What a week!

Wow, what a week it's been for us. We had fun last weekend at Paige and Ethan's party, but we picked up an extra party favor that I wish we'd left at the party. Jake, Abby and I have all been sick with a stomach bug and John was traveling out of town. On Monday, Jake was a bit crabbier than normal and when he got up from his afternoon nap, I found out why...he had a bad stomach bug. I spent the rest of the day and Tuesday taking care of him, hoping Abby and I wouldn't catch it. But by 6p Tuesday night, I had it too. I put the kids to bed early since I didn't want Abby to get sick and I couldn't even carry them down the hall really. Then at 1a, I awoke to a familiar sound...but it was Abby not Jake. She seemed to have it worse, throwing up every half hour for several hours. She finally fell asleep around 4 and we got a bit of sleep. It was a sad night for me and Abby, we made several trips to the bathroom together. Poor thing would get so scared when she'd get sick and she just wanted me to hold her. On Wednesday, I put the kids down for their nap at 10 like normal and I had to go and wake them up at 2 for a small bite to eat and to try and get some fluids down them. Jake was back in bed by 3 and Abby by 4.
Abby's completely recovered now, but Jake's still fighting it. Although he hasn't gotten sick since Friday, he's still really wiped out by the thing and sleeps all the time (he's also lost some weight and is back down to 18 lbs even - we'll never flip his car seat at this rate!). I'm still pretty tired too and actually sleep during the kids' naps as well. I'm hoping Jake and I start to feel better soon as I can't afford to be out of commission any longer.