Goodbye March

March did not treat us well. The stomach bug passed to me and Kallie and it lasted FOREVER with Kallie. She threw up for three days. Luckily her diarrhea was manageable and never spilled out of her diaper but oh, it was bad. 

The second the stomach flu left Mckinley she got a cough and it still hasn't completely gone away. I got it as well and am soooooo sick of waking up in the morning and having a super sore throat. It has been so miserable. When it passed to Tyler of course he ended up with a few croupy nights that sucked for us and him. Then Kallie just got it Saturday night and we were literally up with her the entire night. And by we I mean mostly Brandon. He stayed up with her till 4:30 a.m. He brought our rocking chair outside on the back patio and just sat with her out in the cold air for like an hour and a half. At 4:30 I took over and I was with her while she was awake till I think about 6 when she finally fell asleep again. So completely miserable. We for sure would have taken her to the ER that night if we didn't have so much experience with Croup. Luckily she was okay the next night so at least we are all getting some sleep now but we are all coughing a little still during the day.

Her first smile after throwing up for three days. I think she still threw up again later after this. Boo.

Mckinley was so excited for St. Patrick's Day (of course) so she went to school with a pocket full of cough drops and really enjoyed her school party. Her teacher does so much fun stuff with them. She is so lucky to be able to go to Robin's preschool and especially that it's next door!

We had a few good days here and there in between all this sickness and were able to do a few things outside but I feel like we were definitely home-bound for most of March. Kallie pushing a baby and Tyler pushing his trucks.

The kids' favorite thing to do this month has been to take the spray bottles outside and to spray anything they can. It entertains them forever and is pretty awesome.

Since I never post pictures of us anymore!

This picture of Kallie is just too cute not to share.

Mckinley sharing her jelly beans after school. She is the sweetest thing ever and if she ever gets a treat she always wants to share it with her siblings. I think we ate them all and she said oh no! We didn't save one for Dad.

Mckinley has been putting 100 piece puzzles together almost completely on her own.

I am so happy the kids were well enough for their first Easter egg hunt of the year. We always love going to the ward party up by Brandon's parents' house. We have gone to it ever since we were in that ward and it is one of my favorite traditions.

The kids had so much fun finding Easter eggs.

They told everyone to stop at 12 eggs and Mckinley must have been counting in her head as she picked them up because all of a sudden she announced "I'm done! I have 12!" She is so cute.

The kids had a blast coming home and seeing what treats they got in their eggs.

I never would have guessed that night would be Kallie's crazy Croup night. At least we got to enjoy a normal day first. Brandon keeps telling me that one day we will all be better but I have a hard time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when we are all sick. Hopefully we are all well enough to go on a cabin trip my mom has planned for next week. We are so excited for Easter this week and to watch General Conference at home this weekend. As much of it as our kids will allow us to watch anyway (which isn't much).