Summer is seriously flying past! I can't believe that it's already AFTER the 4th of July! Which I should because I did the fifth seasons race again (5K) and it was blistering hot when it started at 8:15 that morning. It was probably the worst I felt after the race too, between the heat and my asthma deciding to act up a little). One of my former Regina students came in 1st at the race, I was so proud! I do miss those students!
At the end of June we made a quick trip to NE to visit Ben's Grandma. She hasn't been doing as well lately (prayers are asked for) and so we wanted to make sure she met her Great-Grandson sooner than later! Overall it was really a good trip. We stayed the first night at my parents, then drove the rest of the way into Nebraska. Spent the afternoon with her and then went to one of Ben's Aunt's houses for supper. The plan was to stay there the rest of the evening, but other things came up. Another one of Ben's Aunt's had the whole family in town and on of the cousins and his wife needed to leave sooner than later because of the fires out west, so they ended up going in to visit Grandma yet that night. As this was going to be the only opportunity to see some of them we made the trip into town after feeding Sam.
This unfortunately put Sam over the top. He was doing well up until then, but going back into town and seeing all those people was just a little too much for the poor baby. We did have fun talking with the relatives and letting them see Sam for the first time however.
That night we paid for our actions by the 3 of us all getting little sleep. Morning came way too quickly and we reluctantly started the day. We started by driving into town to visit Grandma again before going home. After a nice visit with Grandma we headed to have lunch with another Aunt and Uncle and cousin of Ben's then started the trek home.
Thankfully Sam does really well in the car! The drive with him wasn't such a big deal (of course it takes longer because you have to stop, feed and burp him!), but then we ran into construction on I-80 and it sounded like maybe a few accidents down the road as well. We bailed and took the scenic route before we could find out. I think all the stuff on 80 added at least an hour to our drive, which meant we had to stop again to feed Sam on the way home (one more time than we should have needed to because of 80).
We've been home for a week and a half now and Sam is finally getting back on routine. Now before anyone thinks I am only blaming the trip to NE, let me add this little bit. It seems pretty clear that shortly after we returned Sam started teething!! Yup, he's only 2 months adjusted and teething! Now it could be another month before we see teeth, but he's definitely teething. That HAD to have contributed to his extra grumpiness over the last week...
Now we are looking forward to Sam being he's happy content self again. Ben is at guard all week, so we look forward to having him home again (though life will not be slowing down by no means when he does get home). This week, I plan on enjoying a fairly relaxing week with my son. :-)
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