Weekend Recap: Daddy Is HOME!!!

Both Ben and I are equally excited that Andy is home!  He was in San Antonio for work all week and I gained a new appreciation for single moms.   Just when I was starting to feel like I was doing a good job, my poor little guy got sick.  At around 3:00AM on Friday morning, I woke up to Ben crying, and I could tell he was MAD.  I went in his room to find that he had his first case of what appeared to be the stomach flu.  I cleaned him up, changed his sheets, and snuggled him before putting him back to bed.  About 10 minutes later, I heard the same intense crying and realized that he had thrown up again...except a lot more this time.  :( I felt soooo bad for him.  At this point, he was still throwing up and I really didn't know what to do, so I texted my mom at the slim chance she was awake at 4:15 in the morning.  She responded nearly instantly and came to my rescue, as she always seems to do!  BEST MOM EVER!  I ended up taking my first sick day (in the 7 years at my job) to stay home with my sweet boy.  I may be a pediatric nurse, with a Master's in pediatric nursing for that matter, but I was so nervous taking care of him.  I just hated seeing him so sad and was so worried about him.  :(  Thankfully it was short-lived and he was back to his old self by the end of the day.  Actually, he was back to his busy, playful self in between episodes of vomiting, and even had time to make a "welcome home" sign for daddy.  Such a trooper!

By Saturday morning, he was essentially back to baseline Ben.  We ended up going to music class before picking up daddy from the airport.  He was so so so happy to see daddy!!  He looked for Andy every single day and just didn't understand where he went.  He has been extra attached to daddy now that he is home again!  Although I was going to attempt making Andy a welcome home dinner, I was off the hook when we decided to take up an offer for dinner at a new restaurant with some friends.  ;)

Andy was quick to put the oven/stove/kitchen utensils back to work on Sunday morning, after they were on break while Andy was gone. ;)  Ben LOVES cooking with Daddy.  They whipped up some delicious pancakes before it was back to playing with his ($9.00!) sunshine balloon from Nana.  That darn balloon sure seemed to contribute to his speedy recovery.  

We spent Sunday afternoon eating at one of our favorite brunch restaurants and checking out some fish.  Between the fish and his daddy (& momma!) being home, Baby, I mean, Big Boy Fish was in heaven!  I was too.  Love weekends with my little family!

Unfortunately, yesterday my mom came down with whatever Ben had and today it seems that the bug was passed on to Auntie Anna.  :(  I am hoping and praying that no one else gets sick!  Ben had his 2nd day of pre-pre-school yesterday, which did NOT go as well as day #1.  Poor little guy!  I know it is good for him, but I was so sad after I heard he was sobbing and clinging to Andy when he dropped him off and then was crying a lot all day and refusing to eat.  Thankfully, when I came home from work last night he was laughing and spinning around on his bottom on the hardwood floors.  I think he (temporarily) forgot about his rough day.  He was in bed by 6:45 and we, Rosco included, got lots of snuggles.  Can't complain about that!

Hopefully I'll get around to writing a 17 month post soon!  Happy Tuesday!