The LOoooooooooong Road Home

Well we started out Wednesday on our 20+ hour drive home. We got about 30 mins from home and had to make a small diversion to the ER. On Monday we ended up taking Deagan and Olivia to the doctor for their icky yucky coughs. Well it turns out they both had double ear infections (would you call it a quadruple ear infection then?) . Anyway, she assured us they would be fine and sent us home with scripts for antibiotics. Olivia got better, Deagan didn't! His cough got worse and developed into a bark of sorts, and then came the wheezing. He sounded like an 80year old man with emphysema! Pour little guy just couldn't breathe, so we called the doc and she said to head to the ER.
This brings me back to the beginning of our story, we stopped for coffee in Traverse and realized we were fooling ourselves thinking we should be driving anywhere. We got right in at the ER, it's amazing what a sick four month old will get you....yet, when I was four months pregnant and he was in me it took FOUR hours to be seen in the ER when we almost lost him. ANYWAY, he was given the abuterol breathing treatment (in which he screamed bloody murder), chest Xrays, RSV nose swab and a big old shot of steroids in the chubby little thigh. It turns out he has bronchitis!!!!! Pour little man. He was already on antibiotics for his ears and bronchitis is viral, so there really isn't much they could do for him but let it run it's course.
So here we are on the road for two days with two sick kids. Deagan did remarkably well and slept 90% of the time. Olivia on the olther hand turned into a demon and whined and cried about 50% of the time (basically when she wasn't sleeping or when she was bored with her inflight film).
Then us smart parents got one hotel room for a dog, a cat, a four month old, a two year old and us. It was like a zoo! We had to smuggle the animals in and then try to keep them off each other. Then try to keep Deagan asleep when Olivia woke up at 2:30 freaking out cuz she didn't know where she was, and then keep her quiet at 5am when he was up to drink his bottle!!!!! Needless to say, Jeff and I are now coming down with colds...or is it stress? UGH!

We're home now though and that's the best part. Olivia was so excited she started crying and trembling when she walked into her room. She picked up each and every toy in sight and said, "remember this momma?" It was so cute. And she was so excited to go to sleep in her own bed for the first time in FOUR months.

And that sweet little boy FINALLY got to see his house and his bedroom for the first time. He gave the classic response of looking all over and smiling like crazy and even cooing at the fish on the walls, seriously it was great! And now he's sleeping ever so soundly in his crib.

The house is done, but it still needs a lot of work. You can tell it has been under construction, there is dust all over everything...it's driving me crazy. And the trailer is still full and there is so much to be put away! But for now, I'll just go to bed happy knowing that my family is finally all back together again:)