No Rest For The Weary

We just got back from Hawaii last Tuesday and on Friday night we loaded up the car and took off for Idaho for my cousin Brett & Jamie's wedding.  We decided to drive the 300+ miles instead of flying and that'll probably be the last time we drive that far with young children.  There was no way we could drive straight there since I'd have to nurse Chan at least once each way so the estimated 5+ hour drive turned into an almost 7 hour drive both ways and each way we had to stop twice.  We packed as many distractions as possible for Esme but she got fed up with sitting in her carseat for so long and baby Chan wasn't so happy at times either.  Allen and I switched off driving but I don't know who had it worse, the driver or the front passenger who had to constantly be tending to the kids in the back.

To make matters worse, Chan had his 2 month shots the day before we left and he didn't handle them as well as Esme did at that age.  The afternoon after his shots he cried for what seemed like forever and was only happy when I held him.  He didn't sleep well that night and was very restless.  I started giving him Tylenol and I think it helped the next day but then that afternoon when we left for Idaho he was fussy again and he puked everywhere when we stopped for dinner.  It was a mess!  We brought his travel bed for him to sleep in but he was only happy lying next to me so we shared one queen bed, Allen had the other one to himself and Esme slept in the pack-n-play in the living room of our suite.  We were all over the place!

Once we got a good night sleep we had a lot of fun with aunts, uncles, and cousins on Saturday to make up for the drive.  And Esme got to practice her swimming in the pool since we had such great weather out there.  She's really confident in her puddle jumpers and loves to get right in the water and do lots of spinning.  We also learned that she loves to dance because she was all over the dance floor at the wedding.  Unfortunately we didn't get many wedding pictures because as soon as the ceremony started Esme wanted to go walking around and Chan wanted to eat so Allen and I were both busy.

Swimming with mom

 

Aunt Trina meets baby Chan

This is what Chan did while Esme swam

Esme playing in Chan Chan's travel bed

The boys in their aloha wear

Looking for clovers with Aunty Soonie

Baby Chan and baby Kale meet

Hanging out with cousin Colton after the ceremony