We're in Illinois now! It's nice to be in the peace and quiet of the prairie (though I forgot how windy it can be here), crashing at Mom and Dad's. After a crazy week of tying up business in anticipation of going out of town, all the while fighting colds and helping a coughing little girl who wasn't sleeping through the night -- it was nice to go to bed at 8:00! It was sweet to hear Ellie and Nathan start snoring within seconds of each other and fall into my own cozy slumber.
It was short lived as the three of us have taken turns coughing and waking each other up. Yes, we're all under the weather right now. Poor Ellie seems to pick up any little bug at school... and then we fall prey to them as well. Perhaps next year her immune system will be stronger?
We arrived to an ice covered wonderland -- which has meant that as the wind has picked up through the night, the house gets pelleted by hundreds of little pieces of ice. We were just grateful to find the electricity on as I don't know what we would have done when we arrived -- crashed at Hannah's?
Now, to the title of the post... Mom and Dad are in Vermont with Bug, Seth and Tua. Baby Pippa is to come any day (she was due last Sunday) and every time the phone has rung, we've wondered if she was about to make her debut. Unfortunately, the family in VT is in the midst of much snowfall and since the hospital is about an hour away from Bridgewater Corners on a good day, Seth and Bug have spent the last couple of nights at a hotel in Lebanon to avoid any risk of not making it to the hospital in time...or not making it at all. So Bug and Seth are in Lebanon; Mom, Dad, & Tua are in Bridgwater; and the Waggoners are in Green Valley. We look forward to Hannah joining us tomorrow! We will keep you posted as to when we hear something!
In the mean time, we're raiding Mom and Dad's freezer, pantry, & collection of Brittish mysteries on DVD, and Ellie is having fun with Gigi's special set of toys, thinking it would be quite ironic if we're here a whole week and never see them!
It was short lived as the three of us have taken turns coughing and waking each other up. Yes, we're all under the weather right now. Poor Ellie seems to pick up any little bug at school... and then we fall prey to them as well. Perhaps next year her immune system will be stronger?
We arrived to an ice covered wonderland -- which has meant that as the wind has picked up through the night, the house gets pelleted by hundreds of little pieces of ice. We were just grateful to find the electricity on as I don't know what we would have done when we arrived -- crashed at Hannah's?
Now, to the title of the post... Mom and Dad are in Vermont with Bug, Seth and Tua. Baby Pippa is to come any day (she was due last Sunday) and every time the phone has rung, we've wondered if she was about to make her debut. Unfortunately, the family in VT is in the midst of much snowfall and since the hospital is about an hour away from Bridgewater Corners on a good day, Seth and Bug have spent the last couple of nights at a hotel in Lebanon to avoid any risk of not making it to the hospital in time...or not making it at all. So Bug and Seth are in Lebanon; Mom, Dad, & Tua are in Bridgwater; and the Waggoners are in Green Valley. We look forward to Hannah joining us tomorrow! We will keep you posted as to when we hear something!
In the mean time, we're raiding Mom and Dad's freezer, pantry, & collection of Brittish mysteries on DVD, and Ellie is having fun with Gigi's special set of toys, thinking it would be quite ironic if we're here a whole week and never see them!
Mom sent these photos from VT tonight:
(above) Bill & Cathy's (shot from Bug and Seth's house)
(above) I think that's Mom and Dad's Milan
(below) I betcha anything Dad took the photo below...
1 comment:
I did send you the vicks vapor rub on the feet with socks to stop coughs didn't I?
Aunt Dianna
Supposed to work....when you haven't slept with a hacking cough or someone who has one, I'd try anything.
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