Seattle Trip

May started with the game company Bungie in the Seattle area flying us up for Ian to interview. It was awesome -- they paid for my ticket, our hotel, rental car, and food. We'd been praying for guidance for our future of where to go, and wanted it to be Denver or Seattle. Not sure if we actually wanted to live in Seattle again, we figured we'd give the job a chance and get a feel for the area from the perspective of our family as opposed to our newlywed days. Our first night there our friends got together and threw a bbq. It was so fun to catch up and hang out. So fun I forgot to take pictures. Overall, we had a wonderful trip!

I was worried about how much sleep we'd get in one room with two wiggly kids. It worked out, and mornings were super cute! :)

The view of Bellevue from our hotel window. Beautiful weather!!

The kids and I went with our friend Mary and her kids to the Red Robin at the docks in Seattle.

Then we went to the Aquarium. Emlyn and Mikayla loved seeing everything there!

The aquarium is built on and in Puget Sound, and you cross a bridge to go into the underwater part.

That evening we had dinner at Luke & Mary's house. The girls ran off to play, and when it got too quiet.... we found them making dog food soup!

The girls and Alex, along with the rest of us, listened to Ian's hysterical rendition of Green Eggs and Ham

When we were on the plane, the boys were t.i.r.e.d.

Mikayla insisted on pulling a suitcase, usually she wanted two of them :)

A week after returning home... the plague hit!

Okay, so not the plague actually, but it might as well have been. Whatever it was hit us HARD. After a week of being sick and not getting any better, and wheezing with a hard time breathing, I went to an urgent care clinic and was diagnosed with early pneumonia. No wonder I couldn't breathe! Not to mention the fact if I blinked for too long I'd about pass out. The next day we took Alex to Children's hospital because he was wheezing too. They suctioned him and gave him amoxicillin for an ear infection. Two days later Ian and Mika went in to their respective doctors. Ian had a sinus infection, and Mikayla had an infection in each ear with freakin' blister on one. Poor, poor thing.

A couple days passed, and while the kids were slowly getting better Ian and I were not. Ian kept having horrible fevers that made him puke, and I was getting to the point of being unable to breathe again. Death was welcoming by this time. I went to our regular doctor and found my O2 was at 86. She gave me a nebulizer treatment, told me I had a sinus infection, and prescribed me an inhaler and augmenten. She was appalled the clinic hadn't prescribed an inhaler for me the prior week. It was then I learned Z-pak is used for infections of the lungs, and amoxicillin works best for sinuses.

So... after a useless ER visit for Ian that evening, the WALGREENS clinic finally gave Ian a proper diagnosis two days later. It turns out Ian was given Z-pak for his sinus infection which did nothing for him, so he fought it on his own. Then it turned into an ear infection, and he was given amox. and finally started improving.

It was seriously a nightmare for two weeks straight. It would be a hard choice to choose between that or no epidural during labor! Still, during this time Alex remained cute...!

Mikayla turned 4 feeling super sick, look what a trooper she is! We were going to have a big ol' family bbq for her special day, but postponed it two weeks later, and had a meager celebration the day of.

Last but not least... end of the year school pictures :)