After much debate, and a few phone calls from Nolan, Papa and Gigi decided to come and visit us this past weekend. Brennan was so excited and because Brennan was excited/happy, so was Nolan. Papa and Gigi arrived late Friday, so both boys were asleep (Nolan in his crib, Brennan at his "best-friend" Gabe's house).
Saturday was filled with a lot of playing, shopping and eating!!! Our first outing was to the mall where we went to nearly every store looking for matching sweater vests for Christmas, socks for Nolan (Do you have any idea how hard it is to find cute little boy socks?) and a coat for Brennan. We also had a few good finds at the Yankee Candle Store...yum cinnamon candles! After a quick lunch at the mall and some more shopping, we were going to go to a pumpkin catapult contest, but were too late for any of the action, so we proceeded home where we took some much needed naps and then went to church.
An interesting side note about church... I must say that for not being Catholic, I knew more of the songs than Don did :). It was kind of weird- they have the same music/melody as some of the LDS songs, but with different words.
After Church, we went to a fabulous restaurant, Granite City, that I have been trying to get Don to go to since we moved here. The food was amazing, though Papa pulled a quick one on us. You see, we (Don and I) told them that we were paying for dinner, then right near the end, the waitress brings a receipt for Papa to sign- I didn't even see him pass her his card!
On Sunday, Papa had to fly home early for work, but Gigi stayed to play with the kids. I taught her how to make Pot Stickers (here is the link for the recipe I used: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/78/TGI-Fridays-Pot-Stickers73801.shtml) which turned out wonderfully!
And since it was time to get Nolan's four month pictures, we decided to do that as well, so we went back to the mall and Nolan got the cutest pictures done! Here is the link to view those as well (though you may need to sign up to see them): https://www.searsphotos.com/?shareid=S205778394lR8BCKMHNQ6
Now comes the not so great part of the weekend. Last night was truly horrid! Brennan was sick all night, so he slept in our bed and just tossed and turned and coughed like he was dying. When we were getting into the car to take Gigi to the bus, Brennan threw up all over the garage floor! I called the doctor's office to see if they could squeeze him in at the same time Nolan had his and they were able to work him in. Nolan had to have his four month shots and Brennan ended up having to have a breathing treatment for his asthma and x-rays to diagnose his bronchitis. He's going to be on streoids for at least the entire winter and using his inhaler daily. I just hope he's okay. Both of them are asleep right now (FINALLY!!) so I decided to post this blog- I know it's nothing great, but just wanted to let ya'll know what's going on.
-Janice
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