These past few days have been a nightmare.
The girls have had these coughs that refuse to get better, so I finally hauled them into the doctors office to see what was up. Just a good old cough for Hadley, and of course a good old cough for Zoey, plus an ear infection. Poor little kid. I now have fears that she will be one of those kids that always gets ear infections and will have to get tubes. I may be over reacting, since I believe this is her second ear infection, but Hadley has never had one, so it feels like a plague.

The girls were so wound up in the doctor’s office, I thought the paint would come off the walls by the time we were out of there. The doctor asked if Hadley could have a toy, and I said no, because she hadn’t been listening to me. That started another round of hysterics from her and the whole time the doctor is telling me that she really wasn’t that bad and that in fact “she did great.” Who is this guy???? Are we seeing the same three year old right now? All I could think of was in Zoolander, when he says, “I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!” Pure chaos.

Then in the evening, when I thought both kids were asleep, Hadley came out of her room to tell me, ” I potty trained.” When I went in to see what the deal was, she has had an accident on her bed. Of course, she did not just go on the bed. She had pulled out every shirt and sweater from her drawer and was cuddled up in all of them when said accident occurred. It was a disaster. Then the tears started because I was making her change PJ’s (cruel of me, I know) and she couldn’t find her penguin PJ’s. Zoey thankfully stayed asleep through those hysterics.

Eric could see my nerves were shot and he was going to leave to get me some ice cream. I was so distraught I didn’t even want ice cream. I told him I wanted a starbucks chocolate chip cookie and when he asked instead if he could get me soft batch cookies I began to shake my head and scream that I didn’t want soft batch cookies. I have no idea where these girls get their dramatic attitudes from, by the way. Poor Eric. He just left quietly…and quickly.

Then this morning the girls woke up extra early and were in especially bad moods. Their coughs seemed to only have gotten worse overnight and no one slept very well. This afternoon Hadley finally had a coughing fit that lasted about an hour, before she proceeded to vomit all over the bathroom. Kuddos to her for trying to get to the toilet though. Maybe next time.

In lighter news, Zoey has figured out how to jump. I use that term loosely. She more squats and stands up really fast. But it is very cute and she is really proud of herself. She is out to prove that an ear infection can’t hold her down.