What a week! I think this has probably been one of, if not the hardest week since Max was born. Yes, I was a single, stay at home mom this week to a sick little boy. But, before I talk about that, I wanted to just say that we had a great weekend last weekend. Saturday, we enjoyed a dinner with some friends at a new Mexican restaurant that opened up here in town and it was pretty good...the restaurant, the time with friends was great! I especially enjoyed my first margarita in well over a year! Max enjoyed a lemon. He had the funniest look on his face when he would suck it, but he kept reaching for more. Then, on Sunday we had a nice day with Eric's family for Father's Day. Grandma and Grandpa Wilbanks came over as well as Aunt Susan, Uncle Time and Sophie and Ellie. We grilled steaks and just had a nice visit all afternoon. Once everyone left, we all took naps and then that is when things started to turn south. Max just wasn't himself that night and was running a fever of 100.4 for most of the night. I wasn't sure if it was teething or what, but he didn't sleep well at all. We were up with him all night. So, Monday morning, I called and took him in to see the doctor. I had noticed a little rash on his hands, but thought that might be from the fever. Well, the doctor took one look at him and said he had Hand, Foot, Mouth virus. UGH! He also had an ear infection as well. So, she said he had to stay home for the week from daycare because that is how long he can be contagious. Gave us an antibiotic for the ear infection and a steroid to try and open up his airways and help with the congestion. And, we were sent on our merry way to get better. Poor little guy was just not feeling well at all. He would half-heartedly play and then just lie down on the floor where he was. We let him sleep with us that night and early Tuesday morning, Eric got up to leave for Boston. Not long after that, Max got up. Tuesday and Wednesday weren't bad. He took good 2 hour naps in the morning and afternoon. He was getting plenty of rest and I could tell that he was starting to feel better. Especially on Thursday when he only took a couple of 30 minute naps. I think it was Monday and Tuesday mornings that we woke up to thunderstorms. Pretty crazy. Wednesday was nice and it was our only outing this week...we went to Hyvee to get some deals at the 'Dollar Days' sale. That afternoon, we had another thunderstorm and then just as Max and I had fallend asleep for an afternoon snooze, the sirens went off. So, I scooped up the boy and headed downstairs to the basement. I flipped on the tv and it looked like there was no bad weather left for our area. It had passed us and was headed east. We stayed down there for a little while, Max was asleep the entire time and then we came upstairs and went about our evening. Thursday, some friends of mine came over for a visit and margaritas. It was so nice to have adult conversation. Eric got home tonight and we are so happy. Of course, Max was already asleep, but I think he'll be surprised when he wakes up and Daddy is here. He is feeling back to his normal self now. It will be good for him to get back to school and Mommy to get back to work. I loved having so much time with him, but it's tough when you're on your own. I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful husband and partner to raise this family with! Oh! He is about to cut his other top front tooth and when I was looking at it yesterday, I noticed that the two eyeteeth are about to come through as well. So, he is going to have four teeth across the top pretty soon. I can't believe how fast they are coming now. He's great...as long as he has something to chomp on, he's ok.
Since I was home this week, I was able to take lots of pictures...here are the ones that made the cut!
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| Max and Mommy |
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| I love how Eric takes pictures instead of helping me...Max had 2 handfuls of hair! |
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| Max and Grandpa Wilbanks |
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| #1 Dad! |
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| Ellie and Sophie...they are so big! |
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| Just chillin' with Aunt Susan...notice the drool on her shirt! :) |
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| He crawled inside his toy bin looking for one toy that was in the bottom...he got it! |
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| And he chewed on it! |
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| Crawling underneath the exersaucer |
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| I just love this picture! |
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| Not sure what was going on here...guess he needed to stretch a little. |
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| Look at that crazy hair! |
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| Cuddling with Simon |
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| BODY SLAM!!! |
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| His new favorite thing to do... |
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| Deep in thought...or pooping :) |
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| You can never have too many teethers at once! |
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| My beautiful boy |
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| He was just sitting like this for the longest time...it was so funny! |
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| In his bath...such a cute picture |
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| Standing so tall...Go Hawks! |
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| Mighty Max |
