Going to see G!

Our weekend at Laura was fun in the beginning and terrible at the end. Our first day there Don shot a wild turkey! Hooray! It is hard not to look out any window at Laura’s and not see a turkey or deer. I suggested dressing as a hog farmer and to wait by the pig poop and shoot a turkey there. Don sat in a turkey blind out by a creek with the decoys and tried calling turkeys in. As he was quitting for the night, he walked along the path that the hog farmers use, looked over by the pig poop and there were turkeys. Found a tom and shot. Later he told me I was right and he should have listened to me, you don’t get to hear that often.

This is my favorite picture of the weekend. G went from not walking to running. And she talks just as much as she walks. Don and I took her with us to the grocery store. She loved pointing to things and telling us what they are, like apples. She also reminded us of the things you forget about babies, like how a BM during shopping trip can shorten it. I loved it too that the few times my daughter would stretch out and lay on the floor G would try to sit on her head. I also loved that G would forever bring Thomas toys to play with and she loved helping me tube fed him. She's a joy!

The terrible part of our trip was when Thomas and I were left home alone. Casey and Don took a load of pigs on a 3 hour one-way trip. Laura and Georgia went to a baby shower. I knew from noon to 4:30 we’d be home alone. Tom started in with terrible and constant diarrhea. I surely could have used help, lots of help for it was everywhere. I thought I was going to run out of diapers before anyone got home. Things got so bad that I ended up doing all the laundry in the house too. Guess who else ended up sick that night? Me! Our 4 hour ride home felt more like 9. When we would stop to change Tom’s messy diapers, Don would wait until I was done vomiting before continuing on home.

I’d like to say it was a wonderful weekend, but there is a few things I could have done without.