It's just been one of those weeks...

Yep. It started last Saturday with Alexis getting a cough that Sunday morning was a hacking cough and low fever. So Nathan took the other kids and we had a quiet morning at home. She was doing pretty good so we took her Sunday night and she sat with us. She did great but I'm still glad we have a year & a half before we have to start bringing her & her sister with us for good!

Then to Monday. Alexis was better and we had some friends coming over. By "some friends" I mean 8 more adults and 10 more kids. And in the craziness of preparation I cooked some taco soup and drained the meat into a bowl. I left the bowl out and a little later caught Emory eating it. I promise that girl will eat almost anything! I think I heard her say "ummm". Yuck! I disposed of that then continued on and forgot about it. She got exceedingly whiny and needy and about 15 minutes after everyone was there fixing food & visiting, she threw up all over the kitchen. Fun, huh? We really know how to entertain! So Nathan & I took turns watching her & giving her a bath. She was sick a couple more times then we put her to bed. I'm still not sure if she was sick from the food or a bug but it lasted several days.

Then Tuesday...Valentine's Day. Last week I had to go to the dentist and get a temp crown put on. So Tuesday my tooth was not hurting less, it was hurting more and I was taking pain meds round the clock. I didn't know if this was normal so I called the dentist and the said I would probably need a root canal. Great. Nathan and I were gonna have a date but b/c of that and Emory we decided to postpone. I took some Ibuprofen and we still had a nice night at home. We decorated for the kids and gave them some goodies then put them to bed. Then we watched Courageous and went to bed. Hey, it might sound boring but a nice quiet night at home is good for me right now!

Wednesday Emory was still sick and I went to my dreaded dentist appt. But thankfully when we got there they had the permanent crown & decided to just put that on and see if it helped. I actually noticed an improvement almost right away when the meds wore off. That was such a relief. I tried to get him to let me buy an iPad with the $$ we saved but he didn't quite see it my way ;)

Thursday night we took all the kids to Nana & Poppa's house to spend the night. We went to a couple of stores, then to eat, came home & watched some TV.  It was great. I'm not sure if Nana & Poppa thought as much, the twins kept them up half the night! They frequently wake with night terrors but go back to sleep. With Nana, they didn't want to go back to sleep.  It wasn't until Nathan's Dad finally got stern with them that they quieted and went to bed for good. I know that pained him so :)

Friday morning I slept in a little then went to Kaleigh's parent/teacher conference. Found out she is in GT and one of the top readers in her class! I was/am so proud, though slightly ashamed that I didn't already know this. Guess I need to communicate with her a little more, huh? Cleaned the house for a couple hours then went and got the kids and they were all coughing pretty good.

Saturday (today) I was helping host a shower at our house. We scrambled around trying to clean everything, especially with the crud in our house. The kids "helped". Anytime we sent them out of the room, someone was crying within 5 minutes. Emory was cranky and only got worse as the day went on. She was asleep for the shower though. That went really well. I made this bad boy. A motorcycle diaper cake.

It was fun to make - I'm sure you'll be seeing them all over the place soon!

The funny thing is, my friend Liz showed up with one also. My hub and her hub Andy are always doing the same things at the same time and we laughed that it was rubbing off on us! Of course we both got the idea off pinterest. Here's the link to the tutorial if you're interested. This girl has the most detailed, easy to follow tutorial that I've ever seen! Pictures too! I'm not crafty but I figured I could follow directions and it wasn't that hard. Liz just looked at the pics and made one, but I can never do that, I would just make a mess.
My friends had some other beautiful creations. Jennifer is very talented and made some adorable petit fors (sp ?) and these amazing chocolate suckers. Hand painted!

I can't fathom how she did these!

Nathan took Emory to a party and I relaxed a bit but also am feeling ill. I had a feeling it would hit me at some point.

And that's where we're at right now. A week of ups & downs. Some trials & some blessings. It makes me think of the verse in Isaiah "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are my ways your ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." It's hard not to let circumstances affect you and God showed me this week that things can change and then change again before I've had a chance to analyze it! (As I so love to do). I have a friend Jill who is fostering two little girls right now and I think of her a lot. Changes like that can throw a person if they aren't grounded in a constant, which is only God. So yeah, it's been a crazy week but who am I to say next week won't be crazier?!