Sick

This weekend was suppose to a fun family Fourth of July weekend but it turned into the complete opposite. Friday morning started off great. Landon was invited to go to a movie with a couple of friends from the neighborhood and one of the parent's which was great for me so I could get somethings done around the house. I got a call from the mom that took the boys to the movie at 11:30 saying they were back and the boys were hanging out at her house playing. Perfect! Well less than 30 minutes later she calls me back and says that she thinks Landon is under the weather because he is very listless and just laying on the couch. Great. Landon never gets sick and most certainly is NEVER listless! Sure enough he had a temp of 102 so D and I go and pick him up and take them to my parent's house so D could nap while I tried to get Landon in to see the doctor. Well of course the doctor's office is closed for the holiday weekend but apparently that was too hard to leave on their recording. Needless to say, I spent about 30 minutes after what I thought was their lunch break calling and kept getting the recording saying that they were at lunch. I finally got a hold of the answering service and they had the doctor on call give me a call back. She told me that if the fever lasted the weekend that we needed to get him seen on Monday. We kept our fingers crossed that this was just a 24 hour thing since we had plans to go to some friends house for the 4th but of course the fever went on through out the day and on the 4th as well. Zach and I decided it would be best if we kept him home and let him rest. Zach still went to our friends house while the boys and I settled in for a quiet uneventful 4th of July. I felt bad that the boys wouldn't be able to see fireworks so we decided to go to the store and get our own fireworks. They particularly loved the pop it's...




We had a yummy dinner of lobster tails, spaghetti squash and biscuits. It was nice to have that time with the boys I just wish it was under different circumstances. Anyway, after a while in between Motrin doses and fever hikes we decided to take a drive to see if we can find any fireworks close to home. We drove further than we planned but we had great views from my car of the firework show that the Satisfied Frog (which just so happened to be where Zach and I got married) in Cavecreek put on.



Unfortunately, D slept through the whole thing even though Landon and I tried waking him up. Maybe next year. Landon loved the show and even was clapping after each firework went off. It was great to see how happy it made him since he was disappointed that he couldn't got to the party and it was really awesome to have that special one on one time with him as well. We got home and I put the boys to bed and was looking forward to enjoying some alone time when I suddenly felt the need to vomit. I know, too much information!!! Luckily it wasn't too bad and I felt fine the rest of the weekend. Sunday we had another party to go to but Landon's fever was still going strong so I took D with me to get him out of the house and to give Landon a break from his little brother pestering him. Dylan hung out with Papa and looked at his high school yearbook (1967)...



did some swimming, ate lots of his favorite fruits and played with some friends. I have to admit that it was nice to finally get out of the house and socialize and I am pretty sure D felt the same way. Landon and Zach took the time while we were out to get started on a 500 piece puzzle that Papa bought Landon. Landon has been trying to work on the puzzle for about a week now but every time he's start, D would come up and destroy it. They managed to get the whole outline done before we got home!! The rest of the night was pretty uneventful other than Landon waking up at 3am and asking me to get him some fresh water since the water bottle he had had been sitting around for like 2 days (his words not mine!) and then he tried to convince me that he had enough sleep and wanted to stay up and watch TV. Nice try! Then D woke up screaming bloody murder at 5am and Zach got him back to bed pretty quickly. Zach took Landon to the doctor this morning and they told him that a fever that last this long is normal and to just keep giving him liquids. Really???? We had to pay you $30 for you to tell us this?? Thanks. Oh yea...today also marks Zach's second time being unemployed. Let's hope it doesn't last 5 months like it did last time. Sorry this post is so long and informative. There was a lot that happened this weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!