I'm not sure when or
where this agreement was made, or who was in charge of all of the children in
the world when it happened, but at some point they decided that the only
opportune time to get sick would be days before a vacation.
Three days before
leaving for a friend's wedding in Florida with the whole family, I was standing
in the pediatrician's office with Big Bro after his fever hit 104.7. It's the
second time he's had a fever above 103. It's the second time he's had a fever above
103 the day before a planned vacation. It's the second time that fever was his
only symptom of sickness, and it disappeared just as unexpectedly as it
started. Thank goodness!
With Big Bro's fever
gone one day into our Florida vacation, we were free to have a great time with
both boys seeing family and friends!
We started out in
Jacksonville spending time with Big Bro's godfather and family, and visiting with cousins:
Then we drove down
to St Pete Beach for the wedding festivities:
Grandmama and Buelo
even drove down to meet us and hang out at the beach!
Of course,
travelling with an Arizona 3-year-old
also means I get to field some new questions about the subtle
differences he noticed about life outside the desert. Those questions included
the following:
Why is it raining?
Why is it windy?
When will the wind
stop?
Why is it so cold?
Luckily, from my
days filling in for our chief meteorologist during my career as a news
reporter, I had enough weather knowledge to answer most of those. Not sure if
he fully grasped the concepts of air currents and coastal convergence though.
Overall, both boys
had a wonderful time! Totally worth the fact that two weeks later we're still
trying to bet Baby Bro's sleep schedule back on track. At nine months, he likes: clapping, army
crawling, standing up and cruising, eating, playing with his brother, being
outdoors, and so much more!
He dislikes: being
on his back, and sleeping through the night.
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