Back from the Windy City!

We spent most of this last week in Chicago and we are glad to be home! Aaron had a three day class at GE, so Rebecca and I tagged along and hung out at the hotel. It was really nice to have long slow days with Rebecca. We played puzzles, colored, read books, etc. By lunchtime Friday though, we had run out of ways to keep ourselves busy. Solution: girls lunch out at TGIF. Aaron surprised us by getting out of class earlier than planned and met us at the resturant. Finally it was time to hit the road. We pulled in late last night and are so glad to be back in Evansville. We had a good time in Chicago: we rode the subway, visited the big fountain on Lake Michigan, toook a quick turn through Navy Pier and indulged in some great Chicago pizza.... BUT.... the noise, the crowds, the germs.....YUCK! lol I guess we're smalltown people to the core. Here are som of the fun things we did this week.

Rebecca's 1st Emergency Room Visit

We are all dragging around here this morning from lack of sleep. I put Rebecca to bed last night at 8:30 with just the slightest bit of a runny nose and just five hours later we were dealing once again with croup. It was pretty scary and I'm glad we had this back in January or I would have been totally freaked out. At 1:30 Aaron and I woke to the noise of Rebecca crying/moaning/gagging in the hallway on her way to our room. We both yelled as she startled us pretty badly. She was having a really rough time so we headed to the ER, thank goodness we live across the street. She was still having troubles at the ER but had settled down a little since she had stopped crying. They did some sort of breathing treatement for her....not the usual albuterol... something with epenephrine? And she got a shot of steroids that should stay in her system for a couple days. By 4:00 we were back home, but she was a little wound up from the drugs and I was sleeping on her floor so needless to say no one got much rest. Aaron never did get back to sleep and is at work this morning. I pray he has energy to make it through the day! I think today we will be lying low and letting Rebecca rest all she wants. She seems to be doing fine this morning, but she's pale, tired and hoarse. Poor baby! I'm now looking forward even more to our little Chicago trip. Lots of time to read and rest....we will enjoy!