I went to the Dentist on Friday. Sounds exciting right? I took Jacob with me so he could see what it was like. But, he's actually already been to two different dentists with Michelle & Jason, when they had appointments. I'd been talking to him about it and he was very excited to sit in the dentist's chair. We've also been reading Green Puppy goes to the Dentist and he has loved that book. When we went, he was such a good boy! He colored for a little while, and watched me get my teeth cleaned. Having him there made it go by a lot faster! When they did the flouride, he sat in my lap and thought the little suction wand was hysterically. The hygienist called it "Mr. Thristy." We finally got finished up and left. I told him we were going to school, and he said, No, mommy, I want to go to Jacob's dentist. I tried and tried to explain to him that this was just a visit to watch mommy. He was not too happy! We have made him an appointment for September. I want to check with our pediatric cardiologist in August whether he will need pre-med antibiotics. So far, talking to other TGA moms, it seems like it's about a 50/50 split whether PC's recommend them or not...
In the last week, we had my grandma (Sugar)'s birthday on 3/26 and my dad, Jacob's papa, on 3/28.
We also went to Sterner's 2nd birthday party yesterday at Kim & Steven's house. They had Stacy Clearman of Littland Band fame come and play. Jacob has seen Stacy play on a number of occasions, even as recently as January at our town's Cultural Center. It's attached to our library, and every time we've been back to the library, Jacob mentions the Stacy concert! Anyway, at that concert, Jacob was all into it - dancing & singing on stage, etc. Well, yesterday, he was quite shy. I'm not sure what was going on with him, but he did not want to dance, though he did enjoy holding the microphone. We had a great time at the party!
This coming weekend, we have two more birthday parties - one on Saturday for Jake, a friend from Jacob's school, which will be at Planet Child in Cary. And then another party, on Sunday, also at Planet Child for Austin, who will be three. He is the son of our friends, Matt & Meredith. (Meredith is also our dentist.) We are looking forward to both parties.
The following weekend is, of course, Easter, and we'll be headed to Wilmington. Then, the weekend after Easter, we have Jason's birthday on April 18! Busy busy!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Six Years!
Today is our 6 year wedding anniversary! My mom came up this weekend and stayed with Jacob. Jeff and I went bowling on Saturday morning, then to lunch at the Q-Shack. We then checked into the Renaissance Hotel at North Hills Mall. We did some shopping at North Hills and then went to Coquette for champagne. Afterwards, we went to Vivace for dinner. It was VERY good. We were too full for dessert, but went back to the room and hung out for a little while. Then, we went to Fox & The Hound and had some beer and watched the NCAA tournament. This morning, we went to breakfast at Hot Point Cafe, and went back to the room until it was time to check out. Then, we went to the Kids Everywear sale. It's been a good weekend!
Our previous anniversaries:
1st - we went to Myrtle Beach, stayed at the Hilton and ate at Melting Pot.
2nd - we stayed at the Hilton in RDU and ate at Angus Barn. The following weekend, we went to the Outer Banks and stayed in Manteo!
3rd - we went on a Babymoon / Anniversary 4 nt cruise that stopped in Key West and Cozumel.
4th - Jacob was 7 months old and it was a weeknight, we got nice take out from Lucky 32.
5th - last year, we spent the weekend at Carolina Beach in an oceanfront room at Golden Sands. We went to Southport for the day, and went to dinner at Deckhouse. Some point during the day, we had Britt's Donuts too!
Our previous anniversaries:
1st - we went to Myrtle Beach, stayed at the Hilton and ate at Melting Pot.
2nd - we stayed at the Hilton in RDU and ate at Angus Barn. The following weekend, we went to the Outer Banks and stayed in Manteo!
3rd - we went on a Babymoon / Anniversary 4 nt cruise that stopped in Key West and Cozumel.
4th - Jacob was 7 months old and it was a weeknight, we got nice take out from Lucky 32.
