Author: Wick

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.

The basic time-line: Sophie pukes around midnight Sunday Night, after one of our busiest days ever. Continues to throughout some of Monday, then it goes away. We sigh, thankful to have it over.(from the top half) Tuesday at lunch I even post a video to show how awesome our girls are. Then Tuesday night, it begins.

Addie pukes. Sophie begins puking again. The night progresses like this. I post a funny comment on Facebook asking who will get sick next, me or Sarah? The comment becomes less funny around 4am. We both feel sick. Hours later, I’m almost passed out on the floor, while Sarah’s trying to care for both girls and herself. (I can’t puke, so my body freaks when I have to) My awesome brother-in-law takes me to the ER, so Sarah doesn’t have to worry about me.

I get checked in, checked out, and released by 11:30am…all drugged up. Sarah is on her way to the hospital with Sophie – dehydrated from 3 days of losing fluids. I go home to take care of Addie as best as a drugged up daddy can. Thankfully, Sarah has maternal immunity in cases like this – a superhero power only earned by actually giving birth, so I’ll let her keep it.

Wednesday blurs into thursday. Final puke from Addie at 10am. Sophie and mommy come home from the hospital. We launder the casualties, and put the girls to bed eventually. It seems to have passed. Literally.

A few things I’ve learned:

1. Drinking the Sobe labeled “Immunity” does not, like the video gamer in me hoped, mean I will not get sick.

2. If Phenergen is a lie, then Zofran is the truth. Both are fantastic (one to relax you, one to take away nausea specifically). But both make it hard to help your 2 year old when she’s sick.

3. A 2 year old might think the bowl actually MAKES her puke, and she’ll kick it across the room, and throw up in your lap instead.

4. Addie really can watch “Cinderella” a thousand times, and still enjoy it.

5. We have some pretty awesome family/friends/volunteers who took care of us, and ran Youth Group for me Wednesday evening. Thanks everyone.

6. My wife literally has some sort of maternal 6th sense and immunity going on. She knew Sophie was about to puke Sunday night, and woke to get her at the same time it began.

7. I do not want anyone in my house to get sick for a very very long time. Amen.

So in parenting, we’ve learned that there are some things you just don’t know until you experience them. Here are a few of the things we’ve learned:

1. Addie is still not old enough to enjoy a car wash yet. We went this past Sunday night on the way home from the Superbowl. There was a brief moment where we thought she would enjoy it, but then the next round of the sprayer came on. I guess it’s a good thing it wasn’t one of the old school brush wash’s….now THOSE are scary.

2.Both girls enjoy eating vegetables more than their father. Probably because they haven’t eaten many types of food yet. I’m working on it though. My list of acceptable vegetables now include: carrots, corn, green beans, sweet potatoes, broccoli, anything stir-fried. Although I still wouldn’t voluntarily put any of those on my plate unless reminded to do so.

3. Both of our girls love to read. Or at least, they love to hold books, and look at the first 3 pages. Then, unless you have total control of the situation, the book all of a sudden comes to “The End”, and is closed.

4. Spit up is WORLDS better than vomit. Oh my word. I won’t even go into this one, cause you’re probably already thinking, “ew”. But for real yo…vomit is like 100 times worse than spit up. Even in comparable amounts.

5. Speaking of bodily fluids – for the most part I don’t mind them as much as I thought I would. Before we had kids, I’d shiver at even the mention of being involved in someone else’s kids’ diaper change. Now I don’t love it….but it’s not so bad. 🙂

6. Having kids is incredible. Seriously. Like you read about it….you imagine it….you watch it with others. And even after becoming a father, it’s continued to deepen life in general. I’m a big fan.

7. There are plenty more, and continue to be more on a daily basis. I’m sure you’ll hear more about this….doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon….hehe. Life is good…