We ARE alive

Sorry about the delay in posting. The last week and a half has been crazy. We have had so much sickness in our family and on top of it, SNOW and ICE. Way too much! Especially if you have to get out and drive to work in it. Let me try to fill you all in on the last week or so....

I thought me and Jordan were in the clear of the nasty stomach bug Tuff had last Tuesday but last Thursday at work I wasn't feeling good all day. It carried on into the night and I just knew something wasn't right. Sure enough, I started throwing up about 11:30 that night. About 5 minutes after my first episode I had just layed down and gotten comfortable when I heard Tuff crying on the monitor. When I went in to check on him, he had thrown up again!!! I thought to myself, oh wonderful! Needless to say, I was out of work Friday. Friday night we stayed in and rested. Saturday morning I felt a little better but since I didn't eat much all day on Friday I was ready for something to eat. I got up, got a shower, woke Jordan up, got Tuff ready and we headed out the door for some cracker barrell breakfast. YUM. I thought I was ready for a nice big meal but while we were in the grocery store after breakfast, I was gagging the whole time. I kept telling Jordan we had to hurry up and get done because if I needed to throw up, there was no where for me to do it. We got home and took much needed naps. We decided to stay in the rest of the weekend. Sunday night they were calling for a HUGE snow so Jordan switched our car out for his mom's before he left for work since she has a 4 wheel drive. Thank God he did because the HUGE snow they were calling for, came! And it took him almost 2 hours to get home from work Monday morning. Tuff and I stayed home, again. I think most people stayed home on Monday. We got a range from 3-6 inches in our area. When Jordan got home Monday morning he said he wasn't feeling well. I thought "Oh Great!" About 30 minutes later, he was in the bathroom having his first episode. The good thing for him, he only had that one. He just felt achy and weak the rest of the day. He decided to stay home Monday night since he wasn't feeling well. Which was ok with me since the roads were still horrible.

Everyone headed back to work on Tuesday and the rest of this week has just been kind of laid back. I've started getting nauseous in the afternoons from the baby. The good thing is I'm not actually getting sick. By this point with Tuff, I was sick all day every day until I was about 4 and a half months pregnant. Being nauseous is better than actually throwing up I guess. But since it's in the afternoons it makes me feel less hungry and it's really put a stop to me wanting to cook dinner. I think last night was the first time I cooked dinner this week. The whole time I was cooking the smell was making me sick. Then when we actually sat down to eat, I couldn't eat it. Oh me. Hopefully the sickness part won't last as long as it did when I was pregnant with Tuff. I guess we'll see. Things are definitely different this time around. I barely feel pregnant but I definitely look pregnant. Where as with Tuff at this point, I definitely felt pregnant but didn't look pregnant. I'm only 8 weeks and already have a little baby bump. I did hear this was normal for anything other than a 1st pregnancy though. While we're talking about it, I forgot to tell ya'll about our crazy waiter at Cracker Barrell last week. Now, keep in mind I am ONLY 8 weeks pregnant and ever though I say I have a little bump, it's not so noticeable that people would look at me and say "She's pregnant!" Anyways..... She was trying to conversate by talking about Tuff and asking questions like "What's his name?" etc, etc.... And then she says "Oh and when is the other one due?" Then she immediately follows with "You are expecting, right?" I was thinking "WHHHHHAAAAAAT? She did NOT just ask me that!!!" I did tell her yes and she asked what it was and we told her we didn't know yet. But when she walked away I looked at Jordan and said "Seriously????? Did you hear what she just asked me!!!" Then we laughed it off but I mean come on? I don't ever assume anyone I see is pregnant unless it's just COMPLETELY obvious. I wouldn't just look at me right now and think I was pregnant. If she does that to every woman that looks like me, I feel sorry for the next one who isn't really pregnant. She just got lucky with me. Hahahaha.

Well I am so glad to say it's Friday. I know we don't have much planned for the weekend but I'll be glad to just have the weekend. Sorry for the delay of posts. Oh, and no pictures. I haven't taken much but I did take some of the snow and a few of Tuff while we were dealing with Cabin Fever one day this week. I'll try to get them posted during my next post.

Oh and thanks for all the prayers for sweet Harrison. He got to come home from Vandy last Friday and 2 days later he got the stomach virus. The next day April had it and the next day, Brandon! Harrison started to run another fever yesterday so April took him back to the doctor and now he has the flu!!! Oh my. I couldn't even imagine. Please say another prayer for him, April and Brandon. I really hope this is all the sickness they have to deal with for a LONG while.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!

The Alford's