The vomit queen and the snot nose...

We are, yet again, a house of sick. Adri has been the vomit queen since Friday, when it all began. It seems to be the oddest sickness as it is completely random. She's not sick from morning to night. She's woken up from a solid slumber to throw up all over her bed. It also goes from her feeling perfectly fine to her again having her head in the toilet. The poor girl hasn't caught a break in four days now. I think she has also figured out that when she's sick she gets a whole lot of attention and coddling. :) I'm beginning to wonder if sometimes she doesn't just say that she isn't feeling well so that she can have that extra attention from Mommy and Daddy. (And then she ends up either having to go to the bathroom or vomiting, thus changing my thought process entirely.) One thing I'm sure of, we are going to stay in this house and try to get rid of these pesky germs before her birthday party this weekend!

Poor, Poor, Sick, Adri:

From Spring2011

Sam Man is also under the weather. What I originally thought to be his teeth has now turned into a massive snotty nose as well as congestion and a little cough. He's taking it well though, still eating like he never gets fed, playing with his sister's toys, and looking for trouble (why didn't I use trouble as his middle name!!??). I'll begin to worry when he stops looking for trouble, that would be an indicator of a serious problem. :)

On Sunday we went to view the moon rising over a farmer's field out in Rockford. As beautiful and exciting (and cold!) as the experience was, we weren't able to get any good photos (I have zero clue how to take night photos of landscape on my camera and unfortunately there isn't a setting for it). Adri still enjoyed it though, and talked about how "big and sparkly" the moon was. She was also under the impression that the moon was following us home. :)

Daddy and Adri look at the beautiful moon:

From Spring2011

If only Sammy were a girl, he'd have the perfect hair for bows!

From Spring2011

Two things I know for sure about this photo:
a)Sammy will never live it down and
b)Daddy was not happy to see his son in a bow!

From Spring2011

Adri-isms:
"I'm sick, so I need to lay down and relax to get rid of the germs in my tummy."

"Mommy, look at what your son is doing!"

"That's fantastic, just fantastic!"

"Did you just sigh at me?!"

"I always go poo poo in the potty because I wear big girl underwear! Only babies go potty in their diapers!"

"I love you brother."

"It's almost my birthday, maybe I should get this for my birthday? I'm going to be three."

"I only have to eat three more bites, because I'm almost three."

"Maybe I should get three candies for going poo poo, because I'm almost three."

"I need to look through the pictures before we read the story so I can see what's going to happen." (I taught her how to do a picture walk)

and, my very favorite of all...

Adri: I love you Mommy!
Me: I love you too Adri, higher than the moon!
Adri: Higher than the moon? That's a lot of love Mama! I love you higher than the moon too!

And finally, a song I heard the other day that actually brought me to tears to the point that I had to turn it off. I think I'm going to make a photo show of the kids in the past year set to this song.

Never Grow Up
by Taylor Swift

Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No, no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older, too
And don't lose the way that you dance around
In your PJs getting ready for school

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/never-grow-up-lyrics.html ]
It could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs

I just realized everything I have
Is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple

Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even through to you want to
Please try to never grow up

Don't you ever grow up
(Never grow up)
Just never grow up