I guess we are due....

for sickness. It was one year in September that Riley or Simon had any type of illness other than a minor runny nose. Well, our time is up and has hit pretty hard. Riley started with coughing on Wednesday. We kept her home from school on Thursday to try to get rid of it before it got any worse....no luck. Friday evening she got worse...a lot worse...major coughing, runny nose and a temperature of 102. It was a hard night of playing musical beds for us. Saturday morning she was carried to the couch and stayed there the entire day and night. NEVER has Riley stayed this still for that long nor has she ever been this sick. She didn't eat anything Friday evening or all day on Saturday. She refused ice cream, popsicles, jello and everything else we tried to get her to eat.

On Saturday, Simon started with the coughing and runny nose. Saturday evening he was coughing non-stop. We were up at least every half hour with Riley and/or Simon through the night. Both Jason and I spent some time in all three beds, Riley moved into our bed and Simon and I ended up in Riley's after sleeping for a bit in a chair together.

Sunday came and things started to look better for Riley. She invited Grandma and Grandpa over and played for a little while with them. Still no eating or drinking. Her fever was down....until about 12:00...fever spiked back up and she fell asleep in my arms sitting in a chair. Simon was continuing to cough but eating, drinking and playing normally. After we all had a little nap Riley seems to be slowly on the mend. Simon however has just begun. He spiked a fever at dinner time, refused to eat or drink anything and went into meltdown mode. I rocked him in the chair at 6:00 and he slept in my arms until almost 8:00 when I transferred him into his bed. It is now 10:00 and Jason and I have been in there 4 times already...another sleepless night ahead.

Here's hoping that both of them recover before Christmas. Not a nice way to start our holidays:(