Fun Weekend!

Well, I was finally able to make my trip to Nashville after three weeks of trying! While it was very very fun and full of things to do, it didn't come without some unexpected events!

On Friday, I met a friend from high school for lunch in Franklin. We went to the same high school in Amarillo and I found out through her blog and facebook page that she and her husband are in Nashville temporarily. Her husband is retired from the Army and found out that he had cancer while serving in Iraq. He beat it once and just had a bone marrow transplant at Vanderbilt in Nashville. He is doing better than they expected and should get to go home around the end of the month. It was great to see her and good to hear her husband is doing well. After lunch Jack and I went to Kelly and Ryan's house. Ryan was changing Abbott's diaper and showed me a rash he had on his belly and legs. You can read the ordeal at Kelly's blog but it turns out he has hives. No known reason why, but that's what they are. Fortunately he acts like he feels just fine, with a little bit of a snotty nose so that's good. We spent the evening just relaxing and laughing a lot at stuff that's not even that funny. Kelly and I tend to do that when we get together.

I just love this picture of Jack. He's so handsome!

Jack hates to get his hair washed so Kelly bought him these hats to keep the water out of his face. Kelly is very excited about it. Jack, not so much.

Due to Jack's milk allergy, Kelly was determined to make him macaroni and "cheese". This "cheese" had claims that it melts. Hmmm, we wondered what their definition of melt was.

On Saturday we went to the Adventure Science Center. Jack and Abbott could get in free and we thought Jack would have a good time. He really did have a good time but it was hard to pull him from one display to another. He could have stayed at one place the entire time we were there.

Future Engineer??

Kelly tried out the Dance Dance Revolution type game at the science center and Jack tried to mimic every move. It was very cute and they both did an awesome job. Abbott is observing from the background.

Here is Jack's favorite display. There were 2 large model trains that traveled through the town. There were interactive buttons that made different things move, like a merry go round, a trolley and a mini golf course. He could have stayed here all day. After the science center we went back to Kelly's to let the boys nap and then went to visit our cousins Jerry, Kelly, Billy, Jeff, Mary Ann and Grace. It's unusual they were all home at once, especially since Billy's at UT, and that they didn't have anything going on! It was great to see them and we had a great day. Problem is, I didn't take any pictures! They were all there together but not all around us at the same time!

Abbott is always making funny faces and he has one where he will squint and blink his eyes really fast at you. It's too cute. I tried to capture some of his many faces, but all I could get were super cute ones! We stayed at home again Saturday night and just relaxed some more. It was nice.

Kelly and Ryan say this is how they spend most evenings. Man, they are crazy!

Sunday we got up and around and went to visit our other cousins, Gib, Angie, Laura, Jenna and Chase and when we got to their house we were surprised to see our Aunt Rajeen. None of these family members had met Abbott yet so it was really nice to see them all together. Again, no pictures were taken. I'm really falling down on the job.

I decided to stay and watch the Super Bowl in Nashville and come home Monday morning. Jack had skipped his nap since we were visiting so he was pretty worn out. About 7 or so I was trying to hold and play with Abbott and a little jealousy kicked in and Jack wanted to snuggle. Then he told me that his ear hurt. We kind of thought that he was just saying that to get more attention but suddenly he started to cry. He wouldn't stop and kept saying his ear hurt. He dozed in and out most of the night just tossing and turning and crying. It was very sad. I gave him tylenol and waited until this morning. I started home only to find out the weather was bad in Knoxville and it would be best for me to wait until later in the day to go home. I called Jack's doctor and they decided he should be seen since he wasn't acting like he felt better. Kelly was able to get him an appointment with Abbott's group and it turns out he has a double ear infection. We were finally able to make it home and Jack went to bed about 7:30. I went to check on him a few minutes ago and he was in the same position as when he laid down. Poor baby is so tired and doesn't feel good! I'm hoping for a much more uneventful day tomorrow and hope that both Jack and Abbott are just about finished with all this drama! Through all that, before he really started to feel bad, he did figure out a funny trick he can do with his grapes. I will leave you with this last picture of "grape face".