I'm Back!

I had no intention of taking a little blog break but everything happens for a reason. In the midst of my little break I did have something fun happen...I turned 30! This was a huge milestone for me. I don't know why but it was. I wanted to go all out for my birthday and I did...just not at all the way I wanted to lol. I knew I was going to have a party even though it was originally going to be a surprise. As much as I would love to go into details about my party I don't feel comfortable right now. I am seriously contemplating turning my blog private and allowing only certain people to read it so I can post these details that I want to while still maintaining my privacy. The day of my party I felt fine all day. I actually didn't even know anything was wrong until 3/4 of the way into my party. I felt so bad because I had just exposed everybody that was there to this yucky bug without even knowing it. I did make it through my party and once I got home things took a turn for the worse. Obviously I will not give you every detail but the symptoms I had were a high fever (103 nonstop), lower back ache(hurts just like when you have the flu), nausea, other issues lol, and you get so dizzy when you stand up that you cannot walk. When I stood up for the first time I was trying to get me some Powerade to try to settle my stomach and thankfully it was dark so I was holding onto my bed because if it weren't for me holding on I would have fallen. My legs almost felt non existent. I was dizzy as well. At one point I almost decided to crawl because walking was so hard but I just bent over and slowly walked as I held on to anything that was around. I also was beyond freezing. I took a hot bath with the water as hot as it would go and was still shivering and I bumped up the heat pretty high but it didn't really help. My poor mom had to come at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. to help me and I contemplated asking her to take me to the ER. I've had stomach bugs before but nothing like this. I showed no signs of improvement on Sunday and was worried I would be stuck being sick on my birthday. I prayed and prayed Sunday. I had my birthday off and didn't want to spend it sick lol. I woke up Monday morning to my fever drastically reduced. I ended up going on with the plans I had originally set for that day, but it was very tiring. I did have a good day and was so thankful for my mom's help. I will say only one person ended up getting sick and funny thing is they weren't even at my party. I feel like God helped protect everybody and I was so thankful because I didn't need that on my back...I would have felt HORRIBLE! That's the most exciting thing that has happened since I've blogged last.

Something I found funny that Maddy told me on Friday (March 17) was that she was just talking to herself. She had been talking to herself and I stopped working to see what she was saying. She turned around and looked at me and kept right on pacing saying, "Mommy, I was just talking to myself!" It was so cute and funny. She also did something else but I am having a hard time remembering.

Our Spring has been very cold lately. We went from a potential tornado risk on March 18 (my birthday) to snow. The snow isn't sticking...it's just spitting snow but the temps are just so cold. Next week we have another potential day of tornado risk as long as the models don't change too much. I really am a weather geek and should probably just go ahead and get a meteorology degree.

I'm going to post pictures that I've missed posting but may need to break them up as to not overload this post.

 I received this in the mail from a friend along with the fun "30" confetti and present :)

We were waiting to go to my birthday lunch. It was such a nice day out. She looks like she is in trouble or something, but she wasn't and was in a good mood. The sun was really bright. She picked out her own shades at the store when I got mine...she's got good taste.

We were at Olive Garden for my birthday lunch :) I don't have many pictures of us together so I decided to be cheesy and take one of us at the table. For some reason she was not interested in sitting in her own chair. She usually does really good sitting in her chair but on that day she wanted to sit in my lap. I cherish these moments because they don't last forever.

 I am only posting this pic because I thought we looked a lot alike here. Our "serious" facial expression is the same. I think the older she gets the more and more she looks like me.

It's not everyday I take pictures of myself with Maddy...I had to have some fun on my party day lol

My "diva" crown I wore during my party. I also had on a pin that said something about being 30. 

You can definitely tell I was NOT feeling good here lol. It really is a miracle Maddy didn't get sick. 

These two pictures were from my mom. These were on March 17. This is probably the longest time I've spent away from Maddy. I told my mom I was thankful I had some phenergan because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to sleep. They spent the day at a local park and outside. It was also the first night Maddy spent away from home. I wanted so bad to be around her but I did not want to risk her getting sick. My mom knew how hard it was on me not being able to be around her. When I saw her smile it instantly made me feel better on the inside...I LOVE seeing her smile. The top picture is at my mom's house. They got chickens a while back and Maddy got to see them for the first time. She also got to help gather the eggs. My mom said she didn't really know what to think about the chickens but she enjoyed getting the eggs.

She rode her bike for a mile and a half. She's known how to ride this from the first time she got on. She still can't steer her car though. I can only assume it's partly because school has trike like toys and also whenever she's in a car she just enjoys the ride, which is what she does with HER car...pushes the gas and sits lol. Hopefully this year she will get the hang of driving...not that I want to rush that lol.

This girl gets all into her sleep. I'm not really one who should be talking because I do too. I wake up and I'm all over the place lol. I went to check on her and whereas it's hard to tell in this picture, her face seemed so peaceful. She has sleep problems. She is scared to go to sleep, therefore, she will keep herself awake as long as she can so when she does fall asleep it's not good sleep. I was glad to see her more relaxed. I went to check on her tonight and she is sprawled out again but on her back. I hope these sleep issues go away as she gets older.

I will post the rest of the pics on another day. I've had a really rough day today and am ready to relax a little before going to bed...I actually need to be in bed now. I've been oversleeping a lot lately with this time change and stayin up this late isn't going to help me any. I hope you all are having a better start to your week than I am :)