Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Climbing out from under everything

I generally like to stick to the happy stuff on this blog, and - much to our great fortune - life with Anna and Margaret is blissful and wonderful.  But the past 2 weekends have been rough on all of us, explaining why I haven't posted anything since we got back from Florida.

Two weekends ago, I spent 48 hours straight on the couch while Joey took care of the girls in his always capable, super Dad fashion while I suffered through some weird stomach virus and the nausea that went along with it.  Hoping it was behind us, we spent last week in our usual routine of play dates and trips to friends' houses, and prepared for an eagerly anticipated wedding of a dear friend of mine (who I've known since I was 10!) in St. Louis - and looked forward to seeing my family again.  On Friday night, weather between Nashville and St. Louis was downright awful with gusting winds, pouring rain, and low temperatures - and so my paranoia of taking my 3 favorite people in the world on potentially icy roads for 5 hours straight, in the dark, got the best of me and we decided to stay in Nashville Friday night and leave early Saturday morning to make it just in time for my friend Joelle's 2:00 wedding.

In hindsight, that was a good decision to stay for many reasons - as I awoke to Margaret screaming at 3 in the morning, grabbed her out of her crib, tried consoling her in our glider...and noticed an odd smell.  I took her out in the hallway, and sure enough - she's covered head to toe in her own vomit.  The night went downhill from there - as the poor girl threw up for 3 hours straight, and after multiple clothing changes and clean-ups, she fell asleep exhausted and drained.  

The next morning, we gave her a very necessary bath and made breakfast...at which point Joey started feeling not so right, sealing the decision to stay in Nashville.  He ended up catching the same virus, as did Anna, and luckily I remained standing and spent the weekend doing a lot of laundry, clean up, and baby/husband care, while I watched them all suffer and couldn't do much to help anyone.

The good thing is - everyone's feeling better, so we have so much to be thankful for - and that was a much needed though painful reminder to all of us to not take good health for granted.  And despite the rough weekend spent entirely indoors, as well as a missed wedding of a dear friend - there were some funny moments.  Like listening to the girls newfound love for animal sound impressions (their elephant and tiger are the funniest, and when I ask them what a dog says, they strangely pant instead of saying "woof").  Or watching them and their fixation with picking out their clothes - the recent obsession is wearing patent leather shoes and winter hats around the house, which makes for an awesome fashion statement.

By Monday night, everyone seemed to be feeling back to normal, despite the girls' runny noses and Margaret's molars coming in, which are causing some pain for her.  Just before their bedtime,  Joey put on some music in the kitchen and we had a very goofy, spur of the moment family dance party - basking in the euphoria of feeling great again.  I am so grateful to be surrounded by so much love and laughter. 


8 comments:

Rachael Schirano \\ Rachael Schirano Photography said...

awww, katie that is so sweet! i love their dance moves :) i can't wait to hear their animal sounds!

i am so sorry to hear you were all so sick, what a bummer about missing the wedding! but i am glad to hear everyone is feeling better now. and no worries on not getting back to me yet, i totally understand!

Karolyn said...

Katie! I'm so sorry you all were so sick! It was a joy (as always) to watch all of you loving life in the video! They are so funny and can't wait to see them in a week for Thanksgiving!

Kim said...

I'm glad the entire Leniski family is better. I had the same bug this weekend and it just wasn't fun. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

bethology said...

So glad you guys are feeling better! Please call me if you ever need any help...or just some lunch or a trip to the grocery store.

I LOVE the dancing, btw! What a fun way to have family bonding. :)

BuckeyeBundle said...

oh goodness, I love those little dancers! I love how they try to bounce to the beat and everything!
I'm SO glad you are all feeling better. My goodness you had a rough couple weekends. No fun!

welcome back and please please please post more dancing videos....your girls make me smile every time I see them!

Ron and Aimee said...

Your girls are so adorable! I love to catch up on your blog because it makes me imagine my girls at the same age. :)

Leslie said...

There is nothing worse than twins with a stomach bug! Glad everyone is on the mend!

Linda said...

That's awful that she was so sick! I'm so glad everyone is feeling better and back to their adorable happy selves!