Super Bowl with the Remsburg Family

Today I am spending my first official sick day home with both boys. Up to now it has been just Jacob getting sent home from day care with a fever. Yesterday Kaleb finally got hit by the flu that is making rounds this season. His pre-nap diaper change yesterday required the bathtub...then again same thing after nap. We had Brent and Eddie over to "watch" the Super Bowl last night.

Kaleb had missed most of his nap and then fell asleep on the couch while we were all in the kitchen cooking and whatnot. I was in the middle of a homemade Spinach Artichoke Dip, the kind of fussy recipe where you are melting butter and constantly watching it so it doesn't burn and whisking in flour and having to get the timing just right or the consistency of the sauce will be ruined, in other words, completely absorbed in what I was doing and not at all doing something that was easily interrupted and returned to. Naturally, this is when Kaleb wakes up in the living room and starts crying that his tummy hurt and he only wants Mommy. Rushed through the recipe and went to my little guy, his tummy was a bit distended and somewhat hard to the touch. He did not want me anywhere near it, it hurt so much.

Recalling the last time this happened (after hours care for the doctor to massage a nice diaper out of him...) I thought that was what we were seeing again so I had him walking around the kitchen to try and get things moving in there. Well, I was successful but not in the direction I was aiming for. Poor dude stopped walking and puked all over the floor, the kind where it comes out your nose, the worst!! Little guy was scared and feeling crappy and I felt so bad for him! Got him in the tub with a nice warm bath to calm him down and help ease his shivers. Got him all dressed up warm and comfy and brought him out on the couch to cuddle with me. All was well and then Brent brought out his ceviche, Kaleb got down to inspect it and proceeded to purge the rest of his stomach all over the floor. Another warm rinse off, clean diaper, fresh clothes then back out to cuddle more. Except he was done cuddling, he was bright eyed and ready to be his old self again. I let him stay up for another half hour then we did bedtime stories and lights out.

This morning he had another gag worthy diaper, but otherwise seems to be doing better.

Jacob was fussy last night while I was tending Kaleb, but I chalked it up to his usual routine of fussing every time he sees me but I can't pick him up. He went to sleep really easily at 7 and that was the end of his being easy! Woke up at 10, ate again and then fussed when I put him down. Let him fuss a bit to see if he would sleep. Nope. Midnight back in to snuggle, by 2 I was ready to cry along with him. Brought him into our bed at Kyle's suggestion, he fussed and whined in there. Kyle got him tylenol around 3 and then took him into the nursery and rocked him to sleep. I'm thinking he is getting a couple teeth.

By now it was about 4. Finally fell asleep and got a good hour before my alarm went off at 5:10 which I promptly snoozed. The dumb thing kept going off so I kept snoozing it. Then Kaleb called for me. I had some choice words (to myself) at that point, along with some high drama such as "I'm not going to survive this" and "I can't do this anymore, I can't handle it!" Once those were out of my system I got up and got our day underway.

Both boys seem to be doing well this morning, and my patience seems to be holding up so far. Jacob isn't technically sick, but something was off last night and he didn't get anywhere near enough sleep. I'm home with them all day and really really hoping they both take afternoon naps at the same time!!!

When Kaleb was sick last night I could not stop rubbing his back, asking him how he felt, asking him if he needed anything. Before long he would look at me and say "Mommy! what do you want?!" in an exasperated tone. It was a different game having a sick one who could talk and express what was wrong. I actually felt worse for Kaleb last night than I did when he got sick as a baby, or when Jacob gets sick. Somehow I expected it to be the other way around, but Kaleb's being sick last night was hard to handle, I wanted to fix it so much and felt helpless because I couldn't take it away from him. I'm really glad to see him making such a quick recovery!

Oh, and the Spinach Artichoke Dip turned out great and will be making a repeat appearance at my next opportunity! First time I've made it by myself instead of buying at the store, and I will absolutely be doing this one again! I also made Spicy Sriracha White Bean Dip, which tasted great but the consistency was a little off, needed some more beans I think to be thicker. I may experiment with this one again, adding another can of beans. It would be great in a pita with cucumbers and spinach and whatnot. I'm not yet adding it to my favorites list. 

Also, want to note that Brent and Eddie handled all of this like champs! They didn't pack up and run off, which would have been totally understandable. Instead, while Kyle and I were busy running rugs and clothes and everything down to the washing machine, washing and disinfecting floors, and rocking a screaming baby, Brent and Eddie were in the kitchen cleaning :) They cleaned up the entire first round of cooking, which was especially bad since I was rushing through the end of that last dip and just throwing things wherever. They hung out on the couch with us and sick Kaleb and shared a laugh over how ridiculous it all was. AND Brent didn't murder me for, once again, messing up the Super Bowl recording. This is the third year in a row I've screwed it up, this year I only recorded the pre-game show and we didn't realize it until just before half time...which made it pretty hard to do our normal routine of fast forwarding through the game and judging the commercials. Maybe next year I'll get it right, but I wouldn't count on it!