May 2014

Ok, back to the beginning of May. The first weekend in May was spent in FLORIDA! One of my good friends from college got married in Clearwater, FL, so Kyle and I had a nice long weekend (Thur-Sun) without kids. My parents came out Wed- Mon so we were lucky to be able to fly out of Indy. The weekend was a bit gloomy, rain everyday, but the wedding and company of friends was far from gloomy. We had a great time and the wedding was gorgeous!
We got home on Sunday eve, and on Tuesday Kyle had to fly out to travel to Germany until that Friday for work. Not fun for him. Little did I know it was not going to be fun for me either. Preston came down with a 103 temp Tuesday eve and it just would not break. It was awful. Imagine a crying baby, nonstop unless he was sleeping, hanging on your body ALL day. Talk about tiring. With no help from Kyle since he was traveling. Finally on Thursday I took him in and they were quite worried. They put him on antibiotics for a sinus infection, and said if he fever did not break by Saturday they wanted him back for more tests (he tested negative for strep and the flu). They were also worried about dehydration since he wouldn't eat or drink on Wednesday and Thursday. Finally Thursday night I got 2 juice boxes in him, and lots of popsicles on Friday. His fever was upto 102 still on Friday afternoon, but must have broke during his nap, because it was at 99 all evening, and back down to 98 on Saturday. Kyle got home Friday night, and I took a deep breathe, poured a large glass of wine, and took a 40 minute shower- BY MYSELF :) I may chalk that week up
to one of the hardest I have had as a parent.
Oh, by the way, he leaves Monday again for another week in Germany, let's pray it goes smoother than last time....
Here are some wedding pictures and some new pics of the kids I took this past week:

Grabbing some lunch and drinks with the bride!

Thursday afternoon: our only few hours on the beach

 Cassie, me, Darcy- college friends

Before the wedding

The stunning bride, Lauren