Saturday
Everyone was up nice and early on Saturday morning and after breakfast, Ryan asked if I had any ideas for the day in my mind. When I mentioned taking the boys and Sadie to Latta Plantation for a hike, Chase immediately latched onto the idea and Ryan was all about it so we headed out!
Saturday morning was very gray – no rain but no sunshine either – and somehow that translated into our family having the trails all to ourselves! I wore Ryder in my ErgoBaby carrier and Chase made sure to bring his “jet pack” along with him to help him achieve “super speed” on our hike.
Chase’s pretend jetpack is a spinning Paw Patrol Valentine’s Day candy toy that he somehow never realized was filled with candy. We figured we’d let that be a happy discovery some day since I’m pretty sure Valentine’s Day candy is made with the same ingredients as Halloween candy and never expires.
Our hike wasn’t a long one and we covered about 1.5 miles in just under an hour. We stopped a few times to soak up some beautiful lake views and let Sadie sniff around and explore.
The tail end of our hike took us to the same spot where Ryan dove into the lake when we first moved to North Carolina and lost his wedding ring. Oh memoriesss. Fortunately we left Latta Plantation with everything we came with this time around and made our way home in time for Ryder’s morning nap.
While Ryder snoozed away, Ryan and Chase headed into the yard to do some yard work and search for worms and snails while I worked on some upcoming blog posts on the computer.
Once Ryder was up from his morning nap, it was clear it was going to be a no-nap day for Chase, so we made our way to Gastonia to check out the brand new Gastonia Altitude Trampoline Park.
A while back, we were invited to attend their media preview/grand opening but it didn’t work with our schedule, so we were excited to take a raincheck and check it out on a weekend that worked for our family. The trampoline park is like nothing I’ve ever seen before! In addition to having plenty of areas for kids (and adults!) to jump, the trampoline park also has a ninja course, rock climbing, trampoline basketball and dodgeball, an indoor ropes course complete with ziplining and more. We also saw a handful of birthday parties during our visit and I feel like this trampoline park would be a fantastic location for a kid to celebrate with friends.
Since our crew was on the younger side compared to many of the kids, we mostly stuck to the KidZone for little ones and Chase had a ball! He was all about jumping into the foam pits, running up the mini warped wall and “practicing his flips like the big kids” which basically looked like him rolling forward and backward on the trampoline.
Even Ryder got into the action and had fun crawling around. I could just see the wheels in his little brain turning and swear he was saying, “Put me in, Coach!” He lit up when Ryan would hold him and bounce him which was adorable.
We stayed for just over an hour before we figured we should head out to avoid meltdown territory. As we left, I began to feel a little under the weather and achy. At first I felt like maybe my legs were sore from Friday’s boot camp workout but then achiness started to spread up to my shoulders. I was also unusually tired after our short morning hike, so I began to wonder if something might be up.
By the time we made it home, I just wanted to lie down and nursed Ryder and put him down for a nap before finding my way to the couch. Ryan hung with Chase while I proceeded to feel worse and worse and eventually threw in the towel and went to bed after I put Ryder down at 7 p.m.
Sunday
I woke up on Sunday with a high fever and was down for the count for most of the day. I don’t have much of a Sunday recap for you guys today (I typed up this post in small increments during random bouts of energy after I took medicine) and I’m really hoping for a healthy week ahead – for me and our whole family.
Being sick is no fun but being sick as a mom is next-level awful. Fingers crossed whatever bug I’m fighting is a short one and lots of hand-washing pays off and keeps our family from getting sick as well. I woke up this morning absolutely drenched in sweat — like completely soaked through my t-shirt sweat — and am going from freezing to sweating like mad. Bless Tylenol because it’s helping me function right now.
I hope you guys all have a good week and thanks so much for stopping by PBF today. I hope you all stay healthy, too!
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Where are Ryder’s little white booties from? I need to get some for my daughter!! Hope you are feeling better – being sick with little ones is the worst 🙁
They’re from Gap! We love them!
