A Trip to Houston

Denny had to go to Houston last week for work. He had meetings Friday and Saturday and then Saturday night his company had their "100 year Gala". So early last Thursday we headed out to Houston. Denny had to stay downtown in the hotel with the other employees, so Olivia and I stayed with the Graney's!

On Friday, while Denny was in meetings and Bumpa and Gigi were also at work, Olivia and I went to the mall. We shopped, had lunch, and stopped to make some wishes at the fountain!

After we came home and we both rested, we went outside to try out her new 3D Sidewalk Chalk and Paint Gigi had given her upon arrival! It was really fun surprisingly! There were animals to trace and paint/color, and 3D glasses included, very neat! The weather was great while we were down there, so it was very pleasant outside.
Probably Olivia's favorite thing to do at Bumpa and Gigi's is swim! They took a short dip Friday evening after Bumpa got home from work. And then first thing Saturday morning they were out there again! Bumpa went outside to clean-up the pool before their swim, so Olivia had to follow! She literally wanted to follow him every step of the way! Here they are practicing kicking and discussing life! :)

Being the forgetful mom that I am these day, I forgot to bring down any of Olivia's swim stuff like floaties, rafts, etc.... Bumpa was generous enough to take Olivia up to the pool store and they picked out a ring, some floaties and a super fun raft! It was pretty chilly Saturday morning so they had to heat up the spa to swim.
Here is Olivia learning to dunk her head under water on her own! It was so cute! She was very proud of herself and rightfully so! I am so thankful she is not fearful of the water! She had to show Gigi and me several times how she could hold her breath and go under water. AND, she can reach the bottom of the spa without going under.
She had so much fun swimming! That is literally all she wants to do while we are there! Thankfully she has a very wonderful Bumpa who is always willing to take her out, rain or shine, hot or cold!
This is Denny and I at the "Gala" Saturday night. His company put on quite a show, they truly went all out, it was very nice!
And here is Olivia on Sunday! This is as good as she got! When we got back to the Graney's Sunday morning, I picked up Olivia to give her a hug and she felt warm, like she had a fever. We took her temperature and it was around 99 degrees. As we were getting ready to leave, she was laying in Gigi's lap and she thought she felt downright hot. So we took her temp again and it was over 102, which is very unlike Liv, she never runs a fever over 100! I didn't really want to risk driving a 4+ hour drive with her feeling (and looking) so pitiful, so we headed out to find an urgent care on our way out of town. The only one we could find was a RediClinic, which was part of an HEB grocery store. There was only one doctor working (come to find out later she was actually a nurse practioner) so it took us almost 2 hours to be seen! In the meantime, we hung out at HEB, on their patio, relaxing (as best we could) in some patio furniture they had for sale, as there were some really sick people in that office! :) We were finally seen and the nurse practioner diagnosed Liv with a double ear infection. She then checked everything else from throat to appendix to make sure there was "nothing else". She asked to do a strep test before she even looked at her throat. Not really reassuring. But she did give us a prescription. So we left there, filled her prescription and then headed back to Dallas. It was SO sad to see Liv in the backseat in so much discomfort! She just couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep more than 2 minutes at a time. She'd wake-up, say something pitiful, her eyes would shut, and the cycle would restart itself! My heart just broke for her! We finally pulled into the driveway around 7:00 p.m., 7 hours after leaving the Graney's! So needless to say, it was a long day! But thankfully she seems to be feeling much better today already!!!! That's a very good thing as we have a full week of fun stuff at school as this is her last week!!!!!

Despite a rocky trip home, we all had a lot of fun in Houston, and a big thank you to Bumpa and Gigi for taking care of Liv while we were down there!