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The most non-relaxing "vacation" ever.

7/16/2012

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Well, we had our first "vacation" with the two little ones this weekend.  And I use the word "vacation" very, very loosely.  Basically we had to report Jackson's birth to the US consulate up in Auckland (45 min plane ride up north), and also apply for a US passport and social security number, and we had to actually do it in person rather than by mail.  I could've just gone up by myself (with Jackson), but we decided to make a mini vacation of it and go as a family.  We had plans to go to the zoo, the aquarium, do some swimming, stay up late and watch movies in bed in our hotel room, etc..  Well, I won't give you the play-by-play of our trip, but all the following things happened:

-Riley had her first day EVER without a nap
-it rained, canceling zoo plans
-we forgot Riley's beloved "gray gray" (pink blankie) at home
-Jackson screamed bloody murder for what seemed like forever in the car as we couldn't find our freaking hotel and i just about lost my mind
-we lost one of riley's minnie mouse toys somewhere along the way
-jackson had his worst night of sleep so far
-i forgot some forms/evidence for our appointment at the consulate- luckily it was no big deal
-had the wrong size passport photos- had to get them re-printed the morning of our appointment
-we heard multiple times in the car "hurry hurry daddy i need to do a poo poo on the potty!" Number of poops? ZERO.  But we sure got some smiles as we stopped at a McDonald's, a cafe, and a random gas station and sprinted in with our toddler demanding the nearest toilet!
-I left all the swim stuff in the hotel dryer.  Including Riley's brand new cloth swim diaper.
-Riley spiked a massive fever at the airport/on the plane, and was absolutely miserable.  Right at the same time Jackson was super tired and hungry.  Two sad babies on the plane.  Riley only wanted mama, Jackson could only be fed by mama... which baby do you let cry? The sick or hungry one?  Riley was so sick that she basically passed out in misery while laying on me.
-Took Riley's temp when we got home, thought her fever had gone since she was feeling much cooler than on the plane... 103.  Shudder to think what her temp was on the plane.
-Riley's cough takes a turn for the worse, we say a little prayer it's not croup, and snuggle her to sleep for the night.
-Crawl into bed to get some sleep. Cue Jackson waking up.  Write this blog post while nursing/snuggling with him.

There were good parts too.  I even took a few pictures.  But for now.... sleep.  At least for some.
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