5th - last year, we spent the weekend at Carolina Beach in an oceanfront room at Golden Sands. We went to Southport for the day, and went to dinner at Deckhouse. Some point during the day, we had Britt's Donuts too!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Baby Maelyn Update
Baby Maelyn passed peacefully last night. http://babyblack.us/
Our hearts go out to Amanda, Brad and Taylor, as well as their entire family.
Our hearts go out to Amanda, Brad and Taylor, as well as their entire family.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Potty Progress
Jacob has been sitting on the potty at times for months now. Probably since last summer.... he's actually done #2 on the potty a handful of times, but not had much success with #1.
This past Saturday, we had him in some trainers in the morning, and he promptly peed through two pairs in a row. We were heading out to run errands and put him back in his diaper, abandoning the cause. As soon as we got into the car, backed out of the driveway, and got to the stop sign, he said, "I poop, I poop." So, we turn the car around, and head back to the house. I take him in and put him on the potty, but he didn't want to sit there. He got upset and wanted the diaper back on. I finally gave in, and we started to head out the door. "I poop, I poop," he says again. I checked him and he had filled a diaper with pee-pee. Fun times. I changed him, and a little while later, we went on our way.
On Sunday, we didn't bring up the potty at all, nor put him back in trainers, etc. Sunday night before bed, he asked Jeff to take him to the potty and promptly pee-peed! Jeff and I made a big deal out of it, etc.
On Monday, fifteen minutes after Jeff put Jacob to bed, Jacob called out, "I poop, I poop." (If you haven't figured it out yet - he uses the same word for #1 and #2.) So, Jeff got him up out of the crib, and out of his PJ's and sure enough, he pee-peed.
On Tuesday morning at 6:40 a.m., we were awaken to "I poop, I poop." We got him up and yep, again, he pee-peed. So, I decided to mention this to Michelle when I dropped him off. She said she'd work with him on it at her house too. Tuesday night, before his bath, he asked to pee - and bingo - he did it again!
This morning, as soon as he got up (5:45 this morning - eek!), he asked and Jeff took him and once more - pee-pee again!
I think something has clicked for him! Hopefully we are on the right path now!!
This past Saturday, we had him in some trainers in the morning, and he promptly peed through two pairs in a row. We were heading out to run errands and put him back in his diaper, abandoning the cause. As soon as we got into the car, backed out of the driveway, and got to the stop sign, he said, "I poop, I poop." So, we turn the car around, and head back to the house. I take him in and put him on the potty, but he didn't want to sit there. He got upset and wanted the diaper back on. I finally gave in, and we started to head out the door. "I poop, I poop," he says again. I checked him and he had filled a diaper with pee-pee. Fun times. I changed him, and a little while later, we went on our way.
On Sunday, we didn't bring up the potty at all, nor put him back in trainers, etc. Sunday night before bed, he asked Jeff to take him to the potty and promptly pee-peed! Jeff and I made a big deal out of it, etc.
On Monday, fifteen minutes after Jeff put Jacob to bed, Jacob called out, "I poop, I poop." (If you haven't figured it out yet - he uses the same word for #1 and #2.) So, Jeff got him up out of the crib, and out of his PJ's and sure enough, he pee-peed.
On Tuesday morning at 6:40 a.m., we were awaken to "I poop, I poop." We got him up and yep, again, he pee-peed. So, I decided to mention this to Michelle when I dropped him off. She said she'd work with him on it at her house too. Tuesday night, before his bath, he asked to pee - and bingo - he did it again!
This morning, as soon as he got up (5:45 this morning - eek!), he asked and Jeff took him and once more - pee-pee again!
I think something has clicked for him! Hopefully we are on the right path now!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Baby Maelyn....
Baby Maelyn is the daughter of Jeff's former co-worker, Brad and his wife, Amanda.
Baby Maelyn was diagnosed in utero with HLHS.
Maelyn was born back in February and had her first heart surgery shortly thereafter. They've been working on feeding her and getting her off the ventilator since then.
