Happy Birthday to me...kind of!

I had a very interesting start to my birthday and an early present from Camden. I was in bed reading around 12:30 in the morning when I heard a very strange noise. I laid there for a little while listening for another sound and then decided to check on the boys...just in case. When I opened the door to their room, in the shadows I saw Camden sitting in the corner of his crib. As I got closer, it looked like there was something on his chin. So I decided to feel the bed to see if he had spit up. Well he had done more than spit up, he had thrown up all over himself, his bed, his snugly blanket, and his teddy bear!!! I ran to get Chris and we took him in the bathroom and got him cleaned up and changed. By now he is smiling and looking ready to play and I'm thinking "no way buddy!! its 1 in the morning." So I got him some water and tried to rock him and get him relaxed. That wasn't working, so I decided to just take him to his room and lay him in the pack n play and hope that he would go back to sleep. I went back to bed and started reading again, but I couldn't concentrate because I was worried that he would throw up again and I wouldn't be able to hear him and that he would lay in it the rest of the night. After about 15 minutes I went to check on him because it was so quiet in their room...I thought he had gone back to sleep. I peeked in their room and he was sitting in the corner of the pack n play, in the dark, just sitting there...poor little guy!! So I knew he still wasn't feeling well and I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep until I knew he was okay. So I took my pillows and a blanket and laid in the hallway outside their room so that I could check on him often and so I could hear him if he did get sick again. He ended up sitting there for another 20 minutes before he finally laid down and then he rustled around for about another 10 minutes and finally went to sleep. Needless to say, I didn't get very good sleep that night!
In the morning I got the boys up and Camden seemed to be feeling a lot better, he didn't throw up anymore and he ate his breakfast like usual. Braeden didn't seem to be feeling bad either (he slept through the whole episode). They played and then I laid them down for a nap and called my mom. About 10 minutes into their nap Braeden was awake and talking. I didn't think anything of it because he sometimes wakes up early or doesn't sleep at all for his morning nap. So I just continued talking with my mom and got them up about an hour and a half after I laid them down. When I went into their room to get them up, I found out why Braeden woke up so soon after laying him down...he had thrown up all over himself and all over his pack n play, everything was wet!!! I felt like such an awful mommy for not checking on him earlier and letting him sit in that for so long. So I got him out of his pack n play and started to take off his wet clothes and he started throwing up again. I ran into the bathroom with him and got him in the tub and he threw up some more. Chris came home right then so he helped me give both the boys baths and get everything cleaned up. It was apparent now that they had the flu. :( Camden never did throw up again, but Braeden didn't keep anything down all day and he didn't feel like doing anything but laying around. It was so sad to see him like that.
Don't forget all this happened on my birthday!! Also, Chris' parents were supposed to be coming down to spend the weekend with us and Chris and I were going to go out for supper that night...now we weren't sure any of that was going to happen. But after letting Chris' parents know of the situation, they still wanted to come, so we did end up going out to eat and everything. Needless to say it was a very eventful and interesting birthday! Hope I don't get sick!!!