Sickety sick sick

After Florida, Violet got the sickness.  Not fevered, but stuffed up, cough and gooey eye.  Marn took her to the doctor to check her out and she came back with some meds and eye drops. She's doing better this week since about Sunday.... and now it's Desmond's turn!  He's been stuffed up, coughing, fevering on and off, and crying a lot.  His "voice" is so hoarse it's so pitiful and sad. He kind of cries, but not all the time, just sort of moans and babbles the words "ma-ma-ma-ma" or "ba-ba-ba-ba".  It's seriously the most pitiful thing you could hear.  I need to video it... So he hasn't been sleeping well and has been very needy the last few days.
And back to me!  My throat is still a bit sore, I'm still stuffed up and feel like the cold is "moving" into my head.  The most irritating thing I have right now is that "tickle" in my throat.... so a lot of dry coughing trying to scratch it.  I can handle the rest easily enough. The coughing is driving me!
Marn seems to be better for the most part and hopefully stays that way!

We're looking forward to Easter Weekend with hopefully a healthy family.  Getting some garage cleaning and house organizing done, then visiting and eating with friends and family. I would like to spend a good portion of the weekend doing low-key stuff around the house, but that never seems to happen. Too bad I don't get Monday off as I feel like I could use a 4-day break.

Great Vacation?

We had a great ending to a 'so-so' vacation.  Andrew and I were sick (off and on) all week until Friday.  We had a beautiful day Friday and Saturday and spent them at the beach.  It was great.  The kids loved it!  It was Desmond's first time in the water and Vi's first time in the Ocean. The first two times in the water, Desmond didn't like it and cried, but as the week wore on, he loved it and went right in with us splashing around.

forcing a smile on my face, trying not to puke?

Our condo was directly above those two people's heads.

He didn't like the taste so much... lol

Thankfully my parents were willing and able to help us watch the kids when we were down and out in the sickness.  Unfortunately now that we're home, Violet has now come down with something - ear ache, stuffy nose and red eyes.  So far Desmond is ok, but it'll be a miracle if he stays that way if Violet has anything to do with it! (constantly kissing him and touching his face).

One of the highlights of this trip for me was (almost) swimming with the dolphins.  Every day we had dolphins swimming by and not very far out (near the buoy's) so one afternoon I swam out hoping to get near some.  Well they came by about 20 yards in front of and on both sides of me.  I yelled out to Marn to check it out and as I was looking out, she yells back at me - apparently there were dolphins between me and the shoreline and I missed them!  I didn't know this until I got back to shore when she told me... bummer, but very cool!

sun burn anyone?

First day sunscreen application mishap.... ouchy!

My right knee was the same colour as my right foot in this pic.

Kiddies at Dockside Dave's

View from breakfast yesterday and the kids at dinner last night. So cute!

Florida!

Well, we made it.  The plane ride down was fine, despite some of the "issues" that Southwest Airlines is having. None of them affected us. If you haven't heard, try googling it! (Holes in 2 different plane's fuselage, grounding 300+ flights...)
Getting across the border in Buffalo, the guard asked Violet the first few questions like, Who's driving?, Who's sitting beside him?, and who's in the seat beside you?  She asked a lot of questions, some strange some normal, but in the end no trouble getting through.  It took us about an hour to get through the line though - made us a little bit nervous getting to the airport, but we had no issues.

The place that Marn's parents rented is right on the beach, one floor up and a great view of the beach and ocean.  Unfortunately, I was not feeling well on Thursday night (cold sweats all night, sore throat, sore muscles), but feeling better by Friday night.  I was NOT happy about this because we've been avoiding getting sick for the last 2+ months as everyone around us has been sick on and off.  It figures that I'd get it right before vacation....  And now, Monday morning, Marnie woke up not feeling well, sore throat, achy body.  Great!!!  I'm feeling much better, still not 100%.  Thankfully we don't think any of the kids have gotten it, although Violet's been a little stuffed up the past few days.  Off to the beach in a bit now that marn woke up and is feeling a bit better.

I'll upload some pics later on

Where did my little man go?

Seems like he is growing so fast.  I can't believe he is rolling around on the floor already and showing early signs of crawling.  So funny, I always tell Des 'don't you crawl', in a silly voice and he smiles at me.  Tonight at dinner Violet told Des 'don't you crawl'.  Sometimes I forget how much she takes in...
Photos also include my haircut from today, love it straight...I can never get it to look this good when I do it. 

 Self portrait with Des after nap today

 Snuggling with Granny and Violet. 

Smooches!  Can't believe he was looking at the camera...sooo cute.  Too big though!  I want my little baby boy back (ok - he was never that little, but it is going too fast).