Sick Day

We started out our day today the way that I like to start the day during summer vacation, with a walk.  Alexander wanted to go to "The Geese Park", as he calls it, so that was where we headed.  I had forgotten how many hills there are on that route and did not realize that a 30 pound stroller with 50 pounds of kids in it becomes extremely heavy to push up those hills.  However, we made it there and back and I got quite the workout in.  I don't think that we will do that walk by ourselves for awhile though.  I am not in good enough shape.

While we were at the park, Alexander started complaining about his tummy hurting and he didn't want to play at the playground, so we went home.  When we got home, he curled up on the couch and didn't move.  That was when I really realized that something was wrong.  He is always on the move and loves to get into everything.  He spent most of the day on the couch complaining about his stomach and when he tried to walk around, he was all hunched over.  He even fell asleep on his own around noon on the couch, which if you have ever talked to me about naps, you know it is unheard of for this to happen.  He didn't eat anything all day and didn't even ask for his soy.

Here are my two babies napping at the same time. Don't ask about how Julia is sleeping. We lay her down on her back and she immediately flips to her stomach. If we flip her over, she goes right back to her stomach.

This is what I did while they were sleeping.  I got the equivalent of 7 jars of sweet potatoes for $2.00.  It is in the freezer now waiting until next month, when Julia starts eating solids.

Then at dinner, we tried to get him to eat.  That was a bad idea.  He took a few bites.  Then immediately ran to the bucket that I had put in the living room for him and threw up.  No fun for us.  However, he seemed much better after that and I was pretty happy that he had made it to the bucket.  He managed to play for about an hour after that. 

I really want to play Daddy!

Then he ate a small snack and we put him to bed.  He started complaining about his stomach again when I was putting him to bed.  Hopefully, he can sleep through the night without throwing up anymore and will feel better in the morning.  It was a very quiet day at our house and it was not the way that we wanted to start out summer vacation.