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Well, I survived my first trip with the boys flying solo. The boys did great. Not going to lie, flying with two young kiddos alone is stressful and I'm not sure I want to do it ever again, but it went as best as it possibly could. We had a blast with my folks and Mitchell and I got to spend some quality time hunting for turtles, driving the golf cart, collecting shells and swimming. I also got a little down time thanks to my parents. I even got my butt kicked by my dad in tennis! Dominic loved the island as well. He LOVED the pool. He was kicking like a mad man and actually moved himself across the pool by kicking. Below is a cute video of him "swimming". I was also thrilled to have my good friend Tami and her little guy, Donovan, come stay for a night. Mitchell and Donovan are only a few months apart so they had a blast chasing each other up and down the beach. The only issue during our trip was that Dominic got ANOTHER ear infection. So, his doctor had to call in a prescription while we were down there. Overall, great trip and I did not want to leave the 80 degree sunshine. But it felt good to come. The only thing that would have made the trip better was if Mike could have been with us. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Such a happy little guy

Thanks to Grammy and Gramps for the great trip

Captain Mitchell

Sunset cruise

Cute boys :o)

Fun with friends Tami and Donovan

Turtle!

Playtime on the deck

My sweet boys

Life's a beach :o)

Since we got in really late Thursday night I took Dominic in on Friday to get his ears checked. Infection is gone but he still has fluid in his ears. So, I'm expecting a call from the ENT this week and hopefully we'll get in there and figure out if/when he's getting tubes. The poor kid has been congested and had ear infections for the past 8 weeks. I assume just get it over with so we can move on with our lives...

Mike was sweet to let me sleep in till 9:00 on Friday. Despite the fact that we were on vacation, the boys were up at 6:30 every day, except for Sunday with the time change - they were up at 5:15! Is it weird that I felt the need to recover this weekend from vacation? I was pretty worn out, so we laid low this weekend and just relaxed. Then this afternoon Mitchell came down with the stomach flu. Always fun. I am praying I don't get sick. I can handle taking care of sick kids but if I get sick it's impossible to take care of the boys. And Mike does not have any more days off. So, let's hope I get through this unscathed and we can put the stomach flu behind us for the rest of the winter.

Back to reality this week and a busy week it is. We are supposed to have OT tomorrow, but I guess that depends on if I'm still cleaning up puke. Tuesday, Mike's dad is having major open heart surgery. We were planning on going to the hospital for the day, but I guess that all depends on how we're all feeling. We're saying lots of prayers for our sweet Bampa as he undergoes this big operation. The rest of the week is filled with PT and more OT and hopefully Mike and I will get the date night we're planning for Friday. Oh, I forgot to mention that Dominic hit a pretty big goal of his while we were in Florida. He's standing! Well, sort of. Not on his own, but until just recently he really didn't bear much weight on his legs. Now he can't stop! He can stand with only holding onto my hands, which is huge for him!

Dominic Standing!!