Last night, she wasn't doing well and they took her into surgery to look at her intestines, and her intestines are quite sick. Hopefully they will know more later today and tomorrow.
Please say a prayer for Baby Maelyn and their family. They need them more than ever now.
Baby Maelyn was diagnosed in utero with HLHS.
Maelyn was born back in February and had her first heart surgery shortly thereafter. They've been working on feeding her and getting her off the ventilator since then.
Last night, she wasn't doing well and they took her into surgery to look at her intestines, and her intestines are quite sick. Hopefully they will know more later today and tomorrow.
Please say a prayer for Baby Maelyn and their family. They need them more than ever now.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hoping for a Normal Week!
Last week was rough! Here is hoping this week is more "normal", whatever that is!
Jacob had a good Monday at school. He did great, Michelle reported. Most of you know, but since August, Jacob has been at A Mother's Love Child Care Home, and it's just worked out to be a great situation for us. Michelle does preschool activities with the kids and is so good with Jacob, and has a son, Jason, who is nearly 4. Jason and Jacob get along pretty well. Even Michelle's husband, Scott, helps out and Jacob gets a kick out of Mr. Scott, too. It is so good to have quality childcare!
Tonight, we were supposed to go to Chick-Fil-A for Kid's Night with some other Triangle Mommies. I told Jacob in the car this morning that's what we'd be doing this evening. It works out well, because when Michelle is taking Jason as well, she just brings Jacob and I meet them at the CFA. So that was the plan tonight. Jacob was excited about tonight and said that he wanted to eat "tomatoes." I said, "well, you'll get your chicken nuggets, your fruit, and your milk." And he said, "and mommy will get a salad." That made me laugh. I suppose the tomatoes he was talking about were the ones on my salad! He also said about 3 times this morning, "I have a good day," meaning he was going to have a good day.
As it turned out, Jacob must have been pretty tired today at school, and felt a little warm, so we canceled our plans for CFA tonight. Jeff had his meeting for work tonight and Jacob wanted to look at pictures and videos from our trip on the laptop. He loves doing that and even request them by name, "Papa's Cane," where he parades around with my grandfather's cane, or "Tigger's Tail," when he pulls Tigger's tail, or "Alice Scary," where my Aunt Alice snuck up on him and would say, Boo! and Jacob just thought that was hilarious. He seemed okay tonight, so as long as all goes well, we'll send him to school tomorrow.
He's also currently obsessed with the Blue's Clues book, "Green Puppy Goes to the Dentist," that we got at the library on Saturday. I know we have read it to him at least 2-3 times a DAY since then!
Jacob had a good Monday at school. He did great, Michelle reported. Most of you know, but since August, Jacob has been at A Mother's Love Child Care Home, and it's just worked out to be a great situation for us. Michelle does preschool activities with the kids and is so good with Jacob, and has a son, Jason, who is nearly 4. Jason and Jacob get along pretty well. Even Michelle's husband, Scott, helps out and Jacob gets a kick out of Mr. Scott, too. It is so good to have quality childcare!
Tonight, we were supposed to go to Chick-Fil-A for Kid's Night with some other Triangle Mommies. I told Jacob in the car this morning that's what we'd be doing this evening. It works out well, because when Michelle is taking Jason as well, she just brings Jacob and I meet them at the CFA. So that was the plan tonight. Jacob was excited about tonight and said that he wanted to eat "tomatoes." I said, "well, you'll get your chicken nuggets, your fruit, and your milk." And he said, "and mommy will get a salad." That made me laugh. I suppose the tomatoes he was talking about were the ones on my salad! He also said about 3 times this morning, "I have a good day," meaning he was going to have a good day.
As it turned out, Jacob must have been pretty tired today at school, and felt a little warm, so we canceled our plans for CFA tonight. Jeff had his meeting for work tonight and Jacob wanted to look at pictures and videos from our trip on the laptop. He loves doing that and even request them by name, "Papa's Cane," where he parades around with my grandfather's cane, or "Tigger's Tail," when he pulls Tigger's tail, or "Alice Scary," where my Aunt Alice snuck up on him and would say, Boo! and Jacob just thought that was hilarious. He seemed okay tonight, so as long as all goes well, we'll send him to school tomorrow.
He's also currently obsessed with the Blue's Clues book, "Green Puppy Goes to the Dentist," that we got at the library on Saturday. I know we have read it to him at least 2-3 times a DAY since then!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Nearly Two Weeks...
That is, nearly two weeks, Jacob has been out of "routine", and he's a routine-oriented kid. He did great on vacation, and I think if he'd had a normal week last week, he'd have been fine, but being sick and staying with Jeff & I for three out of five days last week has now caused him to get a little clingy, dependent, etc. He wants carried, he wants fed, he wants his way. It's also a "battle of the wills" type two year old thing too. We had a stand-off, so to speak at dinner. I made him a plate of several things since our hamburgers weren't ready. After a few bites, he was done. In a crying fit though. I offered yogurt, his favorite, and he said, okay. Then I told him he'd have to feed it to himself, and that set him off crying again. We offered to let him go to bed, but he wanted carried upstairs, and we told him he'd need to do it himself. Another crying fit. Our dinner was ready, so Jeff and I went ahead and ate and "ignored" him, while discussing how yummy our dinner was and we wondered if Jacob would like some. After watching us eat while crying, he finally calmed down and came over after about 20 minutes. I was putting away the food and offered him a hamburger and he ate about 1/4 of one. Then, we had no TV or tiny computer tonight and he just played with us and with his toys.
It's going to be a long week!
It's going to be a long week!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Two doctors & two pharmacies in one day
Thursday night was a rough night. Jacob was up countless times. Around 2 a.m., Jeff checked on him and said he was pretty sure Jacob's fever was back. We dressed him in some cooler PJ's, and kept checking on him. By Friday morning, he had a fever of 101 degrees.
On top of that, I woke up with hives! No idea what they were from, stress maybe? The weirdest part was that my left ear had the worst of the hives. It was swollen, red, hot and prickly. Very annoying. I quickly took 50 mg of Benadryl to keep them from getting worse.
Anyway, the plan was for me to stay home with Jacob in the morning and for Jeff to go into work and to come home at 12 Noon, then I'd head to work and probably to my doctor for a Steriod dosepack. I called the doctor and explained that while he'd been seen on Tuesday and only had a cold, he was fine Wednesday and Thursday, and then got worse overnight. Everything was worse, his cough, nasal drainage and the fever was back. They had me bring him in at 9:45 a.m. We brought Kitty again, and the visit went really smoothly. He got stickers again, and there was almost no crying at all this visit. As Dr. Ramsdell examined him, she felt like she heard the tell-tale crackling in his lower lungs and decided he probably had streptococcal pneumonia in the right lower lobe and some on the left as well. She prescribed 10 days of antibiotics and off we went to Super Target to fill the prescription, and pick up a few extra things. Jacob got a lollipop the pharmacy and really enjoyed that. It may have been his first lollipop!
The remainder of Friday, we pretty much keep him on Tylenol or Ibuprofen alternating every three hours and his fever stayed in the 101 range. He was about as sick as I have ever seen him. You could tell he was just miserable and not himself.
I went off to work at Noon, and made it into the office for maybe 45 minutes before it was time to go to my MD appointment for my hives. I see a PA actually. I was in and out of the office in 19 minutes with a prescription for Prednisone and a prescription for a Z-pack just in case I get worse since I'm already sick too. I went to the pharmacy and it took 30 min plus to fill the prescription. Pharmacies are so slow! (I did avoid the Rite Aid right by my doctor because it takes an hour there usually because it is so close to the hospital.)
