One year older and wiser too...

Yesterday I turned 31 years old.  It is kind of weird getting older each year.  The numbers get larger, but I don't feel like I am that much older then I did when I was, say 25.  We did most our celebrating over the weekend, so it was a pretty low key day.
They boys and I all have coughs so we spent the day staying in.  We watched kid shows on the Wii and played many a game on the Wii as well.  Tyler is getting really good at being able to turn everything on and do it all himself, so he has been playing the Wii a lot more lately.  It is really nice for me to not have to set everything up every time. 
My friend and neighbor, Gwen, bought the boys over a Valentine's treat and me a birthday present (a candle and yummy cupcake).  Then she stayed a chatted for a while.  It was just what I needed.  The day seemed to be going by so slow, but she really helped to make the day more enjoyable.  Plus the boys love playing with her little girl, Ava, so it was a win - win.  Unless they get our coughs, then I will feel bad.
Tony picked up some Cafe Rio on his way home from work and we all enjoyed our yummy food.  While we were eating my friend, Natalie, stopped by and gave me a card with a coupon for a lunch and "pre-delivery' pedicure as a birthday gift to me.  Natalie really is too good to me and spoils me often.  She is a very good friend and we always have a good time together (despite our 12 year age difference).  Also I found some cookies and conversation hearts left on my door step.  I think they were from my friend Bronwynn.  We were suppose to go to the Library with her and her kids, but with the coughs I had to cancel.  She mentioned that she might drop some off.  Then to top it off our most favorite adopted grandparents (Brother and Sister Baumann - from two doors down) stopped by with cookies and puzzles for the boys.  They spoil us too.  We really are so lucky and blessed to have so many amazing friends and neighbors.
After dinner Tyler's cough got worse and he started throwing up after a big coughing spell.  We put him in the bath and it seemed like it was just getting worse and worse.  We decided to give him a breathing treatment just to see if that would help at all.  It seemed to help a little, but he just couldn't stop coughing.  So I called my neighbor, "Uncle" Max - who is a repository therapist, and talked to him about Tyler and Josh and what he thought we should do.  He talked to me about a couple different things and then he said to bring them over and he would listen to their breathing.  Normally he comes to our house but he had just had an angio that day and needed to stay where he was - he so good to us to listen to the boys.  He said that both their breathing sounded good so to give them something to stop the coughing.  I had some Robitussin Cough that a pharmacist said I could give the boys, just in a smaller then adult dose, so that's what we did.  After about ten minutes  Josh was sounding better so I put him to bed.  Then I tried to put Tyler to bed, but his poor cough just wouldn't stop.  Every two seconds - the poor kid.  So I asked Tony to give him a blessing.  After the blessing we let him stay up with us for a while and within about 15 minutes he feel asleep in my arms.  I was glad that he was able to sleep because our next step was to take him into the Urgent Care.  Thank heaven for blessings and for husbands who have the priesthood to give the blessings.
Tyler did wake a couple different times coughing, but never enough to get out of bed.  I was very grateful for that.  Josh did pretty good until about 5:00 and then he had a hard time getting back to sleep because of his coughing.  He eventually did and they both seem to be feeling fine today.  They still cough, but it isn't constant and they have high spirits.  Me, on the other hand, is coughing worse each day that goes by.  I sure hope that it doesn't get worse where I have to go into the doctor.  We are all staying home again today, so lets hope that another lazy day will be good for us all.
So as far as romance, there wasn't any - but their was a lot of love.  Tony sent me a very sweet text that morning about how much he loved me and how he couldn't ask for a better wife and mother to his children.  It was very sweet and made me cry.  Tony also bought me some new slippers.  Koda, the dog, had gotten both pairs of old slippers and chewed them up, so it was very thoughtful of him to buy me some nice new ones.  Tony's not always the best with words and telling me how he is feeling, but I do always know that he loves me and would do anything for me.  I really am so blessed to have him as a husband and best friend.  We always have a good time together and I am so glad that he is stuck with me for eternity.  We really do make a great team and I couldn't ask for anything more!