And the Plague Hits Us Again...

Or something like that.

I was so excited for the Easter holiday this year. I had last Friday off as a work holiday (Good Friday) and sent the girls off to daycare. Josh also had to work, so I was well prepared in going out and getting baskets and eggs and decorating items. Everything was ready to go on Friday, and our big plans included getting together with Josh's sister, her girls, his parents, and us to do the egg decorating. Easter Sunday was planned for a big egg hunt in our backyard and then dinner at his parents house.

The only thing that happened for us was dinner with his parents and an egg hunt (not at our house) on Sunday.

On Saturday, Olivia woke up with a scorching fever. She hadn't slept well at all the night before - was whiney pretty much the entire night and waking up every hour - and was crankier than I'll get out. Then, Josh said he didn't feel well either. We're not sure what he had but it was either the flu or food poisoning, which he is still recovering from. He thought that he and Olivia had the same thing, but I don't think so.

Fortunately, Bea was fine. Though, she had just finished up 14 days of antibiotics, we were so tempted to keep them on her because we had some extra that could possibly prevent the onset of something new. We didn't give them to her. Instead, we shipped her off to Grandma and Grandpas to spend time with her cousins. Once she heard that GiGi and NayNay were in town, the gig was up. She didn't want to be at home, but instead with her cousins. Josh and I spent Saturday afternoon alone with Olivia, but then it ended up being just me and Olivia because he rested and took a nap. We had planned to get over to his parents house to help decorate eggs, but I was exhausted from the night before and he was in poor shape. To top it off, we called to see how it was going and all we got was a happy girl who normally would say she wanted to come home but was yelling her cousins names in excitement between breaths. When Josh's mom put her on the phone to talk to me, all she said was "hi mama" and then "NayNay! GiGi!" I asked her if she wanted to stay the night at her grandparents and she said yes (and she didn't even have her beloved blanket and bow-wow). Then she was done with me. But then a minute later the phone rang and I hear the sweet little voice say "Love you, Mama." It made my heart melt and I wanted her home, but it was good for her to spend time with some other family.

So Josh, Livey and I hung out Saturday night, and we decided there was no way we were going to get the house cleaned for the big egg hunt. So, that ended up being at his parents as well. Livey was doing a little better Sunday, but not Josh. He had about two bites of dinner and that was it. As for Livey, I'm pretty sure it's teething. She's getting two more as I write this. The same thing happened right before she got her first top tooth...a fever and nothing else. Just completely uncomfortable.

In any case, Easter ended up being nice, semi-quiet, and full of candy. I seem to have avoided the sickness this time, if there really was one (I am thinking teething and food poisoning for the two of them, so not contagious). Bea is fine, too. The girls got their baskets Sunday evening since we spent most of the day at Josh's parents. They weren't too impressed after all the excitement of the day. But, I was glad I did that for them, and I am looking forward to every single holiday that is to come...