Sickies

I got the flu a few days ago. It has been really (I mean really) rough to be sick with the baby by myself. At one point my fever was hovering around 103.5-103.7. Of course with a fever that high I was so COLD. I mean fuhreezing. I tried taking hot baths but I still had goosies. Anyway, this fever accompanied a sore throat, muscle fatigue, a cough, stuffed nose, and overall nasty feeling. I basically had zero appetite but forced myself to eat at least once or twice a day so that my milk wouldn't dry up. 

Avelyn also got sick which caused her to scream A.LOT. She wanted to not only be held..but walked around while being rocked in my arms. Which, when you're that sick, isn't easy. Especially for 2+ hours. Aye Yai Yai! Poor girl. She thankfully never got a temperature. Her symptoms were (from what mommy could tell) yucky feeling and a cough. Oh yes, and vomiting.

Yesterday I had to go to church because it was my week to do my service work there. I woke up hopeful to take a shower but Avelyn was really cranky and that just couldn't happen. I figured out why she was so fussy after she puked all over me (and the pillow and my hair). As disgusting as it is, I didn't have time to wash it out (GROSS I know) so I just had to put it in a ponytail. We set up a little camp upstairs away from everyone else so we could avoid infecting people. I brought her playmat and she behaved herself while I was doing my work. Yayy Baby!

The absolute worst part was sleeping. After rocking/walking Avelyn to sleep for over two hours. I finally got a minute to eat something and get in bed. She would wake up around 11:30 to eat again and after that I would try to sleep until her 2 am feeding. Unfortunately, I couldn't even do that because my stupid nose was so stopped up that I kept waking up. Anyway, she would eat at 2, but only one side. 45 mins later, she wanted the other side. Then 20 mins after that (right when I went back to sleep) she wanted to paci. The next time she woke me up I just brought her to bed with me! She finally slept through until 6ish but with my stuffed up nose and fear of squishing her..I probably got about 4 hours of sleep. The next night I just brought her to bed at 2 to avoid that whole fiasco and that helped me get about 3 in a row. yayy!!

In the meantime, my house looked like a warzone. Toilet paper bombs everywhere, dirty dishes, dirty clothes, baby clothes. YUCK!

Anyway, the worst is behind me. I'm not trying to sound all "Woe is me..all alone..!" because I had so many sweet friends offer their help! While I wished I could accept, I didn't want to get any of them sick too! Most of girlfriends have babies of their own and I couldn't do that to them!

Today is my second day of antibiotics and I am feeling much better. I was able to get the dishes done, a load of laundry, eat breakfast, and pick up. Whew!  Here are some recent pics!

Day 1 of sickness..not too bad.

Day 3 after church.. poor baby wouldn't stop crying until she finally passed out on me like this. I didn't move for 2.5 hours! poor little bird

Today she scooched herself pretty far from her blanket!

Why, hello there little girl!

She was blowing raspberries the entire way and covered herself (and parts of me too) in spit!

She refused to nurse this morning so I had to pump. She actually can hold her own bottle...

...for like a second!

If I don't strap her into her bouncy seat, this happens.

Chewing on everything!! Teething in full effect!

The picture below is of me as a baby. While I don't think Avy and I look much alike now..I see the similarities in our baby pics. Mostly in the cheeks, eyebrows, nose and mouth. She def has her daddy's eyes and forehead. :)