During the night on Wednesday, I knew Mike wasn’t sleeping well.  At 6AM Thursday morning, when we were both getting restless, I asked the question I dreaded the answer to, “How does your throat feel?”  Then a long pause… great!  I knew it!  My 12 hours of being pampered were over.  It’s been real… back to pushing through and sucking it up!

It took us ALL day long on Thursday to get Mike’s prescription ordered.  The doctor told me he would call something in if my husband got sick since my test came back positive.  However, I don’t think his answering service believed Mike when he called over and over again on Thursday.  I finally called and told them that we have babies to take care of and we need to schedule an appointment to speak to the doctor this afternoon about the level of care his staff is providing.  His nurse called back within 5 minutes saying she had called the prescription in, and it would be ready in 30 minutes.  Really?  Does it have to come to that? 

We were struggling.  Anyway, Mike went to get his prescription, and on his way home stopped to get us Sonic drinks.  He went through the drive-thru and when he pulled up to pay, the cashier said, “The car in front of you bought your drinks!”  Whoever that person is had no clue what we’d been through that day, both hurting and taking care of the girls, but they did a simple act of kindness that I’ll probably never forget all of my life.  $3, and I’ll never forget it.  It’s crazy what an impact something so small can have!  I bet that person was a believer because that’s what the body of Christ is all about to me, and I think that’s how the Spirit works to those who are in tune to being used.  When I feel a tug to do a random act of kindness, I don’t ignore it, that’s for sure.  Who knows?  It was perfect timing though.  Too perfect to be random.  We needed a pick me up, big time!

Noelle came home from school with a fever on Thursday as well but didn’t have any other symptoms except being extremely tired.  We kept her home from school today due to the wise counsel from a friend who said she has a fever for a reason, and her body is fighting something and we need to let her rest.  So that’s what we’re doing.  And then Rara got here, and the world is at peace… lol!  She was coming anyway to get her car fixed and help me consign the girls clothes this weekend, but she swooped in and made everything seem effortless.  I don’t know how she does it.  Mike and I had water and soup by our bedsides and the girls were asleep before I even looked up.  Amazing!  I hope I can swoop in a make everything better for my kids like that someday.  Practice makes perfect, right!?! 

Life doesn’t stop, so our bodies better snap out of it!  Hopefully the next post will be full of lots of fun pictures!   

This is Mike’s “I’m smiling because I love you but this is so dorky” face!  Lol!  He’s wearing “fuzzy wuzzy” (our blue Old Navy fleece) we’ve had since college.  We’ve had many discussions about getting rid of it, but we just can’t part with it!  We pull it out when we’re sick, and it makes everything comfy cozy!  (it’s so ghetto, though… you should see the fit – haha, all baggy mcgee!)  🙂

I’ve been sick on and off for the past month.  Last night I woke up and couldn’t swallow, and I knew I had pushed off a doctor’s visit as long as I could.  With Rose and Anna Kate in tow, off we went.  It was a miracle getting there because I was shaking and could barely walk. 

Anyway, when we pulled into the parking lot, Anna Kate said, “Don’t worry, Mom.  Next time you’ll feel better.  How ‘bout that?”  She always makes my day brighter.  I was having a hard time talking because my throat was hurting so badly, and she said, “Mommy, talk REAL loud!”  That was her way of telling me to talk normally, but I couldn’t.  First thing once we got into the office, they did a strep culture, and it came back positive.

The girls gave me grace while we were there, with the exception of Anna Kate throwing her blanket and snack cup at the nurse because she had to give me a shot.  Bless her heart, after that didn’t work, she started crying.  Her empathy warmed my heart and broke it all at the same time.  If you’ve never had a penicillin shot in the rear, you’re lucky.  It was all I could do to hold it together for Anna Kate and try not to react from the pain.  I’m great with shots, but this was the worst one of my life, hands down. 

I called Mike balling in the parking lot and told him I really needed him to come home.  I’ve never done that before.  Ever.  I was shaking from the chills, so I blasted the heat in the front of the car, had on the seat warmer, and drove around until he could get home to help me get the girls out of the car.

You Moms out there know that when we get sick, we just fight through it to do what we need to do to take care of the family, but every now and then, it gets the best of us… we’ll be back in business soon! 🙂

The Skittles won 12-1 on Saturday!  Noelle is having so much FUN!

GO SKITTLES!

Great game girls!

Anna Kate spent last week in Jacksonville with Poppa and Rara.  This is a picture Poppa sent me of Rara running under the swing!  They are so fun!  I got sick last week, so it ended up helping more than I could’ve imagined.  God has a way of working things out like that, promising not to give us more than we can handle.  Even though Poppa and Rara still went to work during the days, Anna Kate got to play with family friends, so it all worked out.  I can’t tell you how much I missed my bug!

Nyla, Emily, Noelle, and Landry are all classmates with Ryan and had a blast at their first birthday party of the year!

Ryan is a sweet new friend of Noelle’s.  Her class is full of really great kids, and we are really enjoying getting to know everyone!

I know a lot of you follow Curt and Cindy’s family blog on our blogroll, but if you don’t, I wanted to share a video from the Ziemke’s story on the MDA Telethon September 4, 2011.  Please continue to keep our dear friends in your prayers.  They are growing tired and weary and their hearts are heavy, and they need all of our prayers so badly right now!

Noelle has had a lot of homework so far this year!  Thankfully, she does it first thing when she gets home from school and is very motivated to do a great job!  We are always so proud of her!

The Skittles won their first soccer game!

Go Noelle!!!

Soccer mom – oh yeah!  Noelle’s coach ordered these shirts for all the moms!

Anna Kate had so much fun playing on the side line!

Noelle never stopped hustling… the other girls have played together for 2 seasons now, and this was Noelle’s very first soccer game ever – she did so great!

Look at Noelle giving it her all!  We are so proud of her!

Noelle had a blast learning all of the traditions of soccer!

Afterward, coach Suzanne took the girls to Susie Q’s for ice cream!

We had fun eating last week at Pappasito’s with E, Emme, and Tate!

There’s nothing sweeter than seeing the face of a child glowing from the light of the screen while they are concentrating and learning new things… it’s pretty cool!