oh boy.

well. serena is still not over whatever virus she's had since the middle of last week. so far we have passed it on to sean, lincoln, aria, heather, annette & brad. i'm seriously hoping that everyone who came to annette's baby shower didn't catch it. somehow it has skipped over me {knocking on wood}. so basically our last 6 days have consisted of:

lots of throw up.
lots of laundry.
lots of trips to the store for gatorade, pedialyte, popsicles & saltines.
one trip to the e.r. with a very dehydrated little girl.
one trip to the pharmacy.
lots and lots of diapers {eeeh. tmi?}.
lots of baths.

we tried giving serena milk twice and seriously regretted the decision both times! no dairy for at least two {probably three} more days. which is really a shame because last week i bought milk, cheese sticks, cottage cheese, and a whole lotta yogurt... all of which are getting closer and closer to their expiration dates.

we are a little stir crazy around here. today i put a tutu on serena and that entertained for a while. but mostly we're watching lots of disney channel and praying for no more throw up.

hoping for some healthier days ahead.

{these pictures are proof that even under the worst of circumstances, serena will still bring out the cheese for the camera!}

you know you love someone when.

you'll catch their vomit in your bare hands.

and you aren't upset when they throw up all over the carpet.
and all of their bedding.
and your neck & shoulder.
and the 3rd outfit you've changed them into.
and every towel in the house.
and the 3rd outfit you've changed yourself into.

{the joys of being a parent.}

some moments that make it all worth it:

looking back at her in the car to find her hugging and kissing her kitty very passionately.

how she mimicks my phone when it goes off. "droid."

the way she sings along to "all the single ladies". just the "oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh" part :)

checking in.

as i was making my bed this morning, i was thinking how awesome i have been doing on my new years resolution to make my bed more often. i bet there have been maybe 10 days that it has gone unmade this whole year. that's pretty good, no? {for someone who used to leave her bed unmade 80% of the time.}

then i got to thinking...

i wonder how i've been doing on my other resolutions?

i couldn't even remember what they were, which is a bad sign. so i'm checking in. here is the list i made in january:

sew something. {yeah. still haven't broken out the sewing machine. i am going to plan a sewing date with my mom TODAY.}

read the entire book of mormon at least once {including 2 nephi}. {working on it. hoping to finish before our november stake conference, like the stake presidency has asked!}

read all {or most} of the ensign each month. {eeeh. i do skim through it every month, but i'd have to do some serious back tracking to get this done. and that's kind of missing the whole point.}

cut back on tv. {eeeh.}

take a road trip. {sean is planning this one. hopefully happening over labor day weekend!}

attempt to be more frugle. {well. i have attempted.}

finish reading daniel deronda. {seriously, i will do this one day. maybe i'll bring it with me on my trip to d.c. in a few weeks.}

make my bed more often. {wahoo! i can whole-heartedly say that i've done this!}

get an external hard drive to back up all of my photos. {we all know how i learned this lesson the hard way. i can put a great big check next to that one.}

read to serena more often. {definitely have been doing this. mostly because she actually enjoys it now!}

see some fireworks {my july 4th was incomplete in 2009!}. {check!}

drink more water. {i haven't been so good at this one.}

go to bear lake. {still planning on it.}

be less quick to judge. {i sure hope so. i'll keep working.}

be more kind. {ditto.}

sincerely express love and appreciation more often. {ditto.}

how about you? how have you been doing?

a few things.

1. i counted at least 45 mosquito bites on my body from our campout. i have come to the conclusion that mosquito bites are the worst thing ever. two nights in a row i couldn't sleep because i kept waking to scratch and try not to scratch. ah! miserable. i'm kicking myself for not spraying on the repellant sooner.

2. thank heavens! we did find a reason for serena's severe crankiness last week. some nice big teeth coming in on top. one has a blood blister and is almost cut, but she's been much better the past 2 days. welcome back, sweet, happy serena.

3. the bachelorette was soooooo boring last night. so boring. and after the final rose was even more boring. the only thing i was looking forward to was seeing frank {why was he even going to be on final rose in the first place??}, and he backed out. lame.

4. this morning i accidentally ate breakfast twice. after breakfast #2 i realized that i had already eaten. then i felt really gross.

fhe.

last night we headed downtown for fhe. we wanted to see the new temple replica in the visitors center and visit the new deseret book store {which i hear is awesome}. serena was in heaven running around the temple grounds. but wow she flipped out when we wanted to take a picture with her. i got a decent one with her and sean, but she was done after that. seriously, she needs to be running all the time. after an hour of chasing her, we decided we were too hot and sweaty and just wanted ice cream, so we didn't make it to deseret book. next monday, maybe.