Sick and Tired of Being Sick

This has been a common sight in our house since mid-September. It seems like we can only have about a 5 day stretch in between sickness in our house. The kids started with sniffles, Steph got her first ear infection in almost 20 years, the kids had two bouts of a stomach bug, and passed on bout on to the parents, and then just lots of little sniffles and then a nice set of head colds before and during Thanksgiving. We've survived and even managed to do some things. Football season about did us in and now we are on to basketball and wrestling and counting down to birthdays and Christmas. Maybe just maybe we'll keep current on the blog. Ha! I (Steph) put it way down on the priority list, in favor of taking care of my children etc...and well Ben keeps so busy at times that we get excited if we get to see him for more than hour before falling asleep at night. It's crazy and busy and hectic, but a joy seeing the kids grow and change every day. Benjamin is sick again??? We hope it's just the top teeth popping through, he has enjoyed sleeping in bed with his mommy and daddy, snuggling up to daddy while making sure he has a firm grasp on mommy's hair. He sleeps well if he is touching both of us, but he will wake up if he loses a grip on my hair. It's hillarious, just give him a bit of my hair to hold and he will settle right back down. Hopefully he won't have anymore fussy nights and will just snuggle down and sleep in his own bed, he's a good sleeper, he is just high maintenance when he's sick!