Deja Vu, Road Trip, State Fair, Bed Mats...

No ... you are not experiencing deja vu. I had been planning on taking the girls to Dallas this past weekend to visit my sister (more on that later). Thursday night Lily had a low-grade fever, 99.5, and didn't have much of an appetite. The next morning when she woke up, in a pretty bad mood, she felt very warm. I took her temp and it read 104!!!!! I know, sounds familiar. I took her to the local clinic as soon as it opened and the doctor said it was her ear! He said that he didn't see the tube in the left ear, but that it was red and inflammed. We got some antibiotics to clear up the infection. Thank goodness we go to the ENT tomorrow for a check-up.

Now to the road trip. Like I said before, we had been planning this trip for many months. Originally I was going to be "Super Mom" and brave the road with the girls by myself- how hard could it be? One of the reasons we were going was to celebrate my birthday with my sister. It then turned into a mini family reunion with my dad's parents and his brother and wife. We hadn't seen my grandparents in awhile and the last time we saw my aunt and uncle was our trip to Dallas last year. Walt surprised me on Thirsday night by announcing he was going to be going with us! We left as soon as we could after the Friday morning drama. We stopped in Merkel to have lunch with Walt's brother and wife. We continued on to the Big-D and made pretty good time. We luckily missed the crazy traffic! On Saturday we went shopping at the Allen Outlet Mall and then headed to see family and eat pizza. On Sunday we went to the fair (more to come) and then the girls spent the afternoon with more shopping at Northpark Mall while Walt watched football. We got up on Monday, ate a good breakfast at the Pancake House, then headed back to Lubbock. We stopped in Abilene to visit with friends and previous co-workers before making it back to good 'ole Lubbock!









We started a family "tradition" last year of going to the state fair. I had never been before and I don't think Walt had ever been either. So this year we returned hoping that the girls would be a little more "interactive". We went early to beat the heat and the busy crowds. We started in the livestock area to let the girls see different types of animals. They had a petting zoo in one of the buildings that was covered. The girls did enjoy seeing all the animals. We then went in search of a good corndog! We did find one-









We went through the car buildings to see all the new and upcoming models. After that the temperature was up and we decided to head back to the apartment. The girls spent the rest of the afternoon shopping- Walt gave me a shopping spree for my birthday!!














I know it is hard to read the words on the pictures above... but I had a moment of panic when I first opened this letter. I thought I had really been nominated. It was really fun to go shopping for me and find some really good clothes.

I know this is a really long post, but we had a busy weekend. I want to finish with pictures of bedmats that I picked up for the girls today. I had a patient who has a family member that sews adorable bedmats. They are a mat with an attached fleece blanket and pillow- she personalizes the fabric to your liking and makes them really fast. The girls are going to use them at daycare during naptime. If you want one I have her info-