Friday night we picked Quinn up from daycare and took her to see the Winter Lights in Seneca Park. She loved the lights, saying "Yites! Yites!" just about every other second. When we got home, we finally got down to putting her to bed and packing for our trip. We got to bed around midnight and were up at 4am, heading for the airport. Quinn did great while we checked our bags and waited for take off. She did rather well on the plane, too. I have to say, the portable DVD player we bought a couple of years ago and have never used came in SO handy! It was the best money we've ever spent and ignored for so long! Let me tell you, that thing will get plenty of use on road trips from now on - and any flights we take in the future!!!
Michigan was fun, as always. It's exhausting going, but I'm always sad to leave when our time is up. But Quinn had tons of stuff to open between gifts from Pop and Laurie, Brenda, Carrie, Alex and Aric, Eric and Jessica, and Aunt Gail. We shipped 4 boxes of gifts home, that incidentally arrived today - so it's almost like a 2nd Christmas!
Quinn knows her Poppy and Grandma now. She really took to Pop in a big way. She'd point and say "Poppy!" It was so sweet to see her face light up when Pop would walk into her view. Grandma spent lots of time with her, too, feeding her and playing with her. It really was so nice to see them all interact, since we all don't get to spend a lot of time together.
We spent a couple of nights in the cabin - one with Aric and Alex, and one with Pop and Shane. I have some cool pictures of the new cabin. It feels like you're out West in some old one room shack - but it's the coolest shack ever!
I saw Chris Kowalski for the first time well over 10 years while I was out there. He picked us up and took us to his house in Marysville. He married Shelly Davenport and has 3 kids now. But it was like we never lost touch - it really was a great night.
On Saturday, Pop and Laurie took us to the airport and we headed home. Aside from a couple of minor meltdowns, Quinn was a great flyer once again. We made it home at about 6:30pm, dog tired. We got her into bed around 8, and then just started with our unpacking and laundry and all of that fun stuff. At about midnight, Quinn woke up with horrible croup and stridor. What a blast. She sounded like a barking seal, then every time she'd try to catch her breath, she'd gasp for air and cry some more. We called the emergency pediatric nurse and she walked us through steaming up the bathroom and sitting in there with her. Then we bundled her up and went outside for some cold, crisp air. After 2 rounds and 2 hours of this, Quinn was much better and was wanting to play at 2am! She did much better last night, just suffering lots of coughing. We took her to the doctor today just to have her checked out, and Dr. Potter says she is doing just fine. No fluid in her ears and now she just has a very nice cold :-) I'll take that over her having trouble breathing! So we avoided the ER once again - thankfully! I tell you what, our girl is tough. Through every cold and bump she has suffered, she has been a trooper. She just shakes it off, eats like a trucker and plays like.... well, a kid!
So here we are on New Year's Eve night - at home :-) Sponge and Natalie were supposed to come over, but we canceled on them, with Quinn's cold and all... So we're just hanging out at home tonight - probably watching some DVD's and going to bed early. This is the first NYE in forever that I haven't had plans! I guess this is what having a kid is all about, huh?
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Sounds like a blast! Can't wait to see photos of your dad's "shack."
Looking forward to getting together!
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