Hope you recover quickly! You are so right – being sick while trying to take care of kids is the worst. The picture of you carrying Ryder in the ErgoBaby is just precious – you both have the same little head tilt and smile happening. So cute!
Hope you’re feeling better very soon!
You might want to get yourself checked for the flu! That happened to me and I was powering through it but wasn’t thinking about how I was exposing my kids! I got some gloves and a mask…and TONS of Clorox wipes!!!! Feel better!!
If you still have a fever today I would definitely get checked for the flu. It seems late in the season, but my whole family got hit with the flu a couple of weeks ago and it was absolutely horrendous. If you catch it early enough you can start tamiflu and that will cut down the length of time you have the flu. I would also wear a surgical mask around your baby, that’s what I had to do around our 6-month-old. We also all got the vaccine and still got it. Your milk supply will completely tank too, I was up every 2-3 hours feeding my baby because I just didn’t have enough milk to provide her. But it will come back, after 3 weeks it’s back to normal. Hope you feel better soon-love your blog and sweet family!
I am so sorry your whole family had the flu! So miserable. And I’ve actually worried about a decreasing milk supply these past 2 days because I’ve had no appetite, but thankfully my appetite seems to slowly be returning today.
Oh no!! So sorry you are feeling sick 🙁 I hope you feel better soon and that everyone else stays healthy <3
I am so sorry! I woke up Wednesday morning at 3 am to my three year old coughing and wheezing. I knew he had croup and off to the ER we went. After a steroid and breathing treatment he was much better but then I ended up going to the doctor that afternoon. I had a bad cold/virus. The next day my son had a 102.5 fever and we went to the doctor yet again!
I would check to see if you have mastitis or a clogged duct. I was on the verge of mastitis and felt just like you described. It’s really awful but better if you can catch it early.
Just thought I’d share in case it’s something simple like that.
Yeahhhhh it sounds like the flu. I had it about a month ago, it was terrible. I powered through 3 days until I told my husband he needed to call in to work to stay home with our toddler so I could rest. It was a full week until I was feeling better, and even now I still have a slight cough here and there. UGH.
And since someone mentioned nursing above.. I’m still nursing my almost 2 year old and I experienced a drop in supply. It’s completely back to normal now, but I swear that nursing through the sickness is what prevented her from getting sick. She was all over me, all the time during that week and never caught it. So keep it up as best you can! And I hope you feel better soon!
Hearing your little one someone stayed healthy makes me feel so much better! I do think nursing helps so much — have you seen the pics of what breast milk looks like when your kid is sick vs healthy & how it changes — amazing!
I hope you are feeling better! I agree that this sounds a lot like influenza. If you are still feeling poorly, I would call your Primary Care Provider. They might even be able to call Tamiflu into the pharmacy for you just based on your description. If taken within the first 2 days of symptoms, it can shorten the duration and severity of the flu. Feel better soon!
Like others have shared, our whole household also got hit with the flu recently, and my symptoms sounded just like yours. Because our 4mo had already tested positive (he got hit the hardest since he was too young for the shot), my doc started me on Tamiflu right away, and it definitely helped. I highly recommend coconut water to stay hydrated; I noticed a small dip in milk supply that lasted a few days, but not as bad as it could’ve been. I was the last to fall in our house, but we used all the disinfectant and hand sanitizer to evict all the germs. I hope you feel better soon and everyone else stays healthy!
Hope you feel better, soon!
So sorry to hear your sick, hope you geel better soon.
Hope you feel better soon. Monday 4 people of the 20 in my department called out sick. I also was sick Sunday and didn’t feel great Monday. I didn’t have a fever though and seemed more like a cold. Trying to drink tons of vitamin C and take it easy this week.
Hope you’re feeling better! If you can stomach it, sip cups of hot water to stay hydrated. Sometimes cold, even room temperature water is urgh when you’re flu-y. Hot water’s a litter easier to drink once it’s cooled a bit. And toast for appetite. It’s always the only thing I can eat after flu or sickness for a day or 2.
Touch wood I’ve escaped flu and colds this winter. I swear it’s down to fresh ginger in salads and hot lemon in the mornings. Rest well and speedy recovery!