up all night

our week started off really rough...

about an hour after we all headed to bed madyn woke up just bawling

she cried nonstop till about 3 or 4 in the morning.

at first we were thinking that she just had a bad dream because 

she wouldnt tell us what was wrong.

by about midnight we finally figured out that it was because her ear was in pain.

so between her crying, my neck, her kicking us in her sleep, 

and being completely exhausted it was a pretty miserable night.

when we all woke up in the morning we trekked on over to urgent care to

get that stinking ear looked at. 

while we were waiting for the PA to come in little miss threw up 

mucus and snot everywhere. 

talk about sending your stomach over the edge.

we went and got her prescription and headed back home to get some rest.

eric was seriously a lifesaver.

he was a trooper with her during the night, then being thrown up on at the doctor,

dealing with me and mads while we did some shopping and then

going home to make us all a delicious steak lunch.

we all just crashed after lunch.

i think we all had all we could take.

monday was presidents day so mads had the day off of school...

not like she has been going a lot anyways being sick.

we had a good day together, i love listening to her play and pretend.

tuesday little miss headed back to school.

she was thrilled to be back with all her friends.

by the time i went back and picked her up she wasnt ready to head home.

she was certain that she wanted to stay.

i could tell she was pretty tired but we had a few errands to run.

i went back and had a chiropractor appointment

and by the time it was over i got a text from carilyn and tony saying that

they just made it into town.

madyn was ecstatic to see them- and boy let me tell you it sure hyped her up.

they were able to hang out at the house for a few hours and visit.

around 5 when eric got home madyn just crawled up in his lap and fell fast asleep. 

poor girl was exhausted.

it was a pretty low key rest of the week until friday. 

 tony and carilyn came back through that afternoon and stayed with us that night.

madyn was so excited for them to be here with us.

she had us playing all sorts of games with her.

we visited till late in the night.

when we got up saturday we headed over to perkins to have breakfast

with tyson, courtney and travis.

after breakfast they took off back home. 

madyn was soooo sad to see them leave. 

with staying up and visiting late at night me and eric were both 

just beat so we fell asleep right when we got back.

that afternoon we went and watched the cowboys play some basketball.

we had a good afternoon and evening together. 

this week i also started a 365 day photography project. 

i was challenged to do that so i could keep up on the skills that i learned at

my photography class last week.

so my goal is to get 365 pictures with no editing.

the only real hard part right now is trying to find things to take pictures of 

around the house since it is so freezing out right now.

valentine's day

monday was a BEAUTIFUL day!
after mads got home from preschool we went on a walk and she
played outside on her little slide.
eric got home a little earlier then expected so we all went over to washington park
to play for a little bit.
that evening tys and his girlfriend came over to have some cheesecake for
his birthday then day before.

tuesday was valentine's day!

and as goofy as it sounds i absolutely LOVE valentine's day.
i love giving gifts and all the happiness in the air.
madyn had an awful night sleeping so with her cold kicking back into high gear
we decided to keep her home.

she loved opening her valentine gifts and taking it easy the rest of the day.

that evening the cowboys had a basketball game

so you guessed it- me and eric had a hot date at the AA.

it was a pretty rough game to watch...

i kinda even thought by the end they might pull it through.

yeah... they didnt.

poor little miss- by the end of the first half she had it.

and you could tell that she was starting to get a bit of a fever.

wednesday when she woke up she was all perked up ready to go back to school.

but with her fever and the cold that she has had i was certain 

that she must have an earache.

it was classic madyn signals.

so that morning we went into the doctor.

and low and behold her ears were fine... the doc said that her throat

looked awful so they checked her for strep but that came back negative too.

so we are just stuck with a nasty virus and trying to get over it.

so we went out for a little lunch date together at arbys :)

then for a walk and when eric got off of work we headed over

to the park and little miss got to ride her bike around.

seriously the weather has been super gorgeous lately.

it feels so nice getting out of the house for a few hours a day.

