When it rains...

Seems like life is a bit crazy again - okay, a lot crazy.  To start with, we had a hail storm yesterday evening.  Unfortunately it hit while James and I were shopping with the kids at Wal-Mart.  The hail was so big, it actually broke through the plexiglass skylights!  My poor car got a lot of damage.  The insurance adjustor is coming on Wednesday to make an estimate. 

Last night Jed would not sleep.  He kept coming into our room.  Over and over and over and over.  And repeat.  Eventually James slept in his room on the floor.  Hey, you do what you have to do.

This morning I noticed that Julia had some eye boogers.  I figured it was just from sleeping.  No big deal.  Well, during work, I got a text from daycare that Jed's eye was red but not goopy or watery.  Then I got another text that he had drainage from his ear.  So off to the doctor we went.  Turns out he has an ear infection and eye infection.  Our wonderful doc checked out Julia too and she also has an ear infection and eye infection.  Thankfully I had taken out her contact before we went because she had more goop in her eye.  I guess she gets a little vacation from her contact and patch.  This is her second eye infection since surgery.  It just seems that as soon as we all get well, the cycle starts over and the sickness just runs through the house.

To make matters worse, I was alone with the kids at the doctors so I went to Wal-Mart to pick up all their medicines.  They said it was going to take an HOUR so I wandered Wal-Mart with Jed and Julia.  They were out of popcorn chicken (Jed's favorite).  Then I noticed his diaper had leaked and soaked his pants.  So I had to buy him new pants to change into.  I fed him goldfish, oreos and lemonade as we wandered the store.  He was a mess with cookie all over him, snot on his face, goopy eyes and gunk coming out of his ears.  Then we waited and waited and waited.  An hour and a half later the prescriptions were ready but the insurance had denied them!  Twenty more minutes and it was worked out - but I realized I was THAT mom.  You know, the mom you judged before you had kids.  Before you had kids you saw the mom with the messy, wild kids that wouldn't stay in the cart and you wondered why she didn't control them?  I ask forgiveness for ever judging that mom - because I am now that mom.  With two sick kids who have reached the end of their rope - they were messy, snotty, crying and crazy.  But I finally made it out of there with two sets of eye drops and two sets of antibiotics!

On a good note, Julia turned 5 months on Thursday!

The other good news - Ortopad released their new patches!  And they have pink camo!  And leopard print.  There are new boys patches too.  I can't wait to order some.

You can find them here.

And last - just a pic of me and my babies.  I don't look the best, but I am happy.  They are my everything.