Texas Trip

Uncle Zach and his boys

At the end of May we made the trip to Texas because both of my brother's were graduating (Zach from HS and Blayne from MS), and my s-i-l, Chinah, was getting married.  The boys were both wonderful on the flight to Texas even though we ended up having to circle in the air for an extended period of time because of storms on the ground.  It made me air sick, but Everett and Anders were quite content.  We went to both boys' graduations, and were so very proud of them.  We planned to make a trip to Little Rock in the middle of our trip, but Anderson came down with some sort of virus and was projectile vomiting and couldn't keep anything down.  He got to the point where he was limp in my arms, so instead of going to Little Rock we went to the ER at Children's Medical in Plano.  They gave him Zofran for the nausea, and he was able to hold down pedialyte and breastmilk after that so we went home.  After he got over the stomach sickness he became super congested and couldn't breathe well enough to eat.  We were suctioning him, using a humidifier, and doing everything else you can do for a 9 month old that can't breathe and we couldn't get his nose cleared out enough for him to be able to nurse.  A few days after our first trip to the ER we took him back because he wasn't drinking anything and hadn't had a wet diaper in almost 24 hours and we were worried about dehydration.  They deep suctioned him, made sure he took in some fluids, and sent us on our way again.  After that he finally started feeling better, thankfully.

The beautiful Miss Mariyah

While we were in town I was able to go to my niece, Mariyah's, dance recital.  She did such a good job and looked so cute.  Anders being sick cut in to a lot of our visiting time because we didn't want to spread his germs, but I think we got to see almost everyone at least once.

 

A lot of the family was able to come in for Chinah's wedding so we were able to visit with them if only for a little bit.  Everett was the ring bearer and he was absolutely adorable!  He did a great job even if he did melt down during the pictures beforehand.  He stood on the stage before the wedding started and held on to his little suspenders and talked to all of the guests telling them jokes. One of his lines was "Who knows what a wedding is?  Anyone?".  He was also saying "Man, it's HOT out here!!"  I thought about pulling him from the stage then decided that he was pretty good entertainment while we waited for everything to get started.  Chinah was absolutely stunning, and we are so very happy for her and Carl!  We had a great trip, and can't wait to go back again!