My sick baby girl!

Every mom hates when one of their kids is sick but Molly-Girl is particularly pathetic because she has spent so much time being sick with her asthma and breathing difficulties. She is sort of used to a limited activity schedule when she really gets hit with an attack and she is so stoic and brave. This is a kid who needed 14 breathing treatments in one 6 hour period to avoid hospitalization last winter and was more worried about the fact that she couldn't hold Annie because of her possible cold than anything else.

So today Molly got struck down by the stomach flu that has been going around. And she felt awful - temperature of 102-103 all day and so sick that water came up but yet her main concern was still Annie and whether she could hold her and touch her with her germs!

After 6 hours of throwing up Molly finally feel asleep curled around the "puke bucket". When she woke up she cried because Papa had come to check on her and she had slept through it. He left her a special "I love you" note which she later fell asleep with. Too cute, my baby girl!
Trying out a bubble tubby to see if it helped soothe her stomach - it worked for ten minutes until she took a sip of juice and started throwing up again! She was a tropper though. Molly is the only kid who gets a stomach bug and produces no extra laundry - she has perfect aim if you know what I mean!
I sent Annie off to our wonderful babysitter today to see if we could avoid as many germs as possible and she came home with a bo-bo in her hair. When she walked in the door with Bob and we all oohed and ahhed over her bo-bo she started cracking up and clapping for herself. She is also starting to say Ma-ma, or so I thought. Turns out she does not say it in response to me but in response to Molly entering the room or playing with her so we are pretty sure that her 2nd word (Hi was her first word) is going to be for her 2nd mother - her sister!

I'm off to see what Simon Cowell has to say about my "idols". Okay - I know I have no life but my husband spent the better part of this evening laying in bed next to Molly sharing her puke bucket! I'm sleeping on the couch tonight to avoid germs!

Oh and I have to add one more comment about KK who, in her comment, promises to help with the kids once she is home. Everyone who knows me knows that KK is my best friend, very often my savior with the kids and my sanity and, in all honesty, the most generous person I know with her time and energy! And Peter thinks she is a pretty fabulous godmother, too!