What a Crazy Year.....

this is starting out to be! This first few weeks of January have been nuts for us! Since we were spending New Year's in St Louis I felt the rush to get all the Christmas stuff put away before we left. This is a chore all by itself not to mention with a 14 month old helper:) On the Saturday after Christmas I decided to tackle the project. Bob being the helping husband that he is offered to take Reese and go run errands. While they were gone I ran through the house like a crazy person moving everything upstairs to be packed away in the attic. I got a little hasty and instead of waiting for Bob to come home and help me I carried our 12 foot artificial tree upstairs by myself. I didn't think that much about it except when Bob came home and was questioning me about how I did that? Hmmm... I guess I am just strong:) HA! Fast forward a few days and I can barely walk from a strained muscle in my abdominal area. Seriously I thought I was gonna die! Almost a week of rest and lots of Advil later I am finally recovered. Thanks goodness because we are supposed to be training for a marathon (another post on that later).

Yesterday I was planning to get back to working out and Reese wakes up at 4am with a bad cough and fever. Her fever was up and down all day and the pediatrician said to watch her and bring her in if it got over 102. So naturally around midnight when the pediatrician is closed she hits 105!! We rushed to the ER and after lots of poking and prodding they determine poor little Reese has a virus. Great! Today she has been sleeping most of the day and her fever is back down so I am hoping and praying she is on the mend. Hopefully next week things will settle down and life can get back to normal.