but poor Mattie struggled for a couple days.  When she woke up in the morning her right eye was completely swollen shut.  Next was laryngitis.  My voice was completely gone for a day and I felt miserable.  Jilly kept saying "Mom, why are you being so quiet?" and I whisper-explained to her that I wasn't being quiet but that this was as loud as I could talk.  She wasn't buying it.  The terrible mom in me wondered why don't kids ever lose their voices??

Mattie went to her first movie this week.  Rio 2 was the dollar movie, and I figured Mattie couldn't infect anyone while sitting on my lap in a dark theater so we went for it.  Jilly liked it (and the $7 popcorn I bought because I'm a sucker) and Mattie liked the first half then spent the second half walking the aisle.  Whether or not this outing was a success is up for debate.

Mattie threw her first throw-herself-on-the-floor tantrum this week- because I wouldn't take the batteries out of the remote for her to play with.  Mean mom.  But, she also started giving kisses to the animals in her books, so all is forgiven.

Jilly was invited to a birthday party this weekend and it is the most exciting event in her life thus far.  Her outfit is picked out and sitting by the stairs, we chose a gift, wrapping paper, and bow at Target, wrapped the gift, then Jilly made a card for her friend.  It is so exciting that Jilly had to jump on the phone to tell my mom about it and Jilly is a first rate phone-hater.

I've been knee-deep in rug/accent chair/where to hang pictures decisions this week.  It's a tough life I live.  Also, boyfriend v-neck t-shirts were only $5 at Target so I got one and if I can sneak back this weekend I'll be buying 15 more (don't tell Bryan.)

Happy Friday!

the WORST illness ever

On Saturday night I was awake for at least part of every hour during the night with Jilly who was crying and complaining that her mouth hurt.  I assumed she was getting a cold and had a sore throat.  On Sunday morning we finally got her to open up and she had two huge sores (one on each side) of her tongue.  I remembered hearing about hand, foot, and mouth disease so I did a little google research and happened upon this article entitled The WORST Toddler Illness- Hand Foot Mouth Disease.  At first I thought the author was being a bit melodramatic, but now I can attest that it truly is the WORST.

For the next four days and nights Jilly turned into a monster.  When she tried to sleep she would wake up almost every hour screaming in pain.  She tried to eat but everything hurt her so badly, so she survived solely on milkshakes.  She was constantly drooling and developed a lisp because her tongue was swollen and not working properly.  She whined and cried all.day.long.  Lack of sleep, not being able to eat, and being in so much pain will do that to a two-year-old.  The surest proof Jilly was not herself- not once during those 4 days did she ask to wear a princess dress.

On Monday I told my mom I was sure this was the most miserable day I had ever had (bit dramatic? yes.)  But, seriously, this sickness STINKS.  Finally, yesterday afternoon Jilly started to cheer up a little  and she actually slept last night (hallelujah!)  Today she is is much, much better and I have sworn that I will never ever take my happy Jilly for granted.

this was on Wednesday- I knew she was starting to feel better because she asked to wear a church dress (I obliged) and chose her favorite flower for her hair.

*please note- I realize there are many, many worse things that could happen to my children, I'm just being whiny