Oh So Tired!

Not to depress anyone, but this week has been a LONG one. It all started out so promising and full of fun activities. Monday morning I hurredly performed my one hour home cleaning session that I learned on Fly Lady.com. I was feeling so good about things and decided we should have some fun. I took Will and Natalie to the pool for a few hours and met up with Will's friend Haydn. We also planned a beach trip to Tybee Island for Tuesday with a group of friends.
Tuesday at the beach was a very fun and pretty perfect day. We carpooled and had a great time. We paced a picnic lunch. We sat in the waves and watched dolphins. We played in the sand. I did notice that Will just didn't seem quite himself. At times he was sort of wandering around the beach, not engaged with the other children and acting overly tired. At one point he was just pulling everything out of our bag piece by piece crying that he wanted milk. He refusedto eat any lunch which was strange as well.
The next day we discovered what had been wrong. Wednesday he developed a high fever, swollen glands and swollen tonsils. He was pretty inconsolable Wednesday night. He cried and cried with his fingers jammed down in his throat. He slept in my arms all night, waking every thirty minutes crying for me even though I was right there. I took him to the doctor yesterday and thankfully, it was not strep throat. That was a relief because his tonsils were covered in white and I was pretty sure it was going to be strep.
Today, day number 3 of his illness he seemed to feel a little better. He asked me to take him for a stroller ride this morning and then promptly fell asleep when I did. My poor baby! He ate about one bite of his granola bar before passing out. That was the first bit of food he had wanted in two days.

I am pretty exhausted from the restless nights with Will. I cannot remember the last time I slept a solid 6 hours. I pray it gets better soon. Will has been a troubled sleeper for a while but I am hoping we can implement a few ideas the doctor had to make some improvements on his 4:30 am wake up call to the whole house.
Natalie is growing and changing so fast right under my nose. Sometimes I feel like she is growing up without me noticing because I still seem to be worried so much about Will. Natalie is so laid back and just goes with the flow. She smiles most of the time and is so happy for any bit of attention.
Here she is practicing her sitting up. She is balancing really well these days!

I have decided Natalie's eyes are the same color as mine and maybe even the same shape! Here is Natalie with Francys in the "way back" of our vehicle when we carpooled to the beach. So I have now proven we can fit 4 carseats in our car!
Will and Haydn had a great time digging and playing in the hole we dug for them.
Say a prayer for sleep for the Patrias family. We could all use it. Every night I have the same hope...that somehow this night will be the first night of our new life of sleep!