NOT SO SUPER MOMMY

While I was at Rebekah's today she realized she really needed to go to CVS. I could see the look in her eye. That look of, " Do I really want to take all three of these kids out in public?" Besides, I think she was still shell-shocked from the Aldi trip. So I volunteered to keep the kids while she ran to CVS. Ben and Brody were watching a movie. Marley was sleeping away in her swing and Gabby was passed out asleep in Marley's crib. About five minutes after Rebekah left I thought to myself, " I could totally handle having four kids." About five seconds after that, Gabby started screaming, the boys' movie was finished and Marley began waking up. I quickly reconsidered the four kid thing. In fact, I think we are finished having children. I guess God decided to teach me a lesson because later that afternoon Gabby started running a fever. Those of you who have children, do you remember the first time your first child got sick? I am a nurse! I never thought I would be this worried over a little fever! Needless to say, by the end of the evening I had about 10 different diagnoses for Gabby. I went as far as googling meningitis and gave Nick grief about getting Gabby's ears pierced. I just knew she had gotten some infection from the earrings. I doubt I will sleep at all tonight. It is absolutely the worst feeling in the world to see your child sick. I was rocking Gabby to sleep tonight when I began thinking," I am sure this isn't even an ounce of what GOD felt when HIS son died for me!" It is amazing that this deep thought came to me from a 100.4 fever. Just imagine what kind of world problems I will be able to solve when she is sick with her first stomach virus!