the flu epidemic

phew. i'm pretty sure that ever since we stepped foot in our new home, we have been blessed with some awesome illness. the first week, max and i both got a nasty cold, complete with sneezing, coughing, and headaches galore.

little did i know, that was nothing in comparison to what the next week held for us.

allow me to give you a glimpse of our past week:

last sunday night: we were enjoying a delicious dinner of spaghetti, garlic stix, and salad, when max lost the entire contents of his stomach. alllllll of it came out. and it just didn't stop coming. i seriously had no idea that so much food could fit inside a tiny body. it completely caught us off guard, but we didn't think much of it. we cleaned him up, and danny decided to feed him some more while i was holding him. not a good idea. a few minutes later, all of that food was covering me. yummmmm.

that night, our poor little guy would wake up every twenty-thirty minutes to try to get a little more out. i have never seen him so completely exhausted and tired. it was extremely hard for both of us to see our little boy in so much pain, but there really wasn't anything we could do. danny slept on his floor the entire night {i had to move to the bed around 2 am} and was there with a towel the minute he heard max gagging. luckily, danny had monday off for labor day but we were all so exhausted, we didn't do a whole lot.

monday: i started feeling sick. no throwing up, but tons of nausea. awesome. on danny's day off he took care of not one, but TWO sick people. max threw up a little in the morning, but was pretty good the rest of the day.

tuesday: danny back to work...even though today was the day that danny felt sick. he is such a trooper. after being thrown up on twice, max and i laid in bed basically the entire day. i would feed max a few sips of pedialyte, and minutes later he would be asleep again. it broke my heart.

wednesday: a few gags, but i'm pretty sure we steered clear of vomit. however, his menu as of late has consisted of only pedialyte, toast, and banana's.

thursday: no throwing up, yayyyy!! we thought the worst was over...

friday: max did great until that evening when he threw up again!! booo. {probably too much sugar from jenny's wedding reception...}

saturday: max was back to his happy self, eating basically anything we would put on his tray. we still stayed away from anything super sugary + fatty but he seemed like he was doing great.

until right before bath time and he completely lost it. allllll over danny. i'm pretty sure everything that he consumed during the day was covering the bathroom floor. we were at my parents, so mom helped clean all of us up and then we stuck him in the bath were he proceeded to give himself a gigantic goose egg on his noggin. we sure are awesome parents, huh??

and today: i felt horrible again! max didn't throw up at all today {such a blessing} so danny took him to church while i rested and tried to catch up on lost sleep.

we've all been feeling a little bit better this evening but oh my goodness. i'm scared for what this week ahead holds! our house is still such a mess from trying to move in, and i have very little motivation to do anything. at. all.

so, i apologize for the downer of a post, but if you want to send tips/suggestions/encouragement my way, i wouldn't mind one bit!