Memorial Weekend

This past weekend we all spent the weekend at my parent's house. We went for a bike ride on Saturday. I had some mechanical troubles with my bike and after over an hour of trying to get air in the tires, we finally managed to get it going. But, with such a late start Joe and I rode 25 miles with my mom while everyone else was out on a 45 mile route.

Saturday night Joe and I went with my parents and grandparents to a local winery to watch an Elvis impersonator. He was pretty good. I really wasn't sure what to expect. I'm certain that Joe and I were the youngest people in the audience. Addison stayed at G & G's with uncle TJ. Check out some photos from their time together, www.tjcameron.org.

On Monday we did a little yard work. Addison likes to help me in the garden. I showed her how to plant the peas in a nice row. Then I turned around and this is what I found. She was so excited about her work.





Addison is also getting very good at opening the car doors. She gets in the car, puts on a seat belt and then tries to put the keys in the ignition. I have to remember to lock the doors when ever we get home! Hopefully you won't read about the two year old that drove the car through the garage!


This was yesterday when Addison decided to dress herself. She wore the shirt like this for about two hours before she decided she needed help to make it more comfortable :-)

Just a Statistic?

I started writing this post on Friday, but never got around to posting it. The sad thing is that the health of my family is still compromised five days later :-(

Last Friday, Joe stayed home from work with a horrible stomach ache and slight fever. I was determined to not get sick so I made him spend most of the day in the guest bedroom and even made him sleep there. One of our friends said that I was "mean and should be more loving" but there isn't much to love about a sick husband!

Addison vomited on Friday night and seemed to be fine after. She woke up so confused and traumatized in a huge nasty mess. After a bath at 1am, she crawled back into bed and gladly went to sleep. On Saturday morning, everyone woke up feeling OK. Whew...the worst must be over.

Unfortunately not! Joe was sick again on Sunday, while Addison was just a bit under the weather. This morning Addison woke up at 3am and has been vomiting ever since. We've changed her bedding at least three times and now she is laying on the floor in the living room. Poor kid :-( I just want her to feel better...or at least be able to keep some food and water down!

So are we victims of the Swine Flu? Yesterday the doctor didn't seemed too concerned. I choose to think that the swine flu is over-rated. I think we've just got something nasty that came from daycare or the indoor playland. Someday I'll learn not go there! We are not part of the .0000000whatever % that has the news media so hyped up!

On the bright side...I ran and finished my first ever 10K on Saturday. It was part of my training for a half-marathon and I'm planning to do in June.