So I decided to make this blog because we just got back from vacation and there are so many people I want to keep in better touch with! Hopefully this will work as my half of keeping everyone up to date on what's going on with us. Enjoy:)
Our vacation was...long. We left Colorado on the 23rd of December and the kids and I didn't get back until January 8th. It was a lot of time in carseats for the little ones, but it was worth it. It was so so great to see everyone and finally get our chairs from Virginia! I'll start at the beginning. Like I said, we left on the 23rd. In the Suburban it was me, Charlie, Ben, my mom, Anthony, Austin and a whole lot of stuff. We were pretty crammed. We drove to Grand Island, NE where we dropped off a little bit of stuff and added my dad into the mix. We finally got to my Aunt Tori's I think around 3:00 AM. Then the kids and I did Christmas Eve at my G & G Isaacson's, Christmas morning at Aunt Tori's, Christmas afternoon at G Kilby's and Christmas evening at Aunt Susie's. Needless to say, we were tired the next day and did nothing!
Will had to work so he met us in Iowa on the 26th and on the way the transmission in the van went out. We were already planning on borrowing my mom's Suburban for the trip to VA, so thankfully everything worked out. My parents just had to share a car for a few days. On the 27th we did some more visiting with family and then left for Virginia on the 28th. It took us about 18 hours to get there...not too bad with two kiddos I think. We had a wonderful time seeing Will's family and spending time with the Shellys who very graciously hosted us. Will had the most fun I think; meeting up with friends from high school and before. Charlie was in heaven staying in a house with four other kids besides her brother. The only downside to the whole trip was Luke and Jake (the Shellys' youngest) were sick and on the day we left the kids started getting sick too.
We left on Friday night and drove all night to Iowa. It still took us 18 hours:) We played games and hung out with family on Saturday night and then left for Grand Island on Sunday morning. The kids and I stayed in Grand Island with my dad to wait for the van to get fixed and Will went on home with my mom and brothers. (he had to work) Monday morning I wasn't happy with the way the kids were feeling and Charlie had been running a fever two nights in a row...so I decided to take them to urgent care...which is called Prompt Care in Grand Island. The Dr. was very kind but maybe not as on top of things as she should have been. She gave Charlie two prescriptions but basically said Ben was fine. Well, he wasn't. On Tuesday he started wheezing. I took him back to Prompt Care where they gave him a nebulizer treatment that didn't do anything and finally sent us to the ER. It wasn't high drama or anything but it was still scary to be at ER with my three month old. They did some tests and said he has RSV. Sent us home with our own nebulizer and a prescription. I'm not telling this story very well, but it was a long and stressful night. To top it all off, the van's (which I had just picked up) check engine light came on when I left the ER.
Anyway, to wrap it all up. They couldn't get the van back in until Thursday morning. It turned out to be nothing and we were on our way. We got home Thursday evening and Will almost immediately had to go to work. All I'm focused on now is getting the kids...and now myself...better. I guess this is quite long, but I'm willing to bet future posts will be shorter. I'll put pictures up soon.
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