back home (already?!)

Wow a lot has happened in the last week. We had a great visit in Ohio, first with Jeff's family and then with Sara's. We helped Jeff's mom get out her christmas decorations (all 40 or so boxe and bags!) then the kids delighted in seeing the decorations and being directed to put them in their places. We went to Toys R Us to let the kids give us Christmas ideas--which they did!! Thanksgiving we got to see some snow and Jeff's brother made it up for a while. The kids had a good time and Heather and Charlie ate A LOT! They were willing to try most everything and liked it to boot!

While we were in Cleveland we got together with some Wooster friends as well as one of Jeff's high school friends. It was really nice for the kids to have playmates and they all get along so well. It's fun to see how much the kids have changed--and how much we all have not :-)

Sara did the 5 AM Toys R Us run to save some money on a few "must haves" for the kids. I would totally do it again since it was time to myself, even with the frenzy, and I even got home in time to sleep for an hour or so before driving to Columbus to go wedding dress shopping with Kelly. We had a good time and I think found something that will be really nice. I should clairify--I had a good time, not sure how mom and Kelly ended up the day!

Saturday we visited with some friends and then headed to the Ohio football game which was very fun. Then a few games of OU volleyball and back to relax with the family. We drove back home on Monday morning and are still unpacking and putting things in their places. They will just have a temporary rest as we will be pulling everything out for a return trip to OH in just 3 weeks (ugh!). So much Christmas stuff to do and so little time :-).

made it to Ohio

We made it to Ohio on Friday and are currently at jeff's brother's house. heather and Charlie's cousins are each about 6 mos younger, a boy and a girl, and teh kids have had a great time playing together. Jeff and Jason raked up a big pile of leaves and threw the kids in it which was met with squeals of delight. It's really fun to see how well the kids get along and nice for Heather and Charlie to have kids to play with while the adults get to visit together. This afternoon we'll head up to cleveland to jeff's mom's house and spend the rest of the week with her. I'll get a chance to see a couple of college friends tomorrow morning and then we'll hopefully meet up with some of Jeff's friends later in the week. Can't wait for Turkey!!

trip to the emergency room

Charlie and I made our first trip to the emergency room for a borderline emergency. He was breathing heavily yesterday afternoon and then really heavily yesterday evening. I didn't feel comfortable putting him to bed like that so we decided to take him in (after a consult with my neighbor who is not a doctor but has been to the ER a bunch and has kids with breathing issues). We were there for about an hour and he was REALLY good considering he had not taken a nap and it was 9:00 at night. The doctor decided he had Croupe and gave him a steriod shot (heather asked if charlie was brave for his shot) and then sent us on our way. He's feeling pretty good but is kind of lethargic. Unfortunately I'm going to keep him home tomorrow which would be a bummer but probably better for the other kids in his class.

Otherwise we're getting ready to head home next weekend for Thanksgiving. most of our time will be in Cleveland but we will sneak in a few days in Athens. We'll be weding dress shopping for Kelly and maybe bridesmaid as well. Should be a good time and the kids are looking forward to going to their grandma's houses.