The longest 4 weeks!

This month was a challenging month
March was my first time being completely alone for a long period of time.

Zack had a rotation in Oklahoma at a pediatrics hospital.

I was really excited for him to do this rotation because he wants to be a pediatrics doctor.

Before Zack left we went out to dinner to Sweet Tomatoes.

We celebrated Tallin's birthday before Zack left.

Saying goodbye to daddy!

Mom is not good at building trains but since dad was gone I had to step up my game.

We also did a lot of meals while watching TV shows.

The first few days Zack was gone we kept ourselves busy.

I survived my first Sunday without Zack and was 33 weeks pregnant.
I was pretty proud of myself.

The first hour went pretty good.

The second hour I let Aj roam around outside and inside.

Then the last hour he sat in Relief Society for a little bit then played by my feet.
I was so thankful he let me sit and kind of listen to the lesson. 

After Aj took a nap we went for a walk. 

Then on Monday my friend invited us over for a play date and dinner.
It was nice to not eat alone and not kid food.

Then Tuesday came around and we had joy school and we were having a great day.
We learned about spring and made these cute flowers. 

UNTIL.... dinner time and Tallin kept saying his tummy hurt so I told him to sit down and that he didn't have to eat. I was in our room and all of a sudden Tallin starts throwing up all over the floor. (good thing we have wood flooring) Zack asked our friends to get us some pedalite. He brought that over and then about 30 minutes after he left I started to throw up. Then about a hour later AJ woke up crying and had thrown up all over his crib. This went on all night, sometimes we would all be throwing up at the same time. Can I just say this was the hardest night I have ever had to go through. It tops labor for sure. But then again I have always had a epidural so I cant say that about real labor. I couldn't keep anything in my body. It freaked me out because my tummy was so tight and Kenna was not moving. At that point I was so worried. I also leaked some fluid and I was freaking out that my water broke, but after I didn't keep having fluid come out I knew I didn't. Then I called my OB and they wanted me to go to the hospital. I had a friend come over and watch the boys and I headed to the hospital. I was so tired and drained and dehydrated.  The hospital ended up giving me 2 bags of fluids. I was so dehydrated that it was really hard for them to find a vein. I hate needles so this was no fun to have them poke at me and without Zack around. They also checked me and made sure my water didn't break. I am already 1 CM dilated and 50% effaced. I went home and took care of the boys. We all layed down all day and tried to get some rest. We all went to bed by 7:30 that night and everyone slept through the night, thank goodness. We got some much needed sleep.
It took us a few days to get back to ourselves, but we got there.

Poor Tallin just kept throwing up!

After we got better we got to play with the pool we got before Zack left.

They loved it and didn't want to stop playing. 

Aj never got back to his normal self and kept having the runs. He also kept pulling on his ears, so I decided to make him a Dr. apt and take him in. Well sure enough he had a infection in his left ear and a start of one in his right. I couldn't get a break while Zack was gone. We ended up getting a referral to take him to a ENT. I can't wait to figure out what is going on and get Aiden's ear fixed so he can get back to his normal self. 

My parents came and visited the weekend of Tallin's birthday. 

Tallin was so excited to have them here.

We went to the Zoo on Saturday

Then Tallin's birthday was on Sunday.

He loved his birthday pancakes.

Since Tallin's birthday was on a Sunday, I decided to make his nursery class fire truck cookies. They were a lot of work, but my mom helped me.

He loved opening his presents.

After church we went and took some pictures of the boys.

 
 

 
I also made a fire truck cake.
Tallin loved it and was so excited to eat it.

For playgroup we had a little Easter egg hunt.

Aj was loving the hunt and Tallin took a while to figure out what to do.

The kids loved looking at all of their goodies they got.

I was so excited to really celebrate St. Patty's day with the boys this year.
They loved seeing the foot prints on the toilet.

The leprechaun turned out pancake batter green too. 

He also left us some green necklaces to wear and golden oreos.

One Friday night I offered to babysit our friends kids, so they could go out on a date.
Tallin had so much fun playing with them.

Aj was in a funny position when I checked on him before bed and I just had to take a picture.

One of the Saturday's we went and visited the temple.
The boys love the temple so much, it makes me so happy.

Aj played hard and scraped up his knee.

We also had ice cream one day and Aj made a big mess.

But we had a pool to play in to wash all of the ice cream off.

I had a Dr. appointment and the boys came with me.
They were doing great until their suckers were gone.

Then this happened and they were playing cars on the floor.

For joy school we were learning about plants.
We stuck beans on wet paper towels and put them in the closet.
A week later we looked and our beans had sprouted.
The kids loved it. They were stinky thought.

Another day we planted flowers.
The kids were so excited about their flowers.

Zack was so sweet and sent me flowers while we was gone.
He took his birthday money and spolied me instead of himself.
I am so thankful for such a hard working husband.

I am so thankful that Zack is back in town and that we survived all of our trials.
Here's to not looking forward to him being gone again with 3 kids this next time.