sick days

Well, the stomach bug has made its way to the Smith home, although these two have been the only ones affected so far. This picture was taken on day 2 of the madness. We were up all night the night before (except for Luke, who thankfully slept through everything). After a few hours of throwing up in the bathroom, we needed a change of scenery so we moved to the couch for a movie marathon ("Cars" once, "Toy Story" twice). It was quite a sight--I sat in the middle of Ty and Drew; Corey sat on the end, and we took turns holding trash cans up as these poor babies threw up sometimes every 15-30 minutes. It was terrible. Then, the "Big D" hit. I have no experience with kids and the Big D, but it's not pretty. Let's just say, they often didn't make it to the bathroom... Sorry--TMI, I know, but I had to share. Needless to say, there have been lots of changes of underwear and clothes, and I've been steadily working through a mountain of laundry.

The boys each ate a 1/4 of a baked potato last night for dinner--the first food they've eaten in three days. And they are starting to get some life back--a hint of their personalities is returning. Oh how I've missed them! I think I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel...