Already March!

I can't believe it is almost Easter already. I haven't updated in forever! But now that both kids are napping (or at least in bed) is my chance!

We were all pretty sick, first with a RS-virus (causes severe respiratory problems, e.g pneumonia - just what Finn needed!), then I had a bad sinus infection (I never knew that HURT so much! Thankfully the antibiotics cleared it up quickly) and then we ALL had the stomach flu caused by either rotavirus or norovirus. Both are highly contagious and downright dangerous, especially for little children. Finn had it first, but seemed okay except for bad diarrhea, so we thought it might have been caused by food. But when both Lily and me got it too we knew better. Lily was definitely worst off. I have never seen her so miserable. She would either cry and want to be carried around, or she would lie on the floor like a limp rag doll, sometimes just staring into space, sometimes her eyes would roll back in her head and she would fall asleep (or pass out?) for a minute or two until she woke up with a cry. It was scary. Then her diarrhea was so bad that her skin was totally wrecked, as in having open, bleeding sores. We tried to make her as comfortable as we could, but letting her go diaper free was not an option since she had diarrhea every 15 min or so. Luckily, it hit me the worst (with the high fevers and mad dashes for the bathroom) on the weekend when Neil was home, and I had sufficiently recovered when Neil finally succumbed. But now we are all better, what a blessing. It's Neil's first day back at work today.

Other than that not much has happened. We just kinda tried to stay alive. Finn has been healthy for almost 2 weeks now and he has gained back the weight he lost when he was sick and then some. It is so nice to see him eat and actually enjoy food. I pretty much kept him home - no play group, church or playschool. His doctor put us in "quarantine" so we wouldn't spread this stomach virus and - more importantly - so they wouldn't catch something new right away. This week we will slowly ease our way back into society. I won't send Finn to playschool on Tuesday or Thursday, but on Wednesday we will go see our friend Lora. Little Veronica is one of Finn's best friends (she is 1 month younger than him) and Lily is showing baby Anton (3 months younger than her) how to get this crawling thing right.

Yesterday and today we had really nice warm weather, although a bit windy. I took the kids to the park yesterday and they loved it. Finn can climb up on the jungle gym and slide down all by himself, and Lily loved the teeter-totters. Today I let them play in the yard. First Finn and I did some gardening - I trimmed our bushes and Finn collected the sticks in his wheelbarrow and put them in the compost. I had no idea really what I was doing, but now the bushes along the fence are all the same height at least. Then I opened the sandbox for Finn, and he loved playing in it. Lily is still pretty timid outside. She just sits there and takes it all in. Then she'll eat some old leaves and then she'll desperatly try to take her shoes off. I learned today this girl hates shoes. She throws a MAJOR fit when I want to put some on her. It is too cold still for bare feet, so I guess she will have to get used to them!

Well, blogger won't let me post any pictures right now, so I will try again later.