Our Weekend

We had a nice weekend - though Joshua has had a cold - then me and Clay caught it. All I have is a runny nose (and had a bad sore throat Friday night). Clay is more miserable with a cough and stuffy/runny nose. Joshua is up and down - during the day he seems fine, with only a little runny nose. Then last night he started coughing, slept fine all night (thankfully) and then this morning he is coughing and coughing.

Ah the joys of having a sick child. He hates noises - and I had to give him a breathing treatment in order to get him to stop (or reduce) the coughing. I snuck in the room this morning, while he was still sleeping, plugged in the nebulizer, put a pillow over the noisy machine, then put the end of the hose (where the medicine/smoke comes out) next to his mouth. After a minute or so, he woke up, opened his eyes and began to slightly panic over the "smoke" blowing into his face. I tried to tell him that this is "special smoke", then he repeated me, and I hoped he would never remember or repeat that phrase again!

It has helped, and I will try to repeat it again a couple times today. Minus the "special smoke" reference.

Now that I woke him up though, I don't get my couple of hours to myself. I know, that sounds a little greedy, but after I get the older two to school, that time is MY time. I usually let Joshua sleep in, unless we have somewhere to go. Since he woke up before 7:30 am, he will probably take a nap at some point today. Still, not the same. I NEED my morning time!


We did manage to have some fun this weekend. We went to park. The weather was just so beautiful - and I think we all needed some fresh air! I am trying to keep my windows open so that the Jake and Jalyn don't get this.

Some park pics: