Wes: 1 Year & 3 Months Old
Ty: 3 Years & 4 Months Old
FRIDAY
- During my lunch time I was watching the
Bruins game from the night before and Ty was watching half of the time with
me. He looked up and said, “Devin plays
hockey.” That is true, but it was funny
because how did he know that? We have
never seen Devin play – I guess from us talking about it, but it’s not like we
have talked about it all that much. And
then he said, “Ty play hockey when Ty gets big.
Go skiing too.” I thought that
was so cute!
- Ty made history by having 2 head injuries 2
Fridays in a row. He had been kneeling
on one of our bar stools rinsing dishes, when he lost his balance and fell onto
the hardwood floor, hitting his head hard.
I scooped him right up and he was crying, but he held his breath…until
he passed out. That was a tough
moment. It was awful. Reeses came over and licked his face and that
is what woke him up and it freaked him out!
I knew he was OK when he asked (again, 2 weeks in a row) to watch “Frosty
the Snowman!”
He said the top of his head hurt - so bring on the peas!
SABBATH
- Wes knows his head, nose and belly now. He especially loves hitting his head when we
ask him where his head is!
- I brought Ty to meet Heath, Adam & Keith
at noon for the fishing derby on Lake Winnipesaukee. Heath left at 4 AM, which was just a tad
early for Ty to get up! Ty had a blast
as usual, but they caught hardly any fish at all.
- Wes and I had a fun day together, but Jesus
saved Westy by giving me superhuman reflexes.
I was sitting on the couch, when Wes grabbed the end table next to me
and it tipped and started to fall. Wes
had fallen to the ground with that and the table was going to nail him – HARD. I don’t know how I was able to, but right
before it nailed his head – I was able to grab it at the last second. Praise the Lord!
The view out of my car window in Meredith Bay
They flew kites out on the lake
Having fun alone with Mama
He is super talented! There is the end table to the right of the picture
SUNDAY
- Ty didn’t go fishing the next day during the
derby since it was going to be cold without any sun. I packed both boys up and we left to go
shopping for the day. First we went about
an hour south to meet someone at a public place to get a new stroller. This was my first Craigslist purchase by myself and the stroller was in mint condition, so I was psyched! It is a Maclaren and this model costs $270 new and I paid $50! Yes! I don’t know what came over me, but I went to
8 stops with the boys – including Goodwill and Taco Bell. I don’t think I have ever taken both boys to
a restaurant (even a fast food one) by myself before, but it went surprisingly
well.
MONDAY
- Laundry Day & Packing Day at the Edwards’
house. We were getting ready to go to
Florida for my Papa’s memorial service and mini family vacation. We went out to eat with Adam & Sonia for
supper at the Mexican restaurant and Adam took the puppies home with him to
watch while we were gone.
TUESDAY
- We had to get up at 4 AM and leave by 5 AM,
to make our 7 AM flight to Orlando. The
trip started off with a bang when Westin projectile vomited a ton all over
himself & me while in his car seat. I was
hoping that it was from being up too early, drinking some of his bottle too
early, etc…but that proved to be untrue in a major way. He had gotten some virus, probably from
sucking on the Goodwill cart on Sunday (yes, I caught him doing that). This was his first plane ride and he was
surprisingly good. He took a nap in my
arms, which I was surprised at – but now looking back, it was probably because
he was sick. All in all, he vomited
about 6 times over a 6 hour period, including all over Heath on the plane. Ty
was great on the plane, since he had the iPad to keep him entertained.
- We met my parents and Devin & Leigh &
clan at Sweet Tomatoes for lunch and then went to our rental house to
unpack. Shannon & Sean’s flight was
delayed and they didn’t get in until 10 PM.
Ty & Wes slept together in a Disney “Cars” room, which Ty was
excited about. They were in a room
across from us, so it was very handy. They did great together, as usual.
Enjoying the air on his first flight
The flying pro
Bode & Ty cuddling together in the "Cars" room
WEDNESDAY
- Bode was the next one to get the GI bug and
he had been up puking a few times during the night and threw up in the car on
the way to the Magic Kingdom. That was
not magical. He didn’t vomit the rest of
the day, so that was an improvement. We
all had a blast together and it wasn’t busy.
But our day came to a premature halt at 6 PM when severe weather came
upon us and the torrential rains started.
We were on the railroad when it happened and there was lightning, so
they had to kick us off the train and we got so incredibly soaked. We decided we had to leave, since the kids were
drenched as well. Disappointing, but what can you do? We got Chinese take-out and called it a day.
Seeing one of the characters for the 1st time
Dancing to a character show
Getting tired on the Jungle Cruise
Happy to be at Disney with his fam
Enjoying our favorite Magic Kingdom treat - Dole Whip! (pineapple/vanilla swirl ice-cream)
Wes was scared of the carousel at first but then ended up loving it and giggling most of the time!
Ty loved the Barnstormer kiddie roller coaster - I rode in front of them just to look back and watch Ty's face!
Really tired before the train ride
Look at the storm clouds coming
Devin being resourceful - wearing their stroller on his head!
THURSDAY
- We went to Sea World with the Grodacks and
Bill & Melanie. We had a great
morning and we were having a great time, until…Ty fell prey to the GI bug in
the middle of the kiddie area. He had
just eaten lunch and then said, “My tummy don’t feel good.” So I thought he had to poop, so Heath took
him to the bathroom and he did go. But
then he made the comment again, right before he vomited a huge amount. We cleaned him up and he took a nap in Heath’s
arms for awhile and then we tried to continue on. But he vomited again all over the ground at
Sea World and we said enough was enough and we went home at about 3 PM. So Ty has now defiled both Sea World &
Busch Gardens – from both ends!!!! Poor
bugger. We had a left-over barf bag from Westin’s
episodes and we showed Ty how to use it and he did use it 2 more times on the car
ride home perfectly all by himself! He vomited 7 times total and
his last time was about 9 PM. My poor
baby. It was so awful to see him so
miserable. I cuddled in bed with him all
afternoon, watching cartoons.
Before getting sick
Selfie taken by Mia or Wes?
New Antarctica penguin exhibit
Still healthy - trying to push Shannon - is that what did him in?!! (=
FRIDAY
- Ty was better in the AM and was able to have
Pedialyte & popsicles. We drove to
Avon Park to have a graveside service to bury Papa’s ashes. On the way to the service, Bode vomited again
in the car, all over his clothes. He had
had 24 hours of no vomiting, so that was an unpleasant surprise. The service was very nice, but very hard, of
course. My Uncle Tim (my dad’s brother)
was there and literally it is the 3rd time I have seen him in my
life – he lives in Washington State. It
was very nice to see him, though. After
the service, we went to Homer’s, a buffet restaurant that was Papa’s
favorite. After that, we went to Nanny
& Papa’s house and visited for awhile and then we ran to the church to have
Ty, Finley & Bode practice their song for the memorial. It was kind of a disaster, but what do you
expect with 2 & 3 year olds?
- As soon as we pulled into our rental
house, Heath ran to the bushes and the GI bug claimed another victim. He proceeded to vomit about every hour for the
next 8 hours. It was just terrible – you
feel so helpless.
Playing at Nanny's house
After the rehearsal @ Nanny's house
SABBATH
- Heath was better in the AM, but we skipped
church and he slept until 10 AM. Ty was
exhausted and came out for a bit of breakfast but then said he was tired and
climbed into bed with Heath and slept for a couple more hours. He was exhausted! We made it for the end of potluck (Heath didn’t
eat) and then we had the service. It was
a beautiful service and the slideshow that I had worked so hard on came out well,
despite some hiccups on the music transitions.
I did not know how to fade the music in and out and Heath was supposed
to help me with it the night before, but he was obviously not in any shape to
do so. So I just tried to figure it out
on my own and was happy that I had done it myself, even if it wasn’t
perfect. It was a hard day to get through, but it was a long time coming. We needed to say good-bye.
- Saturday night, the GI bug claimed Finley,
Shannon, Sean & my dad. Rough night
for them. This bug was brutal.
Sorry about the terrible videoing, I was trying to watch them
SUNDAY
- Mia got the bug the next day and my mom &
I both felt terrible, but we did not vomit.
We left Florida on the 9:50 AM flight with the Frosts. Shannon & Sean both made the flight
without episodes, but there were close calls!
Westin showed how sick he really did feel on the flight down when he was
absolutely horrible on the entire flight home. Terrible screaming despite us giving him toys, food, drink, walking
around, iPad etc… He just wants to get up and go nonstop. It was so embarrassing. I am really dreading our flights to Texas
when we go on our cruise next week.
- We did grocery shopping on the way home and
then crashed and relaxed when we got home.
Well, except the boys, who played very hard until bedtime…but they had to be exhausted themselves because they were the whiniest kids ever.
Have
a great couple of weeks! I probably won’t
be able to post in a couple of weeks because of the cruise!
