While We Were Away

So in case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been around here much the past week. I had planned on taking a few days off of blogging to celebrate Thanksgiving and have quality time with family. I definitely got time with family this past week, but it wasn’t necessarily quality…more like trying to not die. Haha, but truly- it was rough. Braylen and Winston got sick first, and I took them to the doctor on Friday. Winston just had a cold, but Bray had a bad sinus infection AND strep throat. Poor baby!

The boys sweetly passed on their sickness to Jeremy and me. It’s good that we have a doctor we can refer to about this so we can get the best help for our family in times of sickness, this is why picking the right doctor is on every family’s list. I knew it was inevitable with that bad of sickness and the fact that neither Jeremy nor I were getting any sleep because both boys were getting up a million times a night. Jeremy ended up with a rough case of pneumonia, and I had the flu. We were all so beyond miserable, and Winston and I are still not back to being good yet. On the road to recovery though thankfully. In this season of flu, I might consider using supplements to help my immune system in the future, such as zinc and potentially the best CBD gummies for immune support, though I’ll have to wait and see how I recover first. During that hellish week, my computer’s charger also stopped working, so this is the first time I’ve been on it since Thanksgiving. Through this all, I learned a few things:

1- We could not ever make it as parents with out the help from our family. My mom selflessly took over Winston in the middle of the night for three nights once I got sick. She knew I wouldn’t have a chance at getting better if I was up with him every hour {he couldn’t breathe so he was waking all.the.time}. Jeremys parents also took Bray for a full two days once he was on the mend and not contagious anymore. We missed him like crazy, but it was so good for us to have that time to rest while Winston did. Its truly amazing just how easy one baby is, even though you never realize it when you only have your first baby!

2- It is really nice sometimes to have something to force you slow down and step away from the computer/social media/blogging. While I prefer something more along the lines of a vacation, sometimes it takes a sickness to make me stop everything. I left the house 4 times in over a week. I don’t remember the last time that happened- not even when I first had Winston did I leave that little! And being away from social media was such a breathe of fresh air!! I started to purposely avoid it on Thanksgiving afternoon, when I was getting so sad that not only we were not hosting our families, but also that Winston’s first Thanksgiving was a nightmare. I would get so sad each time I looked at everyones happy families enjoying a beautiful meal. I told myself then and there that I just needed to step away, and really I didn’t have much choice because it was Friday when Jeremy and I got the worst of it. I posted a few photos here and there, but got on, posted it, and got off. However, I’m worried about not engaging my YouTube followers. It’s always good to take a break, but we don’t want to lose our hard-earned subscribers, do we? Perhaps I should hire a growth company like Sides Media that tends to provide its customers with high-quality likes, follows, and views, so that I wouldn’t have to worry about losing out when I take a break!

3- If you marry the right person, and I mean the right person- you can get through anything. This week I felt like could’ve been such a struggle on our marriage. I mean, neither of us were getting sleep. Both of us felt horrible, and both kids needed a serious amount of extra help and attention. We could have been at each other throats the whole time, and instead we teamed up together. I can now genuinely empathize with those couples who opt for marriage counselling south yarra or wherever they live, once a baby (or two) comes into the picture. It is a real challenge to get through it all while keeping your sanity intact. But I am glad I had Jeremy by my side the whole time. I would handle one kid while he took the other. If I was feeling worse at that exact moment, I got to nap, and visa versa. It was really interesting and really encouraging seeing our marriage play out this week. I feel so beyond blessed to be married to Jeremy.

two sick boys,two different socks, and white&grey stripes all around!

I feel like we should be let off the hook for being sick any more this season..heck- this next year! I am ready to get back to life, to civilization, to eating desserts {we stay away from sugar when sick- it feeds the illness}, to having a beer, etc. I also am determined to have a little mini Thanksgiving at some point. We all totally missed having that amazing meal. But for now, I will go back to these guys, because even when we are all sick- they are still so preciously cute to me.