I went back to work for a little while, but Jeff said that Jacob didn't want to get up from his nap, so I headed home a little after 4 p.m. When I got home, we let Jacob be for a little while, but by 5 p.m., I wanted him to get up for a little while, so I lured him out of his crib with the promise of ice cream. That worked. He got up and stayed up until about 7 p.m., when he was ready to go back to bed. Around 8 p.m., he woke up in a sweat, so I think he fever broke then, and it hasn't been back.
He was up quite a few times last night crying, it seemed like once an hour. Jeff and I think he's just "milking" it at this point. Finally at 2 a.m., I told him we weren't coming back in and he needed to go to sleep and he stayed quiet until nearly 7 a.m.!
He's doing a lot better today - full of energy. I could barely type this out because he was bouncing and standing up in my lap and playing with the mouse while I typed.
On top of that, I woke up with hives! No idea what they were from, stress maybe? The weirdest part was that my left ear had the worst of the hives. It was swollen, red, hot and prickly. Very annoying. I quickly took 50 mg of Benadryl to keep them from getting worse.
Anyway, the plan was for me to stay home with Jacob in the morning and for Jeff to go into work and to come home at 12 Noon, then I'd head to work and probably to my doctor for a Steriod dosepack. I called the doctor and explained that while he'd been seen on Tuesday and only had a cold, he was fine Wednesday and Thursday, and then got worse overnight. Everything was worse, his cough, nasal drainage and the fever was back. They had me bring him in at 9:45 a.m. We brought Kitty again, and the visit went really smoothly. He got stickers again, and there was almost no crying at all this visit. As Dr. Ramsdell examined him, she felt like she heard the tell-tale crackling in his lower lungs and decided he probably had streptococcal pneumonia in the right lower lobe and some on the left as well. She prescribed 10 days of antibiotics and off we went to Super Target to fill the prescription, and pick up a few extra things. Jacob got a lollipop the pharmacy and really enjoyed that. It may have been his first lollipop!
The remainder of Friday, we pretty much keep him on Tylenol or Ibuprofen alternating every three hours and his fever stayed in the 101 range. He was about as sick as I have ever seen him. You could tell he was just miserable and not himself.
I went off to work at Noon, and made it into the office for maybe 45 minutes before it was time to go to my MD appointment for my hives. I see a PA actually. I was in and out of the office in 19 minutes with a prescription for Prednisone and a prescription for a Z-pack just in case I get worse since I'm already sick too. I went to the pharmacy and it took 30 min plus to fill the prescription. Pharmacies are so slow! (I did avoid the Rite Aid right by my doctor because it takes an hour there usually because it is so close to the hospital.)
I went back to work for a little while, but Jeff said that Jacob didn't want to get up from his nap, so I headed home a little after 4 p.m. When I got home, we let Jacob be for a little while, but by 5 p.m., I wanted him to get up for a little while, so I lured him out of his crib with the promise of ice cream. That worked. He got up and stayed up until about 7 p.m., when he was ready to go back to bed. Around 8 p.m., he woke up in a sweat, so I think he fever broke then, and it hasn't been back.
He was up quite a few times last night crying, it seemed like once an hour. Jeff and I think he's just "milking" it at this point. Finally at 2 a.m., I told him we weren't coming back in and he needed to go to sleep and he stayed quiet until nearly 7 a.m.!
He's doing a lot better today - full of energy. I could barely type this out because he was bouncing and standing up in my lap and playing with the mouse while I typed.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Jacob Dancing (& other cute things)
Jacob had a pretty good first day back at school yesterday. He was happy at drop-off and pick-up.
Jacob has a new “hobby” - dancing - and I must have the camera on him while he does it. He is such a ham. (See Video Below...)
Some other cute things he has said/done in the last few days.
* He calls tissues - “bless-yous”
* He got his Handy Manny book-bag out last night and said “Bye. I’m going to Disney World.”
* He likes to feed Jeff and I pretend food. Such as, “here is some broccoli” and he puts his hand to your mouth for you to “smack-smack-smack, MMM”. Or “here are some jelly beans,” and even names what colors they are.
