Vacation Gone Bad

Well, we are home. We had to cut our vacation 3 days short. All I can say is I think there is a dark cloud following us. No matter where we are, it seems bad things keep happening. It all started last Sunday. We had pizza for dinner and for 12 hours after I became very sick. It started out as mild upper back pain on the right hand side....where my gallbladder would be but in the back. I figured it was just back pain from sleeping on an uncomfortable bed. The pain felt deeper than my back since when Tony rubbed it I couldn't feel relief. It was mild pain and went away shortly after I felt it which was in the morning. Then around lunch time, it started to hurt again but worse than the first time. I went and sat on the couch, took a 600 mg advil, and then felt better. Feeling great, Tony, Tony's baby brother Matthew, his fiancee Sara, Riley, and I all headed to a driving range and picked up Papa Murphy's on the way home. I was in the middle of dinner when I felt the "back pain" again. I took another advil hoping it would go away but to my horror, it turned into severe pain. I've never felt pain like this in my life. Then started the vomiting....and not just a little. Everything I ate for dinner plus when my stomach was emtpy I threw up. It was horrible. I was literally up with this pain all night long. I couldn't get any relief no matter what I did. I took 6 total of those Advil but could not hold anything down. Then around 6 in the morning, the pain immediately went from my "back" to my upper stomach. It hurt so bad that I almost went to the hospital which was not a good thing for 2 reasons: the first being the closest hospital is not a great place to go and 2nd is because our insurance is out of network up there costing X3 as much to be seen in the er. As I was getting ready to make Tony drive me, the pain stopped and I felt better. My stomach was sore and I was exhausted but not in the pain that I was in thankfully. My called my dad who had a dr friend staying with him. I explained my symptoms and is pretty sure what I had was a gallbladder attack. Not good. I rested a lot the next day. We had a good day after that but Riley was continiously getting more and more fussy not to mention just stress going on in the family which I won't mention to protect privacy. Before we know it, we are packing our bags because we figured out that Riley has an ear infection. He was running fevers on Thursday and Friday. We gave him some tylenol and motrin to help with the pain and fever but it was no use. We called our pediatrician knowing exactly what was wrong with him. Pulling at the ear, pain to the touch, fever, fussiness......it does not take genious to figure out what was wrong. Plus, Tony being an RN we knew what was happening. We called our pediatrician and found out that due to being out of state, our pediatrician will not write for anything....not even an antibiotic because she has to see him. We were furious. Thus we packed our bags and ended up taking him to an urgent care on Friday morning when we left. Holy Cow! An ear infection......big flipping surprise. We got our antibiotic and asked for tylenol with codeine to help with the pain. We got home last night. Riley is starting to feel a little bit better but still is not feeling well and we have found a tooth trying to break through. Nice last half of vacation :(

Shopping, Relaxing, More Driving, and Family Time!

The above title pretty much sums up what has been going on the last few days. There hasn't been too much to report and I really didn't want to post a blog to say I just went shopping. Like you guys care. All I can say is that Riley has so many clothes. He went from a half suitcase full of stuff to overflowing. Carters was having a 50% off the whole entire store plus my mom got a 10% discount because it was grandma's day. Of course we had to take advantage of that.

The next day was awesome fishing. It was one bite after another and caught lots of fish. We also went and caught some fresh blackberries, a whole gallon which were made in into pie yesterday. It got cold and rainy so spent most of the evening inside keeping the little one warm. It was a great last night.

Friday was spent driving to Spokane/North Idaho. Tony's dad had surgery on his shoulder so he is all slinged up and couldn't hold his grandson but was excited to see him anyways. We spent the night relaxing which was well needed.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm once the afternoon hit. For those of you who aren't familiar with the whether up here, it gets very cold at night so the mornings are quite chilly most of the time. You dress in layers here. That's why our suitcase looks like we will be gone for 3 months not 3 weeks. We had a big breakfast of biscuit and gravy and home made hashbrowns. Yummy. Riley got to meet his 2 uncles and his future aunt Sara. It was nice for everyone to see Riley. We BBQ some giant steaks and Tony made his first pie, pie crust and everything. 1 apple and 1 blackberry. Yum Yum Yum!!!

Day #5 and #6-A day of relaxing and trip to San Juan Islands

Yesterday was gloomy and very cold. It was windy and gray and too cold for Riley to be outside so most of the day I spent relaxing indoors keeping Riley warm. My great uncle and aunt came out fishing along with my dad's cousin and his wife and my uncle Jerry came out to go fishing. We let them fish most of the day which was okay because I needed to be inside with the kiddo anyways. After they left, Tony and I both caught big Humpeys. Mine was 6 lb and Tony's weighted in at 5 1/2. In the picture mine looks smaller...i was having a hard time holding mine up. My cousin Jason smoked a giant turkey and made some stuffing and corn. Mom made mash potatoes so we pretty much had Thanksgiving. It was so good and I ate too much.

