Weekend recap

Monday and Tuesday night of this week Miller had horrible sleepless nights, waking up every 1-2 hours crying and screaming.  On Wednesday I took him to the walk-in clinic at his pediatrician and the doctor gave him a clean bill of health.  Wednesday and Thursday night were even worse and when his fever spiked to 104 degrees early Friday morning, I made him an another appointment.  Turns out the little guy had an ear infection.  I'm glad I went with my instinct and brought him back to the doctor because after just the first dose of antibiotic he seemed much better.

I hate it when my babies don't feel well, but I do love the cuddles I get from them.  Neither one of them are big cuddlers right now (busy toddlers!) but when they don't feel well, they want to snuggle with me all day and I am happy to oblige.

Saturday, the children's hospital (where the twins were in the NICU) had a Celebration of Remembrance ceremony for children gone too soon.  We sent in a picture of Lucas last week to be shown in the slide show.  As soon as we walked into the auditorium, our little Lucas' picture was on the big screen greeting us.  After a short ceremony, we were asked to step outside and take an envelope with a butterfly inside it.

We then participated in a butterfly release.  This butterfly in the picture fluttered over to me and landed on my finger.  I think it was Lucas' way of saying hello.

This next group of pictures shows the progression of Declan holding a flower pot with forget-me-nots (a little keepsake from the ceremony), then eating the flowers and dirt, and then having a major meltdown when we took the flower pot away (while Miller laughs at him).  Poor guy.  My mom tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I told her he would eat it.

A few hours after we got back from the ceremony, Declan started feeling bad.  One minute he was fine and the next minute he was running a high fever.  His doctor called in some ear drops for us so we didn't have to drive all the way downtown again.  Saturday and Sunday were spent watching Cars and Curious George and he started feeling better today.

Whew.  This weekend was a wild ride of ear infections, teething (Miller is getting his 8th tooth!), and spending a small fortune on Tylenol and Advil.  Hopefully we are all on the mend.  I got sick too, but mommies don't really have time to be sick, huh?

I did treat myself to a snow cone today.  I needed a little pick me up!