So I thought Ella did well with her antibiotic....about 4 days of being off of it....the symptoms started again....just as we were getting ready to head to Vermont...so I filled her up with some Benadryl Sinus and Allergies...and hoped for the best! I was giving it to her morning and night...and it was helping to "dry" her out so it wasn't turning into a sinus infection at least!
Josh got home Thursday around 1pm. He took the car in for an oil change before we headed to Vermont. Friday morning we were up and ready and out the door by 7:30am...we were hoping to leave by 7...so we were only 30 minutes behind schedule. Lesson learned - never drive to Vermont listening to the GPS, with a 2 year old, Memorial Day Weekend, and expect to drive it all in 1 day. This fancy new GPS is supposed to be able to detect traffic (how it does I have no idea) - and tell you which route is the fastest with not a lot of traffic....well we didn't like the route it took us...especially when we were in bumper to bumper traffic with a crying/whiny 2 year old! She did well for about 6 hours....after that it took everything in us to keep driving instead of just stopping. 13.5 hours later....we were in Vermont....oh and it rained almost the whole way up...and it was like a hurricane when we got to Vermont..I don't remember that wind blowing so hard! With a high of 43 degrees! Long story short....Josh said never ever again will we do that trip in one day (we left early on the way back so we could split the trip into 2 days!)
Saturday morning....Ella was up around 6:30 I think it was...it may have been a little earlier. Mama was tired! We all got up and went to the Echo which was fun!
Ella got to touch a starfish...She thought that was pretty cool!
Let's see...other adventures we had....Sunday...it rained again...we went to church, came back to the house and had lunch, the girls went to a baby shower while the dads stayed home with all the kids!, then church again at night. Josh gave a presentation about internet safety to the youth group and their parents...he did a great job...I was very proud of him!
Monday - the sun came out!!! It was beautiful! We of course went to the Memorial Day Parade...with Ella we thought...hmmm this could be either really good or really bad...she's very noise sensitive...and of course....at a parade there are lots of noises!
Ella and all her cousins had a great time! They were all wearing matching shirts! :)
After the parade...it was a birthday party for Ella (2nd Birthday) and the twins, David and Silas (their 1st Birthday)
Tuesday we went over to visit Cheri and Chace...which Ella wanted to take over all of his toys (sorry Chace - she's still learning to share!) We went back and had lunch and then started our journey back to Virginia. We made reservations in Edison, NJ. So this way we had a destination and knew it was going to be about 6 hours.
Highlights of Vermont - Ella loved the cows. She would go down (with her new barn boots) and help call the cows ("hey girls!") - she is very good at doing this! She LOVED the golf cart - she got to ride all around in it. Her Nanny even took her one morning at 7:15am and they rode all around! Ella loved being outside...she kept wanting to "run"....over and over and over....which was great...she was using up energy!
On our way home - at our New Jersey stop....we were going to go to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner...as we were headed there....we passed a Rainforest Cafe...so I said well that would probably be more fun for Ella...so we went there instead...and yes...she found it fascinating! :) She had a great time there!
Oh and so the hotel was supposed to supply a crib for us - since we didn't bring a pack and play for Ella since we didn't know we were taking 2 days to come home....so it was supposed to be brought up to our room after dinner....and what do you know.... it wasn't...they were out....or really never had one...I don't know..we went back to the front desk and the guy and Josh went to every floor looking in their "supply room" for one...and nothing....so Ella slept between Josh and I....poor Josh got like an inch of the bed....as Ella kept moving towards him...kicking him, hitting him....hahaha....while I had practically the whole king bed to myself! :) Josh didn't dare move her as she was sleeping and he didn't want her to wake up and start crying...poor guy!
Next day - we headed home....it was still long...we left around 10:00ish...I think....and we got home around 5:30....still made for a long day. Ella was done. We got home and she just ran all around the house....getting all that energy out!
Well....that catches you up on our Vermont trip...I'll have to write again tomorrow to catch you up on our last week!
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