February is a really long month. We started it with chicken pox. Then Grandma getting sicker and finally dying. Then Parker gets the flu. Then I get the flu. Now it appears that Parker has that RSV virus, which looks like a really bad cold and cough that keeps us both up all night. Sprinkle that with a few good snow storms that cancel plans and make travel difficult. Phew. I'm not really trying to complain here, just kinda overwhelmed. And Mike's been super busy at work and with church stuff and so I'm kinda getting to the end of my rope with parenting day and night. Like I told Christy, it's even harder with the fact that I can't stomach coffee since having the flu and so I can't count on that pick-me-up! One of the rules for finding contentment in life is to never wish you were somewhere else. As I was doubled over the toilet puking my guts out, I wondered if that still applied?
On the positive side, I did loose 5lbs. via puking and last night when I weighed on the Wii it said "that's normal" for my BMI for the first time ever! That was kinda exciting. Being sick appears to have gotten me past that plateau that I'd been at for the last two months. Just as long as I can stick my landing! (comes of watching the Olympics at 2 a.m. this morning!) Also, Parker has made great strides in bedtime routines. So much so that last night he put himself to bed! He disappeared while I was exercising and when I went to find him he was snoring away in his bed with the blanket pulled up over him. That's a far cry from the 3 hour nurse/cry/nurse issues we used to have every night. I thank God for this blessing every night. So much for those experts that say that they'll never learn to put themselves to sleep if you don't let them "cry it out." Not only does he know how to put himself to sleep, he also likes to sleep, and begs for nap time. :) I'll enjoy that while it lasts.
Also looking forward to company coming this weekend. The very good, Bible reading, coffee drinking, deep conversation kind of company that I've been needing. So excited. Just hoping Parker gets to feeling better so that we can enjoy it.
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