So Far So Good... and Not So Good

Well we made it to Utah last Sunday (Mother's Day). We had to leave the house by 5:30 in the morning to make it to the aiport two hours away, all on about 3 hours of sleep. I was so relieved that the boys did relatively well on the plane without carseats since I was traveling alone with them. The only hitch was once we arrived in Salt Lake, we discovered the airline had lost one of our carseats. Thankfully they have loaners to give out, and delivered ours later that evening when they found it. We had a nice Mother's Day dinner at my in-laws (though it was sad not having Brad here!). We met Sky and Ashley's new baby Jace, who is a total doll! On Tuesday I took the boys to see my sister in Spanish Fork, and her new baby Christopher, who is also completely adorable! We spent most of the day tearing up her apartment - I mean visiting =) and had a good time.

Here's where it gets not so good...

On the drive back to my in-laws' in Morgan (about 1 1/2 hours from Aubrey), Eli threw up all over himself and the backseat. Thankfully we were only about ten minutes from home. What a mess.... We got home to find out that Grandma was getting sick too! Eli's sickness continued until around 2am.... just as I cleaned up the last of Eli's throw up, Owen started in. It was a looooong night, and day, and another night. Finally on Thursday afternoon Owen was still throwing up, refusing to drink anything, and really looking yucky so I had to take him to the ER. Thankfully I was able to leave Eli home with Grandma, and he ended up having some fun playing with his cousin.

Once at the hospital, Owen needed fluids and sugar, but his veins were really hard to get into because #1 he's a baby and #2 he was dehydrated. After 3 tries in his hands the NICU nurses came down and put one in his head. It was pretty traumatic, but thankfully I was able to lay with him in the little bed and snuggle him to sleep after that. He also got some anti-nausea meds and we came home.

By the time we got home, I was feeling sick, and spent the rest of the night throwing up! A couple of times Owen woke up as I was running to the bathroom, and let me tell you, throwing up is so much worse when your sick one year old is following you and sobbing. Ugh. Thankfully I felt better yesterday, but Owen is still dragging two days later. We've done a lot of sitting on the couch watching tv and reading books. I'm a little stir crazy, and Eli definitely is! What a vacation huh?! I'm just hoping little O-man perks up soon... it is so hard to see your baby not feeling well, and unable to tell you exactly what is bothering him. Hopefully we have a little more fun next week.

=)

All Aboard!

This week for our Resident Spouse playgroup we drove 1/2 an hour to the neighboring town of Moberly for a miniature train ride. The train runs along a real track, and was a hit with the kids. It was the PERFECT day to be outside, and I enjoyed the relaxing ride through the park.

The kids got to take turns sitting in the Engine and pushing the "whistle." Eli felt like a real Engineer!

Afterwards we had a picnic lunch, and played on the "Candyland" playground. The park was right on the banks of a large lake, surrounded by woods... very scenic! I was sure grateful for the fence though, because my boys were dieing to get near the water and throw stuff.

It was a good day!

Two Babies

In my long winded postings about our Nauvoo trip, I skipped over the most exciting news of the weekend... on Sunday the 25th - the day after Brad's birthday and while we were in Nauvoo, two baby boys were born into our extended family within 4 1/2 hours of each other! Brad's brother's wife gave birth to Jace, and my sister Aubrey gave birth to Christopher! We are so excited to meet and hold both of them that we can't wait to get to Utah (I should be out there with the boys on Sunday!). I am especially tickled to see my baby sister as a MOM! She is amazing! And Eli couldn't be more excited about the prospect of holding two little babies... he has been awaiting their arrivals for MONTHS. I can't tell you how many times he made me let him watch Aubrey's ultrasound online... he especially likes to hear the heart beating, lol. Anytime he heard mention of either Ashley or Aubrey, he had to comment that whoever was mentioned had a baby in her tummy and that soon it would come out! Anyway, welcome to the family Jace and Christopher... we're coming your way soon!

Naked Bats

The week before last I watched a friend's little girl during the day while she was out of town. After using the potty one afternoon, Eli did not want to put his pants back on. Trying to reason with him I said, "We don't walk around naked in front of our friends... that's embarrassing." Eli responded, "Bat's fly around naked - that's embarrassing too!" I busted up laughing. I have no idea where that came from, but he agreed to put his pants back on before leaving the bathroom.

Here are a few pictures from their adventures. Eli and Ivy got along surprisingly well... alternating between boy and girl games.

Hiding from "Sharks"

Playing Butterflies

Ocean in the Tub

Pretty Princesses

Princess Cake aka. Poptarts

Sailing to the Promised Land

Watching Curious George with their Babies

More Princess Cake

Dress up... Again

Ok, so it looks like girl games won out the majority of the time, but Eli and Owen didn't seem to mind! Ivy looks like she could be related to us, so I had fun pretending to have three kids. I think these boys could use a sister... what do you think?