California dream

We made it...
We made it to California...
We made it to vacation...
We made it through Hollin's bout with HSP...
We made it through Johnny's tube surgery last week...
We made it through it all...
But most of this week has been pure joy, and in so many ways...

It all started with last week, yes last week, before we even made it to California. I had a lot to get through to be able to make it California. I had appointments, lots of appointments. The BIG appointment was Johnny getting tubes on Thursday. It is hard and I was nervous. As mother would be but this gave me so many other fears that only the people closest to me understand. We made it, he came home and I had to pack and get ready for California. I needed this and I deserved it.

We got to the airport very early. There was NO way I was going to miss this flight. We were given the gift of being able to stay in the Red Carpet Club to wait for our flight. And then, our flight was delayed, DELAYED! Did these airlines not know that my kids were tired, it was naptime and I needed them on the plane, so they could nap. Were we ever going to get there? Was this awful, horrific winter,EVER going to end?

The time came... Time to board the plane. Were we ever going to get to California? Again, was this winter going to end? We, the four of us, our little family, squeezed into the tiny, and I mean tiny plane and before I knew it we were in the air. The clouds were below us and we were on our way. Sunshine here we come...

The landing into Palm Springs was less than perfect. Rather far from perfect, it was bumpy and I was scared. Scared more than knowing my daughter can't walk because of an illness? Or that my son is struggling? No... I can for once in my life tackle these bumps because they have got NOTHING on me. I am great at bumps now.

We walked quickly through the airport, found baggage and just a few minutes later... There they were my parents! I wanted/needed them so much the past few months. There they were! Finally!

We made it...

(more to come)

All our houses

Hollin is hilarious! I have said this before but she makes me laugh, she is funny! Every weekend we head up to Breckenridge on Friday night. Hollin calls our condo in Breckenridge "the mountain house." She loves it and every week we count how many sleeps until she gets to go to the mountain house. Then as we drive up to the mountain house she asks us many sleeps until we go back to the Colorado house, once I respond to only 2, she cries. Then she weeps and explains that I should tell my students that we need more than two sleeps and so they are going to have to do without me. She is so cute.

Now she is starting the countdown to when she gets to go to the California house. We don't have a house in California. My parents, yes they do, but it is not ours. She seems to think it is and for that I will let her live like this. Until then I can't wait to get to California, because as our germ infested bodies have told us we need some natural vitamins (sunshine).

Johnny is pretty stinking funny too. My favorite thing that makes me laugh is anytime I mention btw, bye strips. It does not matter where we are. It is funny, really funny. Except when you are in the middle of a store or in a restaurant. No, scratch that it is funny.

He is also really sweet. Every morning he goes into Hollin's room and hollers, "sissy" in the highest pitch screech and it is adorable. It is even more adorable when Hollin springs out of bed to give him hug and kiss and say, "good morning, Boo bear." I love it and every time I see them interact like this I smile.