Almost a Houston Weekend

Last month I had the bright idea to finally get down to Houston to visit some friends that I haven't seen in way too long.  Josh was going to be in North Carolina for a conference so I figured I'd have more fun there meeting lots of new babies and eating with friends at all the restaurants I have been missing.  We loaded up half of the house and were on our way!  The girls did awesome in the car on the three hour trip.  They actually slept and were happy and quiet!  When we got there, we went to a really fun place called Wonder Wild in the Heights right by where we used to live.  They had tons of bouncy things, slides, playhouses, etc.  We met some of my favorite friends I used to teach with and their kiddos for a fun play date.

We loaded up to head over to my friend Annesa's house, where we were going to stay.  Going to stay, being past tense.  As I was getting Caroline out of the car she felt like an oven.  I thought maybe she was just hot from playing, so I made her dinner.  She didn't touch it...so not Caroline.  Annesa had an adult thermometer and I took her temp under her arm.  It was 102!  I figured that that meant that with the right kind of one it was 103!!  Annesa was still under the 12 week pregnancy benchmark and I knew we needed to get out of there asap.  She was telling me her ears and mouth hurt.  I called our awesome Dr. back home and he said Strep was going around as well as the stomach bug.  I prayed and hoped that it was the first since the last time I went to stay with Annesa, Lila threw up everywhere!!!  What is the deal?

I called and got us a hotel by the galleria that I knew had a pull out and room service!  Our Dr. called in a script and we left.  By this point Caroline was screaming and looked like a super sicky version of herself.  

Over the next THREE hours we drove back and fourth all over Houston.  We went to the pharmacy (script not ever ready and insurance card missing), to a baby gift shop on the other side of town to get the lovie that I had forgotten at home (later to find at the bottom of my bag),  back to the pharmacy (where my car died from overheating), finally back across town to the hotel.   By the time we got to the valet we were a hot mess!!  It was so humbling.  Like God was saying, "You have two kids.  You can't be superwomen.  You need help sometimes!"  After crying to the nice bellman who unloaded all of our stuff, we got a call from Josh.  He had been sitting at the airport for 7 hours and his flight got cancelled!  He drove back to Waco and I ordered a glass of wine and a giant meal from room room service.  

The next morning, when we were all home, all we could do was laugh at our failed attempt of a weekend :)  Two days later Lila got sick and had a confirmed case of Strep.  Having kids, you never know what might happen!