what a day

you would not want to see pictures of this day. mommy woke up at midnight to run to the bathroom and throw up. she continued this ALL NIGHT LONG. daddy woke up a bit early and was having some troubles too. townsend started calling out at 5:30am. not because he was sick, just ready for the day. argh! marin has been under the weather and had a fever yesterday so i called the doctor's office and they said they wanted to see her this morning. thought it sounded like an ear infection. norton(at the time) was the least sick so he took her. right as they were going out the door i reminded him to ask the doctor about her stinky breath. well, i get a call awhile later and poor daddy threw up at the doctor's office! first time in over 10 years. marin's ears were clear but after hearing about the breath the doctor looked in marin's mouth. lots of pus. yuch. so she took a culture and after a few minutes came back and told norton that marin had strep throat-apparently rare in children under 2. and very contagious. nice. you can picture marin putting townsend's car in her mouth and townsend grabbing it out. this goes on all day. we are praying the other two will be spared. the kids are now sleeping for the night and i am praying that none of them wake up with what norton and i have. one of our hardest days as parents so far.