Sick kids

Several weeks ago I commented on how lucky we had been, in regards to getting sick...neither Caleb or Ella had been very sick in the past year, when other families I knew of were battling colds, flu, strep throat kind of things all the time. I should've been knocking on wood, because that jinxed us big time.
The weekend before President's Day in February, I got Ella up on Saturday morning and was met with the ominous smell of vomit when I opened her door. This is never a good sign. She had puked all over her crib and for who knows how long was sleeping in it. Eww. I cleaned her up and that was that. She seemed ok for most of the time but didn't eat like normal. Sunday morning, same exact thing happened. I was dreading opening her bedroom door! Monday I had the day off, Ella was getting pictures taken at JCPenney and I also had an appointment to do our taxes. She didn't wake up with puke, so I figured we were good to go. She still wasn't acting herself but no fever, no more puking....we went to pictures with Auntie Dua. Ella was scared at pictures, I had to sit with her at the beginning of the session..and I recalled doing almost the same thing with Caleb at that age. She warmed up a little and we got some okay shots. That night, I woke up feeling nauseous and sure enough, starting throwing up too. I spent hours in the bathroom and knew for sure I wasn't going to work on Tuesday. Ella seemed fine again so I brought the kids to daycare and headed back home to sleep. As I was driving home, Denise (our daycare provider) called with the news that Ella had thrown up! No!! I had to pick her up and we spent the day trying to recover. That afternoon Denise called again...Caleb was in the bathroom puking. My mom went to get him and he stayed home that Wednesday with Marshall, who by now was sick too. This thing was taking over our family! Ella went to daycare that day but Thursday morning threw up again. It seemed to be neverending. I took her to the doctor and they assured me it was just a nasty bug...nothing to do but wait and keep her hydrated. The rest of us were fine after 24 hours or so but this hung on for over a week for poor Ella. She had diarhhea for a long time, ended up with a fever for a day or so and on top of all this, cut her first molar! It was a rough couple weeks. Below are some pictures I took during that time....you can see in their faces they just don't feel right! Poor kids.