A Long Week

It's been a long, eventful week.

Where shall I start? Well, it all began the middle of last week. Peter came down with either food poisoning or the stomach flu. Because we weren't sure what it was, I packed the baby up and we headed to my mom's house just in case Peter was contagious. It's a good thing we did, because it ended up being the stomach flu. My mom and I actually caught a mild case of it but luckily Lauren did not have any symptoms. Unluckily both Peter and my sister were out of commission for about 4 days and I ended up staying at my mom's for most of that time.

We then had to travel to Los Angeles due to a death in the family. It was a long drive but Lauren did so well in the car. She fussed a little as expected, but for the most part she was such a good girl that we only had to take one break during the 7 hour drive. While we were there, Lauren's not quite 2 year old cousin contracted pneumonia and ended up in the hospital (poor kid...but he's doing much better now, thankfully). To be safe, we had to avoid all contact with him and instead of spending some time with the family, we ended up at a hotel. The only bright spot of the trip was that Lauren got to meet her Great Grandma for the very first time. The drive back seemed even longer just because we were so tired, but Lauren again was a trooper and we stopped only once on the way back so she could stretch her little legs.

Exhausted after a long week...

To top it all off, my mom was in a nasty car accident while we were away (she's ok, but suffered whiplash and has some back pains). Whew, I'm glad this week is almost over!

Grandma's poor car...