All Good Things Come to an End

Well I can't believe that by this time tomorrow we will be on our way back home. It has just gone too fast. I know I promised to keep everyone regularly updated with everything we were doing....but we have been too busy doing it.

Some of our highlights have been;

• The wedding
• Catching up with friends and family
• Julianna getting lots of cuddles with Grandma
• Peanut butter pie
• Late night trips to Walmart
• Our weekend in Vegas
• My friend Teresa having her baby and giving me lots of cuddles
• Going shooting
• Bear World

I promise there will be pictures soon.

The Main Event

Saturday was the wedding. Congratulations Jason and Sunshine!!!

We Made It!!

Well after a long flight we finally made it here. Julianna was fantastic on the flight, but unfortunately the same can't be said about the little girl seated next to us (but thats a whole other story!). It was so good to finally get here and catch up with family and friends.

We haven't done a whole lot since we arrived as we have been mostly catching up with people. Julianna has been very co-operative and social and rather likes all the attention. I'm dreading that this might make her impossible to live with when we get home!

The Phenergan Fiasco

fi·as·co

 [fee-as-koh or, especially for 2, -ah-skoh]

–noun,plural-cos, -coes.

a complete failure

Well it is no secret that in less than 12 hours we will be leaving for America.......a VERY long flight. One that is going to be VERY interesting. We have been seeking some advice on what to do to help Julianna on the flight. The child health nurse suggested that I use some Phenergan to help her sleep as it is an antihistamine.

I went to the chemist to get some but was told that without a prescription it was not available over the counter for children under the age of 2. Immediately I thought "Ha, Ill go to another chemist." Apparently the chemist is also a mind reader, as she told me, "If you just go to another chemist you can buy it but they will not tell you the dosage for a 7 month old". Bummer

Luckily my friend Bronya happens to work in a pharmacy and pulled a few strings. I picked it up on Friday and tried it out on Friday night. As I am giving Julianna the medication, my mind is fast-forwarding to the fantastic sleep-in I am going to have on Saturday morning. Little did I know...........

On some children Phenergan actually has the opposite effect and can hype them up - Julianna is one of those children. She had a great time singing and playing and laughing as my hopes of a lazy morning were fading away.

So it looks like it is on to Plan B......unfortunately I don't have one.

Seven Months Tomorrow

Today was Julianna's last day of being six months old. Tomorrow she will be a whole seven months. I know it doesn't seem like a huge milestone but she is just growing up so fast that I have to savour every moment. She has now graduated from being an infant, to being a baby. Soon she will be a toddler and then a child. She is growing up too quickly.

One Down

I'm finally starting to make some packing headway. Yesterday I was able to finish packing Jonathan's suitcase. Now there is just mine and Julianna's left.

Unfortunately though today the Travel Gods have not been kind to us. Julianna woke up with a terrible cold. Her nose is running and she is constantly coughing. I also still need to let United Airlines know that we have an infant traveling with us and I can not get through. I have today's "to do" list but every time I cross one thing off I add two more things. I think I may need another holiday to recover from the stress of this one.

Just a Random Thought

I can see the purpose in most things but there is still something I'm not sure about.......I will never understand why dust exists. Was it just to be a tell tale sign that my house need cleaning??