We Failed

Okay so the word FAILED is a little dramatic. At the time that is how I felt. We went on our first family vacation all by ourself to Zions National Park. You all know when you travel with children it is more work to do laundry, clean your house and pack half your house before you even go. But we were in the car before you know it and the boys did awesome. We went to St. George and met up with one of my best friends and her cute little family (pics below). We went out to lunch and then hung out with them for a while. Then we headed to the park. We got there late afternoon and decided to go to the visitor center before going to dinner. Well while we were there Cohen was complaining that he got something in his eye and wouldn't stop rubbing it. Well it swelled up huge... I mean HUGE and so we didn't go to dinner and I went back to the hotel with Carson and Steve took Cohen to an instacare 30 minutes away. They said he had some kind of allergic reaction and to take Benadryl to help with the swelling. On the way home he started coughing so hard and then wheezing so bad. We were worried about him going into respiratory distress because he was sucking air in so hard. Needless to say our night was awful- we tried really hard to stick it out but after being up every 30 minutes for both of us, Steve with Cohen and me with Carson we were done. It was 6 am and we were so tired and we were like we're done! We threw everything into suitcases and left. We were both so bummed out... we were so excited to go and we never even went into the park. Cohen was still just as bad and so we made it to the doctors at 11:45 am and both boys did great again on the trip. Cohen had ear infections in both ears still so now we are on a different antibiotic. Of course our best friend the nebulizer came into play again every 4-6 hours ( actually every 2-3 because he was SOOO BAD). And Singulair for the next 3-4 weeks everyday for allergies- awesome! He fortunately got 90% better on Sunday and so life is better. Cohen is so worth it and someday we will go back- but I might just take the medicine cabinet with me- haha! The cool thing was that Steve actually brought his oil with him and was able to give Cohen a blessing, this is cool because it is on his work keys and he had a feeling to bring it with him- Someone was watching out for us even though things didn't go as planned. As for the whole failing thing- we tried to tough it out but there was no medical attention unless we went to the E.R. in St. George and since we were only 4 1/2 hours away from home well it was better- I was totally bummed but what do you do? Now I want to hear if anyone elses vacations failed or if it just happens to me?

As for what Cohen was allergic to we don't know. It could have been dogs, or something in the park. It could have been an asthma attack- we don't know- they are just treated the same. The picture of him below is him doing the Wheels on the bus go round and round- he learned it in his music class- he is too cute!

Here is Cohen and Jimmy planning with Jimmy's "toys". He was so good to Cohen and Cohen just warmed right up to him. He also helped Cohen play fetch with their 3 beautiful... big dogs- Cohen loved them!

Mommy's and babies.

Mandy is the best- she has influenced me a lot in life, we went to High school together and worked together for a long time! This is their adorable daughter Rayah who might I say looks so dang cute sucking on that water bottle! Thanks for hanging out Mandy!