Playgrounds Galore

While we were in Maryland the kids spent time at 5 different playgrounds. We walked to one in my parent's neighborhood twice. The first time we went our trip was cut short by rain. The second time (yesterday) it was very warm and sunny. Paul joined us for that trip, which meant I wasn't pushing the stroller as I usually do when we go to the park. Another time we went to a playground that's a couple minute drive from my parent's house.  Because it rained so often throughout the week, we took the kids to two playlands as well. We went to Chick-Fil-A for dinner on Tuesday night and spent a little time at a McDonald's playland (we didn't eat there) another day. Yesterday afternoon we drove to Allen's Pond park (where my sister had taken our last family photo in October) to meet my friend, Joanne, who lives in Annapolis. Unfortunately the park was really crowded, and she didn't think she'd be able to find us so she didn't get out of her car although we were waiting near the entrance for an hour. Bummer. One perk of Paul being with us on Saturday morning was that he could take some pics of Nadia and I swinging together.

We went to Sunday School and church with my parents, came back to their house for lunch, and then started our trek back home. Unfortunately today wasn't a good day for Ian as far as keeping food down. He kept his first meal down (6:30am), but he threw up all over the place while eating at 8:00am. He got my skirt, and I didn't bring a spare one so I had to just clean it the best I could. He was still in his pjs so his Sunday outfit was spared. He kept down his third meal (12:15). The kids stayed awake for the first about 90 minutes of our trip (watching VeggieTales) and then slept for about an hour before watching more VeggieTales for the last 90 minutes of our trip. Ian started to get really fussy so I stopped to buy him some milk. That was a bad idea. He threw up (projectile style) all over the place creating a huge mess in my car. Then when we got home an hour later I tried feeding him solids. That meal didn't stay down either. I am not expecting good news when I weigh him tomorrow. Fruits and veggies don't have as many calories as yogurt and pudding so he's definitely been taking in fewer calories since I started eliminating dairy from his diet. Hopefully the EleCare will arrive tomorrow and we can stop giving him milk in his sippy cup. He was rather fussy today, which was to be expected given he had to be rather hungry since he couldn't keep much down.

I can tell it will be an adjustment for Nadia to go back to just being with Mommy and Ian most of the time. She's my social butterfly! She enjoyed giving hugs and kisses to several people before bed each night. Tonight when I tucked her in, she said "I want to hug my uncles!" She only saw one uncle this week, but I think she was missing hugging my parents and brother good night. Grandma will be coming up in 2 weeks for Ian's surgery.