Hansen Family Homepage: Plans... What Plans?!

I know some of you reading were waiting to hear how our weekend away went and how Luke did in his race... Well, I am so late on the post because I am FINALLY feeling better....

What was wrong you ask?? Well the right answer to that question is: what didn't go wrong last week?

I have to say, I try to make my posts as positive as possible, describe our family/fun times together and leave out the bad news, the not-so-fun to read news... but this time... no can do.

Our week in a very tiny nutshell!

Last week started out no-so-great for me emotionally and physically, but I was ready to put that all behind me and enjoy our long weekend in the Twin Cities. I threw my emotions over my shoulders and put a smile on my face (game face) and wasn't going to let anything ruin the fun weekend ahead. We took off early Wednesday afternoon and headed to our friends house and we were ready to have a great time. Unfortunately, once we arrived Jameson was acting a little out of sorts, but I attributed it to the long drive, no nap and out of routine. What I wasn't thinking (at all!) was it was the start of a VERY long, stressful weekend!!

So, fast forward to Thursday and Friday, two doctors visits and a SAVE-THE-DAY Nana by our side, we finally had some answers and a pretty sick little boy. Needless to say, I was pretty worn out come Friday night and it took everything in my power to not pack our things up and head back home. I knew Luke had a very busy day Saturday and the last thing I wanted to do was get in his way and stress him out. BUT, thanks to my mom's "rational" thinking, there was a storm on it's way and it was getting late. She was my voice of reason and talked me into waiting until Saturday morning to see how J was feeling and to check the weather.

I am so happy she convinced me to stay. We were not able to watch much of Luke's race (J was not in the best mood and due to his illness, he was very sensitive to the sun) but it was great to see what we could and give him as much support as possible.

**A HUGE Congrats goes out to Luke, Chris and Kyle for completing the Twin Cities Tough Mudder! You guys ROCK and did such a great job!**

Needless to say, Sunday was finally at our fingertips and I was ready to head home! Only to get home and wake up being sick myself! GRRRRRRR (again!)

So, I don't have many pictures from the weekend due to the lack of activities and a very fussy baby, but I can honestly say pictures are not needed for the "memories" that were created :-)

Lessons learned:
1. NEVER make set-in-stone plans when traveling with an infant
2. ALWAYS have a plan B AND plan C
3. ALWAYS know what hospitals and doctors are in "network"where ever you are
4. Make sure NANA is ALWAYS on speed-dial :-)
5. Keep the weather report close and up-to-date!

The outfits the boys wore for the race

(PS - They cut the shorts into "daisy-dukes")