Eric and I had been planning Brady's
Halloween costume for weeks. We got practically giddy whenever we
discussed how excited Brady would be to have people putting candy in
his bucket. He absolutely LOVES putting things in a bucket/bag/box,
taking them out, back in, back out.. And certainly loves when anyone
joins him in this activity.
Yesterday, I spent the entire morning
running around the house getting everything ready. Eric's parents
were coming over to join us and also to celebrate Eric's birthday
since it's the day after. We even had a playdate scheduled for today,
so I had lots to do.
All the excitement was quickly replaced
with saddness when my baby boy woke up from his nap with a fever :(
He picked at his lunch earlier, but that's not completely unlike
Brady. When he went down for his second nap, highly unlike Brady, I
started to worry, but brushed it off. I tried to feed him dinner...
then the vomit came.
Needless to say, we did not get dressed
up. We did not trick or treat. And we did not celebrate Eric's
birthday. I did cry twice.
It's hard to have such high hopes for a
wonderful night/next day, then have to cancel everything AND see your
baby sick. Brady woke up all night with tummy aches. It was pitiful.
Eric and I felt sorry for ourselves for
a minute, then tried our best to make the most of our evening. Brady
fell asleep, we drank wine, and watched Modern Family. Which always
makes us laugh.
There are clearly people going through
a harder time than this. Especially with Hurricane Sandy destroying
the East Coast. When things like this happen, I always think of the
quote, “When we make plans, God laughs” :) We're already looking
forward to next year! Just not making any plans yet.
We'll be sure to share pictures of our
little Texans player all geared up once he's feeling better :)
