Wow! What a week!

Well, first the exciting news... We are having another girl. Found out a week ago, and it still is sinking in. We are pretty sure we are going to name her Tess Alexandra, but it's not set in stone. The baby is doing very well and is healthy and moving around like crazy.

After we had the ultrasound last week, I started to get really sick. I was so mad because I had planned time off from work to get ready for Thanksgiving and for the big family shopping day and all, and I ended up REALLY sick. What started out as a cold turned into a massively bad sinus infection that spread into my teeth and gums, and then I had pink eye in both eyes on top of it all. It was awful!!! I finally got antibiotics on Saturday, and things are still working their way out. Today is by far the best day I've had in a week.

On top of the sickness, we moved Maddy to a "big girl" bed last week, which means that I spent a great deal of time laying in her bed with her and waking up with her a few times each night. Finally, last night she slept all through the night. And so did I... thank God because I had to come back to work today, and I was feeling so sleep deprived that I seriously had an hour-long meltdown yesterday and could not stop crying.

It was totally hormonal. I had no idea why I was crying, but I couldn't stop. I was crying so hard, I started to feel like I was hyperventilating. It was scary. I took a long bath and a nap after that and felt much better, but wow! I didn't really realize how worn out I really was.

I think so much of the problem was that even though I was sick, I still cooked Thanksgiving dinner and entertained 15 guests, and then went shopping like a crazy woman all day on Friday, and then put up two Christmas trees on Saturday, and tried shopping again on Sunday (only to go home early to crash on the couch). Too much. No resting.

Yesterday I was supposed to come back to work, but the pink eye was in full force, so I just worked from home. I sent Maddy to my MIL's and regrouped. I totally needed that to keep my sanity.

Anyhow, that's about it. Back to the grind now.