Jacob has a new “hobby” - dancing - and I must have the camera on him while he does it. He is such a ham. (See Video Below...)
Some other cute things he has said/done in the last few days.
* He calls tissues - “bless-yous”
* He got his Handy Manny book-bag out last night and said “Bye. I’m going to Disney World.”
* He likes to feed Jeff and I pretend food. Such as, “here is some broccoli” and he puts his hand to your mouth for you to “smack-smack-smack, MMM”. Or “here are some jelly beans,” and even names what colors they are.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A "Normal" Day!
Let's hope so! Jacob is back at school today and Jeff and I are at work. The first "normal" day in nearly two weeks!
Here is the Tigger Video from our trip!
Here is the Tigger Video from our trip!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
A Trip to the Doctor
Jacob's fever was about 101 this morning, and his cough worsened overnight. I had left a message for our doctor yesterday and they called this morning with an appointment for 9:45 a.m. I told Jacob we were going to the doctor, and he said, "No, mom, I stay here, maybe next time." I told him if he would be good and go to the doctor, he could have a candy cane when we got home. He said, "I don't want a candy cane." Great, even bribes didn't work! I coaxed him into the bathtub and got him dressed.
I told him we could take Kitty to the doctor and he wanted to do that. As we were leaving, he was saying that Kitty was sick and needed to go to the doctor. He was good all the way there. When we got there, he told the receptionist, Ann, that Kitty was sick and needed to see the doctor. He usually freaks out at the doctor's office by the time we pull in the parking lot, so Ann was impressed he was so calm. He chose the rocket ship room over the firefighter room. He let the nurse, Dana, take his temperature with a little crying. Then, he actually stood on the scale by himself. This was a first for him! He's usually so freaked out by then, that I have to hold him and then they weigh me and subtract my weight. He was 34 lbs! I think we had been underdosing him on the Tylenol yesterday by a 1/2 teaspoon, so that's probably why it didn't help a whole lot. The doctor saw him and examined Kitty prior to examining Jacob. She's a really great pediatrician! We just love her. Anyway, his lungs were clear, so she felt its just a bad cold with a fever.
Thankfully today, his temperature has been closer to 99 degrees and he is much more active than yesterday, so I'm hoping he is on the mend and can go to school tomorrow. Right now, we are playing with his doctor kit and he is doing the same exam to me that the doctor did to him and Kitty.
I told him we could take Kitty to the doctor and he wanted to do that. As we were leaving, he was saying that Kitty was sick and needed to go to the doctor. He was good all the way there. When we got there, he told the receptionist, Ann, that Kitty was sick and needed to see the doctor. He usually freaks out at the doctor's office by the time we pull in the parking lot, so Ann was impressed he was so calm. He chose the rocket ship room over the firefighter room. He let the nurse, Dana, take his temperature with a little crying. Then, he actually stood on the scale by himself. This was a first for him! He's usually so freaked out by then, that I have to hold him and then they weigh me and subtract my weight. He was 34 lbs! I think we had been underdosing him on the Tylenol yesterday by a 1/2 teaspoon, so that's probably why it didn't help a whole lot. The doctor saw him and examined Kitty prior to examining Jacob. She's a really great pediatrician! We just love her. Anyway, his lungs were clear, so she felt its just a bad cold with a fever.
Thankfully today, his temperature has been closer to 99 degrees and he is much more active than yesterday, so I'm hoping he is on the mend and can go to school tomorrow. Right now, we are playing with his doctor kit and he is doing the same exam to me that the doctor did to him and Kitty.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Jacob is sick....
Yesterday, when we got home, as I was getting Jacob out of the car, he was sort of shivering. I thought it was odd and when we got him inside and took his temperature, sure enough, he had a low grade fever. It went up a little and we gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed. He slept all night until 7:00 a.m. this morning, which is really out of the norm for him. When he got up, his fever was about 102.
