We're Back!

Jack, Jentry and I just returned from a "relaxing" vacation in Branson. I'm sure you are thinking...really...Branson...like Missouri??!!?? Yes...it's true, we went to Branson. We needed to go somewhere that we could drive to and I felt like 8 hours was going to be Jentry's max in a car. Needless to say she was a TROOPER!! Jack and I were so proud of her traveling skills :)

Now, hopefully you noticed that I said "relaxing" that is because before we left one of the wonderful Doctors at Northside Family Care agreed that Jentry was sick so he put her on a short course of an antibiotic. She had a fever of 102.5 on Friday at daycare. I thought "let's go on vacation anyhow" I know I'm mom of the year...I win that award often! Anyhow...we arrived in Branson and continued to give Jentry Motrin to keep her fever at bay, but I also think she is in some teething pain. Well...on Tuesday Jentry developed a rash all over her body and she was extremely lethargic. She took a 2 hour nap, woke up for about 10 minutes and went back to sleep for 2 more hours. I was very worried that she was having an allergic reaction to the Motrin. So I dressed her and we headed for the Urgent Care center. When we arrived we were told that they don't see babies under 18 months. That was ok, we just needed to know where the ER was. Luckily it was just around the corner. So off to the ER we went. I must say the ER at Mercy Hospital in Branson, MO is the fastest ER I've ever been to in my life! We were in an out in less than an hour! Needless to say, Jentry is not allergic to Motrin, but must have just had a heat rash. She was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and given another antibiotic.

This is a picture from the truck on our way home of Mercy hospital!

Wednesday morning she woke up and had gunk coming from her ear...mind you these ears were clear on Tuesday night...I don't know how ear infections just pop up, but for her they do! So I kept cotton in it and on our way home I made an appointment with our doctors at Northside Family Care. Needless to say there is a lot of gunk in her left ear and we are now on an antibiotic drop for that. ARGH!

Anyhow, back to our vacation. We had great weather and stayed in a beautiful place in Branson called Stormy Point Village. Jentry and I even ventured to the pool one day while Jack enjoyed some fishing. I forgot to pack swimming suits for Jentry and I so we had to purchase some. Here is Jentry in her new suit.

Our house at Stormy Point. We had a 2 bedroom, 2 bath place that had wonderful hardwood floors, marble counter tops, a fireplace, and flat screen tv! It was a perfect home away from home for The J Squad :)Here are some of the other houses at Stormy Point. Jack and I both felt like we should be on a movie or TV set with the rows of houses that look similar. I said we were living on Wisteria Lane!This is a shot looking from the kitchen past the dining area and into the living room. This was the downstairs bedroom. It was not the master bedroom and didn't have a lot of room for Jentry's portable crib, so we decided to sleep in the upstairs bedroom...by the time I went to take pictures, it was the last day for us and we had stripped the bed and the upstairs room didn't look nice anymore, so I decided this picture was the next best thing.Traveling home I looked back and this was the site I saw. Jentry had covered her face and head with her pillow and was sound asleep! She was too funny all week long.

Needless to say we had a great week and really enjoyed having time to spend just the 3 of us, away from the hubub of our jobs and the day to day grind.