Tired

It has been a crazy 2wks. The boys have been sick, with coughs congestion runny nose and fever the entire time. Last weekend B had the fever, this weekend it was Dreycin. Plus he had puss and drainage coming from his left ear this AM so its off to ENT tomorrow. I have mostly done natural remedies with the boys, saline, steam in bathrooms, organic chest rubs on feet and chest at night, hylands vit c plus cold tablets, and of course Motrin for fevers. Dreycin gets honey shots of lemon and honey if he is coughing alot. A Comment was made to me that I should only keep my kids around other healthy kids and I about flipped my sh*t, and then I realized that person doesn't know me very well. I am a clean freak, especially with my kids. If I see your kid has a runny nose, I'm wiping my kids hands with hand sanitizer and taking them to wash their hands And then I'll be leaving very fast, or making sure our kids don't play together. I don't expose my children to alot of kids/people for that very reason! People don't care about getting your kids sick! B has had so many health issues I just can't risk it, more so him being sick.
so I came to the conclusion that
1) Dreycin got sick either at his daycare 2 thursdays ago that he was only at for 1.5hrs and probably
2) picked up some additional bug at church that following sunday
Awesomeness......I've been covered in snot and very tired for the last two weeks. Makes me want to go back to work...... I mean.....,hello why am I thinking that because they would be sick more and then I would probably get fired for having to take time off to take them to all their appts. Derek says its overwhelming the amount of appointments the kids and I have, and I say no kidding you try making them and keeping them :)
In all this sickness we have managed to find some cute moments!
The other day I was asking Dreycin for the magic word(please) and he yells Surprise!!! And he was so serious it was so cute! He is also really into whispering at times. His fav new shows, which he only gets to watch in long car rides(more than 30min) or in Am if I wake up extremely tired and/or need to feed B first thing is Little Einsteins or Super Why. He is really into singing and has even been singing ABCD, AbCD next time won't you sing with me! He is also starting to ask what's that for? What does that do?

Aaannnddd my little B man is clapping!! He really has picked it up in the last few days! We had his 9 month checkup and he weighed a little over 22lbs(he lost some weight from being sick) and was 28 1/4 inc long! Ears look great, he looks great, although the pedi and Derek and I seem to think we are still having some GI issues with digestion, sometimes he screams and cries like he is in alot of pain and the only thing any of us can come up with is that he is having issues with the small amount of solids he is eating? We have our appt toward the end of the month with the GI doc. He is also teething, bites me and Derek so hard that he leaves deep teeth marks on our skin. And no teething toys don't work, we have tried them all! Mashed frozen blueberries work sometimes! We have to be careful B doesn't bite Dreycin too, which he has a few times but we have caught it right away bc we are so close!
As for our Eating habits, we have been doing really good! I have been going to farmers market every week getting fresh vegetables, local farm to table as they call it! We are eating alot of veggies right now! The last of our freezer meat is gone and all we have is fish and our faux vegan meat! And all that we buy at farmers market is for so much cheaper than the supermarket! I've been reading alot about macrobiotic diets and one of the concepts is to eat local, what's in season in your area. I've also been making fresh lemonade since the boys have been sick, Dreycin loves it with a little honey warmed up! This week im going to experiment with rhubarb lemonade, maybe? I also bought some herbs thanks to pinterest that I'm growing in the windowsill, hope I can keep them alive! I repurposed some old vases and large glass jars that I had saved. This weekend i have been working on CEUs for my Kentucky social work license, have to stay licensed somewhere until we figure out if we are gonna stay in Georgia or not. If we are i will go ahead and applyto get my license here too! I wonder at the end of Derek's career in the Marines how many different states I will be licensed in?!! We also spent most of the afternoon (naturally with vinegar & water only) cleaning every toy in the house and all the furniture!!! After all this sickness is gone I really need a mani/pedi and a haircut! I have been managing to make it to yoga 1x a week these last two weeks, which has helped me keep my sanity for now!