Thanksgiving: Not as planned

We had originally planned on going to Jasper for Thanksgiving and spending time with family and friends there however with Drew not being up to par we decided that it was probably better for him if we stayed at home. Wednesday after work I went and picked up a little bit of food since we were not originally planning on being home we did not have some of the basics to get us through the weekend.

Thursday and Friday we spend being lazy and enjoying our time with Emma. On Saturday Vince, Linda and Tony came up to visit and we had a very nice time with them as well. Over all the holiday was not spent as planned but we still had a great holiday.

Hope everybody else had a great Thanksgiving Holiday also.

Since we were at home I decided to go ahead and give Emma a Christmas Present early so that she would have something different to play with. She really had a blast playing with the balls and so did us Adults. We had a ball fight on Saturday. I'm really not sure who stared it but we all joined in and had a lot of fun. Emma even joined in though I do not think that she actually hit anybody.

ER Visit and Potty Training

Drew started complaining Thursday evening that his lower back and left leg were hurting him. By Friday morning his back was not hurting much but his leg was bothering him a lot and by Friday night he was not able to sit at all and standing was very painful. We figured that he had pinched something in his spine again so he went to the Chiropractor Friday and then again Saturday morning but when that did not do much we knew it was going to be awhile before he started feeling better.

I called mom and dad and thankfully they were able to come up and help with Emma so that I did not have to take care of her and Drew. Unfortunately Emma is still not quite old enough to understand what is going on with Drew which made things even harder.

Saturday evening/night Drew decided that he could not take the pain anymore so I took him into the ER and they told us that he has sciatica which is an inflammation of the sciatic nerve. They gave him an Anti-inflammatory shot and a morphine shot and then gave him a couple vicodin pills. After that they gave us a prescription for some more vicodin and some Ibuprofen and sent us back home.

Drew had another chiropractor appt this morning and will have one again tomorrow. He said that the pain is a little better and I can tell that he is moving around better which is good. For now though he is not able to go into work and we are not sure what is going to happen for Thanksgiving. As of right now he would not be able to do the 3 hour car ride to get to Jasper.

For some good news Emma is doing GREAT with potty training and for the most part we are considering her potty trained. She had two poop accidents last week but did not have single pee accident. If the babysitter could just get her to sit on the potty long enough to get the job done then there would be no accidents at all. She is funny though. The other kids at the babysitter are all boys so Emma had some trouble figuring out why she can not stand up and pee like the boys do. Right now she likes to climb on the potty backwards which is really cute.


Hopefully Drew will be well enough that we can make it to Jasper for Thanksgiving.

Car Accident and Leaves

Sorry that I have not gotten around to posting these last couple of weeks. There has been a lot going on and at the same time nothing has really been happening. I know that is kind of a contradiction but mostly we are busy just doing normal day to day things.

Wednesday October 20th Drew and Emma had a chiropractor appt at 3:45 and I had one at 4:45. We were going to meet after my appointment and grab something to eat. When I got done with my appointment I gave Drew a call to let him know that I was done however as soon as he picked up the phone I received an unpleasant surprise. He told me that he had just hit a light pole and I could hear Emma screaming in the background. Thankfully Drew was not going very fast and neither he nor Emma were hurt at all. The panel in front of the driver’s side door was pretty much destroyed and we had to have the car towed to a repair shop. One of my coworkers was kind enough to let us borrow one of his vehicles for a couple of days so that we would not have to rent a vehicle. We got the car back yesterday however it is back in the shop again this morning because the driver’s door will not lock. Hopefully it is something simple and will be fixed before the day is out.

Drew and I took off a couple of days the end of last week and we headed to the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH. They supposedly have the biggest indoor water park. We left on Thursday and came back on Sunday. Dad came with us to help watch Emma which turned out great. More about that in the post below.

Yesterday Drew tried to rake together some of the leaves in our front yard and had a couple of piles that still needed to be bagged up so after supper we took Emma outside to play in the leaves. It was funny because Drew would help her jump into the leave and at first she would laugh and then she would start fussing. I guess she just did not know what to think of them.


We really do not have anything special planned for the next couple of weeks but we are looking forward to heading to Jasper and spending some time with family over Thanksgiving weekend.

Kalahari Resort

Last week we took a small vacation and went up to the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH. Supposedly they have one of the biggest indoor water parks so we went to play in the water. Mom and Dad were supposed to come with us but Mom was not able to get off work so dad came with us and mom stayed at home. We left Thursday morning and came back on Sunday. The trip up took us around 6 1/2 hours with all of the stops but Emma did great and surprisingly she stayed dry the entire way up.

It was really nice having dad come with us becuase then there was always someone to look after Emma while the other two were able to go and enjoy the slides.

Here are some different pictures from inside the water park





Playing in the Kiddie area. Emma had a lot of fun going down the slides. All children under 48" had to wear a live jacket at all times in the water. In the picture below she had just hit the bottom of the slide and all you can really see is the big splash that she made.




Drew riding the wave runner

Drew, Emma and I playing in the wave pool
The also had a huge arcade and Emma fell in love with the Bert and Ernie fire engine. We had to go though the arcade to get to the water park and everytime Emma just had to get on the fier engine.

Along with the water park they had a dry play area for the younger kids. Emma was not really interested in playing it is however I think that it would be a blast for kids that were a year or so older.


Drew is already talking about wanting to go back in a few years when Emma is older. Ceder Point is only about 20 minutes away and he wants to go during the summer and spend a day at Ceder Point as well. If anybody is interested in checking out their website it is: http://www.kalahariresorts.com/oh/