It had snowed overnight, but nothing like the snow we had on January 20. The snow in the driveway had already melted by the time we got up. I took my time getting ready and made my way into work by 9:30 a.m. Jeff had already planned to take off today, so he stayed home with Jacob. Jacob's fever stayed in the 101 to 102 range all day and was not much relieved by Tylenol, so I went and got some Motrin after work. Jeff had just given Tylenol when I got home, so we had to wait a few hours. The amazing thing is that Jacob has been taking Tylenol great! He went to bed at 7 p.m., but has already been up twice crying. It's going to be a long night. The most recent time, we tried to give him some Motrin, but he wasn't having it.
Looks like I'm on deck to stay home with him tomorrow...and maybe even take him to the doctor.
It had snowed overnight, but nothing like the snow we had on January 20. The snow in the driveway had already melted by the time we got up. I took my time getting ready and made my way into work by 9:30 a.m. Jeff had already planned to take off today, so he stayed home with Jacob. Jacob's fever stayed in the 101 to 102 range all day and was not much relieved by Tylenol, so I went and got some Motrin after work. Jeff had just given Tylenol when I got home, so we had to wait a few hours. The amazing thing is that Jacob has been taking Tylenol great! He went to bed at 7 p.m., but has already been up twice crying. It's going to be a long night. The most recent time, we tried to give him some Motrin, but he wasn't having it.
Looks like I'm on deck to stay home with him tomorrow...and maybe even take him to the doctor.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wrapping Up...
Saturday, February 28:
Saturday afternoon, Jacob went down for his nap and when he woke up, he was in a whiney mood. We let him watch Blue's Clues for the 39th time in a week, but I've also explained to him multiple times that this was a treat because we were on vacation and we wouldn't be watching DVD's 24/7 when we got home. I figure, hey, it's his vacation too! After a while, he finally decided he was interested in going swimming, so Katherine & I took him in the pool. This was the only time I got into the pool the whole week, but it was finally warm enough for me! Poor Jeff was still in bed with some type of respiratory infection.
My brother & mom had gone grocery shopping for dinner. My brother had decided to make a special dinner in light of our lack of a great dinner at California Grill. We had snow crab legs for an appetizer with a garlic butter, as well as garlic bread for an appetizer. My brother made seafood pockets - puff pastry with lobster, flounder, scallops, and shrimp, then covered in a bechamel sauce with mushrooms & onions. Very rich, but very yummy. He even packed up the leftovers for Jeff and I to take home with us!
At 8:15 p.m., I decided to run out to get gas, but had to venture to THREE different gas stations because the first was too busy, and the second one, I couldn't get the pumps to work. Finally, the third, which was also busy, I was able to gas up. I decided to make my third trip to Walgreens in the last, oh, 14 hours to get some Tylenol (for Jeff's fever) and Naproxen (for my knee which had been hurting.)
After finally getting home around 9:00 p.m., I went to bed around 9:30. It's been a good trip, but we were ready to head home.
Sunday, March 1:
I awoke at 4:40 a.m. and knew we wanted to get moving by 5:00 a.m. to leave by 5:30 a.m. We wanted to allow plenty of time to get home prior to dark. For those of you not in the NC area, a winter storm warning was in affect for our area! This is pretty unusual for March, so we certainly had not thought this would be something we'd have to worry about! Anyway, after about 10 minutes, I decided it was pointless to lay there any longer and got up and started the last minute packing. Jeff got up shortly thereafter, and we woke up Jacob, or maybe he was awake... Anyway, we said our goodbyes and were out the door by 5:30 a.m. nearly on the dot. Jeff was feeling A LOT better today, thankfully, and volunteered to drive the first leg of the trip. In hindsight, I'm really glad he did because I was really tired. We pushed through and he drove all the way to Brunswick, Georgia (226 miles in 3.5 hrs). We got there at 9:00 a.m. or so and had a fast food breakfast. We left around 9:30 a.m. and I drove this time, straight to Florence, SC (245 miles in about 3.5 hrs). We stopped again and this time had some lunch - it was about 1 p.m. We got back on the road a little after 1:30 p.m. perhaps and Jeff drove us all the way home (145 miles in 2.5 hrs). We got home at 4:00 p.m.