friday i woke up with the worst kinked neck that i have ever experienced!
it traveled down my neck to the bottom of my shoulder blade and up into my head
behind my ear and would make my hand go numb every once in awhile.
i had to have pinched a nerve and it was making me physically sick.
i had a parent teacher conference for mads that afternoon.
she is doing awesome at school. her teachers and her class all love her.
which is great because she adores all of them.
after i was able to schedule a chiropractor appointment to try and help my neck.
it definitely made a difference, but i was still pretty miserable.
so it was a pretty low key night at our house.
saturday i was up bright and early to get to a photography class that i signed up for.
my neck was a lot better but i was still pretty stiff and sore.
i had the best time at the workshop and learned a ton!
and madyn had the best day with her dad.
she told me about how the spent THREE HOURS at the park.
she was thrilled to have spent the day with him.
we ended the night all together watching a movie together.
i love those low key nights that we get to spend with each other.

super bowl sunday

sunday was big ol super bowl sunday.

meaning we had lots of yummy food and not enough stomach space to

eat all that we had.

and to top it all off it was gorgeous outside!

it was a pretty great day... despite the fact that im pretty sure i made it 

back to laramie with a bit of a cold...

monday i was busy running errands... for whatever reason my phone stopped working

and i couldnt text or call so i spent a good bit of my morning trying to get that all fixed.

that afternoon i met up with madyn and her preschool class at a pet store

to go and see some animals.

they had frogs, fish, snakes, mice, rats, guinea pigs, 

chinchillas, sugar gliders, hamsters and hedgehogs.

madyn and me agreed that the hedgehogs were our favorites- they were pretty stinking cute.

i spent the rest of the day volunteering at her school.
afternoons have been pretty rough around the house... i seriously get soooo exhausted
come 2 o'clock... good thing madyn is such a good kid and lets me get caught up on my rest.
but this dang cold is seeming to really kick my butt... i swear the second i think im starting
to get better i take a turn for the worse again.
so a lot of my evenings have been pretty low key just trying to feel better.
wednesday we were only able to make it over to dance class
before i was ready to roll over and fall asleep... seriously this stupid cold is going to
be the death of me!
and it keeps passing back between madyn, me and eric...
come thursday madyn was down and out for the count so she missed school.
i had a doctors appointment to check out our little mr...
so little miss was able to come with.
she was such a trooper all day since i procrastinated grocery shopping,
getting my license renewed and some other errands.
but honestly she was awesome.
as a side note- if you want to look somewhat decent in your renewed driver's license
picture... maybe don't get it done when you are six months pregnant.
#chunky
saturday eric had to work in the afternoon to late at night so as a prevalentines
day date we decided to head out to have lunch together.
we had a pretty great morning together. 

in the valley

sunday madyn gave the scripture in primary.

i was so proud of her!

she wasnt nervous at all and said it nice and loud for everyone to hear.

after church we got all packed up and me and mads took off for some time in the valley.

in the middle of the night i got super sick and didnt sleep so great.

it was a long night.

monday i got the little kids over to babysit while everyone went off to work.

it was a pretty busy evening... but a good one.

tuesday james had the day off work so he took the kids and watched them

while i headed over to the shop to get some work done.

i had a pretty successful day if i do say so myself.

that night we all spent some time playing games together.

i love those little fibbers!

madyn was having so much fun with all her cousins around.

wednesday i was back babysitting all the kids... and boy were they 

an emotional bunch.

so it was a bit of a long day but by the end they were starting to get along again.

thursday was my last day in the valley and time to get some running around and errands done.

i got some more work at the shop done, but by the end of the night 

i was NOT feeling good at all.

but after a good couple hour rest/ nap i was feeling so much better again.

so that evening me and austy went out for a little date together

to get some icecream. 

friday after we made our rounds to say our goodbyes to everyone.

it was afternoon before we finally made it out of town.
by green river i started not feeling so great again... so we stopped in rock springs
and went over to cafe rio to eat some lunch.
figured that some food and getting out of the car might do some good.
and it did.
it wasnt too long before we were back on the road and finally home.
saturday madyn became attached at eric's hip.
it was a pretty busy day getting stuff done around the house and getting
back into the groove of being home.
we had a great week in the valley but we sure were happy to be back home
with eric as a family :)