Today, my rents, Tony, Riley, and I rode the ferry out to the San Juan Islands. We just drove around and had lunch at Friday Harbor. It isn't very big out there so we managed to catch an earlier ferry back. It was beautiful out there, not much to do but I'm glad that we got to see it once. Hoping for warmer day tomorrow but the cold is a nice break. The 2nd pic is the 3 of us on the Ferry ride to Friday Harbor. Now off to make some smores.

Day #4-crabbing away

Tony was in heaven yesterday, after running a few errands yesterday we started off the day with a boat ride down the skagit river. I forgot the camera so I could not take the hilarious picture of Riley in his life vest. Tony caught a picture of it on his phone so its probably floating around facebook somewhere. It was adoreable. After the boat ride, we headed to Samish Island, not to far from where my parents house. My dad's high school friend Karen and her husband Clint have a house right on the bay at Samish Island. Caren took Tony and I out to pull the pots. We only caught 6 and one of the other pots are missing. It isn't uncommon for people to come and and take the pots. After we went back to shore, Caren and Clint provided oysters, clams, and fresh crab. We finished the night with smores. I haven't made smores in years!

Vacation Day #3

Yesterday was day #3 of our adventure. Riley has been doing great. Above is his little play/sleepint area so he can stay outside with all of us. It was kind of a busy day yesterday. We went and had breakfast and came back to do some fishing. My cousin picked up my grandma and brought her out so Riley could meet his great grandma and so she could visit with the family. My cousin's daughter had a birthday party so we stopped by there for a few minutes and then headed out to see my great aunt Helen (Riley's great great aunt) and my uncle Ed. We stayed there for about 20 minutes. Aunt Helen got to hold Riley and he did awesome. I was hoping he was nice and chill for her which she was. We went to a hibachi grill for dinner and fished some more in the afternoon but no bites.

Vacation Day #2

Tony and I eating by the inlet in La Connor, WA

Riley chilling at lunch time

Instead of trying to remember everything I did during vacationa and posting one long blog, I thought it would be a lot more fun posting as I go along.

Yesterday was day #2. Riley got to meet his uncle Matt for his first time and then after he left, my parents, tony, riley, and I headed to Walmart to pick up a few things and then off to La Connor, WA which is about 20 minutes from my parents place. La Connor is a typical seaside town in WA. It's actually an inlet that we are on that's why it looks like a river in the background. Tony got his fish and chips which he was excited about. Can't beat fresh seafood I guess.....I wouldn't know because I don't like it. I had some chicken strips, mom had a small bowel of clam chowder and a hot roast beef sandwhich, and dad had a giant bowel of clam chowder. My mom decided to let Riley try some clam chowder (don't panic people, just the broth part, he did not eat any clams). Now, if anyone knows what has been going on with Riley---he will not eat passed his cereal in the morning until his dinner at 7 pm. He still will not eat any snacks, eat vegetables, or drink anything at all. We have to force stuff down him. It's weird because he doesn't fuss until he is ready to eat. Of course we figured he would hate clam chowder but grandma thought it would be fun for him to give it a whirl....and he LOVED it. He ate one of the biggest amounts I have ever seen him eat. Once my mom ran out, he helped grandpa with his bowel and then we had to order a 2nd big bowel which he ate at least 2 tablespoons of that and we brought the rest home. I couldn't believe it. That was his first time eating people foo. He didn't get sick or anything. I was a little worried about the richness but he ate it right up and no diarreah. Strange....

After lunch, we walked around La Connor which is pretty small. We looked around in a few shots and got some icecream before we left. We came back to my parents place. I caught another fish and I think Tony caught 2. It was nice and relaxing.

And Vacation Is Here!!

This is my view right now. My parents live right on the river. Tony has caught 1 salmon already and plans on cooking it for dinner.

The time we have been waiting for has arrived.....our long awaited vacation. I felt that it would never come. Tuesday night after I got off work, Tony packed the Jeep. He worked until 12 am so we left pretty much as soon as we got home. I was pretty sure Riley would fuss a lot. I takes 24ish hours to drive from Surprise, AZ to my parents house in Seedro Wooley, WA. Riley did awesome. We drove straight through....just stopping long enough to feed and change Riley, get gas, and let Enzo out to pee. Tony and I ate while we drove. We drove all night and arrived this morning (Thursday) at 12:45 am. We were very tired and Riley went right to sleep in his pack and play which he's never really done. I will be putting up pics here and on facebook. So far, we've just relaxed and visited with my aunt and parents.