Jacob was good in the car. He had a few moments of boredom, but we pushed him through with books, stickers, toys, stuffed animals, silliness, CD's, etc. We didn't even have to resort to the DVD player, NOR the jelly bellies on the way home. The last 30 minutes, he started getting a bit tired of riding, and I got out the camera and showed him pictures and videos from our trip. That got him through.
So, we are home now! Let's see if I can keep up this blogging thing! And, we'll see how much snow we get and whether our "vacation" is unexpectedly extended by a day tomorrow!
Saturday afternoon, Jacob went down for his nap and when he woke up, he was in a whiney mood. We let him watch Blue's Clues for the 39th time in a week, but I've also explained to him multiple times that this was a treat because we were on vacation and we wouldn't be watching DVD's 24/7 when we got home. I figure, hey, it's his vacation too! After a while, he finally decided he was interested in going swimming, so Katherine & I took him in the pool. This was the only time I got into the pool the whole week, but it was finally warm enough for me! Poor Jeff was still in bed with some type of respiratory infection.
My brother & mom had gone grocery shopping for dinner. My brother had decided to make a special dinner in light of our lack of a great dinner at California Grill. We had snow crab legs for an appetizer with a garlic butter, as well as garlic bread for an appetizer. My brother made seafood pockets - puff pastry with lobster, flounder, scallops, and shrimp, then covered in a bechamel sauce with mushrooms & onions. Very rich, but very yummy. He even packed up the leftovers for Jeff and I to take home with us!
At 8:15 p.m., I decided to run out to get gas, but had to venture to THREE different gas stations because the first was too busy, and the second one, I couldn't get the pumps to work. Finally, the third, which was also busy, I was able to gas up. I decided to make my third trip to Walgreens in the last, oh, 14 hours to get some Tylenol (for Jeff's fever) and Naproxen (for my knee which had been hurting.)
After finally getting home around 9:00 p.m., I went to bed around 9:30. It's been a good trip, but we were ready to head home.
Sunday, March 1:
I awoke at 4:40 a.m. and knew we wanted to get moving by 5:00 a.m. to leave by 5:30 a.m. We wanted to allow plenty of time to get home prior to dark. For those of you not in the NC area, a winter storm warning was in affect for our area! This is pretty unusual for March, so we certainly had not thought this would be something we'd have to worry about! Anyway, after about 10 minutes, I decided it was pointless to lay there any longer and got up and started the last minute packing. Jeff got up shortly thereafter, and we woke up Jacob, or maybe he was awake... Anyway, we said our goodbyes and were out the door by 5:30 a.m. nearly on the dot. Jeff was feeling A LOT better today, thankfully, and volunteered to drive the first leg of the trip. In hindsight, I'm really glad he did because I was really tired. We pushed through and he drove all the way to Brunswick, Georgia (226 miles in 3.5 hrs). We got there at 9:00 a.m. or so and had a fast food breakfast. We left around 9:30 a.m. and I drove this time, straight to Florence, SC (245 miles in about 3.5 hrs). We stopped again and this time had some lunch - it was about 1 p.m. We got back on the road a little after 1:30 p.m. perhaps and Jeff drove us all the way home (145 miles in 2.5 hrs). We got home at 4:00 p.m.
Jacob was good in the car. He had a few moments of boredom, but we pushed him through with books, stickers, toys, stuffed animals, silliness, CD's, etc. We didn't even have to resort to the DVD player, NOR the jelly bellies on the way home. The last 30 minutes, he started getting a bit tired of riding, and I got out the camera and showed him pictures and videos from our trip. That got him through.
So, we are home now! Let's see if I can keep up this blogging thing! And, we'll see how much snow we get and whether our "vacation" is unexpectedly extended by a day tomorrow!
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